ST. PAUL — Republican congressional candidate Mike Parry took heat Tuesday for portraying Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton as a pill popper, with lawmakers calling for an apology and Dayton’s spokesman describing the comments as “vile personal attacks.”
Parry, a state senator running in the contentious 1st District GOP primary, made the comment Monday at a Brown County Republican fundraiser.
A video of Parry’s speech posted online by a New Ulm Journal reporter shows Parry saying of Dayton: “When you sit across from him and you watch him pop 15 to 16 pills when you’re having a meeting, it’s scary.” Parry emphasized the importance of keeping Republican control of the Legislature.
Dayton spokesman Bob Heume lashed back at Parry on Tuesday.
“This is the final gasp from a candidate who has nothing to offer the people in the 1st congressional district,” Hume said in a statement. “The Governor will not stoop to comment on Parry’s vile personal attacks.”
Allen Quist, a former state representative running against Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN) in Minnesota's 1st congressional district, told a town hall late last week that Obama's recent immigration policy, as well as his decision not to defend in court the Defense of Marriage Act, were both unconstitutional. While some Republicans would cautiously leave the matter there, Quist pressed on, declaring that Obama had committed an impeachable offense. If elected, he promised he would "not only propose it, [he] would argue it to the utmost of my ability and [he] would carry it like a banner to the American public."
Being retired military I voted for waltz thinking he would take care of retired vets. He did, But the rest of his stuff followed DEM. party lines!! I want someone that will vote for the will of MN. people. Not party lines
Being retired military I voted for waltz thinking he would take care of retired vets. He did, But the rest of his stuff followed DEM. party lines!! I want someone that will vote for the will of MN. people. Not party lines
Surprisingly, Walz is not as strict a party-line voter as is John Kline on the Repub. side, or Al Franken on the DFL side. Walz and Colin Peterson were the outliers (Walz not by much at 88%), versus nearly 100% for Franken and Kline.
Check out this article from MinnPost earlier this week.
One good thing about Dayton taking his pills, it shows that he knows he has a problem. He is willing to take steps to help the problem. Now on the other hand you have the GOP.
One good thing about Dayton taking his pills, it shows that he knows he has a problem. He is willing to take steps to help the problem. Now on the other hand you have the GOP.
So with your reaoning we could have a Govenor with schizophenia and it would be alright as long as he took his pills??
One good thing about Dayton taking his pills, it shows that he knows he has a problem. He is willing to take steps to help the problem. Now on the other hand you have the GOP.
So with your reaoning we could have a Govenor with schizophenia and it would be alright as long as he took his pills??
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