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By Dog Gone, on May 16th, 2012 The MN GOP candidates have consistently held anti-women and anti-immigrant positions. When they tell us how much they are ‘on our side’, or ‘reaching out to us’——–do they think we don’t notice their positions? Is their strategy our ignorance? Are they so used to the Fox News misinformed and ignorant voter, the ideology fact averse Republican
Follow this link to read more of: Do They Think We Don’t Notice?
By MNCentral, on May 1st, 2012 Expanding on Holly Cairns piece on the Senate’s rejection of Republican efforts to changing proposed NLRB procedures, it is appropriate to note the efforts in the House. John Kline (R-MN-02) as Chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee was presented with a companion resolution that matched the Senate’s — HJ Res 103. Chairman Kline was
Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Businessman Questions Kline’s Claims – Ambush Elections Wreck Havoc
By MNCentral, on April 29th, 2012 Todd Akin (R-MO-02), a candidate for Senate said during a debate last weekend that government involvement in student loans has given the government a “stage three cancer of socialism”: AKIN: America has got the equivalent of the stage three cancer of socialism because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has
Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : TEA Party, Kline Win Student Loan Battle
By MNCentral, on March 31st, 2012 QUERY : Does a newspaper have the responsibility to provide reasonable Fact Checking when publishing a politician’s submittal on its Editorial page ? Recently, a number of newspapers moved cartoonist Garry Trudeau’s Doonsbury series on proposed legislating mandates requiring intrusive vaginal examination from the Comics section to the Editorial section … well, after reading Michelle
Follow this link to read more of: MN-06 : Strib Lets Bachmann Cherry Pick
By Dog Gone, on March 12th, 2012 I will be writing more on the failing of the vetoed Shoot First legislation separately, but I was struck this weekend by the racist overtones of a fatal shooting of a black teen by a white man with a violent past in Florida who had a legal carry permit. It is an incident that is pertinent,
Follow this link to read more of: The Right Wing Wants to Institutionalize Hate
to make it LEGAL to wrongly harm others even kill them
By MNCentral, on March 5th, 2012 Have you ever wonder what is Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) Number One priority ? That’s simple … “Getting Minnesotans back to work continues to be my number one priority,” said Rep. Paulsen. “Ultimately, Washington needs to be focused on long term solutions to reform the tax code and the way Washington spends taxpayer’s money.” Have you
Follow this link to read more of: MN-03 : Erik Paulsen Number Two Priority ? Mass Mailings ?
By MNCentral, on February 21st, 2012 An interesting debate seems to be going on between the Pro-Life advocates and the Pro-Fetus advocates … and although they may share some common ground, there appears to be general concern that the “cradle-to-grave welfare state” that Paul Ryan (R-WI-02) says Democratic President Obama is promoting, is not what the Republicans want. The Obama Administration
Follow this link to read more of: The Pro-Fetus Healthcare Plan
By MNCentral, on January 30th, 2012 Michele Bachmann makes an interesting point on Page 106 : Core of Conviction – My Story “The politicians and bureaucrats in both Washington and St. Paul were using our tax money to make our problems worse. I asked myself: What is wrong with this picture? What terrible thing they are doing with our taxes.” It’s
Follow this link to read more of: MN-06 : Bachmann Asks : What Is Wrong With This Picture ?
By MNCentral, on January 19th, 2012 Sit right down, kids, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride. Listening to Laura Ingraham’s radio program (broadcasted on KOWZ AM-1170 out of Owatonna notable for Mike Parry’s (R-SD-26) “Inside the Senate” program) yesterday, a Winning-Our-Future PAC commercial was aired promoting Newt Gingrich’s candidacy. Okay, the caucuses will be February 7th and since Mr. Gingrich won
Follow this link to read more of: Do Not Believe Your Ears : Bachmann Praises Gingrich and Santorum Praises Romney
By MNCentral, on January 10th, 2012 QUERY : How should a Congressman be judged … based on attendance or legislative accomplishment ? “If you don’t like what is being said, change the conversation.” – Don Draper – Mad Men- Episode 29 “Love Among the Ruins” With an approval for Congress at 11%, John Kline’s PR machine must be listening to Don
Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Op-Ed Confuses “Perfect” John Kline and Gabby Giffords
By MNCentral, on December 30th, 2011 Potential Commander-in-Chief Michele Bachmann has followed in Ronald Reagan’s footsteps … well, in a way, as Ms. Bachmann appeared yesterday on the legendary 50,000 watt WHO 1040-AM, the same station where Ronald Reagan got his start in radio. Ms. Bachmann got to sit in the “Hot Seat” while Jan Mickelson, the leading conservative radio personality
Follow this link to read more of: Bachmann Responds to the F Word
By MNCentral, on December 29th, 2011 2011 was a year that made tabloid journalism feeding Low-Information Constituents the norm, thus the resolution for 2012 needs to be the return of the Well-Informed Voter. The Republican Party is in the midst of determining who their Presidential nominee will be … yet the focus has been misplaced on irrelevant matters. Michele Bachmann (R-MN-06)
Follow this link to read more of: 2011 Politician Defined By Migraines, Infidelity and Education … and How 2012 Politician Should Be Defined
By MNCentral, on December 23rd, 2011 Highlights from In The Loop column : Feeling the cold these days? Then hurry on down to sign up for House Majority Leader John Boehner’s week-long, fact-finding trip to Brazil, Colombia and Mexico taking off on Jan. 8. The Ohio Republican is scheduled to escape the chill with John Kline (R-MN-02) and four other members
Follow this link to read more of: Your Taxdollars At Work : Vicky Kline Brazil Vacation Trip
By MNCentral, on December 14th, 2011 The vote was largely along partylines … 14 Republicans defections and 10 Democrats. Roll Call 923 … HR 3630 … the Republican Job Creation bill. The defections did not change anything as the Party Managers had pre-determined that the Republican Majority would declare victory. The Minnesota delegation had Tim Walz (D-MN-01) joining with John Kline
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By MNCentral, on December 11th, 2011 Many Conservatives point to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for inspiration, and while America has Presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann to consider. Consider these quotes : “My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay” –
Follow this link to read more of: MN-06: Does Bachmann’s Core of Conviction Include Honest Pay ?
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