Republicans just don’t want to work across the aisle. This, the Democrats say about a party that’s nominated John McCain, Mitt Romney, Dubya, Tim Pawlenty, Mike McFadden… …well, you know the list. But on the far left, chucking even Big … Continue reading
In my sixteen years of writing this blog, punching bags have come and, mostly, gone. Nick Coleman? The MInnesota Monitor? Mercury Rising? Ken Weiner? I’m still here. They’re all gone. But Lori Sturdevant? She just keeps on ticking. Maybe “ticking” isn’t the … Continue reading
Lori Sturdevant – like a lot of liberal scolds of a certain age – pines for the halcyon days when Minnesota Republicans and Democrats supposedly worked together “across the aisle”, arm in arm marching toward the great Progressive future. I’m … Continue reading
Lori Sturdevant has a mission. The DFL – and the PR machine that includes bodies as inseparably-“diverse” as the “Alliance for a Better Minnesota”, the Joyce-Foundation-funded MinnPost and theStribeditorial board (which has close links to all three of the above) … Continue reading
In her column over the weekend, the Strib’s Lori Sturdevant does what she’s paid to do; paint the DFL’s toenails. Yesterday, we noted the highly selective set of “facts” she used to praise Governor Messinger’s Dayton’s budget proposal. Sturdevant’s column echoed the … Continue reading
The fact that Lori Sturdevant is a relentless shill for the DFL is one of those things that Minnesota conservatives have come to accept as background noise. Her column from this past weekend – it’s entitled “Mark Dayton — A … Continue reading
“Senator John Harrington remembers a time when the DFL had to try to represent both sides, and be responsible”. “”There was a time in Saint Paul DFL politics when, yes, there was ideology, but you had to remember you were … Continue reading
Just curious: how is last Saturday’s column by Lori Sturdevant anything but a campaign donation to the DFL? I’m not going to fisk the whole thing. Fisking Sturdevant has become a bit like fisking Nick Coleman; after a few years, you … Continue reading
The old “take a theatrical look in the dictionary to set up today’s column” trick is an old favorite for writers who’ve hit bottom in the idea bag but still need to crank something out. I am, of course, nowhere … Continue reading
For as long as I’ve been reading the Strib, and certainly for longer than I’ve been writing this blog, Lori Sturdevant has been a relentlessly reliably-unquestioning voice for the DFL. We’ll come back to that. On Tuesday, I wrote about … Continue reading
The below is a contestant in the “Write Lori Sturdevant’s Next Column” contest, written by “Dave From Mound”. Vote above. Last weekend, the DFL loyalists journeyed to Duluth to make their endorsements for statewide offices, including governor. They joined together, … Continue reading
The below is a contestant in the “Write Lori Sturdevant’s Next Column” contest, written by “Mr D”. Vote above. The Republicans were on a 3-day ideological bender at the Convention Center this weekend, so it was perhaps appropriate that they … Continue reading
The below is a contestant in the “Write Lori Sturdevant’s Next Column” contest, written by “Ben”. Vote above. The Republican Party proved that they have been taken over by the extreme right-wing teabaggers. They had a choice between someone who … Continue reading
The below is a contestant in the “Write Lori Sturdevant’s Next Column” contest, written by “JW Of Minnesota”. Vote above. On a warm and sunny evening on upscale, progressive Minneapolis, a small handful of right-wing politicos selected their ringleader to … Continue reading
The below is a contestant in the “Write Lori Sturdevant’s Next Column” contest, written by “Bubbasan”. Vote above. It was a dark and stormy night in Minneapolis when the Republicans gathered, the city anti-tobacco ordinance thwarting their dark dreams of … Continue reading
The below is a contestant in the “Write Lori Sturdevant’s Next Column” contest, written by “Speed Gibson”. Vote above. Style, not substance, perceived to be the key to victory.By MOSTLI IRRELEVANT, special to Speed Gibson Last update: May 1, 2010 … Continue reading
The below is a contestant in the “Write Lori Sturdevant’s Next Column” contest, written by “Golfdoc50”. Vote above. Bob Dylan famously wrote “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” If the Bard of Hibbing and … Continue reading
The below is a contestant in the “Write Lori Sturdevant’s Next Column” contest, written by “Jed Berg”. Vote above. I walked out of the Minneapolis Convention Center late on a rainy Friday night, after nearly 2,000 mostly white, mostly doughy, … Continue reading
Betty McCollum (DFL MN4) confirms it – “bipartisanship” is just for Republicans! (emphasis added): “Now is the time to pass a public health insurance option. Now is the time to expand access to quality health care, control rising costs, keep … Continue reading
If a Republican sitting in a rest-room stall mutters under his breath “I think the GOP’s wrong about the transportation bill” he can be sure that Lori Sturdevant will be there with a reporter notebad in her hand, shortly to … Continue reading
Sean Aqui from Midtopia – a gratifyingly prolific MOB blog – notes that our new surveillance culture may have officially gone too far: Welcome to Buhl, Minn. Population 1,000. It’s a small, sleepy community where nothing much ever happens. Indeed, … Continue reading
Lori Sturdevant – would would seem to be operating as a full-time DFL Public Relations operative – castigates Tim Pawlenty for keeping his word. How? As usual – by dredging up another mildewed name from Minnesota’s paleoliberal past. You already … Continue reading
It’s a good thing Lori Sturdevant is a columnist, and doesn’t work in a field where she needs to be insightful or accurate. Sturdevant – the most reliable operator in a regional media that serves as the DFL’s PR agency … Continue reading
I read Lori Sturdevant’s piece on Betty “Rubble” McCollum’s waxing political fortunes. It was the sort of paeon Sturdevant always writes for DFLers who aren’t being perp-walked: On it, a list-maker was jotting names of — what else? — potential … Continue reading
Back in the late seventies/early eighties, my little sister – like a lot of early-teens – pined for the disco stars of the era. And I think that, in her thirteen-year-old way, she might at one point have asked “how … Continue reading