tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post2140971434562587725..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: Clowntime Is OverMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-78864670389516321432008-02-27T06:50:00.000-06:002008-02-27T06:50:00.000-06:00Not just in Minnesota, but nationwide, it is time ...Not just in Minnesota, but nationwide, it is time that good Conservatives and others who loathe high taxes remind the skulls of mush who tend to vote for whomever is cool of one important difference between Republicans and Democrats: DEMORCRATS WILL RAISE TAXES. They may get cute and re-name the process (repealling the Bush Tax Cuts), but a stink flower with any other name will smell as putrid: Raising taxes is raising taxes.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, Democrats know what is better for Society than society itself. Light rail is obviously good for you, whether it comes to your neighborhood, or whether you ride it or not. This is the local topic in Minnesota, but it clearly goes much further.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to see national money spent on campaigns that name no candidates but simply say: "If you want to pay higher taxes, vote Democrat" A simple message with a simple theme; a theme that should resonate.<BR/><BR/>Clown time is indeed over, and it's time to attack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-27769109757352409302008-02-26T23:56:00.000-06:002008-02-26T23:56:00.000-06:00Great article. My brother in-law is in Knuth's dis...Great article. My brother in-law is in Knuth's district. He went to the caucus and was elected as a deligate. I don't know how far he will go but he is a great conservative. He is ticked off and fired up. He will be working hard this election and since I live in Como Park and thus have no chance, I'll be up their helping too. This article convinced me these are the two district's I will spent my time on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-7192161212701256532008-02-26T22:52:00.000-06:002008-02-26T22:52:00.000-06:00An excellent post with some well thought out quest...An excellent post with some well thought out questions that really need to be answered. <BR/><BR/>As far as Knuth is concerned, last year she held "town hall meetings" about once a month starting around March at the FSC in New Brighton and at a coffee establishment known as a DFL hangout that shall go nameless (but is located about half a mile South on Silver Lake Road from the establishment where one goes for <I>good</I> coffee). <BR/><BR/>It will be interesting to see if KK is willing to face the public this year in light of the recent tax hike votes. If so, I encourage all Conservatives to show up for at least a couple sessions and ask tough questions like the ones Mark poses. Be polite, but firm. KK does not do well when made to think on her feet, and it is good for those in attendance to see it.<BR/><BR/>These meetings were packed with a lot of doting supporters, including Mommy and Daddy Knuth, but to KKs credit she did take spontaneous questions from the audience. Be forwarned that Mommy acts as a quasi seargeant-at-arms and will abruptly call her wunderkind's attention to the urgent need to answer another question from a decidedly more friendly source (one not wearing boots) if her little girl is forced to tap dance around too difficult a question. <BR/><BR/>In fact, at one of these meetings KK actually deferred a question on education that caused her to act like Shirley Temple on speed to Mommy, citing Mommy's many years of experience as a public school teacher as the excuse to quit hoofing.<BR/><BR/>Don't be intimidated by KK's highly touted Oxford education because the truth is she is not all that bright. The deer-in-the-headlights look on KK's face was priceless at one of these meetings when one of my colleagues asked her a question that involved a working knowledge of basic economics. Mark, you may need to leave a good portion of your vocabulary at home and keep things simple enough for her to attempt to keep up. <BR/><BR/>Just be ready for the evil eye Mommy Knuth will give you if you ask her daughter a question she would rather not answer. Daddy has also been known to take down names on his clip board.Right Hookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381659078828845900noreply@blogger.com