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scorenix 
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Posted on: Feb. 14 2008,10:13 pm |
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(wildjim @ Feb. 14 2008,9:36 pm)
QUOTE [/quote] QUOTE I think she will win again but is average at best. If Benda did as bad as you say it should not have been close. Or are you saying Benda lost it and she did not win it? I'm just saying I think the "dump speech" hurt him. And I think Robin had to work extra hard to win, and Matt may have taken the race for granted. Within the city, he was known, she wasn't, but she worked to make herself known.
No, I didn't think they would show up at caucus and praise Matt, but then again they did have a reason to show up and talk about him. And while you're right about hard core caucus goers, they are the minority, not the majority.
The better letter written by Matt should have read: xxx decided not to run against Robin Brown. xxx thank those who asked me to seriously consider running. xxx am encouraged, however, that the Republican party will find an excellent candidate to run against Robin Brown. A candidate who will fight for outstate/greater Minnesota, etc., a candidate xxx will support and help elect.
Disclosure: xxx is inserted so that someone doesn't trying copying it and saying maybe scorenix doesn't support Robin Brown.
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"Here is something for those who think I have not done much on my own to think about. I must then be one of the luckiest people around, and I think I am, I should then be able to keep that same luck going for the benefit of our area." - New ALEDA Executive Director Dan Dorman.
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Replicant
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Posted on: Feb. 15 2008,12:19 pm |
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As a response to supposed "whining" all I'm hearing in return are continued calls of "sour grapes". What I want to know is, what makes Robin Benson Brown a better candidate this time around other than being the incumbent. Tell me, tell everyone what exactly she's done or accomplished. To me, broad platitudes just don't cut it, such as these quotes from Brown in Monday's Tribune article: QUOTE
Brown, a teacher at Albert Lea High School, said she has a year of working at the State Capitol under her belt. She said she is a “professional educator” and possesses a master’s degree. She said she has life experience and shares the values of the district’s voters.
“I have enjoyed the job and felt I have been successful in the job,” Brown said.
QUOTE She said she was instrumental in helping Democrats move legislation through the Legislature, only to have Gov. Tim Pawlenty veto or rebuke measures. She cited property tax relief in the form of local government aid, a transportation bill that would help local roads, and a budget with more equitable funding of schools. Lots of claims of experience and action. Am I really to believe a freshman representative carried the legislative ball for her party? I might believe she carried water for Margaret Anderson Kelliher.
I'd sure like someone to back up those claims.
http://www.albertleatribune.com/articles/2008/02/11/news/news2.txt
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Some drink deeply from the river of knowledge. Others only gargle. - Woody Allen
The problem is not that we have too many fools, it's that the lightning isn't distributed right. - Mark Twain.
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Replicant
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Posted on: Feb. 18 2008,2:48 pm |
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It's so quiet I can hear the crickets chirping, even in mid-February.
< stirs the pot>
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Some drink deeply from the river of knowledge. Others only gargle. - Woody Allen
The problem is not that we have too many fools, it's that the lightning isn't distributed right. - Mark Twain.
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Common Citizen
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Posted on: Feb. 18 2008,5:08 pm |
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She defends her record with this?
"a year of working at the State Capitol under her belt. She said she is a “professional educator” and possesses a master’s degree. She said she has life experience and shares the values of the district’s voters."
I'm not sure how much a freshman rep can get done...but it didn't sound like much from the article. Are we getting our money's worth? Hey...just asking... 
I'm sure there's more than what the paper said...isn't there?
Don't get me wrong. I think she is very nice person.
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justmealmn
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Posted on: Feb. 19 2008,11:18 am |
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I actually feel like voting for McCain. I met him in the Phillippines at the hospital when he was released from Viet Nam prison.
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hairhertz
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Posted on: Feb. 19 2008,12:50 pm |
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Ron Paul, he actually favors change. All the others give it lip service. Huckaby appears to be human, unlike the plastic dem candidates. McCain is a bonafide hero, but I don't want to commit to 100 more years of middle east meddling.
HH, a demoralized democrat
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MADDOG
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Posted on: Mar. 10 2008,1:28 pm |
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Robin Brown's article in the paper today QUOTE I authored several bills for our district that have been heard in various House committees over the past two weeks. The progress of each as been promising, and they have been referred on for further consideration. I would like to highlight a few of them here, and will continue to provide updates on their progress as we move forward. Certainly the most significant bill for the city of Albert Lea is HF2806, my proposal to appropriate funding in the bonding bill for the Edgewater Park project. The bill appropriates $2.5 million for a grant to the city of Albert Lea for flood mitigation and new construction and is crucial to stopping contaminants from leaching into Fountain Lake. 3-10-08 articleQUOTE I authored several bills for our district that have been heard in various House committees over the past two weeks. The progress of each as been promising, and they have been referred on for further consideration. I would like to highlight a few of them here, and will continue to provide updates on their progress as we move forward. Certainly the most significant bill for the city of Albert Lea is HF2806, my proposal to appropriate funding in the bonding bill for the Edgewater Park project. The bill appropriates $2.5 million for a grant to the city of Albert Lea for flood mitigation and new construction, and is crucial to stopping contaminants from leeching into Fountain Lake. This project was included in both the House and the Senate bill last session, but was lost when the governor vetoed the entire bonding bill. This session’s bonding bill is our best chance to get the necessary funding that will finally resolve this ongoing problem for the city of Albert Lea. 2-26-08
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Actually my wife is especially happy when my google check arrives each month. Thanks to douchbags like you, I get paid just for getting you worked up. -Liberal
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