Kick It In The Throat
By Mitch Berg
Governor Pawlenty vetoes the Mass Transit Subsidy Act “Transportation Bill“.
Republicans, consider yourself on notice. Screw the governor on this, and the regional alt-media will be on you like lobbyists on a Gold Card.
And we forget nothing.
Over at True North, Gary Gross writes:
This sets up an override showdown that’s likely to start Monday. The House DFL did tons of armtwisting yesterday but still couldn’t gather the 90 votes needed to override Gov. Pawlenty’s promised veto. I’m higly doubtful that they’ll be able to get the extra vote needed to override in the House.
As usual, Steve Murphy, this blogger’s best ‘Senate friend’, provided this quote:
Sen. Steve Murphy, the Red Wing DFLer who authored the bill, said the package creates jobs, fixes bridges with structural problems and provides funding for road safety.
“This is serious business,” said Murphy, DFL-Red Wing. “Lives are at stake, and in greater Minnesota hundreds of lives are at stake.”
When Al Gore left the national stage, I worried that there’d be a dearth of liberal hyperbole. At the time, I didn’t know that Steve Murphy existed. It’s obvious that Sen. Murphy more than adequately makes up for Algore’s hyperbolic rants. His quote insinuates that the GOP alternative bill wouldn’t address the needs that the DFL bill does. That’s arrogance in the first degree. It’s also wildly inaccurate.
Watch for them to claim the bill woulda prevented the crash in Cottonwood, next.
