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Chanting Points Memo: Emmer’s “Absences”

If you believe the Dem’s current chanting points on the subject, you’d think that Tom Emmer had spent the last year at Sandals. 

Of course, when they say this they are seemingly oblivious of then-Senator Obama’s 300 missed Senate votes during his presidential campaign (documented all over the place).

Don’t they think people remember this?

But even more interestingly – its seems his endorsed opponent so far, Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson-Kelliher, has not only missed 51 votes this session, but – according to a source at the Capitol, “Al Junhke was voting from the speaker’s chair for Speaker Kelliher all afternoon – she was not even in the chamber”.  Word has it there’ll be photos of Rep. Juhnke leading the House, which is I’m sure exactly what Rep. Kelliher’s constituents wanted.

Another capitol GOP source notes ” Tom (Emmer) actually missed a vote this afternoon because he got held up in the hallway talking to MPR about missing votes. True story! This is getting ridiculous.”

It is indeed.

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15 responses to “Chanting Points Memo: Emmer’s “Absences””

  1. Bill C Avatar
    Bill C

    I have a couple liberal friends on facebook who like to complain about Pawlenty governing ‘in absentia’ because of the attention he is paying to positioning himself for a presidential run. I just constantly needle them back with “so once in office, a politician is NEVER allowed to seek a higher office? Might I remind you that Obama spent a whole 18 months in office before starting his presidential campaign, and missed or flaked on somewhere north of 80% of the votes he should have voted on?”

    Shut’s em up every time. Until they decide to try and pull out that chanting point again.

  2. Bill C Avatar
    Bill C

    I just checked the post Mitch linked to at the MN GOP blog. 1 person commented. Pathetic. I commented in return but it didn’t show up. Let’s hope it’s just stuck in moderation.

  3. jpmn Avatar
    jpmn

    Mitch, is it just a coincidence that ever since the Times Square Bomber and Mets fan was arrested we haven’t heard from Mets fan AngryClown?

    But back on subject, candidates for higher office often miss votes. Maybe we should require candidates to resign their current office or maybe their constituents should vote them out next time around.

  4. Thumb of Alfredo Garcia Avatar
    Thumb of Alfredo Garcia

    It’s as if folks don’t remember George Bush spend 42% of his time on vacation or working vacation.

    When you complained about Obama missing votes, were you at all concerned about the fact that people might “remember this stuff?”

    When you complain about others complaining, are you at all concerned about how you appear to be living in a glass house?

    Mr. JPMN (if that IS your real name) – candidates miss votes, McCain sure as hell did. Perhaps the issue is how long the campaign is. When conservatives complain about activism, I have to wonder where exactly in the Constitution it says corporate entities are to be accorded the same rights as people.

  5. Ben Avatar
    Ben

    hey Penigma is back, under a different name (just check the link under the name). When Bush was on “vacation” Pen, he still got daily briefs and updates, he didn’t stop being president. Crawford was essentially a southern White House. He would rather spend time there than in the Cesspool by the Potomac, who could blame him?

  6. Terry Avatar
    Terry

    Corporate entities? Like trade unions, Penigma? Or the US government?

  7. Mitch Berg Avatar
    Mitch Berg

    Penig…er, Thumb:

    It’s as if folks don’t remember George Bush spend 42% of his time on vacation or working vacation.

    If you’re a limited-goverrnment kind of guy, that’s not a bad thing.

    Of course, Bush was not a limited government president – but the left kvetched about the purported lackadaisicalness of the Coolidge, Eisehower and Reagan administrations, too. And they were among the best, objectively, of all time.

    When you complained about Obama missing votes, were you at all concerned about the fact that people might “remember this stuff?”

    Not at all. Obama missed hundreds of votes; Emmer has missed a fraction of that.

    When you complain about others complaining, are you at all concerned about how you appear to be living in a glass house?

    In other words, if I point a finger at someone, am I worried that 19 are pointing at me? Well, no – I’m right. Doesn’t faze me.

  8. swiftee Avatar
    swiftee

    I wasn’t aware that Alfredo Garcia parks his thumb in his ass….

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  10. Night Writer Avatar
    Night Writer

    I think the point is that if you throw a rock at a glass house, four more come right back at you. Something you’d think the DuhFL had learned by now, but judging by the original point of this post, they haven’t.

  11. Kermit Avatar
    Kermit

    Great Leader Obama has already clocked more time on the golf course than Bush did in 8 years. I’m not sure what that comes out to as a percentage, but then I’m not an anally retentive, obsessive compulsive blogger like…

  12. Mr. D Avatar
    Mr. D

    More like the Earlobe of Alfred E. Neuman. Or the Deviated Septum of Alfredrick Hughes.

  13. The Rest of Alfredo Garcia Avatar
    The Rest of Alfredo Garcia

    Please ignore my thumb.

  14. jpmn Avatar
    jpmn

    Thumb peev or whomever,
    “Mr. JPMN (if that IS your real name) – candidates miss votes,”

    I don’t think I said anything different. I didn’t take a shot at the Won or anybody else. We can change our laws or vote the reprobates out if we aren’t happy with thier representation of us.

    And JP are my initials MN is short for Minnesota. I’ve always posted here under that screen name.

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