Santorum's Song

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Monday February 27, 2012 · 4:22 PM PST

2012/02/27 · 16:22

If you like your satire deadpan, click on this very funny youtube video from my friend Brad. With the chorus, "Wait 'til Jesus Gets His Hands on You." My favorite line: "You'll wish you had protection, 'cause you'll be really screwed." http://youtu.be/...

Target Corp. supporting radical right-wing candidate in MN

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Tuesday July 20, 2010 · 9:59 PM PDT

2010/07/20 · 21:59

Dear Kossacks:

The Target Corporation has done the unthinkable: they're supporting a radical, right-wing candidate for governor in Minnesota -- State Representative Tom Emmer.

Target is doing this through a PAC called Minnesota Forward, although their candidate would represent an enormous step backward for Minnesota. The PAC is running pro-Emmer ads in Minnesota.

MN Progressive Project: Target Shills for Emmer

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Thursday November 20, 2008 · 9:20 AM PST

2008/11/20 · 09:20

The real disconnect between the GOP and Middle America became clear to me one evening in September, not long after the Republican Convention in Saint Paul. I was having a beer at Patsy’s in Washburn, Wisconsin on my way to the Lake (for those of you not from the upper Midwest, this means Lake Superior.) It was late -- around 11:30 -- when we walked in after a four hour drive from the cities (the Twin Cities) and the crowd at Patsy’s had been pounding the Leinie’s (Leinenkugel’s) for hours.

That night, as usual, there was a fight breaking out in back near the pool table (and as usual, nothing happened). A group of women were shrieking at each other in drunken delight near the bar. When my husband and I sat down on our stools, the dude next to me swiveled around to talk. He had a Leine’s and a shot of Jack D in front of him on the bar, and his bloodshot eyes suggested he had many more under his belt. He leaned back, scratching his grey hair under the baseball cap advertising his contracting business. Finally he lit a Marlboro, sizing me up as he spoke. “Are you a tree hugger?”

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Wednesday November 19, 2008 · 7:09 PM PST

2008/11/19 · 19:09

Dear Kossacks,

As you know, in Minnesota, the election isn't over. And Michelle Bachmann (she who channels Joe McCarthy) is at it again, trying to harm truth for political gain.

First, in case you haven't heard, she has declared that all of those reports that she called Obama Anti-American were urban legend. That's right . . . urban legend of the you-can-see-it-for-yourself-on-You-Tube variety.

But even worse, she is now making false claims about the MN Senate race recount, saying that Franken is "stuffing the ballot boxes."

Here is the link to the Star Tribune article

UPDATE below

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Thursday November 06, 2008 · 7:06 AM PST

2008/11/06 · 07:06

I just got a message from the Jim Martin campaign in Georgia. There is going to be a run-off election, which means that YES, WE STILL CAN pick up another senate seat. Martin needs money for the election. I know everybody feels tapped out, but you know that the Repubs are going to throw money at this election with a rocket launcher because it is sooo important. The letter from Jim Martin is below. Here's the link to his campaign page! Just $10 -- we've done it before. We can do it again!

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 4:15 PM PST

2008/11/02 · 16:15

I just canvassed for Obama in Saint Paul. It was fun to go to the UAW office, near the Ford plant here in Saint Paul. An incredibly devoted group of Obama folks were training cavassers, there was donated food, lots of campaign literature, and I saw our state representative Michael Paymar and our fabulous congresswoman Betty McCollum.

Then I was paired with a really nice guy (who, it turned out, works with my husband) to go canvass a neighborhood right near my own. It was great -- so many people thanked me for what I was doing. Sure, I had a few folks who were curt or simply ignored me. But most were friendly and grateful. I was able to give them info about their polling place. I really had the sense that I was DOING something instead of simply sitting around and fretting.

So if you haven't gone out to canvass -- contact your local campaign office. (It's easy -- go on the website and put in your zip code). I could only go for a few hours -- so I just told them that when I showed up. They are really happy for whatever help you can give!

UPDATE: Star Tribune shields Coleman, attacks Franken

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Saturday November 01, 2008 · 6:52 AM PDT

2008/11/01 · 06:52

The Star Tribune is misrepresenting a blockbuster story about Norm Coleman's recent legal scandal. The Strib has been spinning the story according to Coleman's lies -- trying to make the lawsuit seem like a political attack by Franken. This all began when Coleman's biggest donor was sued in a Texas court over illegal payments totalling $75,000 that were allegedly made to Coleman's wife. Yet the headline in the Strib reads: Coleman: Stop Attacking my Family

UPDATE: See below! Includes a great reader comment from Micorazon on what will happen if Coleman is elected but has to resign. And new information from MinnPost.com, including speculation on why a Texas company that provides underwater services to the offshore oil & gas industry would pay $75,000 to Minnesota insurance firm for "consulting."

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Thursday October 23, 2008 · 11:50 AM PDT

2008/10/23 · 11:50

I live in Saint Paul, Minnesota -- a place where Obama signs happily dot the landscape, and where we pride ourselves on being "Minnesota nice." But today I went out to my mailbox to find a flier from those not-so-nice folks at the Republican Party of Minnesota. On the front, above my name and address, is a picture of Obama with a quote to the left of the photo that reads, "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough." -- The New York Times, 9/11/01.

Below the quote is a picture of William Ayers, but at first glance the quote seems to be from Obama himself! The inside is even worse -- the sleaziest, Willie-Horton-era slime I have seen in a long time.

So guess what? I wasn't going to do any door-knocking until NOW. (My husband is going to be a poll watcher for Obama, so I thought that he could represent our family.) But I am going to volunteer TODAY. I want to stand up to these sleazy tactics, and give all I can.

And I just donated more money to El Tinklenberg, too. If this is the kind of nasty McCarthy-era crap that Michelle Bachmann and her cronies at the Minnesota Republican Party are putting out, I am going to fight it on as many fronts as I can.

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