So yesterday former Emmer campaign manager Mark Buesgens was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.<\/p>\n
Well, that’s news, sorta. \u00a0Granted, Buesgens left the campaign over a week ago, but facts are facts.<\/p>\n
Of course, the media flogged the “story” that Tom Emmer had had two alcohol-related careless driving convictions, in 1981 and 1991 – nearly twenty and thirty years ago – earlier in the campaign.<\/p>\n
So at least the Buesgens story was timely<\/p>\n
Now, this…:<\/p>\n
Another DWI with Emmer campaign ties<\/strong><\/p>\n
Posted at 6:31 PM on September 20, 2010 by Tim Pugmire<\/p>\n
Filed under: Campaign 2010, Minnesota Governor<\/p>\n
The Associated Press is reporting that the former manager of Republican Tom Emmer’s gubernatorial campaign, David Fitzsimmons, was arrested for drunk driving…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Hm. \u00a0I’ve met Dave. \u00a0Didn’t know about this.<\/p>\n
Was it…recent?<\/p>\n
…shortly after stepping down from that job back in May.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Fitzsimmons was arrested for DWI in Hennepin County on May 16,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
May 16?<\/strong> This story happened after the convention, and three months before the primary, <\/em>but MPR’s Tim Pugmire felt the need to run the story yesterday<\/em>? Why, what could have possibly happened yesterday?<\/p>\n
Could it have been that Fitzsimmons was convicted <\/em>of DWI yesterday?<\/p>\n
but he was not convicted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Ah. \u00a0So he was acquitted yesterday?<\/p>\n
From the Henco court record:<\/p>\n
08\/25\/2010<\/strong><\/p>\n
Disposition (Judicial Officer: Hedlund, Deborah)<\/p>\n
1. Traffic regulation – failure to drive in single lane-hazardous<\/p>\n
Convicted<\/strong><\/p>\n
2. Traffic – DWI – Operate Motor Vehicle – Alcohol Concentration 0.08 Within 2 Hours<\/p>\n
Dismissed<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Er…so the case was disposed of three weeks ago<\/em>?<\/p>\n
So the “news” is not actually “new?”<\/p>\n
The revelation about Fitzsimmons followed today’s earlier news that state Rep. Mark Buesgens, R-Jordan, was arrested for DWI Saturday in Wright County. Buesgens was Emmer’s campaign chairman until about a week ago.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Odd choice of term, “revelation”. \u00a0It’s the noun form of “to reveal”. \u00a0Who “revealed” it?<\/p>\n
Because here’s my guess: \u00a0The DFL has \u00a0been sitting on this “revelation” since May. \u00a0Dayton’s budget plan is in trouble, his numbers are diving, and he really has nothing up his sleeve. \u00a0His opposition people did what oppo people do; found an opportunity (Buesgen’s arrest) to drop the Fitzsimmons story. \u00a0They placed it with the media, to further the narrative that the Dayton Campaign has been running since the beginning. \u00a0You know – the one that starts…:<\/p>\n
Emmer had his own DWI issues in 1981 and 1991.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
…and has been rammed home with about 20,000 ads paid for by “Alliance For A Better Minnesota” over the past few months.<\/p>\n
It’s better for the DFL if people focus on drunk driving incidents (even if they have nothing <\/em>to do with the campaign, with Emmer’s policies and plans, than on the ongoing disintegration of the Dayton campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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