Minnesota: State's not fractured; it's just electing more Republicans

Minneapolis Star and Tribune ^ | 13 January 2003 | Sarah Janecek

[shrinkermd]

Sometimes it's maps -- not actions -- that speak louder than words.

Many commentators have portrayed the 2002 election as a victory of Republicans over DFLers. Last week in these pages editorialists attributed the 2002 election results as causing a purported "fractured state split along regional, economic, philosophical and partisan lines," and worse, after the election, our state's "celebrated political consensus has vanished from Minnesota and with it has gone much of the civility in public life."

[shrinkermd]

This is somewhat similar to Brook's editorial in the NYT. The claim that the Pubbies get their votes from the rich is untrue. Seemingly, what is happening is the working middle class and traditional people, in general, are abandoning the RATS.

The RATS are in shock after Senator Coleman beat VP Mondale and Governor Pawlenty beat a 30 year State Senator Veteran (Roger Moe) and became governor. This was once the second most liberal state in the union after Mass.

[The Vast Right Wing]

<'>'and worse, after the election, our state's "celebrated political consensus has vanished from Minnesota and with it has gone much of the civility in public life."'

Well, that couldn't possibly be because of the monster 'funi-rally' held for Senator Wellstone could it?

[blackdog]

Civility in public life = paying without question, for endless feel-good social programs, pathetic public schools, new digs for state employees, Rollerball style death rallies, and re-asset balancing state pension funds which were destroyed from the market correction.

Forgive me for not being so civil.

[Wait4Truth]

The RATS are now spewing that President Bush is the REASON for politics becoming so partisan in D.C. - I sure hope that the public can see that Bush keeps his nose to the grindstone while the Dems are forever on TV bashing Bush and his Administration. I have never once heard the President bash a RAT by name but the RATS bash him hour after hour, day after day. With hillary in charge of the RATS in the Senate, it will only get worse. This may be a plus for our side in the end. Liberal RATS hate the President no matter what he says or does, but Independent voters may not agree. We can only hope.

The Senate Republicans that are whining about Bush and Rummy not giving them enough war info should sit down and shut the hell up. They are not told because the first thing they do is contact the media!!! And watch John McCain - the news is out there that he intends to block the Bush agenda out of spite. He needs to be stopped.

[MNlurker]

How did I miss this in the paper today?

All you have to do is drive the streets around Lake Harriet, Lake Calhoun, and Lake of the Isles to realise that the party of the rich up here is the DFL...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Who else would live in Dinkeytown and pay $5 for a cup of coffee ?

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[MNlurker]

I also have a theory that to live on a corner in the Twin Cities that it is required for you to have a "Say no to War in Iraq" sign in your yard.

I must not have gotten the memo...

[jdege]

Already posted here.

[jdege]

And among the horrible things that are going to happen:

• The repeal of the Profile of Learning.
• The adoption of shall-issue handgun permits.

  Oh, the humanity!

[Frohickey]

This is somewhat similar to Brook's editorial in the NYT. The claim that the Pubbies get their votes from the rich is untrue. Seemingly, what is happening is the working middle class and traditional people, in general, are abandoning the RATS.

I think rushlimbaugh.com had the campaign contribution for the 2000 election cycle. Republican donors outpaced the democrat donors in the low amount category, while democrat donors that paid large sums outnumbered republicans.

[Lancey Howard]

"fractured state split along regional, economic, philosophical and partisan lines," and our state's "celebrated political consensus has vanished from Minnesota and with it has gone much of the civility in public life."

Well, getting out my English-Scumbag / Scumbag-English dictionary I can report that "fractured" means the scumbag Democrats are no longer the only party in town, and loss of "civility" means the scumbags can no longer bend over and rape working taxpayers in order to buy votes from the parasite class like drunken sailors on shore leave.

[shrinkermd]

"Already posted here" Mea Culpa. Sorry

[taxcontrol]

Say, for us not in the state, can you provide a quick run down on what is "Profile of Learning"?

[driftless]

Myself and most of the Republicans I know are simply middle-class types who slog away at very boring jobs. I only know one Republican friend who is wealthy, and he is a Navy retiree who also works four jobs including where I work. He has three businesses that he owns and operates. So much for the theory of the rich Republican who was born on third base. Most rich Republicans earned their dough.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The idea that one of the two major political parties could consist only of 'the rich' and still be competitive is absurd.

A glance at the famous Red/Blue map of America shows that, geographically, America is Republican except where the people are either poor or rich.

The Constitution as written made the middle class--and the rich and the poor oppose both.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I dunno. Last time I heard, the public trough and its chow hound state employees were the number one empoyer in Minnesota.

[jdege]

Minnesota's Profile of Learning: What is it?