Berg’s Seventh Law Never Lets You Down
By Mitch Berg
A few years ago, I codified “Berg’s Seventh Law“, an iron-clad law of political behavior:
When a Liberal issues a group defamation or assault on conservatives’ ethics, character or respect for liberty, they are at best projecting, and at worst drawing attention away from their own misdeeds.
Now, when I started seeing the usual flock of DFL spokesbloggers warning that the GOP was sending “an army of thugs” (that’d be the Minnesota Majority’s $500 reward for info leading to the arrest and conviction of people intimidating voters), I figured it was something of an argument after the fact; Mark Dayton’s entire campaign so far has been an exercise in rhetorical voter intimidation.
Think about it; how do you get someone like Mark Dayton elected? He’s a terrible candidates; stiff, brittle, a trust fund baby with an awful record and amessage that is diametrically out of tune with a huge swathe of the post-Obama electorate.
The only way to get him elected is to make Republicans stay home.
And that’s really been the crux of the entire Dayton campaign; there has been precious little talk of “why Dayton would be a great governor”, because nobody, even a large part of the DFL (remember, Dayton only won the primary by a cat’s whisker) believes it. The entire DFL campaign has been negative.
Still, trying to convince people to stay home is one thing. Actively attacking your opponent’s campaign is another.
In Saint Paul, Republicans have long believed that the DFL was sending people out into the streets to vandalize, steal and destroy Republican campaign material, especially lawn signs. I think I’ve had one lawn sign survive a campaign – and while I’ve been perfectly willing to chalk it up to bored kids vandalizing things (and even just to bored , DFL-voting Hamline University kids, since often my GOP signs would be stolen or destroyed, while my neighbors’ DFL signs would remain untouched), somtimes it did seem a little too systematic to be completely random.
And while I don’t believe this is necessarily evidence that the DFL is systematically trying to destroy Emmer signs, it certainly does show that some DFL activists are not above mere vandalism, but serious overkill.
A DFL activist, Frank Dolinar, was arrested yesterday for burning Emmer signs:
The man in question is Mr. Frank Dolinar. Mr. Dolinar is a former Professor at Saint Cloud State University. His LinkedIn page says his one interest is “electing DFL candidates.”
Dolinar
Just remember – whenever the DFL starts babbling about Republican “thugs” and “voter intimdation”, start looking for DFL thugs trying to intimidate you.
Because it never, ever, ever fails.
October 25th, 2010 at 9:35 am
He looks hammered. Did they literally catch him in the process of burning a sign?
October 25th, 2010 at 9:38 am
My favorite part is that he has his right eye closed. Of course he does.
October 25th, 2010 at 9:56 am
For a moment there I thought you posted Dayton’s picture.
October 25th, 2010 at 10:07 am
Dude looks like he stepped out of a Sopranos episode. The DFL at it’s finest.
October 25th, 2010 at 10:26 am
Is that guy related to this one:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/it-aint-just-paint
(Cheap shot, I know, but any excuse to post that article…)
October 25th, 2010 at 11:02 am
He looks tired. He must have been up all night burning Emmer signs.
Funny thing is…….Emmer yard signs. Geesh. It’s not like there aren’t millions of Emmer and Horner and Dayton signs out there anyway. This isn’t going to give his guy much of a boost.
October 25th, 2010 at 11:07 am
From his Linkedin profile:
Frank Dolinar’s Summary
After 25 years in public education, including my years as university instructor, and several years as consultant for two educational software companies, I retired and now work part time for Apple.
Frank Dolinar’s Specialties:
Computer generalist, training/teaching Political moralist.
Additional Information
Frank Dolinar’s Interests:
Electing DFL candidates
Frank Dolinar’s Groups:
DFL
October 25th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
And that my friends, is a Victory Gin hangover.
Look familiar Deegee?
ps: I love his hair.
October 25th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
I bet he’s a child molester. I don’t have any proof that he is but until otherwise I will spread this rumor.
Don’t you love using Democrats logic against them?
October 25th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
“Political moralist”
Just think about that; the denial; the twisted sense of self.
Donn’t anyone ever tell me liberalism isn’t a disease, ever again.
October 25th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Hey swiftee you plan on going to the GOP victory part at the Radisson in Bloomington on election night? Were going to party it up there and Mitch will be there too, but probably on the radio.
October 25th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Looks like he got into some of Mad Mark’s psychotropic medications.
October 25th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
Speaking of that, do we know what meds Marky is on? Shouldn’t that be fair game?
October 25th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Ben, Mr Dolinar has yet to prove that he is not a kiddie molester.
Yes, next Tuesday night. We are going to party like it is Nov 2012.
October 25th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
“Political moralist”
Joy Behar overdosed on Ambien.
October 25th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Ben Says: “Speaking of that, do we know what meds Marky is on? ”
Not sure, but there’s considerable doubt that they’re effective.
October 25th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
I haven’t received my gold plated invitation yet, so I haven’t contacted the limo service.
Besides, I think it would be way more fun to drop by the various Democrat pits of despair to just soak in the misery…and mock, tastefully and when appropriate of course.
October 25th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Yeah, Swiftee. You are the model of circumspection.
October 26th, 2010 at 6:11 am
I wonder what Rand Paul would say…
October 26th, 2010 at 7:16 am
He looks exactly like John Marley, who played film mogul Jack Woltz in “The Godfather.” Remember the horse’s head scene?
October 26th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Kerm, I mock because I care.
I’m a caring individual.