{"id":21456,"date":"2011-07-28T07:49:53","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T12:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=21456"},"modified":"2020-09-20T21:38:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T02:38:33","slug":"one-day-at-dfl-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=21456","title":{"rendered":"One Day At DFL Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"

(SCENE: Denise CARDINAL, head of Alliance for a Better Minnesota<\/del> chair of the Minnesota DFL, wallks into her office, sits in an overstuffed chair)<\/p>\n

(KEN MARTIN walks in to room).<\/p>\n

MARTIN: “Hello…”<\/p>\n

(MARTIN stops abruptly as CARDINAL motions downward with her index fingers. \u00a0MARTIN sighs, gets on hands and knees in front of CARDINAL’s char. \u00a0CARDINAL puts feet up on MARTIN’s back).<\/p>\n

(REP. JOHN LESCH, who is minding the phones, buzzes in) “Mizz Cardinal, the party from the legislature is here to see you”.<\/p>\n

CARDINAL: “Send them in please”.<\/p>\n

(Tom BAKK, Paul THISSEN and Ryan WINKLER walk in. \u00a0Each bows deeply toward CARDINAL).<\/p>\n

CARDINAL: Rise!<\/p>\n

(All three take seats in overstuffed chairs around the room).<\/p>\n

CARDINAL: OK. \u00a0What do we have?<\/p>\n

BAKK: We think we have a plan!<\/p>\n

THISSEN: Yes! \u00a0A plan!<\/p>\n

WINKLER: \u00a0Heh! \u00a0Heh heh heh!<\/p>\n

CARDINAL: \u00a0Let me hear it!<\/p>\n

(THISSEN motions to WINKLER)<\/p>\n

WINKLER: \u00a0Well, there’s this group, the “American Legislative Exchange Council<\/a>“, or “ALEC”. \u00a0They are your run of the mill conservative activist group, run by Grover Norquist…<\/p>\n

(BAKK, THISSEN and CARDINAL hiss theatrically)<\/p>\n

WINKLER: …and they propose legislation and stuff, and lots of Republicans legislators have signed up with the group…<\/p>\n

BAKK: \u00a0And if we can spin them as some big, shadowy conspiracy that tells affiliated legislators do to Grover Norquist’s bidding…<\/p>\n

THISSEN: \u00a0Yeah! Grover Norquist!<\/p>\n

WINKLER: Heh! \u00a0Heh heh heh!<\/p>\n

CARDINAL: \u00a0Silence! \u00a0I like it! Winkler?<\/p>\n

(WINKLER bows deeply)<\/p>\n

CARDINAL: Start telling people that ALEC is a powerful, unaccountable group that wields boundless resources to pull the strings at the Minnesota State Legislature…<\/p>\n

LESCH (Buzzes in) Mizz Cardinal?<\/p>\n

CARDINAL (enraged) WHAT?<\/p>\n

LESCH: \u00a0The Gentlemen are here.<\/p>\n

CARDINAL: \u00a0Thank you. Send them in.<\/p>\n

(CARDINAL makes a hand gesture to BAKK, THISSEN and WINKLER, all of whom get up from their chairs and lie, face-down, on the floor, head-to-foot, from the door to CARDINAL’s chair)<\/p>\n

(CARDINAL rises as Tom DOOHER enters the room in a long, black cape. \u00a0He is accompanied by Javier MORILLO, who is wearing a long purple cape. \u00a0DOOHER steps across WINKLER, THISSEN and BAKK’s backs to walk to CARDINAL, to whom he offers his hand. \u00a0CARDINAL kisses his pinky ring).<\/p>\n

DOOHER: \u00a0Well?<\/p>\n

CARDINAL, BAKK, THISSEN, WINKLER: \u00a0We hear and obey.<\/p>\n

MORILLO: \u00a0You heard the man! SOUND OFF!<\/p>\n

CARDINAL, BAKK, THISSEN, WINKLER: \u00a0We hear and obey!<\/em><\/p>\n

DOOHER: Very well. \u00a0Stand up, for Minnesota’s students. \u00a0(As BAKK, THISSEN and WINKLER stand, DOOHER takes BAKK’s seat. \u00a0BAKK takes THISSEN’s, THISSEN takes WINKLER’s, who stands awkwardly).<\/p>\n

DOOHER: Let us talk of the 2012 session…<\/p>\n

(And SCENE).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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