(Cross-posted at
www.allamericapac.com)
Incumbent Congressman Gil Gutknecht (R-MN) is facing a strong challenge from Fighting Dem and teacher,
Tim Walz, for Minnesota's 1st Congressional District. However, the pressure from having to deal with a strong challenger such as Tim Walz seems to have caused a mental breakdown of sorts in the Gutknecht campaign.
As some of you may already know, the Minnesota DFL has filed a lawsuit against Gutknecht's campaign for failing to collect signatures in the proper collection window in lieu of filing fees. The issue is headed to the MN Supreme Court and the 12-year incumbent may find himself removed from the November ballot.
While such a ruling by the MN Supreme Court would obviously be a positive for Tim Walz's chances (although I happen to think that Walz can defeat Gutknecht whether he is on the ballot or not), the subject of this being Gil's 12th year in Congress has brought to light another Gutknecht scandal: his campaign was
caught editing his Wikipedia entry yesterday when they attempted to remove mentions of Gutknecht's 1994 campaign promise to limit himself to a 12-year term limit.
The funniest part about all of this is that Gil was caught the same day that Wikipedia lifted the ban on IP addresses from Congress from accessing the site.
One would think that with how many politicians have been caught editing their wikipedia entries that one would have learned by now that it's just not a very good idea. One would also think that if one had the arrogance and bravado to still decide to edit a Wikipedia entry that one would choose a day other than the day Wikipedia lifts the ban on Congress.
Then again this Grand-Old-Party-of-Corruption we are dealing with here and apparently following the rules and using common sense is just too tough of a task for them to handle.
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