{"id":20461,"date":"2011-06-08T11:00:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T17:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=20461"},"modified":"2014-10-05T14:38:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-05T19:38:52","slug":"all-the-news-that-fits-the-dfl-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=20461","title":{"rendered":"All The News That Fits The DFL Narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"

The regional leftysphere is tweeting up a busy little storm today; as the MNDFL noted on Twitter, “Former head of the MN Business Partnership: the\u00a0@mngop<\/a> budget is a “job-killer””.<\/p>\n

The uninitiated might think “Wow. That’s quite an indictment of the GOP budget!”<\/p>\n

And the tweet linked to a Strib article, entitled “The governor’s budget plan won’t send businesses scurrying<\/a>“, by one Roger L. Hale, which didn’t do much to disturb that conclusion. \u00a0I’ll let you read it yourself; if you’re observant, you’ll note the subtle red herring; tax hikes might not send businesses “scurrying”, but it’ll inhibit them from forming in the first place, or hiring more Minnesota workers. \u00a0What good does having 3M or Best Buy or Ecolab plopping their headquarters here do us if they’re not expanding, building and hiring?<\/p>\n

But the DFL and Strib (pardon the redundancy) are even less transparent and more perfidious than meets the eye.<\/p>\n

The Strib piece notes that Hale is “…a former: CEO of Tennant Co, director of five NYSE companies, chairman of the Minnesota Business Partnership and the Governor’s Workforce Development Council, and successful start-up investor<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And\u00a0to those who don’t pay much attention, a businessman is a businessman is a businessman. \u00a0And probably a Republican. \u00a0Right?<\/p>\n

Wrong.<\/p>\n

Roger Hale, as I noted last summer<\/a>, contributed six figures to “Alliance For A Better Minnesota”; $110,000 as of this time last year, and tens of thousands more<\/a> to other DFL candidates and organizations.<\/p>\n

But the Strib didn’t see fit to let the reader know that.<\/p>\n

The fix is in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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