{"id":28845,"date":"2012-07-10T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=28845"},"modified":"2012-07-10T16:06:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T21:06:20","slug":"who-do-minnesota-liberals-hate-2012-on-the-boards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=28845","title":{"rendered":"Who Do Minnesota Liberals Hate, 2012: On The Boards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before we get to the ranked results from the poll, I thought I’d run both a quick explanation of the mechanics of the poll, and then a look at the Minnesota conservatives and groups that got nominations, but no votes.<\/p>\n

First; \u00a0I took the list of votes in descending order of hatred. \u00a0Votes at the top of a list got more weight than votes at the bottom. \u00a0I entered the votes and weights into a spreadsheet, tallying both number and weight of votes. \u00a0That’s how all ties were broken; a tie between two nominees with the same vote total was broken by the nominees’ “Passion Index”, or average weight per vote. \u00a0Someone who got five second-place votes would out-score someone with five tenth-place votes, for a hypothetical example, although someone with six tenth-place votes would beat someone with five first-place votes (hypothetically; it never happened).<\/p>\n

The poll is extremely unscientific. and uses a methodology that any statistician with a yen to seek the truth giggle with derision – which means it’s the same as the Star-Tribune <\/em>“Minnesota Poll” and the Humphrey Institute’s “HHH Poll”. \u00a0However, my poll is intended for entertainment, not as “journalism” (or, just as likely, an attempt to sway the vote<\/a>), which gives my poll a bit of a moral and ethical advantage.<\/p>\n

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The poll – and Minnesota conservatism – have changed a bit in the past two years. \u00a0Some people who placed on the poll two years ago didn’t show up at all this year:\u00a0Entrepreneurs, who placed 27; Tracy Eberly, who notched a 25; Brian “Saint Paul” Ward who came in at 2; Rep. and then candidate King Banaian who eked out a 20; Phil Krinkie, who came in at 12; Carol Molnau, who finished at 11, and the biggest dropper,\u00a0David Strom, who came in at sixth place two years ago.<\/p>\n

So with that out of the way, let’s take a look at nominees who received just one vote:<\/p>\n

Brad Carlson<\/strong>: The NARN’s newest co-host makes his initial appearance in the list.<\/p>\n

John Gilmore: \u00a0<\/strong>The St. Paul activist makes his first appearance – although the current crowd of St. Paul Republicans may have ranked him higher.<\/p>\n

MIchelle Benson: <\/strong>Senator Benson is the first of many female conservatives on this years’ list.<\/p>\n

Paul Mirengoff (2010 Ranking 23) and\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Scott Johnson (2010 Ranking 16)<\/strong>: <\/strong>The Power Line colleagues – both of whom ranked in the money last year – fell off a bit this year.<\/p>\n

Taxpayers League: <\/strong>And that wasn’t the only surprise.<\/p>\n

Jack Tomczak<\/strong>: The former Bachmann aided turned talk show host turned punching bag of the deranged is just getting started in the “Target of Hate” business. \u00a0He’s had a great start this year.<\/p>\n

Joe Soucheray (2010 Ranking 26)<\/strong>: <\/strong>The change to sports talk hasn’t helped Souch’s fortunes – misfortunes? – in this poll.<\/p>\n

Marianne Stebbins: <\/strong>The head of Minnesota’s Ron Paul movement gets on the board – barely. \u00a0She might have scored higher among some MN Republicans.<\/p>\n

Mary Kiffmeyer (2010 Ranking – nominated)<\/strong>: <\/strong>The former secretary of state got one vote both years. \u00a0This won’t be the last we’ll hear of Voter ID, though.<\/p>\n

AM1280 The Patriot (2010 Ranking – nominated): <\/strong>The little station that could…did.<\/p>\n

Roger Chamberlain: <\/strong>The Freshman senator from White Bear Lake started what should be a good career as a lefty pi\u00f1ata (that swats back harder)<\/p>\n

Tom Hackbarth: <\/strong>Libs considered the Senator guilty until proven innocent last year – but this year, there’s no question that at least one voter thinks MN liberals hate Tom Hackbarth.<\/p>\n

Michele Bachmann’s Dog: <\/strong>From a voter who nominated quite a few other members of Bachmann’s household.<\/p>\n

Stanley Hubbard: <\/strong>Liberals apparently think that acknowledging conservatives occasionally have a point – as Channel Five did during the 2010 campaign – makes you “just like Fox News”.<\/p>\n

Walter Hudson: <\/strong>The Tea Party leader showed up on the tally this year.<\/p>\n

Andrew Breitbart: <\/strong>Notwithstanding that he’s not a Minnesotan, Breitbart got a nod.<\/p>\n

Pat Anderson (2010 Ranking: Nominated)<\/strong>: <\/strong>The former State Auditor can run the numbers if she wants, but she came in the same place she did in 2010.<\/p>\n

Michele Bachmann’s Kids: <\/strong>Unless one of them turns out to hate her. \u00a0Then they’ll love the kid. \u00a0Til they reconcile.<\/p>\n

Norm Coleman (2010 Ranking – 9)<\/strong>: From #9 in 2010 to a single vote this year, Coleman is not the mightiest to fall in this edition of the poll.<\/p>\n

Tony Hernandez:<\/strong>\u00a0The Fourth CD Republican got nominated by one voter who concentrated on “minority” and female conservatives.<\/p>\n

Kermit (2010 Ranking: Nominated)<\/strong>: Kermit holds steady after two years. \u00a0That’s not bad!<\/p>\n

Marcus Bachmann<\/strong>: I’d have put the Representative’s husband higher. \u00a0But the Bachmann family has plenty of votes, all in all…<\/p>\n

Anyone with half a brain<\/strong>: Someone wanted to cut to the chase.<\/p>\n

Swiftee (2010 Ranking 29)<\/strong>: Swiftee – persona non grata <\/em>at just about every Twin Cities leftyblog (including MinnPost<\/em>) actually got more votes this year than in 2010. \u00a0The competition was just that much harder. \u00a0But Swiftee was a perennial in these things long before there\u00a0were <\/em>blogs…<\/p>\n

Coming up at noon today – the back of the pack!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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