Emmer was invited but did not show for the event. But former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton and former House leader Matt Entenza, both DFLers, made sure that he wasn't forgotten.
"I think it's instructive who's not here today, the endorsed candidate of the Republican Party," Dayton said. "Environmental protection should be and used to be in Minnesota a bipartisan or nonpartisan concern, shared by everyone."
Entenza, who is in the race because his wife is willing to finance his political career as a hobby, was equally charming in his assessment of things:
Entenza turned one of the questions, about protecting water quality in Lake Superior, into a shot at Emmer.
"Tom Emmer, the Republican candidate who I wish was here today but apparently chose that he wasn't going to make it, is opposed to a government role in helping with a new sustainable energy future," he said.
Although it took 10 paragraphs, Star Tribune reporter Kevin Duchschere eventually did get around to letting people know why Emmer blew off the opportunity to share the Matt Entenza Experience:
David FitzSimmons, Emmer's campaign manager, said the candidate was attending his son's first communion.Gee, let's see. What would rather do: attend one of the most important events in your son's life, or hang out with Mark Dayton and Matt Entenza? Watch your son receive the Body and Blood of Christ for the first time, or take a bath of bile?
Mark Dayton is correct about one thing -- Emmer's decision is quite instructive indeed, but not in the way that Dayton thinks.
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Clipping his nails would have been more important than a blowhard Enviro-fest. But communion? Definitely more important.
Evacuatin' Dayton is the last person to be pointing why someone is conspicuously absent from anywhere.
And why is an event such as this scheduled for a Sunday morning in the first place?
NW,
I don't know if it was scheduled for the morning or not, the article doesn't say. My guess is that the Emmer family had a celebration after Mass; that is typical for anyone making a First Communion.
If it was a Sunday morning event, it shouldn't be especially surprising, as environmentalism has long since taken on religious (well, pagan) overtones for many.
The article did mention Kelliher having to leave for the sacred May Day event in Minneapolis, which I think was around mid-day or early afternoon (it wasn't on my social calendar).
my kid's first communion was on a saturday.
i requested the day off work but was denied, the boss explaining that they had nobody to run the machine.
i said: 'then shut the f****r down'.
he was pissed and wrote me up.
i called off anyway, and they had to shut the f****r down.
something are more important.
Last year, when MPD officer Dave Loeffler died of complications from a line-of-duty injury, Mayor Rybak skipped the funeral to attend a press conference on green energy.
There was not a peep of outrage, or even suprise - because it is pretty well established that Mpls puts a higher priority on being green than on the lives of cops.
There is no limit to the hypocracy of those on the left.
How many of the DFLers are going to attend the Tax Cut Rally on Saturday?
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