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Chanting Points Memo: DFL Busted Lying

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 13:18
As Tom Emmer was setting up at Permac Industries in Burnsville to announce the first part of its budget plan, the Minnesota DFL party’s Twitter account announced…: Spoiler Alert: Tom Emmer to Hold Press Conference at Company Saved by the Recovery Act Funding He Opposes http://ht.ly/2A8QT #goDFL This prompted other DFLers to crow that Permac had been [...]
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The Plan, Part I

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:00
As this is written, Tom Emmer has just finished announcing Part One of his budget plan – the one that the DFL and the Chanting Class has been wondering about for the past two months. To paraphrase James Carville, Part One is about the jobs, stupid. Emmer is going to…: Lower The Corporate Income Tax. This will enable [...]
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The Dayton Dust Bowl: Dust Bowl Day Marathon!

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 08:00
Today is Labor Day – the day when Union members pat themselves on the back for another year of doing their jobs and getting paid for it, and when the rest of us hit the picnic grounds and ponder buying weatherstripping. And this year, the time when the political season starts to reach out to people [...]
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Chanting Points Memo: A Prediction

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 07:35
Charting and predicting the continuum of DFL chanting points. Last Week: “Where is Emmer’s plan?” This Afternoon: “OK, where is the rest of Emmer’s plan?” A Few Weeks From Now: “Where is the last little bit of Emmer’s plan?” Novenber 3: “Where’s Mark Dayton?”
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You Wanted A Plan? You Got A Plan.

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 07:30
It’s been about two months since the DFL started chanting “Where’s Emmer’s Plan?” As I quite correctly pointed out in June, it’d have been stupid of Tom Emmer to release a plan at a point in the campaign when only wonks, journos and political junkies care about it.  The average, non-aligned voter doesn’t care about politics [...]
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Underinsured

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 06:48
They said (with a nod to Glenn Reynolds) that if we voted for John McCain, Americans would lose their health insurance coverage. And they were right! All but two health insurance companies have withdrawn from offering maternity benefits. Only a handful of companies will still write “child only” health insurance plans. As of this date, it is almost impossible [...]
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My Conversation With Every Single DFLer, Part II

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 15:29
The conversation below is “Fake But Accurate”, and reflects things said – to me and otherwise – by DFLers in a variety of media over the past week or so.  I have synthethized those conversations into a single, “composite” character, whom I’ll nickname “EVERY DFLer” for clarity. Don’t try this if you’re not an English major. SCENE: [...]
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Chanting Points Memo: The DFL Morale Booster!

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 11:39
The New York Times publishes a morale booster for the DFL, a week after the MPR/Humphrey Institute poll showed the Minnesota Gubernatorial race a dead heat. The analsysis – from “Five Thirty Eight”, a left-leaning statistics blog run amok (without mentioning anything about “Lies” and “Damned Lies”, for some reason) says Mark Dayton has a 78% [...]
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I Heard It On The NARN

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 10:48
Yesterday during the final Northern Alliance broadcast from the MN State Fair, I referred you to a slew of websites: Phil Krinkie is with the Taxpayers League of Minnesota. Dan “Doc” Severson is running for Secretary of State Chris Barden is running for Attorney General Mark Martin is running for MN House in District 45A Of course, I spent Thursday [...]
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Stuck Among Stupid Insufficiently Curious

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 09:00
Having the most interesting – read “depressing” – discussion with a couple of DFLers. Bobby Jindal is coming to the Twin Cities to raise money for Tim Pawlenty. Lefties:  ”So was Bobby Jindal an “Anchor Baby?”  The GOP wants him sent home when they repeal the 14th Amendment!” Er, geniuses?  Jindal was born in Baton Rouge; his “home” [...]
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NARN: Stick This!

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 23:28
Today, the Northern Alliance Radio Network brings you the best in Minnesota conservatism from 9AM-3PM, live (mostly) from the Minnesota State Fair! Volume I “The First Team” -  Brian and John are out; filling in, the Twin Cities radio scene’s great unknown secret, Brad Carlson and Kevin Ecker kick off from 11-1.  They’ll be doing a combination of sports and [...]
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Fair Enough

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 23:01
Today, the Northern Alliance Radio Network brings you the best in Minnesota conservatism from 9AM-3PM, live (mostly) for our final day from the Minnesota State Fair! Volume I “The First Team” -  Brian and John are off on assignment  - so Kevin Ecker and Brad Carlson will be filling in from 11-1.  They’ll be doing their usual combination of [...]
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The Dayton Dust Bowl: When The Well Goes Dry

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 13:30
The Minnesota Public Radio/Humphrey Institute “Poligraph”feature did provide some thorough fact checking on Dayton’s income tax proposals and found they came up short on revenue. The report called Dayton’s plan to raise $4 billion from raising taxes “wishful thinking”; the plan doesn’t account for the fact that people with money will likely change their behavior to [...]
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You Start Wearing Blue And Brown

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 11:33
Mark Dayton demanded that GOP trackers start wearing uniforms. That’s not the kind of challenge you put in front of Derek “Chief” Brigham from Freedom Dogs. He’s got 12 potential designs.  My favorite: Check ‘em all out here.  Details of the challenge here. It’s actually a contest put on by the MNGOP.  Contenders will be unveiled Labor Day morning at [...]
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The Dayton Dust Bowl: Grossly Adjusted Waffles

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 11:00
Dayton has changed the rhetoric on his tax plan and now claims the $130,000 for individuals and $150,000 for couples was adjusted income, not gross income. I’m being charitable when I say “change”, by the way – on this blog, I busted Dayton a few weeks back, contradicting his own website, in a piece aptly entitled [...]
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If There’s One Thing…

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 10:59
…you can count on in Minnesota politics, it’s that the Twin Cities media will keep an eagle eye on… …Republican candidates’ kids. Did Mark Dayton fall off the wagon in the past two years?  How severe are his alcoholism and depression?  How far down will Dayton have to push his definition of “the Rich” to close the [...]
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It’s Official

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 07:29
“Recovery Summer” is now turning into “Failure Fall“. By all means, Dems; raise taxes.  Turn the screws on all us working people just a little harder.
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Here’s Another Prediction

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 07:21
Florida will see the biggest slime-attack of its entire history… …against Jennifer Carroll. Carroll, a native of Trinidad, a retired Navy Lieutenant-Commander, a mother of three, an immigrant from Trinidad, and a conservative, is Rick Scott’s new running mate on the Florida GOP gubenatorial ticket. Oh, yeah; she’s of African descent: “Jennifer Carroll is the embodiment of the American [...]
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Not To Say…

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 07:10
…that Michele Bachmann draws a crowd or anything, but this was the scene yesterday…: …at the Patriot booth when the Representative did an interview with Michael Medved. Yep – it’s cameraguys from all three of the local TV stations, pressed up against the glass. By the way – in case you missed it, I’ve upped my prediction of Bachmann’s [...]
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Headline Writers: Retire Now.

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 05:16
Because the headline you’ve all been waiting all your careers to write has been written. It’s all over.
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