Shot in the Dark

A Lion At The Bar, A Kitten On The Battlefield

For all the aggressive rhetoric that accompany his flouncing and jazz hands, Tim Walz is not exactly a self-assured man.

He almost comletely avoided debating Scott Jensen in the 2022 Governor tilt – limiting it to one debate at a small TV station in Rochester.  For good reason

How good, we learned last summer

It would explain his debate performance in Minnesota; he avoids them like they’re a…

…well, there’s nothing Walz avoids more than a debate.  Even deployment. 

I could fling more pithiness.  Indeed, this weekend on the air I most likely will.

But I’ll leave it to John Kriesel – former state representative, and veteran who lost two legs in Iraq – to do that:

It’s gonna make a presidential run kind of interesting.  Presuming he gets anywhere near endorsement. 

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10 responses to “A Lion At The Bar, A Kitten On The Battlefield”

  1. bosshoss429 Avatar
    bosshoss429

    When I first got into the IT business, I worked for a company that was based in a Chicago suburb. We had branches in every major city, so I had colleagues that I still keep in touch with. During the 90s when I was with that company, politics weren’t as divisive as today. Since Trump’s first foray into politics, I learned that many of them are Democrats, some surprisingly rabid ones. Apparently, even they were aware that Walz was a circus clown without the makeup. I received several calls and messages, asking what the hell was wrong with Minnesota that they elected idiots like that. Of course, I replied that voters here were so stupid that they would vote for a rock if it had a (D) after it.

  2. Greg Avatar
    Greg

    Granted, Walz would be a delusional idiot to run for president, but what kind of world-class moron would it take to donate money for him to do it?

    Hmmmmm….

    Consider the ex-wives club. Lorraine Powell Jobs? McKenzie Scott? Melinda French Gates? Alida Messinger? How about it girls?

  3. jdm Avatar
    jdm

    boss, most voters outside the metro don’t vote DFL. There are, of course, exceptions, like for example, the Range (Duluth) or Mankato, but generally outstate MN is red.

  4. bikebubba Avatar
    bikebubba

    On the light side, if debate prep led Walz to not be able to eat, I guess we’ve got an idea how Governor Piglet made himself ineligible for the luau. Just sayin’. As J.D. Vance says to Piglet’s cardiologist, “You’re welcome.”

    It also strikes me that Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes are political reporters on the left, and hence i have to wonder if this is a “hit” to prevent the Democrats from making a colossal mistake in 2028. I am no fan of Walz, but I have to admit he’s had a charmed political career, and if he fulfills that “Peter Principle” and flops big time on the big stage, it could cost the Democrats in a huge way.

  5. bosshoss429 Avatar
    bosshoss429

    jdm.
    Yea, I knew that.

    So, I heard from a trusted source this morning, that Walz had a conniption when the legislature ended up tied. Apparently, had they retained their tri-fecta, he was planning on slipping another $2.6 billion tax increase into the budget bill, in the form of tax increases of 30 cents per gallon anytime that gas goes below $2.00 per gallon, by also wanted to use $1.5 billion into roads and bridges.

  6. SmithStCrx Avatar
    SmithStCrx

    Boss,
    A majority of Minnesotans voted for Walz for the exact same reason those supposedly incredulous people voted for him for VP. He was the Democrat candidate on the ballot. Sure, those non-Minnesotans could claim he was just the VP candidate, and those don’t really matter, but they still voted for Harris. And voting for her as VP in 2020 mattered because that’s how she got top billing on the 2024 ballot.
    There isn’t a district out there that won’t vote for a particular weirdo for some reason.
    Minnesotans voted for Walz (twice) because he was the DFL candidate in November. Democrats, including Chairman Ken Martin, got Walz et al through the Primary over the endorsed candidates because the candidates were even worse. Then they ran for reelection with the inertia of incumbency, and woe to any DFLer that challenged that.

  7. Bill C Avatar
    Bill C

    It’s gonna make a presidential run kind of interesting. Presuming he gets anywhere near endorsement.

    After the 2 week news cycle of “WTF were you thinking electing this clown, Minnesota?!?!!” following his VP nomination, and his performance in last summer’s debate, I’m sure not a single democrat puller of strings, power that is, or donor/whale, would ever again let him set foot on any national stage. I would even go so far as to say that they will likely prevent him from being chosen for a cabinet position in the next (God help us) democrat administration, if the next democrat president (God help us) were stupid enough to consider him for anything.

  8. jdm Avatar
    jdm

    ^ Yes. I can’t help but think that MN politicians, especially the DFL, have been exposed for the incompetent boobs that they are.

  9. Scott Hughes Avatar
    Scott Hughes

    Tampon Timmy is nothing more than a Carnival Barker and coward! Any of the potential GOP presidential candidates would shred the POS on the debate stage. The only reason why anyone would discuss him as a DemonRat POTUS candidate is because their bench and policy platforms are so very weak today.

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