Patty Wetterling to challenge Rep. Mark Kennedy in MN's 6th district
Patty Wetterling has announced her plans to challenge Republican incumbent Mark Kennedy. This is worth watching. Patty Wetterling has huge popular appeal in Minnesota. She is the mother of Jacob...
View ArticleDid Freepers put Nick Berg in danger?
If this is true, it's pretty serious. On 7th March, 2004, just three weeks before the first anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, an 'enemies' list of anti-war groups and individuals was posted on the...
View ArticleSan Francisco Revisited
With love in the air in Massachusetts today, I remembered something I wrote the day before Valentine's Day as I was inspired and move to tears by the photos of the weddings going on in San Francisco....
View ArticleHastert Lectures McCain on War, Sacrifice
Hastert Lectures McCain on War, Sacrifice You heard it here first: it's going to take about three more attempts to school McCain on "war" and "sacrifice" before he turns green, grows ten times his...
View ArticleSen. Dayton drops his own prescription drug coverage
Mark Dayton, suddenly having grown a pair, has requested that his prescription coverage be eliminated:WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., who says members of Congress should have no better...
View ArticleMN Governor, House offer to table gay marriage issue
In an effort to lure DFLers back for a special session, Gov. Tim Pawlenty has offered to allow Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson to reject Republicans' further attempts to bring a proposed slimy gay...
View ArticleAnything else we can get for you, Ralph?
For no apparent reason (i.e. he says it will not affect his own race one way or another), Nader has decided to tell Kerry who his Veep should be. Thanks, Ralph. We're certainly happy to do anything...
View ArticleWhat in the name of all holy hell is this?
Received the following email from the Kerry campaign:"Yesterday, the Bush-Cheney campaign, losing any last sense of decency, placed a disgusting ad called "The Faces of John Kerry's Democratic Party"...
View ArticleDean to debate Nader
...Kossacks' heads to explode with glee.Dean will debate Nader on July 9 for 90 minutes before a studio audience, sponsored by NPR. The topic? "Should Nader Run?" "This is an opportunity to discuss...
View ArticleMy Edwards experience
It was a cold, dark morning in Des Moines. The Perfect Stormers had been dispatched to a street corner downtown to wave Dean signs during the morning rush hour the day of the caucus. Did I mention it...
View ArticleAre you now, or have you ever worn a Wellstone shirt?
A candidate for the Minnesota State Senate has come under fire for maybe at some point possibly being seen in a Wellstone shirt. Mary Hamann-Roland is the mayor of Apple Valley, a middle sized suburb...
View ArticleAP: Iraq Insurgency Larger Than Thought
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraq (news - web sites) insurgency is far larger than the 5,000 guerrillas previously thought to be at its core, U.S. military officials say.
View ArticleFavorite Daily Show moments?
Any quotes that still make you snicker? Celebrate the genius of Jon Stewart and co. My recent favorite: Nader: Do you want a president who will stand up against the corporate [blah blah blah...
View ArticleSleazy GOP tactics in MN ruled unconstitutional
Minnesota's conceal and carry gun law was declared unconstitutional today by a Ramsey County District judge. This is great news for those of us who do not believe the average citizen needs to be...
View ArticleKerry wins St. Paul Bobblection; we hung out with Harkin (with pics!)
The Saint Paul Saints minor league baseball team held a Bobblection tonight. Fans were randomly assigned colored wristbands and colors were drawn to allow people vote by selecting a Kerry or Bush...
View ArticleSpringsteen breaks MN Gov's Republican heart
The Minneapolis StarTribune reports that Tim Pawlenty is "heartbroken" by Springsteen's decision to rock against Bush. Opening his weekly radio show Friday with "Born to Run," the 43-year-old...
View ArticleCandidates' daughters booed at MTV awards
The VMAs are on and Alex and Vanessa Kerry and Jenna and Barbara Bush just made an appearance to do a little Rock the Vote plug. The Kerry sisters appeared live onstage in Miami while the Bush twins...
View ArticleExplaining the parties to kids
Yesterday I visited the Minnesota State Fair with my family, including my 12 year old brother. My mother is a Democrat and my father is a Republican. My little brother was interested in all the "free...
View ArticleEdwards draws crowd 30 times larger than Cheney in MN
Yesterday was Veep Day in the Twin Cities. Cheney spoke to an audience of 400 at the Minnesota State Fair. In a truly shocking turn of events reported by the Star Tribune, "The gathering behind the...
View ArticleCosta Rica not-so-willing
Costa Rica has asked the Bush administration to stop throwing its name around as a member of the "coalition of the willing" in support of the war in Iraq. Costa Rican President Abel Pachecho says, "I...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Kos!
Today is Markos's birthday. Let's use this thread to wish him a happy birthday and thank him for creating this site we all love. A year ago I knew nothing about politics other than that we had two...
View ArticleNewlyweds for Kerry, DFL
This weekend two of my best friends were married. I'm incredibly proud of them, not just because they're great people who have a strong commitment to one another, but because of their political...
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Arr! Jesse Ventura is a cranky pirate
In a speech at Georgetown University this week, former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura ripped into Bush but declined to criticize Kerry, "saying he was asked not to be political during his appearance."...
View ArticleConservative bloggers say Bush sucked
Wes Clark on the Daily Show says conservative bloggers are disappointed. I found some quotes:PoliPundit says:"I think most people's first impression, is that Kerry was strong and forceful, while Bush...
View ArticleUpdate on Twin Cities "Don't Vote" billboards
Don't Vote Signs Have Added The Second Part Oct 8, 2004 11:20 am US/Central Minneapolis (AP) A radio station morning show was behind those "Don't Vote" billboards that attracted attention -- and...
View ArticleSen. Dayton closes office amid terror fears
So this is weird. Sen. Mark Dayton (D-MN) has closed his DC office based on something in an intel report shared by Frist two weeks ago."I take this step out of extreme, but necessary, precaution to...
View ArticleKerry Landslide in MTV Choose or Lose Prelection
It's not just Nickelodeon viewers choosing our guy - MTV's results are in and it's Kerry 61%, Bush 39%. Lots of fun facts on the results page, but here are some tidbits:Almost 120,000 used the...
View ArticleMN-6 Emergency: Patty Wetterling needs help
Although we haven't talked about her much on this site, Patty Wetterling is one of the most exciting House candidates this year. An advocate for missing and exploited children through the Jacob...
View ArticleLiveJournal user gets Secret Service visit after anti-Bush post
Annie Sewell-Jennings, a 23 year old LiveJournal user from Charleston, SC, was visited at her mother's home by the Secret Service last night after posting "inflammatory" remarks about Bush a few weeks...
View ArticleIt's time to party
It's time to party. As the families of bomb-flattened Fallujah huddle in make-shift refugee camps, drinking from sewage-filled streams, Iraqi policy mastermind Paul Wolfowitz fastens the last stud into...
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Separated at Birth?
Batman's nemesis or U.S. Rep. Mark Kennedy (R-MN)? One of these men has just announced his plans to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Mark Dayton. Senator Joker. I kinda like the sound of...
View ArticleI'm quitting smoking
This diary isn't about Gannon or Social Security or even anything very political. I'll probably get some replies telling me to delete or get over myself, but I'm willing to deal with that because I...
View ArticleFetal death reporting - are they at it again in MN?
While skimming through recently introduced bills in the Minnesota legislature, I came across HF947. The bill's description - "Optional record of birth resulting in stillbirth provided" - jumped out at...
View ArticleUPDATE: Fetal death reporting in MN
Earlier today I posted a diary about possible wingnut shadiness and a bill dealing with fetal death reporting in Minnesota. Fellow Kossacks helped me to wade through the language and see that the bill...
View ArticleSt. Paul Mayor - My Endorsement
Mayor of St. Paul, MN. It may sound like an insignificant race in the grand scheme of things, but to those of us in the smaller of the Twin Cities, it's gearing up to be a pretty big deal indeed....
View ArticleMN Senate: Patty Wetterling is in
I received an email from Patty Wetterling's campaign today that seems to indicate that she is in fact running for the senate seat being vacated by Mark Dayton. Patty had announced recently that she...
View ArticleCoulter's virginity questioned at college stop
Last week I learned that Ann Coulter would be speaking at St. Olaf college, a small Lutheran liberal arts school in Northfield, MN. My 18-year-old brother, who thinks he's a Republican, goes to school...
View ArticleBush raises $500k today in MN - help Patty Wetterling!
Our dear leader is in the Twin Cities today, appearing at a fundraiser for one Michelle Bachmann. She's a state legislator who is running for Congress in Minnesota's sixth district, a district...
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20,000 for Obama in Minneapolis - My photos [update: video]
I was one of the lucky 20,000 Twin Citians who was able to get a ticket to Obama's rally at the Target Center yesterday!My friends and I hopped on a bus from St. Paul and found ourselves squeezed in...
View ArticleRedState.com Has a Crush on Obama
I'm sorry, have we giggled about this yet?It all started Saturday when a post called Freakin' Awesome Obama Music Video appeared on the front page of RedState.com. (Are you allowed to say "freakin'"...
View ArticleNorm Coleman's "landlord" bought Palin's clothes
The Minneapolis StarTribune reports today that Jeff Larson, the man who provided the credit card for Sarah Palin's $75,000 Neiman Marcus shopping spree is the same man who rented a fancy DC apartment...
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