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Dayton rips Pawlenty a new (rhetorical) one

by: Joe Bodell

Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 14:23:49 PM CST


Former U.S. Senator Mark Dayton may or may not be the DFL gubernatorial nominee next year -- but the guy knows how to make a point.
Not satisfied with the destruction he has caused Minnesota's schools, local governments, and hospitals and their services to the people of our state, Governor Pawlenty has proposed his "Destroy Minnesota Amendment" to limit spending for essential public services to the revenues from the previous two years.

If the Governor thinks this idiotic approach to budgeting is such a great idea, I challenge him to prove it by spending in his campaign for President during the next two years (2010 & 2011), only what he has raised for that purpose during the past two years (2008 & 2009).

Yeowch!

Score one for Dayton, and a closed circuit to DFL leaders in the Legislature: start calling this the "Destroy Minnesota Amendment" right now.

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nerdy, earnest little TPaw getting creamed by Obama in the debates.

I still doubt it will happen because, no matter how hard he tries to flee his 'moderate' past, it won't be enough for the Repugnant-ones, the way they're going.

But there's a huge chasm between 'doubt it will happen' and 'impossible,' if only because the R. field is so pathetically weak.

If I'm not mistaken Colorado tried something similar to the Destroy Minnesota Amendment about a decade ago.  It's generally accepted that that experiment has much to do with why once bright-red Colorado is now Dem.-leaning.


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All the candidates for Governor in 2010 will accept the same challenge!

Pawlenty Out, Dayton In (0.00 / 0)
What a great title for Pawlenty's horrible idea. The "Destroy Minnesota Amendment" describes it perfectly. As if he hasn't destroyed MN enough already. I hope Mark Dayton wins the governorship so we can finally have someone in that office who knows how Minnesota government ought to run. I'm all for a better Minnesota. We need to get back on track and make Minnesota the way it used to be. I remember when our school system was the best in the nation; when our roads were pot hole free; when we had a great mass transit system. I never thought I would see the day when MN schools are floundering because they don't have enough money. Shame on the current administration!  

Don't cook your own goose.


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