Mark This Down
By Mitch Berg
October/November, 2019: The Star/Tribune Editorial Board – presumably including member Patricia Lopez – endorses nearly every DFL candidate (with the exception of a scant few Republicans who are either shoe-ins or can’t possibly contend).
This pattern has been repeated in nearly every election in recent memory – the past 50 years, at least. Certainly since before Lopez joined the editorial board.
Lopez on Twitter last week:
November 2020: The Star/Tribune Editorial Board – presumably including member Patricia Lopez – will endorse nearly every DFL candidate (with the exception of a scant few Republicans who are either shoe-ins or can’t possibly contend).
I’m going to save this for the week before the next election.
November 20th, 2019 at 11:24 am
I’ve heard that all good Democrats are happy to pay taxes. And more taxes. And even some more taxes. She’s going to lose her membership card complaining about an increase.
November 20th, 2019 at 11:55 am
I’ve heard that all good Democrats are happy to pay taxes.
Didn’t there used to be lawn signs with which one could declare “Happy to pay more in taxes”? I seem to recall a number of them in the various lawns in the Linden Hills area when we were travelling to someplace down around there.
November 20th, 2019 at 12:43 pm
I’ve seen “Happy to pay more for a better Minnesota”
November 20th, 2019 at 12:50 pm
That’s it, TKS! I don’t know what Ms Lopez’ problem could be.
November 20th, 2019 at 1:03 pm
Meanwhile, the Strib’s editorial board is complaining about crime on the LRT. One of the editors must have gotten mugged.
November 20th, 2019 at 2:10 pm
Pity none these reprobate’s daughters been forced to undress in a locker room shared by boys with purple hair and lipstick.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/11/14/palatine-schaumburg-high-school-district-votes-to-give-transgeder-students-unrestricted-locker-room-access
$10 says if a girl chose to dress and undress in the janitors closet, she’d be suspended.
November 20th, 2019 at 3:35 pm
I missed the point here.
You know, there are more important things for a city to worry about than taxes. There is gender equity, environmental justice, climate change, islamaphobia, transphobia and global issues of hunger, homelessness and Trump’s immoral treatment of the Ukraine.
In light of these pressing issues, taxes and garbage collection are trivial concerns.
November 20th, 2019 at 3:57 pm
You forgot reparations, Greg. It was deliberate, and it betrayed you as a rabid racist who hates Negroes; for those reasons, we have to ask you to surrender weapon and leave the forge.
November 20th, 2019 at 3:57 pm
Greg, how can you be so short-sighted and narrow-minded? You completely left out ridding the city of Evil Black Rifles.
November 20th, 2019 at 5:32 pm
Perhaps Lopez should contact St. Paul’s Chief Resilience Officer for some helpful tips on how to cope with high taxes.
November 21st, 2019 at 8:42 am
Pssst, Joe, shhhhhhhh.
We only talk about ridding the city of Evil Black Rifles after the election. Before the election, we wax nostalgically about Dad and Uncle Joe driving off to hunt pheasants at Grandpa’s farm.
But let’s talk about something else. I propose the conservatives in Saint Paul launch the “VOTE DFL BECAUSE” campaign. It would consist of lawn signs and bumper stickers that endorse a wide range of progressive slogans:
November 21st, 2019 at 9:06 am
Wow Greg talk about hitting the nail.
November 21st, 2019 at 11:42 am
Greg = genius. I love it!
November 21st, 2019 at 12:07 pm
That sounds like a statewide campaign. Do we know anyone who might know someone… who might be able to get this off the ground. I’d be interested in helping fund something like this.
PS, and that graf about hunting pheasants at Grandpa’s farm was just as brilliant.
November 21st, 2019 at 1:12 pm
It would be great fun to launch a contest right here on SITD for the best slogan.
My personal favorite:
November 21st, 2019 at 1:19 pm
VOTE DFL BECAUSE fifty-eight is too old for a state worker to retire.
November 21st, 2019 at 1:20 pm
VOTE DFL BECAUSE you need more regulation.
November 21st, 2019 at 1:23 pm
VOTE DFL BECAUSE of the children… and consultants too.
November 21st, 2019 at 2:03 pm
BECAUSE birth is still a barrier to abortion.