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I write from a liberal perspective about an area of Minnesota that is surprisingly conservative when compared to the rest of the state which is far more liberal. From the state legislature to my own crazy congresswoman, Michele Bachmann, there is muc
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A Revealing Tweet...
An interesting tweet scrolled across my screen yesterday from potential Republican Gubernatorial nominee, Tom Emmer, in regards to "federal health care plans": What is not clear from this particular tweet is to WHICH federal health care plan Mr. E...
Gross Inaccuracies Pt. 4
So this is perhaps less of an episode of Gross Inaccuracies and more of reminder to Gary Gross about the things he conveniently left out of his most recent hit piece on Tarryl Clark.Apparently now you only have to be in the room with single payer adv...
The Gottwalt PR Blunder...
The local grocery store in St. Cloud, Coborn's, and their public relations guru, Steve Gottwalt, have been taking a bit of a hit lately after it was revealed they were sending letters to employees about health care reform and unionization urging them...
Bachmann Abandons 10th Amendment...
One of the cruxes of the entire conservative movement, aside perhaps from an unhealthy obsession with the 2nd Amendment, is their purported adherence to the 10th Amendment:The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibi...
On Gottwalt's Supposed Health Reform
As we continue to debate or, more accurately, hurl insults at one another about health care reform my good friend on the other side of the aisle, Gary Gross of Let Freedom Ring, has tried to claim that Representative Steve Gottwalt has the magic bull...
Weekly Address: Health Insurance Reform
From the White House Blog:During the address, the President asks that small business owners and employees give us their comments and questions on the report. What are your experiences with health care as somebody involved in small business, and what ...
Reality Check: Congressional Health Care
From the WCCO Reality Check series:For an average monthly premium of about $308, members of Congress get a pretty good bang for the buck....Lawmakers get some perks beyond regular insurance coverage, too. For an annual fee of about $500, they are ent...
Bachmann, Health Care, And Fact Finding...
A curious little piece in the Forest Lake Times caught my eye today. Michele Bachmann was at Birchwood Health Care Center in Forest Lake for what was labeled a "fact finding mission".It was a fact-finding mission for Sixth District Congresswoman Mich...
