Norm Coleman's "landlord" bought Palin's clothes

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Friday October 24, 2008 · 5:58 AM PDT

2008/10/24 · 05:58

The Minneapolis StarTribune reports today that Jeff Larson, the man who provided the credit card for Sarah Palin's $75,000 Neiman Marcus shopping spree is the same man who rented a fancy DC apartment to Norm Coleman (R-MN) for only $600.

Larson, the CEO of the convention host committee and founding partner of the influential Twin Cities telemarketing firm FLS Connect, declined to discuss Palin' s $75,000 shopping trip at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis.

Federal Election Commission reports show that Larson has been reimbursed, and the Republican National Committee has said that all the merchandise will be given to charity after the election.

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Monday February 04, 2008 · 7:12 AM PST

2008/02/04 · 07:12

I'm sorry, have we giggled about this yet?

It all started Saturday when a post called Freakin' Awesome Obama Music Video appeared on the front page of RedState.com. (Are you allowed to say "freakin'" over there?)

I don't care if you are the biggest Obama hater out there -- you WILL think this video is cool. Obama's "Yes we can" speech in New Hampshire was historically memorable. This video cements the inspiration found in his words. He may be full of hopeful air but if you take the speech in a more personal way, it can certainly rustle something good in your heart.

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20,000 for Obama in Minneapolis - My photos [update: video]

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Sunday February 03, 2008 · 8:56 AM PST

2008/02/03 · 08:56

I was one of the lucky 20,000 Twin Citians who was able to get a ticket to Obama's rally at the Target Center yesterday!

My friends and I hopped on a bus from St. Paul and found ourselves squeezed in the back with half a dozen other rally-bound riders. We began to talk as if we were going to a concert: "I saw him two years ago." "I saw him nine months ago in Chicago." "Do you know who's opening for him?" We reached downtown Minneapolis and excitedly trotted up to the Target Center. The line extended the length of the building. We rounded the corner. We rounded another corner. Then we saw that not only did the line wrap around the building, it extended down a bridge over the freeway.

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Tuesday August 22, 2006 · 11:40 AM PDT

2006/08/22 · 11:40

Our dear leader is in the Twin Cities today, appearing at a fundraiser for one Michelle Bachmann. She's a state legislator who is running for Congress in Minnesota's sixth district, a district currently represented by the vile Mark Kennedy. Read More

Coulter's virginity questioned at college stop

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Monday April 18, 2005 · 11:43 AM PDT

2005/04/18 · 11:43

Last week I learned that Ann Coulter would be speaking at St. Olaf college, a small Lutheran liberal arts school in Northfield, MN. My 18-year-old brother, who thinks he's a Republican, goes to school there, so I wanted to keep tabs on the event to find out if he went and what he thought of being a Republican after hearing the lovely Ann suggest that people like his sister (me) and his mother should be beaten to death with baseball bats. Read More

MN Senate: Patty Wetterling is in

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Monday March 14, 2005 · 6:10 AM PST

2005/03/14 · 06:10

I received an email from Patty Wetterling's campaign today that seems to indicate that she is in fact running for the senate seat being vacated by Mark Dayton. Patty had announced recently that she was thinking about running, but this email (it's a fundraising one) looks like she's in for sure.

Here's a quick primer for those unfamiliar with Patty Wetterling. In 1989 her 11-year-old son Jacob was abducted by a stranger while on the way home from the video store with his brother and a friend. A man stopped the three kids (they were on bikes and scooters), looked each of them in the face and asked their ages, and took Jacob. He told the other two kids to run away. One of them looked back and Jacob was gone. He has never been seen or heard from since. Read More

St. Paul Mayor - My Endorsement

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Friday February 25, 2005 · 3:44 PM PST

2005/02/25 · 15:44

Mayor of St. Paul, MN. It may sound like an insignificant race in the grand scheme of things, but to those of us in the smaller of the Twin Cities, it's gearing up to be a pretty big deal indeed.

First some history. In 1993 a charismatic young lawyer with a charming family was elected the Democratic mayor of our great capital city. His first term looked promising until he pulled an about face and switched parties. Then he ran for governor and, fortunately, lost to Jesse Ventura. He wasn't stopped there, though. In 2002 he decided to run for Senate. Dick Cheney personally called his biggest opponent in the primary and asked that the former mayor be given the limelight. And when a devastating accident claimed the life of Paul Wellstone, this former mayor became Senator Norm Coleman. Read More

UPDATE: Fetal death reporting in MN

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Tuesday February 22, 2005 · 10:52 AM PST

2005/02/22 · 10:52

Earlier today I posted a diary about possible wingnut shadiness and a bill dealing with fetal death reporting in Minnesota. Fellow Kossacks helped me to wade through the language and see that the bill may be attempting to define a "stillbirth" (as opposed to a miscarriage) as a fetus at 20 weeks of gestation.

I emailed the bill's author this morning to find out more about her intentions. My email and her response are below the fold. Read More

Fetal death reporting - are they at it again in MN?

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Tuesday February 22, 2005 · 7:30 AM PST

2005/02/22 · 07:30

While skimming through recently introduced bills in the Minnesota legislature, I came across HF947. The bill's description - "Optional record of birth resulting in stillbirth provided" - jumped out at me because of Maura in VA's recent efforts to prevent a potentially disastrous bit of legislation in Virginia. So I took a closer look. Read More

I'm quitting smoking

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Monday February 21, 2005 · 2:24 PM PST

2005/02/21 · 14:24

This diary isn't about Gannon or Social Security or even anything very political. I'll probably get some replies telling me to delete or get over myself, but I'm willing to deal with that because I need your help.

I quit smoking on Friday. I'm 24 and have smoked for 3 years, about a pack a day. I want to quit now while I'm still young, before it takes a serious toll on my health. And to be honest, I don't want wrinkles and nasty skin and teeth when I'm older. I also quit because my significant other quit due to health reasons (doctor's orders) and I want to be supportive. Read More

Separated at Birth?

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Friday February 11, 2005 · 10:52 AM PST

2005/02/11 · 10:52

Batman's nemesis or U.S. Rep. Mark Kennedy (R-MN)? One of these men has just announced his plans to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Mark Dayton.

Senator Joker. I kinda like the sound of that. I mean if Mr. Freeze can become a governor, who are we to judge? I say we could use a little color on the Senate floor.

It's time to party

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Thursday January 20, 2005 · 6:58 AM PST

2005/01/20 · 06:58

It's time to party.

As the families of bomb-flattened Fallujah huddle in make-shift refugee camps, drinking from sewage-filled streams, Iraqi policy mastermind Paul Wolfowitz fastens the last stud into his starched collar.

As Sgt. Kevin Benderman, an Army mechanic with nine years of service, refuses a second deployment to Iraq, saying, "You just don't know how bad it is," Colin Powell pours himself a drink.

As Osama bin Laden chuckles in his cave to see America's fortunes sink in the morass of Iraq and as fresh recruits to his cause multiply like flies, Dick Cheney pops the cork on a bottle of Dom Perignon.

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