Chris Coleman's Kerryesque Flipflop
Randy Kelly is persona non grata in the Saint Paul DFL.
This, of course, is not news. Last year Randy Kelly committed a sin far worse to the Saint Paul DFL than being pro-life, pro-Second-Amendment, pro-growth; he was an apostate. He endorsed George W. Bush for President.
Despite three decades of staunch service to the DFL, Randy Kelly is getting relentlessly harangued by the DFL (and the local media, who would seem to be in thebag for Chris Coleman. The one thing the "big tent" Democrats can't stand it someone having enough of a brain to color outside the party-issued lines.
But according to a pamphlet shown to me by a source in the Saint Paul DFL, they're apparently pretty selective about their indignation.
According to the pamphlet, Chris Coleman has:
- Opposed endorsed DFL candidates. Coleman worked against endorsed DFL candidates Betty McCollum in 2000, Jay Benanav in 2001 (not a big black mark in my book - but then, I'm not someone who pours my heart and soul and shoe leather out for endorsed DFLers, as do, say, Saint Paul DFLers) and Dave "No Smoking" Thune.
- Endorsed Randy Kelly himself!. I loved this quote, from a 2001 "Kelly For Mayor" brocure: "Randy Kelly will put aside partisanship to build the kind of partnerships that will keep our city strong. The key to our city's future is a mayor who will work with everyone who is committed to making out city a better place to live, work and raise a family".
So - since the mayor's actual
opponent called Randy Kelly the best man for the job, and Kelly has largely delivered on his campaign promises, what's the problem?
When you talk about the mayoral race with liberal Saint Paul DFLers, they grumble that there's little to choose from between Chris Coleman and Randy Kelly; both proclaim to the "moderate" pro-business DFLers.
But it looks like at least Kelly will be saying the same things in four years that he's saying today. Unlike Coleman.
Posted by Mitch at
October 10, 2005 12:12 PM
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Does this make him a Dino (Democrat In Name Only)?
I think ... between your constant attention to RINO's and this "not one dime thing" for Senators who preferred to keep the filibuster rule instead of forcing a nomination fight ... you might ... not ... quite have standing (in my eyes only) when it comes to talking about "Big Tents".
Posted by: Bill Haverberg at October 10, 2005 03:35 PMBill - there's a difference between calling out people deviating radically, *continually*, from clearly defined conservative principles; and ostracizing a candidate solely because he endorsed a candidate from another party.
Second: The MN DFL, as Mitch alluded to, has forever called itself the "big tent" party - which means, I can only assume, that they welcome all sorts of thoughts, beliefs, causes and backgrounds. So, when Mayor Kelly actually does something independently - truly independent - he gets kicked out of the Love Tent. So much for the value of Independent Thinking, as espoused by the MN left.
I'm exhausted and at work, so this might not make the sense I want it to. Apologies to all if it doesn't.
Posted by: Steve at October 10, 2005 04:31 PMKelly wasn't kicked out of the DFL..he hasn't shown up for the last 10 years or more.
Posted by: jessiemn at October 10, 2005 06:29 PMIt would be nice to see St. Paul represented by a real Democrat for a change.
He needs a vacation to figure hust who he is>>>
There's only one Dino... Mr. Dean Martin.
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