Why does John Kline (R-MN-02) continue to spend our tax-dollars on TeleTown Hall meetings and Franked Mailings ? Simple answer … Eagan woman "appreciates openness and your willingness to speak with your constituents." #KlineTTH — John Kline (@repjohnkline) March 11, 2014 That comment was offered to reinforce a previous caller : Eagan woman thanks Kline […]
John Kline Praised for Openness and Willingness to Speak with Constituents
Does MN Democrat Messaging Work?
Earlier I wrote about Rice County Republicans. Here’s a look at Rice County Democrats. Rice County Democratic Convention attendees heard about background checks and undercover investigations: “Among the major issues discussed were supporting background checks on firearms and opposing the criminalization of undercover agricultural investigations that expose animal cruelty, food safety and environmental problems.” Democrats went […]
MN-02 : John Kline Gets Another Challenger
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Dan Lacey is challenging Congressman John Kline (R) for his seat in the 2nd district as a Pancake Independent. Mr. Lacey’s stated goal is to help shift the national focus away from destructive partisan politics and back to the glories of The Pancake, where it belongs. Knowing of Chairman Kline’s aversion to appearing at debates […]
One Nation, Under GUNS With Liberty and Justice For ? ? ?
What is it about guns ? The Louisville Courier-Journal has the story of Mitch McConnell appearing at CPAC, gripping a firearm that was intended for retiring Senator Tom Coburn … describing Senator McConnell as looking very uncomfortable waving the flintlock musket above his head. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that he didn’t look natural. A search […]
MN-02 : Obermueller Reacts to Kline 50-0-0-0-0 Agenda
What did the House accomplish last week (besides taking Friday off so that interested Members could participate in the 50th American Conservative Union annual event known as CPAC) ? Naming a new post office or commemorative coin ? Nah, they tested an Albert Einstein premise … as Einstein famously said that the definition of insanity […]
WOW : What’s Wrong With Nick Clegg Speech ?
In a video that lasts less than two minutes, an elected government official states a case that is hard to disagree with : So, what’s wrong with this video ? Simple, it’s a message that Republicans won’t make. Lilly Ledbetter—whose story of pay discrimination went all the way to the Supreme Court and ultimately resulted […]
March 8, International Women’s Day
The Radical Right Does NOT Value Women as Equals
Next door in South Dakota we have another example of racism meeting misogyny, and attempt by right wingers to intrude more of THEIR religious bias into governmental authority, using it AGAINST women, their families, clergy, and doctors. The radical right just cannot let people make their own decisions. Rabid conservatives in South Dakota are trying […]
My norm or yours? International Woman’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day! Let’s marvel together at what happens in India: On Tuesday, the BBC ran a fascinating and heartening profile of Arunachalam Muruganantham, a south India inventor who 16 years ago wanted “to impress his young wife” by buying her fresh sanitary pads to replace the “nasty cloths” she’d been hiding from him. “I will […]
Apple Valley MN Where It Gets Ugly
It gets ugly in Apple Valley, Minnesota. Racism is as ugly as it gets. No joke. The customer in front of me had a bald head, tats, and a skinny beard. I got to the cash register and read: Image from Blindenmuth. I said, “That’s racist. I find it offensive.” The clerk started slamming down […]
Kline Pushes STEM Contest While Denouncing Funding STEM
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Long-time readers of the Roundtable may remember the 2011 commentary “Congress Announces Art Competition and Cut to Art Funding” — the point was that Members of Congress would issue press releases promoting student art projects with the winner be rewarded with a taxpayer funded trip to Washington to meet their Congressman ( see John Kline’s […]
