So what did all of that money from DFL plutocrats buy in the 2012 elections?
Maybe a seat in the legislature, on the relative cheap?
Guest writer Bill Walsh found a correlation – not a link, mind you, but a correlation – that might bear some looking into.
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DFL Receives Tremendous Return on Investment from Election Day Stipends
The definition of correlation is “the mutual relation of two or more things.” For today’s discussion of the 2012 campaign finance reports, let’s focus on the correlation of two things:
- Just days before the general election, the Minnesota DFL Party paid “canvasser stipends” to 40 individuals who live on or near Minnesota Indian reservations, especially the Red Lake Reservation.
- The vote for president in the four precincts that make up the Red Lake Indian Reservation was 2,165 for Obama to 39 for Romney.
There’s nothing illegal about these two sets of facts, but they do make an interesting correlation.
The canvasser stipends totaled $13,400 and ranged from $200 to $500. They were all paid on November 5th and 6th, the day before and the day of the general election. They included a $3,500 payment to Jamie Edwards of Brooklyn Center for “canvassing coordination.”
Sixteen of the stipends were paid to people living in Bagley, Ponehah, Red Lake, and Redby, all precincts in and around the Red Lake Reservation. Six of the stipends went to the same street in Bagley: Wild Rice Loop. Four of the stipends went to the same house: 26681 Wild Rice Loop.
Five of the stipends were paid to addresses in Naytahwaush near the White Earth Reservation. The rest of the stipends are divided between the White Earth Reservation and the Mille Lacs Reservation.
So what did the DFL get for their money?
The easiest way to analyze the effectiveness of this program is to look at the precincts in the Red Lake Reservation, where we know the vote is 100% Native American.
| Precinct | Obama | Romney
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| Ponemah | 385 | 1 |
| Red Lake Agency | 826 | 17 |
| Redby | 606 | 15 |
| Little Rock | 348 | 6 |
| Total | 2165 | 39 |
In the four precincts that make up the reservation, the total vote for president was 2,165 for President Obama and just 39 votes for Mitt Romney. That’s 98% for the Democrats. The overwhelming DFL vote pattern continued down the partisan ballot. In the Ponemah precinct, the vote was 385 to 1. Just one vote for Romney? You would think ten or fifteen voters would have voted for Romney by accident.
These lopsided results can be seen on the other reservations but it’s not as obvious. For example, the precinct that includes the town of Naytahwaush on the White Earth Reservation (Twin Lakes Township) voted 185 for Obama to 29 for Romney.
The Native American vote only added to the victory margin for President Obama and Senator Klobuchar in Minnesota, but it had a more profound effect on the makeup of the state legislature. In House District 2A for example, DFLer Roger Erickson defeated Rep. Dave Hancock by 1,829 votes. His margin on the Red Lake Reservation was 1,916 votes. It’s hard to win a legislative district when you lose four precincts by almost 2,000 votes.
Again, I am not alleging anything illegal happened here. On its face, it is just a correlation. Historically, there is no reason to expect that Native American voters in Minnesota would vote in favor of the Republican ticket. But the 98% vote total should at least raise some questions.
The $13,400 spent on this canvasser program is a drop in the bucket compared to the millions spent on the 2012 election by both sides. Certainly the tribes in Minnesota give more campaign money to Democrats than Republicans, but their advantage is not as lopsided as it is with the unions. And the political interests of the tribes down south with successful gaming operations don’t always line up with the tribes up north.
There are two approaches to this problem for the Minnesota Republican Party heading into the 2014 election.
One approach would be to make sure we have poll watchers in all of these precincts next year to make sure the election is free from intimidation and voter fraud.
But a better and more long-term approach would be to directly reach out to Native American voters and convince them our plans for economic opportunity, entrepreneurship, job creation and especially education reform deserve a stronger look. This outreach needs to be sincere and should include a two-way conversation that results in real proposals put forward by our leaders at the legislature. We can easily show the policies of the DFL have not benefited Native American families and they are taking their votes for granted.
This outreach needs to start now, not just days before the election. And it needs to involve a commitment to make life better, not just $13,400 in election day stipends.
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MITCH: More later.
Two points:
A) These “canvassers” told Indians how racist the Republicans are, and how the Democrats will take care of them and get them free stuff. There is no alternative point of view offered by Repubicans in these areas. It like you say, Mitch, about Minneapolis and St Paul. For the most part, Republicans have conceeded the big cities to the Democrats. A bad thing as we can’t lose the big cities 70-30% and expect to win statewide races.
B) I worked part time in a book store not too long ago. We had tables for the locals schools for events like Black History month. Put out award winning books geared towards school age people. And has reading lists given to us by local schools. Books that the students could come in and choose from.
What did almost every book directed to “students of color” have in common (especialy Black students)? They were taught that they were victims. That America is racist. Its amazing that 50+ years after the civil rights battle is over, students hear and read consistantly about how Blacks are discriminated against. How bad white America is.
A black friend of mine from school posted on FB last week, she shared this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/opinion/coates-the-good-racist-people.html
and commented herself: He hits it square on the head: “We were never meant to be a part of the American story”.
How the hell do you respond to such a defeatist mindset?
Regarding Mitch and the incredibly lopsided NA vote tallies? That just STINKS to holy hell of massive massive vote fraud.
Bil C, you don’t see clarence Thomas’ autobiography on any black history month displays. Or a book by/about a black athlete or businessman/woman. Instead it is all about being a victim.
Chuck, after T-Paw was elected, the Democrat losers went on a statewide trail of tears campaign to reinforce to their core constituency that yes, the sky is falling.
I met up with my (at the time) delegation of Democrat degenerates at the Rondo center in St. Paul. The panel of reprobates included Carlos Mariani, Cy “When we win we take your money” Thao, Dave “Bucky” Thune and Sandy “Foul Mouth” Pappas.
After each had done their blackface routine, they encouraged the audience to weigh in with their own tales of destitution.
I watched, amazed, as an articulate, obviously well educated young black girl, maybe 20 years old, related to the audience the fact that because T-Paw was not going to increase the budget (he never cut it), her life was over. Spurred to action, I stood up and adressed her.
I told her how dissapointing it was to see such a competent young girl, at the very beginning of an adventure, buy into the (inherently racist) idea that her succcess in life depended on the likes of such as these (accusatory finger point to reprobate rogues gallery). I told her no one had the right to define the borders of her her life by the size of a government handout. I told her to reject the idea she was destined to be a victim.
I was roundly booed. (And since it was St. Paul I detected a few hisses as well).
As a footnote, Bucky Thune came over and told me he was impressed with my speech…I believe I told him to fuck off.
Leftist racism has claimed 3 generations of black american families, and thanks to self-serving scumbags like Obama, is well on the way to claiming a 4th.
Today, I am PROUD AS HELL to be represented by Senator Tim Scott. A man who not only exemplifies all the best America has to offer, but by his very existance promises that the stinking Left has not won…yet.
I’ve got one for ya’ swiftee. A friend of mine informed several of his black and Hispanic co-workers that as far back as the late 1700’s, freed black slaves also owned slaves for economic benefit. He also shared with them that the whites were introduced to the slave trade by African tribes, which had been enslaving their enemies and using them as currency long before the white man ever came over. They were shocked and called him a liar and racist. He said that when he brought in stacks of printed proof the next day, you could have heard a pin drop! How pathetic that the left wing narrative is so incomplete.
Wouldn’t you think that after Skip Humphrey’s sweet gaming deal, the Minnesota DFL would have had paid enough to expect American Indian good will in perpetuity?
While I realize that all tribes don’t have casinos and are independent entities, the loyalty of Mr. Humphrey and the DFL to the tribes was clear and didn’t seem in need of repurchase. On the other hand, the city of Duluth seemed to have an agreed upon gaming arrangement also.