Photo from Team Franken’s Flickr page(1) of non-partisan Secretary of State Mark Ritchie speaking at a Minnesota Democrats event earlier this year.
Posted on 12/13/2008 4:39:05 AM PST by flattorney
WHO IS MARK RITCHIE? A COMPLETE BACKGROUND
UPDATE: Liberal supporters of Secretary of State Mark Ritchie (Media Matters)(2) are trying to defend him from the accusation that his candidacy had been promoted by the Communist Party USA. As the blogger who broke the story about his candidacy being promotion by the Communist Party USA, please see the links below to my original posts.
I wrote my first post about Mark Ritchie in September 2005, and I have since published close to 200 posts about Ritchie on Minnesota Democrats Exposed. Click here for a listing of every post about Ritchie on Minnesota Democrats Exposed. Below is a partial summary of my posts about Ritchie.
RITCHIE’S CANDIDACY PROMOTED BY COMMUNIST PARTY USA PUBLICATION
Mark Ritchie’s campaign for Secretary of State was promoted on Communist Party USA website.
RICHTIE’S WRITINGS PUBLISHED BY NEWSPAPER WITH “A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNIST PARTY USA”
Ritchie’s writings have been published by newspaper with “a special relationship with the Communist Party USA.”
RITCHIE CONNECTION TO COMMUNIST PARTY USA MENTIONED IN STAR TRIBUNE
Click here for my post that highlights the Star Tribune mentioning Ritchie’s connection to the Communist Party USA.
RITCHIE CONSIDERED “THOUGHT LEADER” OF WTO PROTEST IN SEATTLE
Click here to read Paul Hawken report on the protests of the WTO in Seattle. He lists Ritchie as a “thought leader” of the protest. Click here for my original post from 2006.
RITCHIE’S CONNECTION TO THE RADICAL ECO-TERRORIST GROUP EARTH FIRST!
Click here for my post that with information that connects Mark Ritchie to the radical eco-terrorist group Earth First!
MEET A MARK RITCHIE CONTRIBUTOR: PRO-CASTRO, COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZER SANDRA LEVINSON
Click here for my post on Sandra Levinson, the executive director of the Center for Cuban Studies, who contributed $250.00 on March 27, 2006 to Mark Ritchie’s campaign.
MEET A MARK RITCHIE CONTRIBUTOR: FINANCIER OF ULTRA-LIBERAL ACTIVISM DRUMMOND PIKE
Click here for my post on Drummond Pike, the founder and president of the Tides Foundation, who contributed $500.00 [joint contribution with wife Liza] on September 2, 2006 to Mark Ritchie’s campaign.
MEET A MARK RITCHIE CONTRIBUTOR: RADICAL ENVIRONMEMTALIST WENDY GORDON ROCKEFELLER
Click here for my post on Wendy Gordon Rockefeller, who contributed $150.00 on September 2, 2006 to Mark Ritchie’s campaign.
MEET A MARK RITCHIE CONTRIBUTOR: FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTOR TO ULTRA-PARTISAN LIBERAL GROUPS, GEORGE SOROS
Click here for my post on George Soros, who contributed $250.00 on September 2, 2006 to Mark Ritchie’s campaign.
“NONPARTISAN” SECRETARY OF STATE RITCHIE DOES SOME PARTISAN REDECORATING
Click here for my post exposing the partisan redecorating Ritchie did to the Secretary of State’s office after he was elected.
“NONPARTISAN” SECRETARY OF STATE RITCHIE SPEAKS AT EVENT HOSTED BY LEFTIST ORGANIZATION
Click here for my post about Ritchie, who promised to be “nonpartisan“, attending a forum hosted by the leftist organization People For the American Way [PFAW].
“NONPARTISAN” SECRETARY OF STATE RITCHIE LAUNCHES PARTISAN ATTACK ON MDE DURING AIR AMERICA INTERVIEW
Click here for my post about “nonpartisan” Ritchie launching a partisan attack on me, live on air during an interview on Air America.
STAR TRIBUNE ARTICLE DETAILS CONFLICT BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND RITCHIE
In February 2007, the Star Tribune published an article about the growing battles between Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and Republicans. Click here for my post.
MAN WHO CALLED NEW YORK CITY “HYMIE TOWN” IS FEATURED ON OFFICIAL SOS WEBSITE
Click here for my post about Secretary of State Mark Ritchie putting quotes from Jessie Jackson, who once referred to New York City has “Hymie Town”, on the front page of the Secretary of State’s official website.
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bttt
It is “Strange” how many of BO’s friends are Marxist/Communists!
You would think the public could see this, but the MSM “fog” obscured the public vision.
The Media should be punished for this, it appears some of them are about to become extinct. Unless BO tries to bail out the “Press” that the Left already owns.
de Texas Fossil
Good post.
can somebody please digg this?
ping
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