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King is the former chair of the Economics department at St. Cloud State. \u00a0He’s prominent enough an economist to land all sorts of contracting work for governments around the world who are interested in opening up free markets; since I’ve known him, he’s consulted with the Macedonian, Ukranian, Mongolian, Armenian, Kazakh and other governments.<\/p>\n
Heaven forbid someone in the Legislature <\/em>would have earned international respect at economics<\/em>.<\/p>\nHere’s what the piece says:<\/p>\n
King Banaian certainly has a resume – jetting acrosst eh globe to consult the governments of Egypt, Macedonia, Armenia, Ukraine and Indonesia.<\/p>\n
But what does all his international travel tell him about the needs of families here in St. Cloud?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Other than the fact that he’s lived there for a couple of decades and become a pillar of the community<\/em>, you mean?<\/p>\nBut worst of all is the photo. \u00a0King – that is <\/em>his real name, and it’s a family thing – is of 100% Armenian descent. \u00a0And like most Caucasians from that part of the Caucasus, he’s fairly described as “swarthy”. \u00a0Sitting in front of an exotic-looking building, the piece is clearly aimed at some SEIU droog who might be wavering in his DFL loyalty; they’re counting on that droog to look at the picture and go “d-uuu-uuuh, he looks like one of them AY-rabs, g’huck”.<\/p>\nCheck out the postcard. \u00a0It’s from Saint Paul. \u00a0And while I can’t make out the ZIP code from the postmark, I’ll lay 1000-1 odds it’s from the DFL mothership down on Plato.<\/p>\n
(On the upside? \u00a0At least the DFL bothered to check his biography; had they gone by his name, the piece might have read “Saint Cloud doesn’t need any drunk Irish running things”. \u00a0If they went by the photo alone, we might have been favored with some Juan Valdez references. We should perhaps be thankful for small favors).<\/p>\n
I asked Banaian for comment earlier. \u00a0He’s too busy campaigning to worry about it yet.<\/p>\n
The DFL: \u00a0they want to win Minnesota one ignorance racist rube at a time<\/strong><\/p>\nUPDATE: King Banaian says “people here knowmy service as a local economic expert as well as international adviser. Voters care about fiscal accountability, not my passport”.<\/p>\n
I suspect he’s right. \u00a0But it’s not the people in 15B that I’m worried about. \u00a0It’s that wacky bunch down on Plato.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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