Sheila Kihne – whom I christened the Minnesota conservative blogosphere’s “Rookie of the Year” at an event the other night – unleashes a Scott-Johnson-caliber take-down of Mark Dayton’s entire biography over at Activist Next Door and True North, tying together his years as a radical hippie/”School Teacher”, his lamentable Senate career, and his mental health and chemical dependency issues.
Almost-but-not-quite conclusion:
Do we see a pattern? [Read her piece. You will see a pattern – Ed.]
Here are two facts:
1. During his very first job out-of-college as “a teacher”-Mark Dayton couldn’t handle the pressure- he took time off to protest and he quit in the middle of a school year for “personal reasons.”
2. During his last job as U.S. Senator- He couldn’t handle the pressure in D.C.– he shut down his office and started drinking to deal with the stress.
The media has covered for him, but worse than that they’ve actually lied for him. For years every profile has perpetuated the myth that Dayton is hard-working. He may be a hard-campaigner (who isn’t?), that doesn’t mean he’s a hard-worker. I know people who are great at getting jobs, but once that goal has been met—they get bored, complacent, or overwhelmed. He reminds me of Obama in this regard. He’ll work his butt off to accomplish a goal that involves some self-fulfillment, but when reality doesn’t match his expectations, he simply can’t handle it.
With a $6 Billion budget deficit…we need somebody who can handle it.
Go and read the whole thing.
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