When In Robbinsdale, Do As The Robbinsdalians Do
By Mitch Berg
I had the honor and pleasure of MCing a fundraiser for the District 45 GOP last night, at The Lodge in Robbinsdale. The Lodge is, by the way, owned by the same people who own “Bill’s Gun Shop”, right next door. Guns ‘n booze; God Bless America.
I got to meet SD45 candidate Nick Peterson, HD45A’s Mark Martin and HD45B candidate Reid Johnson.
Full disclosure; I got some appetizers and – this is fun – a $20 Holiday gift certificate! In all my years of blogging and doing political speeches, this is the very first bit of portable, spendable consideration I have ever gotten.
Watch for the leftyblogs to start writing about the scourge of conservative bloggers getting gas cards.
The appetizers were delicious.
Expect a photo-essay – probably tomorrow.
September 14th, 2010 at 8:40 am
Phooey, I missed it. Had a speaking engagement of my own, in Anoka.
September 14th, 2010 at 11:42 am
Yes, we gave Mitch gas (money in form of a certificate) to cover travel. 🙂 What a fun night – and thanks for a great emcee job. Fun side note: we had a DFL tracker, some DFL voters there. Later on, some Lodge customers came up to us as we packed up telling us they support our three candidates. Ann Rest, Lyndon Carlson and Sandra Peterson know it’s not a slam dunk re-election year. Perhaps we’ll throw them a retirement party at the Lodge!
September 14th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
” a $20 Holiday gift certificate!”
Sweet, you should spend the $20 on indoor range time.
September 14th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
There’s a delightful irony in a fellow cyclist being given a card for free gasoline….. :^)
September 14th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
I concur with your assessment of the appetizers.
I was not there last night, but I have eaten at The Lodge a couple of times and the food is always excellent.
September 15th, 2010 at 3:47 am
Lassie, you got suckered. I’m sure Mitch would have done it for free.
September 15th, 2010 at 10:27 am
More delicious irony: Holiday’s gas is called “Blue Planet.”