Charlie Quimby accepts State Auditor Rebecca Otto’s explanation about her expense reporting (my jury is still out) – and skips from that to “showing” how the GOP really isn’t the party of business.
(Whereas the party of top-five-in-nation corporate taxes, “tax the working rich”, and the $20K/year minimum wage, apparently, is…)
Go over and read it if you like.
But I’ll take things to the next level. Let’s move the debate out of hooting about numbers and name-calling, and focus on the issues.
Let’s start with Rebecca Otto’s record in office. Let’s start with all of her accomplishments in her four years as State Auditor.
For starters…
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(scratches head)
Love the rain, doncha….
…OH, I got it! She filed an amicus brief in support of McDonald…
…no, that was Attorney-General Swanson. OK…
…um…
…gosh, I’m kinda…
…OK. Perhaps we need to go back to namecalling.
(In the interest of fairness: If, indeed, Rebecca Otto did not, in fact, overbill for her on-the-road per diems, she can use “Otto For Auditor: She Didn’t Really Overcharge You!” as a campaign slogan. Uninspiring, but really, the best thing she’s got so far).
Speaking of Amicus Briefs…… and NOT to engage in name calling….. but did T-Paw ever do anything about all that participation in the Health Care Reform legislation that he was so publicly proclaiming he was going to do?
First he was going to pre-empt the role of AG Swanson and file the suit himself (or presumably have someone else do it for him, on his authority).
Then when Swanson gave him the go-ahead to file an Amicus Brief, he seemed like he was going to do that (and so was she).
There have been a lot of parties filing, or promising to file Amicus Briefs on that. If T-Paw filed one, I haven’t seen it so far. But I may have missed it?
I don’t have strong feelings either way about Ms. Ott’s job performance, but on the plus side, not overstepping the job authority of another elected official as defined by our state constitution ranks up there for me as one.
Not making lots of very, very highly public statements about filing law suits Amicus Briefs and then not apparently following through, making herself an embarrassment on behalf of the state of Minnesota, to residents and to the rest of the country —-that would count as another plus.
In Otto’s defense, what I really want out of my auditor is a complete lack of flash, excitement, and style. That’s one office I’d hope could do it’s job nearly silently and in the background.
Oh, I have another one!
Not making unsupported claims as a state official that claims another lawfully elected representative, as in the statements made by TPaw about Senator Franken, was another.
I believe there are very appropriate and specific ways in which it is appropriate for one branch or office to be critical of another. I believe emphatically that trying to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the process without proof, after our state Supreme Court has ruled, is not one of those appropriate examples. For our governor and one of our congressional reps to do so is unethical and unacceptable.
If at any time they have proof, it should go to the appropriate channels, not Fox news or local broadcast news. If something is subsequently proven, then let them crow all they want about it. Before proof, no.
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Not making lots of very, very highly public statements about filing law suits Amicus Briefs and then not apparently following through…
Even though you don’t know whether he did or didn’t, or why…
Just saying.
I believe there are very appropriate and specific ways in which it is appropriate for one branch or office to be critical of another.
Just so we’re clear; would having a Senator go overseas and actively undercut the foreign policy of the sitting President count?
I believe emphatically that trying to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the process without proof, after our state Supreme Court has ruled, is not one of those appropriate examples. For our governor and one of our congressional reps to do so is unethical and unacceptable.
Except that to my knowledge nobody is questioning the legitimacy of Franken’s election – merely trying to ensure the integrity of our electoral system for future elections..
Details count.
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Hey! WordPress messed up my pretty Victory Gin bottle!
Dog Gone Says: “If at any time they have proof, it should go to the appropriate channels, not Fox news or local broadcast news. If something is subsequently proven, then let them crow all they want about it. Before proof, no.”
Would that also apply to the assertion that conservative protesters cried out racial slurs and called Rep. Andre Carson and other black members of congress the n-word during the “Kill the Bill” rally at the Capitol?
“Hey! WordPress messed up my pretty Victory Gin bottle!”
Yeah. I had about 20 carriage returns between that first line and the 2nd one. WordPress be messin’ with our style.
“as in the statements made by TPaw”
Quote please.
*crickets*