Everyone I've talked to, regardless of political affiliation, was appalled. The media in the Cities and in Rochester really glossed over the public reaction, but because so many local stations broadcast the rally in its entirety, viewers actually got to see it for themselves, without the event being spliced into carefully scripted pieces. And the result was $150,000 donated to Coleman's campaign during the 4-hour rally alone, hundreds of phone calls to local TV stations (before the switchboards closed and voice mail filled up), and many more irate letters and emails to local newspapers (can't say how many; the papers weren't talking about this. Interestingly, the local news websites did have info about viewer response immediately after the rally, but by the next morning, they had taken most of it out). Lots of people were moved to get involved personally with Coleman's campaign, too.
Coleman got a huge boost from that rally. There are a lot of us who were just as disgusted as the governor by what went on. For once I see an advantage to having an Independent as the governor; had he been Republican, his response would have been spun as partisan, but Jesse is reaching a lot of Independents who will hopefully vote against the Dem candidate or stay home.
I used to have family in Minnesota, I know they are very decent people
Thank you! This is one of the kindest things I've seen posted about Minnesotans lately. And it really is true.
My hope and prayer is that we can keep the voter fraud under control enough to give Coleman a victory that will hold up through the inevitable Dem lawsuits. Justice prevailed two years ago in Florida, and I pray that the same will be true of Election 2002.
The last full year Walter Mondale was in the the Senate:
Minnesotans couldn't e-mail him, because e-mail didn't exist. But they could write him a letter ... and mail it for 13 cents!
Leisure suits were still popular.
Rotary dial phones were common.
John Travolta was still 'Vinny Barbarino'
O.J. Simpson was merely a running back for the Buffalo Bills.
A new home cost $48,000.
A gallon of regular gas cost $.59 (remember regular gas?)
In California, two amateur electronics enthusiasts hung out in their garage tinkering on what would soon become the Apple Computer.
George Lucas' most famous movie was "American Graffiti," as "Star Wars" came out the next year.
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was still on the air --- as a regular weekly show.
Alan Page and Fran Tarkenton were still playing for the Minnesota Vikings.
Mike Tice was attending Central Islip High School in Long Island, N.Y. and Randy Moss was not yet born.
Walter Mondale is now 2 years older than Ronald Reagan when Mondale raised Reagan's age as an issue in the campaign -- and Senators serve for 6 years (not 2 or 4).
AND, DO YOU REMEMBER THE CARTER-MONDALE YEARS?
Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days...
Gasoline rationing and lines at the gas pump...
Double Digit Inflation...
Home Mortgage Rates at 18%...
Grain Embargos...
Doubled Social Security Payroll tax...
Massive Defense Cuts... and
A PLEDGE to raise your taxes that we all know would have been kept.
Times have changed -- has Walter Mondale???
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How do we get this information out to the voting public without coming off as sniping little whiners?