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May 10, 2004

Pound Wise, Penny Foolish

Before John Kerry made counting political waffles a national pastime, we had Tim Penny.

Penny, of course, was one of the original "Moderate DFLers" in Minnesota - one of the thin film of DFLers who journeyed toward the political center to meet the likes of Arne Carlson.

The only way be be a "moderate", of course, is to stand on both sides of every issue.

Penny is doing the same with the Minnesota Personal Protection Act. Joel Rosenberg supplies an inspired fisking of his latest, grossly-inaccurate, and waffle-rific op-ed.

Tim Penny embodies the flaws of "Moderate" (read: DFL Liberal Lite) thinking: They favor increasing taxes and spending, just not as much. And they support victim disarmament - but only a more moderate kind.

Posted by Mitch at May 10, 2004 04:31 AM
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