He Knows What Matters
By Mitch Berg
Mark Dayton apparently thinks he was elected pope.
I say that because of his style of interacting with the public; he pokes his nose out of his office, makes a pronouncment – “get this stadium deal done!” or “don’t shut down the government” or whatever it is he’s saying – and then disappears back into the office. He couldn’t be any more pseudo-papal if he built a balcony outside his office overlooking the Capitol Mall.
And that’s fine – he’s probably used to having absolute doctrinal authority in interpreting Alida Messinger’s revealed word, so it fits.
But if there’s anything striking about Mark Dayton as governor, it’s his time management skills. The guy just knows what matters.
So when he emerges from his sanctum to render a comment for his Praetorian Guard the media, you know it’s about something that matters deeply for all Minnesotans.
May 13th, 2013 at 10:45 am
I’ll make the obvious comment and state that Marx Dayton gives a new meaning to the term “Papal Bull”.
May 13th, 2013 at 10:56 am
“There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.”
May 13th, 2013 at 11:05 am
Not the Pope, Mitch. The Pope has to know something. The operative comparison is William J. LePetomane, as played by Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles.
May 13th, 2013 at 11:11 am
“I didn’t get a ‘harrumph’ out of that guy. Watch your ass.”
May 13th, 2013 at 12:11 pm
I was thinking Jefferson Davis Hogg, but I think Mr. D’s got me beat.
May 13th, 2013 at 3:51 pm
At least you guys don’t have Neil “The Irish Troll” Abercrombie as your governor. I have nightmares about his false teeth coming after me. Seriously, it’s like Looney Tunes.
May 13th, 2013 at 5:16 pm
And what happens if he sees his shadow during a nose poke?
May 13th, 2013 at 8:13 pm
If the GOP is able to nominate a gubernatorial candidate with a
moderately conservative message, Dayton is toast.
May 13th, 2013 at 11:03 pm
Since his signature issue, taxing the rich, is to be implemented later this week, is there any reason for the Governor to run for re-election? He’s raised taxes, made same-sex marriage legal, gotten a new Vikings stadium, funded education for the next ten years, why stick around and see the fallout? Seriously, what more could he hope to accomplish?
May 14th, 2013 at 6:52 am
Maybe we can play Whack-A-Dope! Every time he pokes his head out of his closet, we can whack him on the head with a wiffle ball bat. Or, we could squirt him in the face with a SuperSoaker!
May 14th, 2013 at 7:21 am
Emery said:
“moderately conservative message”
Honestly, nobody knows what that means, coming from you.