You’ve Yet To Have Your Finest Hour
By Mitch Berg
Today on the Northern Alliance Radio Network:
- Volume I “The First Team” – John, Brian and Chad – will kick things off from 11-1. No idea, as this is written, what they’re going to talk about, but I’m going to guess it’ll coming down off the natural high of making Nick “Engineering Is For Dorks” Coleman the Loon of the Year. Finding out is half the adventure.
- Volume II “The Headliner” – Ed is off on assignment, so I’ll be soloing from 1-3; call in early and often! I’ll be talking about Iowa, and with special guest Drew Emmer about the CD25 special election, the upcoming caucuses, and (with any luck) interviewing Barry Casselman. Tune in!
- Volume III, “The Final Word” – King and Michael will talk Minnesota trash after that until 5PM; Michael’s challenged me to stick around and accept an “award” regarding my take on the SD25 race, but I don’t think he means it in a nice way.
So tune in to all six hours of the Northern Alliance Radio Network, the Twin Cities’ media’s sole guardians of sanity. On the air at AM1280 in the Metro, or streaming at AM1280’s Website, or via podcast at Townhall.
(Along with the Stroms, from 9-11, natch).
January 5th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
I think that today’s “the final word” was one of the NARN’s finest moments.
Of course you probably lost everyone that isn’t interested in GOP inside baseball, but for those of us that were interested, it was very entertaining.
January 5th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Mitch,
While you were talking about the SD25 race, I called the head of the College Republicans at St. Olaf (my daughter’s roommate). She said that Dahle had been on campus campaigning, but didn’t mention if Cox did the same. I’m guessing he didn’t.
I asked her if she had seen any “outside efforts” to get students to the poll, but at St Olaf, the poll was at the student union so it wouldn’t require much. My daughter reported that there was a bus to get students from one of the outlying dorms to the student union.
Who ever picked the date for the special election screwed the pooch.
Question: Can a student who registers to vote in SD25, change their registration to their home district for the next general election?
January 6th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
[…] By Michael B. Brodkorb | January 6, 2008 Yesterday's show was a complete blast. I want to thank Chris Tiedeman for co-hosting yesterday's radio show in King's absence. Chris had agreed to co-host the show before I started giving out awards, but he showed up and continually kept the discussion focused. I especially want to thank Drew Emmer and Mitch Berg for being guests of the program for the entire two hour. They didn't need to stay for two hours, but they did and the discussion we had was wonderful (some have called it one of the NARN's finest moments). I also want to thank the all-star list of people who called into the program. To the people who had questions about the endorsement process, Chris offered his comments as he served as the parliamentarian of the SD 25 endorsing convention. I encourage people to ready Lady Logician's post on precinct caucus and endorsements by BPOUs. Both Mitch and Drew are hard working members of the conservative movement in Minnesota. Both men passionately defend and promote the conservative philosophy on their blogs and I learned more about their positions during the program. I consider them both good friends and I think we all left the studio better friends then when the show started. While the conversation was passionate, it was respectful. We didn't call each other "zombies", we didn't say that they other person "had blood on their hands". We each had a different opinion about the election in SD 25. The point of lampooning of Drew's and Mitch's posts was point out a larger problem that I see that with a certain element of the conservative movement. Some people like to complain and act, while some people just like to complain. It was my opinion that Drew's and Mitch's posts were about complaining and not about acting. As I wrote, neither of them had done any volunteering for the Republican effort in SD 25, yet they were the first to complain about the loss. But they both complained because they care about the conservative movement in Minnesota. In reality, our very important conversation wouldn't have occurred without Drew's post. For that, we should all offer our sincere thanks. Finally, by poking fun at Drew's and Mitch's post rather than calling them names, I was trying to provide an example of how conservatives can disagree about the Republican party and yet remain good friends. It wasn't a bit, but rather an important exercise. Complain, but also act. Disagree and bebate, but remain friends. We are all on the same side. I tip my hat to Chris, Drew and Mitch. Thank you for appearing on yesterday's show. Thanks for being good conservatives, thanks for offering your suggestions on how to strengthen the Republican Party. […]
January 6th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
[…] By Michael B. Brodkorb | January 6, 2008 Yesterday's show was a complete blast. I want to thank Chris Tiedeman for co-hosting yesterday's radio show in King's absence. Chris had agreed to co-host the show before I started giving out awards, but he showed up and continually kept the discussion focused. I especially want to thank Drew Emmer and Mitch Berg for being guests of the program for the entire two hour. They didn't need to stay for two hours, but they did and the discussion we had was wonderful (some have called it one of the NARN's finest moments). I also want to thank the all-star list of people who called into the program. To the people who had questions about the endorsement process, Chris offered his comments as he served as the parliamentarian of the SD 25 endorsing convention. I encourage people to ready Lady Logician's post on precinct caucus and endorsements by BPOUs. Both Mitch and Drew are hard working members of the conservative movement in Minnesota. Both men passionately defend and promote the conservative philosophy on their blogs and I learned more about their positions during the program. I consider them both good friends and I think we all left the studio better friends then when the show started. While the conversation was passionate, it was respectful. We didn't call each other "zombies", we didn't say that they other person "had blood on their hands". We each had a different opinion about the election in SD 25. I was down in SD 25 knocking on doors, talking with voters about the importance of the election. I saw MN GOP Chairman Ron Carey, walking through the snow to get out the vote for the Republican-endorsed candidate. I spoke with MN GOP executive director Darren Bearson in the Farmhouse Cafe about how the entire staff was helping with the effort. I rode around with MN GOP communications director Mark Drake as we lit-dropped in New Prague, Lonsdale and other communities in SD 25. I spoke with college Republicans who were helping out in Northfield. The point of lampooning of Drew's and Mitch's posts was point out a larger problem that I see that with a certain element of the conservative movement. Some people like to complain and act, while some people just like to complain. It was my opinion that Drew's and Mitch's posts were about complaining and not about acting. As I wrote, neither of them had done any volunteering for the Republican effort in SD 25, yet they were the first to complain about the loss. But they both complained because they care about the conservative movement in Minnesota. In reality, our very important conversation wouldn't have occurred without Drew's post. For that, we should all offer our sincere thanks. Finally, by poking fun at Drew's and Mitch's post rather than calling them names, I was trying to provide an example of how conservatives can disagree about the Republican party and yet remain good friends. It wasn't a bit, but rather an important exercise. Complain, but also act. Disagree and bebate, but remain friends. We are all on the same side. I tip my hat to Chris, Drew and Mitch. Thank you for appearing on yesterday's show. Thanks for being good conservatives, thanks for offering your suggestions on how to strengthen the Republican Party. […]
January 6th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
[…] By Michael B. Brodkorb | January 6, 2008 Yesterday's show was a complete blast. I want to thank Chris Tiedeman for co-hosting yesterday's radio show in King's absence. Chris had agreed to co-host the show before I started giving out awards, but he showed up and continually kept the discussion focused. I especially want to thank Drew Emmer and Mitch Berg for being guests of the program for the entire two hour. They didn't need to stay for two hours, but they did and the discussion we had was wonderful (some have called it one of the NARN's finest moments). I also want to thank the all-star list of people who called into the program. To the people who had questions about the endorsement process, Chris offered his comments as he served as the parliamentarian of the SD 25 endorsing convention. I encourage people to ready Lady Logician's post on precinct caucus and endorsements by BPOUs. Both Mitch and Drew are hard working members of the conservative movement in Minnesota. Both men passionately defend and promote the conservative philosophy on their blogs and I learned more about their positions during the program. I consider them both good friends and I think we all left the studio better friends then when the show started. While the conversation was passionate, it was respectful. We didn't call each other "zombies", we didn't say that they other person "had blood on their hands". We each had a different opinion about the election in SD 25. I was down in SD 25 knocking on doors, talking with voters about the importance of the election. I saw MN GOP Chairman Ron Carey, walking through the snow to get out the vote for the Republican-endorsed candidate. I spoke with MN GOP executive director Darren Bearson in the Farmhouse Cafe about how the entire staff was helping with the effort. I rode around with MN GOP communications director Mark Drake as we lit-dropped in New Prague, Lonsdale and other communities in SD 25. I spoke with college Republicans who were helping out in Northfield. Some heard the call from the Republican Party to help out with the effort. Others heard the call, but decided not to do anything. The point of lampooning of Drew's and Mitch's posts was point out a larger problem that I see that with a certain element of the conservative movement. Some people like to complain and act, while some people just like to complain. It was my opinion that Drew's and Mitch's posts were about complaining and not about acting. As I wrote, neither of them had done any volunteering for the Republican effort in SD 25, yet they were the first to complain about the loss. But they both complained because they care about the conservative movement in Minnesota. In reality, our very important conversation wouldn't have occurred without Drew's post. For that, we should all offer our sincere thanks. Finally, by poking fun at Drew's and Mitch's post rather than calling them names, I was trying to provide an example of how conservatives can disagree about the Republican party and yet remain good friends. It wasn't a bit, but rather an important exercise. Complain, but also act. Disagree and bebate, but remain friends. We are all on the same side. I tip my hat to Chris, Drew and Mitch. Thank you for appearing on yesterday's show. Thanks for being good conservatives, thanks for offering your suggestions on how to strengthen the Republican Party. […]
January 6th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
[…] By Michael B. Brodkorb | January 6, 2008 Yesterday's show was a complete blast. I want to thank Chris Tiedeman for co-hosting yesterday's radio show in King's absence. Chris had agreed to co-host the show before I started giving out awards, but he showed up and continually kept the discussion focused. I especially want to thank Drew Emmer and Mitch Berg for being guests of the program for the entire two hour. They didn't need to stay for two hours, but they did and the discussion we had was wonderful (some have called it one of the NARN's finest moments). I also want to thank the all-star list of people who called into the program. To the people who had questions about the endorsement process, Chris offered his comments as he served as the parliamentarian of the SD 25 endorsing convention. I encourage people to ready Lady Logician's post on precinct caucus and endorsements by BPOUs. Both Mitch and Drew are hard working members of the conservative movement in Minnesota. Both men passionately defend and promote the conservative philosophy on their blogs and I learned more about their positions during the program. I consider them both good friends and I think we all left the studio better friends then when the show started. While the conversation was passionate, it was respectful. We didn't call each other "zombies", we didn't say that they other person "had blood on their hands". We each had a different opinion about the election in SD 25. I was down in SD 25 knocking on doors, talking with voters about the importance of the election. I saw MN GOP Chairman Ron Carey, walking through the snow to get out the vote for the Republican-endorsed candidate. I spoke with MN GOP executive director Darren Bearson in the Farmhouse Cafe about how the entire staff was helping with the effort. I rode around with MN GOP communications director Mark Drake as we lit-dropped in New Prague, Lonsdale and other communities in SD 25. I spoke with college Republicans who were helping out in Northfield. Some heard the call from the Republican Party to help out with the effort and did something. Others heard the call, but decided not to do anything. The point of lampooning of Drew's and Mitch's posts was point out a larger problem that I see that with a certain element of the conservative movement. Some people like to complain and act, while some people just like to complain. It was my opinion that Drew's and Mitch's posts were about complaining and not about acting. As I wrote, neither of them had done any volunteering for the Republican effort in SD 25, yet they were the first to complain about the loss. But they both complained because they care about the conservative movement in Minnesota. In reality, our very important conversation wouldn't have occurred without Drew's post. For that, we should all offer our sincere thanks to Drew. Finally, by poking fun at Drew's and Mitch's post rather than calling them names, I was trying to provide an example of how conservatives can disagree about the Republican party and yet remain good friends. It wasn't a bit, but rather an important exercise. Complain, but also act. Disagree and bebate, but remain friends. We are all on the same side. I tip my hat to Chris, Drew and Mitch. Thank you for appearing on yesterday's show. Thanks for being good conservatives, thanks for offering your suggestions on how to strengthen the Republican Party. […]
January 6th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
[…] By Michael B. Brodkorb | January 6, 2008 Yesterday's show was a complete blast. I want to thank Chris Tiedeman for co-hosting yesterday's radio show in King's absence. Chris had agreed to co-host the show before I started giving out awards, but he showed up and continually kept the discussion focused. I especially want to thank Drew Emmer and Mitch Berg for being guests of the program for the entire two hour. They didn't need to stay for two hours, but they did and the discussion we had was wonderful (some have called it one of the NARN's finest moments). I also want to thank the all-star list of people who called into the program. To the people who had questions about the endorsement process, Chris offered his comments as he served as the parliamentarian of the SD 25 endorsing convention. I encourage people to ready Lady Logician's post on precinct caucus and endorsements by BPOUs. Both Mitch and Drew are hard working members of the conservative movement in Minnesota. Both men passionately defend and promote the conservative philosophy on their blogs and I learned more about their positions during the program. I consider them both good friends and I think we all left the studio better friends then when the show started. While the conversation was passionate, it was respectful. We didn't call each other "zombies", we didn't say that they other person "had blood on their hands". We each had a different opinion about the election in SD 25. I was down in SD 25 knocking on doors, talking with voters about the importance of the election. I saw MN GOP Chairman Ron Carey, walking through the snow to get out the vote for the Republican-endorsed candidate. I spoke with MN GOP executive director Darren Bearson in the Farmhouse Cafe about how the entire staff was helping with the effort. I rode around with MN GOP communications director Mark Drake as we lit-dropped in New Prague, Lonsdale and other communities in SD 25. I spoke with college Republicans who were helping out in Northfield. Some heard the call from the Republican Party to help out with the effort and did something. Others heard the call, but decided not to do anything. The point of lampooning of Drew's and Mitch's posts was highlight a larger problem that I see that with a certain element of the conservative movement. Some people like to complain and act, while some people just like to complain. It was my opinion that Drew's and Mitch's posts were about complaining and not about acting. As I wrote, neither of them had done any volunteering for the Republican effort in SD 25, yet they were the first to complain about the loss. But they both complained because they care about the conservative movement in Minnesota. In reality, our very important conversation wouldn't have occurred without Drew's post. For that, we should all offer our sincere thanks to Drew. Finally, by poking fun at Drew's and Mitch's post rather than calling them names, I was trying to provide an example of how conservatives can disagree about the Republican party and yet remain good friends. It wasn't a bit, but rather an important exercise. Complain, but also act. Disagree and bebate, but remain friends. We are all on the same side. I tip my hat to Chris, Drew and Mitch. Thank you for appearing on yesterday's show. Thanks for being good conservatives, thanks for offering your suggestions on how to strengthen the Republican Party. […]
January 6th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
[…] By Michael B. Brodkorb | January 6, 2008 Yesterday's show was a complete blast. I want to thank Chris Tiedeman for co-hosting yesterday's radio show in King's absence. Chris had agreed to co-host the show before I started giving out awards, but he showed up and continually kept the discussion focused. I especially want to thank Drew Emmer and Mitch Berg for being guests on the program for the entire two hour. They didn't need to stay for two hours, but they did and the discussion we had was wonderful (some have called it one of the NARN's finest moments). I also want to thank the all-star list of people who called into the program. To the people who had questions about the endorsement process, Chris offered his comments as he served as the parliamentarian of the SD 25 endorsing convention. I encourage people to ready Lady Logician's post on precinct caucus and endorsements by BPOUs. Both Mitch and Drew are hard working members of the conservative movement in Minnesota. Both men passionately defend and promote the conservative philosophy on their blogs and I learned more about their positions during the program. I consider them both good friends and I think we all left the studio better friends then when the show started. While the conversation was passionate, it was respectful. We didn't call each other "zombies", we didn't say that they other person "had blood on their hands". We each had a different opinion about the election in SD 25. I was down in SD 25 knocking on doors, talking with voters about the importance of the election. I saw MN GOP Chairman Ron Carey, walking through the snow to get out the vote for the Republican-endorsed candidate. I spoke with MN GOP executive director Darren Bearson in the Farmhouse Cafe about how the entire staff was helping with the effort. I rode around with MN GOP communications director Mark Drake as we lit-dropped in New Prague, Lonsdale and other communities in SD 25. I spoke with college Republicans who were helping out in Northfield. Some heard the call from the Republican Party to help out with the effort and did something. Others heard the call, but decided not to do anything. The point of lampooning of Drew's and Mitch's posts was highlight a larger problem that I see that with a certain element of the conservative movement. Some people like to complain and act, while some people just like to complain. It was my opinion that Drew's and Mitch's posts were about complaining and not about acting. As I wrote, neither of them had done any volunteering for the Republican effort in SD 25, yet they were the first to complain about the loss. But they both complained because they care about the conservative movement in Minnesota. In reality, our very important conversation wouldn't have occurred without Drew's post. For that, we should all offer our sincere thanks to Drew. Finally, by poking fun at Drew's and Mitch's post rather than calling them names, I was trying to provide an example of how conservatives can disagree about the Republican party and yet remain good friends. It wasn't a bit, but rather an important exercise. Complain, but also act. Disagree and bebate, but remain friends. We are all on the same side. I tip my hat to Chris, Drew and Mitch. Thank you for appearing on yesterday's show. Thanks for being good conservatives, thanks for offering your suggestions on how to strengthen the Republican Party. […]
January 6th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
[…] By Michael B. Brodkorb | January 6, 2008 Yesterday's radio show was a complete blast. I want to thank Chris Tiedeman for co-hosting the show in King's absence. Chris had agreed to co-host the show before I started giving out awards, but he showed up and continually kept the discussion focused. I especially want to thank Drew Emmer and Mitch Berg for being guests on the program for the entire two hour. They didn't need to stay for two hours, but they did and the discussion we had was wonderful (some have called it one of the NARN's finest moments). I also want to thank the all-star list of people who called into the program. To the people who had questions about the endorsement process, Chris offered his comments as he served as the parliamentarian of the SD 25 endorsing convention. I encourage people to ready Lady Logician's post on precinct caucus and endorsements by BPOUs. Both Mitch and Drew are hard working members of the conservative movement in Minnesota. Both men passionately defend and promote the conservative philosophy on their blogs and I learned more about their positions during the program. I consider them both good friends and I think we all left the studio better friends then when the show started. While the conversation was passionate, it was respectful. We didn't call each other "zombies", we didn't say that they other person "had blood on their hands". We each had a different opinion about the election in SD 25. I was down in SD 25 knocking on doors, talking with voters about the importance of the election. I saw MN GOP Chairman Ron Carey, walking through the snow to get out the vote for the Republican-endorsed candidate. I spoke with MN GOP executive director Darren Bearson in the Farmhouse Cafe about how the entire staff was helping with the effort. I rode around with MN GOP communications director Mark Drake as we lit-dropped in New Prague, Lonsdale and other communities in SD 25. I spoke with college Republicans who were helping out in Northfield. Some heard the call from the Republican Party to help out with the effort and did something. Others heard the call, but decided not to do anything. The point of lampooning of Drew's and Mitch's posts was highlight a larger problem that I see that with a certain element of the conservative movement. Some people like to complain and act, while some people just like to complain. It was my opinion that Drew's and Mitch's posts were about complaining and not about acting. As I wrote, neither of them had done any volunteering for the Republican effort in SD 25, yet they were the first to complain about the loss. But they both complained because they care about the conservative movement in Minnesota. In reality, our very important conversation wouldn't have occurred without Drew's post. For that, we should all offer our sincere thanks to Drew. Finally, by poking fun at Drew's and Mitch's post rather than calling them names, I was trying to provide an example of how conservatives can disagree about the Republican party and yet remain good friends. It wasn't a bit, but rather an important exercise. Complain, but also act. Disagree and bebate, but remain friends. We are all on the same side. I tip my hat to Chris, Drew and Mitch. Thank you for appearing on yesterday's show. Thanks for being good conservatives, thanks for offering your suggestions on how to strengthen the Republican Party. […]
January 6th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
I caught the last part off and on. Very interesting. A little tension, but enjoyed the conversation.
As far as college voting goes, here’s my experience in Wisconsin. I could have voted in either my home town, or in campus district. I did both (NO, not in the same election). It was very easy to register and vote in where ever you called home at that time. The dorms were considered perminent addresses as far as voting officials were concerned.
I was head of College Republicans for a year there. We had several info tables in the student center. Brought candidates on campus, and generally the campus voted roughly 55-45 in favor of Republicans. Our opposition wasn’t so much the Young Democrats (overall, they were a decent bunch…this was a low key campus). It was moonbat professors. One of the stories the professors would tell their students, that if Republicans ran the state, they would close this campus. And many students fell for it…I mean surely a college professor would never lie……