The DFL’s Two-Minute Drill

The DFL has faced three big existential threats this year.

A truly accurate redistricting would have reflected the fact that so many people have fled incompetent DFL governments and moved to GOP-controlled areas.  While the judges couldn’t avoid reflecting that on some level, they bent over backwards to preserve the DFL; all the Soros money spent on astroturf groups like “Draw The Line” and huge-money liberal lawyers like Darth Lillehaug was well-spent.

Of course, the Legislative GOP caucus is apparently trying its darnedest to back down on “Right To Work”, afraid that the unions will spend tens of millions of dollars attacking pro-Right-To-Work legislators in swing-y districts. Of course, now the unions will spend the money anyway.  Oops.

And finally, Voter ID.   I’m not going to say that Minnesota elections are invalid in a wholesale way.  I am going to say that the evidence points to an awful lot of people voting who shouldn’t be able to, and plenty of vouching fraud, and that it’s been enough to tip close elections.  Enough to give Mark Dayton an 8K vote majority?  Don’t know.  Enough to tip Franken/Coleman?  I don’t doubt it.

Anyway, the Voter ID Amendment goes to the Senate on Friday.  And the unions – freed from having to protest against “Right to Work” (see?) are calling in the clans on Voter ID (emphasis added):

Dear [whomever],

Stand with us as Photo ID moves to the Senate floor

Over the past two months, our campaign to stop the Photo ID amendment made calls, followed the money trail to the doors of Wells Fargo, stood at the Capitol to make our voices heard, and successfully raised over $3,000 in 24 hours.

On Friday afternoon, the Minnesota State Senate will vote on Photo ID. If we are going to keep the amendment off the ballot, we’re going to do it here in the Senate. That’s why we need you there with us, and that’s why we need your help to pack the Capitol:

WHAT: Photo ID Amendment Senate Floor Vote

WHEN: Friday, March 23 — 12:30 p.m.

WHERE: Minnesota State Capitol, 75 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55155

Click here to RSVP and let us know we can count on seeing you at the Capitol this Friday.

Of course, it’s at a time of the day when most of us people who work for a living – unlike, it seems a lot of unionized government workers – can’t make it to the Capitol.

We’ll come back to that:

Over 215,000 Minnesotans who are are registered to vote do not have a current government-issued ID. The elderly, students, people with disabilities, the working poor and people of color will be especially affected by the amendment if passed. But really, anyone who has ever registered on Election Day, moved, or lost their wallet will have a harder time voting.

Am I alone among all of the people in Minnesota who has to have an ID to drive a car, open a savings account, buy a firearm or ammunition, buy alcohol, open a safe deposit box, get medical treatment, pick up a prescription, turn oneself in for an outstanding warrant, adopt a pet, use a credit card, write a check, rent an apartment, carry out any business with the government, withdraw money from the bank, get a passport, start a new job, enroll for a class, get on a plane, get a hotel room, get a marriage license, rent a car, apply for a loan, close a mortgage, collect bail paid for erroneous arrests, enroll your kid in daycare or buy Sudafed to shut up, quit your whining and get a free freaking ID?

These aren’t just numbers — they are your neighbors, your friends, your family, and quite possibly, you.

All my neighbors and family that don’t drive, save4, shoot, drink, go to the doctor, adopt pets, use plastic, bank, travel, live indoors, go to school or work?  Yep.  It could be any of them.  Or me.

Ya never know.

But I digress:

Like so many bills we’ve seen at the Capitol this year, the Photo ID Amendment is an national attack on our democracy by the 1%. Join us as we raise our voices to protect Minnesota’s democracy for the 99%.

See you at the Capitol on Friday!

Liz Wasserman-Schultz [OK, I changed the name; it’s “Loeb”]

Democracy Campaign Manager

TakeAction Minnesota

P.S. Can you help us pack the Capitol? Ask five friends to join you by forwarding this email, sharing the event page on Facebook, and spreading the word on Twitter.

So there it is.  The DFL is calling in its packs of droogs to bellow their little lungs out tomorrow at the Capitol.

You’re a real Minnesotan.  You work for a living.  You can’t make it to the capitol – and you’re not a “Stand around with a sign” kind of person anyway.  What can you do?

Call your Senator.  Even if you have a mindless DFL hamster (I’m still “represented” by Mary Jo McGuire, which seems bad until you remember that redistricting has put me into Sandy Pappas’ district for the next session), they need to know that opinion is against them.  And the GOP needs to know that that 4:1 margin of Minnesotans who support Voter ID is really out there.

So call.

And remember their vote in November.

2 thoughts on “The DFL’s Two-Minute Drill

  1. Called my DFL Senator, Ann Rest, and left message on her voice mail. I’m sure she’ll get back to me to understand the depth of my concerns and the democratic implications of having secured and authentic elections. (Sarcasm added free of charge).

    Like most, I work on Friday. The union folks who appear at the capitol will be paid by their union overlords to be there. I would call in with a “grandmother died” excuse, but I’ve run out of grandmas.

  2. The union hipocrites against voter ID are the same despicable bastards that push for card check.

    Note to the GOP reps: Get Right to Work done or find a new job!

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