Archive for August, 2011
STEALTH DEMOCRAT SLAVIK TARGETS COVETED OPEN DAKOTA COUNTY BOARD SEAT
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011A common tactic used by tax raising liberals is to run as “moderates” for nonpartisan offices. Once elected, these tax happy liberals jack up taxes and grow government. The latest “Stealth Democrat” to run is Hastings City Council member Mike Slavik running for the Dakota County Board of Commissioners. From Thisweek in Rosemount: Hastings City [...]
IMPLOSION: SD 61 DFL EXEC. COMMITTEE IN SD 61 SHUTS OUT CANDIDATES FROM ENDORSEMENT
Sunday, August 28th, 2011After the resignation of State Sen. Linda Berglin (DFL-District 61) this summer, several candidates lined up to receive the all-important endorsement of the local DFL unit heading into the Sept. 13 primary before the special election to fill the seat on October 18. As a heavily DFL-dominated district, the endorsement by the DFL party is [...]
PAGING CAPTAIN FLIP-FLOP: REP ATKINS FALLS OFF HIS HIGH HORSE AND TAKES SHUTDOWN PAYCHECK
Thursday, August 25th, 2011Before, during, and after the longest state government shutdown in Minnesota’s history last month, Inver Grove Heights Rep. Joe Atkins made one thing clear to his constituents: taking a pay check during the shutdown is wrong and he absolutely opposes it. Dedicated readers of Minnesota Democrats Exposed found Atkins took legislative pay, then gave it [...]
JOIN MDE ON TONIGHTS LATE DEBATE
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011MDE will be on tonight’s Late Debate with Jack and Ben to discuss all sorts of political issues, including the 2012 race in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District. You can listen to the debate over the radio in the north metro on 95.9FM and on 1150 & 1300AM in St. Cloud. To follow the studio activities live, [...]
CD8 EXTREMIST DFL RANKS CALL FOR CRAVAACK TO HOLD A TOWN HALL..SO HE DOES.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011DFL activists in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District have been caught off guard this year by Rep. Chip Cravaack’s solid attention to his district. In just the first few months in office, Cravaack has held a dozen town hall meetings across the district and numerous tele-townhalls over the phone, more than 36-year incumbent Jim Oberstar ever [...]
GROUP INVOLVED IN REDISTRICTING TURNS OUT TO BE FRONT GROUP FOR DFL ACTIVISTS
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011Via Let Freedom Ring, Gary Gross has exposed Draw the Line Minnesota, pretending to be a non-partisan group involved in the redistricting process for Minnesota districts. Part 1: Over the next 3 weeks, an organization called Draw the Line Minnesota will hold hearings on the topic of redistricting. Follow this link for a listing of all the [...]
ABOVE THE LAW: RYBAK FOUND VIOLATING TRAFFIC LAWS AGAIN
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011Dedicated readers of MDE found Mayor R.T. Rybak’s vehicle parked in a no-parking zone in front of the Minneapolis Convention Center this morning. Readers confirmed the Mayor did exit from the vehicle before leaving it unattended illegally. You may recall Mayor Rybak has a history of traffic violations in the city, including unpaid parking tickets. [...]
FACING SINKING APPROVALS WITH NO NEW ECONOMIC IDEAS, OBAMA HEADS TO MIDWEST FOR CAMPAIGN TRIP
Sunday, August 14th, 2011Mitt Romney’s campaign released the following video regarding Pres. Obama’s visit to Minnesota: President Barack Obama will visit Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois on a three day Midwest “listening tour” beginning Monday morning in Cannon Falls, MN. He will visit Iowa after Minnesota, and end in Illinois. Obama’s visit will include both air and bus travel [...]
MDE COVERAGE OF THE 2011 IOWA GOP PRESIDENTIAL STRAW POLL
Saturday, August 13th, 2011Update (8 p.m.) : Michele Bachmann has won the Iowa Straw Poll with 29% of the nearly 17,000 votes cast. Here are the full results: Here are the official votes from the Iowa GOP: 2011 Straw Poll Full Results (Votes, %) 1. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (4823, 28.55%) 2. Congressman Ron Paul (4671, 27.65%) 3. Governor [...]
WI UNION RECALLS FALL SHORT, ‘BREATHING UNION’ MOORE GOES DOWN IN FLAMES
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011Late into the night the Wisconsin state media began to confirm that the Wisconsin Democratic challengers in six recall elections last night would not rack up enough wins to tilt the balance of the State Senate to their side. The most telling quote from one story is, “The revolution has not occurred.” – After tens [...]
NEW TONE: MOVEON.ORG PUTS OUT DESPERATE CALL TO ACTIVISTS TO COUNTER TEA PARTY RALLIES WITH ANGER
Monday, August 8th, 2011MoveOn.org’s organizers have a new tactic to rally their unmotivated base around the debt ceiling debate in Washington. Here’s a copy of an email sent from MoveOn’s HQ to members, inciting anger, submitted by a dedicated reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed: — Dear MoveOn member, How angry are you at Congress right now? Tea partiers [...]
MN CLIMATEGATE PT. 3: SOMETHING FUNNY BLOWING IN THE WIND
Thursday, August 4th, 2011Something smells fishy in Goodhue County and it’s not the Red Lobster. Questionable conflicts of interest and multiple reports of self-serving behavior by state officials continue to surface as more and more dedicated readers bring new information to light in our ongoing series on climate change policy and its millions in public dollars. We first [...]
Will Wisconsin Voters Have the Wool Pulled Over Their Eyes on August 9?
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011On August 9, voters in Wisconsin’s 10th district will have the chance to decide whether they believe in elected officials that make difficult but necessary decisions to balance the budget or if they believe in activist union hacks representing them in Madison. Eight special recall elections triggered by massive signature trolling on behalf of union [...]