{"id":29415,"date":"2012-08-06T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=29415"},"modified":"2013-01-09T10:41:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T16:41:34","slug":"primary-colors-strib-to-peasants-know-thy-places-knaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=29415","title":{"rendered":"Primary Colors: Strib To Peasants: “Know Thy Places, Knaves!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Strib <\/em>is starting its endorsement season for next week’s primaries.<\/p>\n

Before we get to that, let’s establish three things:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Strib “Editorial Board” is once, always and forever in the bag for the DFL<\/strong>. \u00a0They will do whatever it takes to see that either the DFL gets elected – and failing that, to try to ensure that any Republicans who do <\/em>get into office are content to cause the DFL as little trouble as possible<\/li>\n
  2. Berg’s 11th Law Is iron-clad and all-encompassing<\/strong>. \u00a0The law – listed here<\/a> – says “The conservative liberals \u201crespect\u201d for their \u201cconservative principles\u201d will the the one that has the least chance of ever getting elected<\/span>“. \u00a0Beyond that, we need to consult the “Huckabee Corollary to Berg’s 11th Law”, which states that “the Republican that the media covers most intensively before the nomination for any office will be the one that the liberals know they have the best chance of beating after the nomination, and\/or will most cripple the GOP if nominated<\/span>.<\/li>\n
  3. Buckley Was Right<\/strong>. \u00a0Conservatives should <\/em>elect the most conservative candidate that can win<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    With that in mind – the Strib endorsed Connie Doepke<\/a> in the SD33 race n a piece yesterday that oozed patrician, elitist condescenscion. \u00a0No, really – Tea Party and Conservative groups should put this bit here…:<\/div>\n

    Minnesota has long been able to count on the Lake Minnetonka area to send thoughtful, pragmatic Republican leaders to the state Senate. Gen Olson, who is retiring after 30 years, and George Pillsbury before her fit that description.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    …on T-shirts and lawn signs to rile up the conservative base. \u00a0 When the Strib <\/em>calls someone “thoughtful” and “pragmatic”, they mean “more willing than the average Republican to go along with the DFL to get along”. \u00a0As some of us call them, “Sturdevant Republicans” – Republicans who’d rather get the Strib’s <\/em>seal of approval than stand up for the principles the conservative Republican base supports.<\/p>\n

    The Strib <\/em>“Editorial Board”, in a piece that reeks of Lori Sturdevant’s authorship, endorsed Connie Doepke in the Senate primary.<\/p>\n

    Now, I have friends and people whose opinion I respect who are supporting Connie Doepke. \u00a0Some have told me offline that I’m selling her conservatism short. \u00a0I hear those objections – and raise them the Freedom Club’s enthusiastic demurral<\/a>, and her in-the-bag-for-the-education-lobby status, and her stadium vote. \u00a0 Any of all of which might be forgiveable, if no better alternative was available. \u00a0We’ll come back to that.<\/p>\n

    I don’t live in SD33, but I support Dave Osmek, to whom the Strib gives criminally short shrift:<\/p>\n

    It’s a disappointing commentary on the west-metro Republican Party that Doepke, 66, was passed over for party endorsement. It went instead to David Osmek, 47, a project manager for United Health Group and a budget hawk during 10 years on the Mound City Council.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    The Strib <\/em>hates people like Dave Osmek, because they prove that conservatism works. \u00a0Osmek, along with the sitting conservative city council and mayor, have weaned the city off of the state’s blessed “Local Government Aid”, while keeping the government functioning well and helping the region prosper.<\/p>\n

    And why the hell <\/em>would the Strib <\/em>wanna promote that?<\/p>\n

    But let’s cut to the chase, here; I’m going to add some emphasis:<\/p>\n

    Among other things, Osmek faults Doepke for supporting the Vikings stadium bill<\/strong>; for willingness to require Amazon to collect state sales taxes on Minnesotans’ purchases, as Minnesota-based retailers must; and for accepting the Outstanding Legislator of the Year Award from the Association of Metropolitan School Districts, which he notes gave a similar award to DFL Gov. Mark Dayton.<\/p>\n

    Doepke can hold her head high for her position on all those matters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Oh, can she, then?<\/p>\n

    Well, that settles it!<\/p>\n

    No, the hell it does. \u00a0Why <\/em>can she “hold her head high” on these? \u00a0What makes any of these good policy or good recommendations for office?<\/p>\n

    Well, we know why; the AMSD is a constant, reliable shill for the DFL’s priorities. \u00a0Her vote on internet commerce taxes carried the DFL’s water. \u00a0And the Strib <\/em>desperately needed the stadium; not just any stadium, but one on the east end of Downtown Minneapolis. \u00a0 Was there a quid pro quo – “give us a vote, and we’ll give you an endorsement”? \u00a0I don’t know, and I’m not going to suggest there was – but if there were, how would Doepke’s behavior on the stadium issue have been any different?<\/p>\n

    Buckley said “elect the most conservative candidate that can win”. \u00a0Dave Osmek can and will win if he gets on the ballot. \u00a0And he’ll bring a solid budget-hawk voice to the Capitol, to backstop the redoubtable former Freshmen that will be returning as sophomores this winter – the Tea Party class that the Strib \u02c6<\/em>so deeply hates, all obstreporous and principled and not giving a rat’s ass about Elmer Anderson and Arnie Carlson’s legacies of worthless, spendthrift accomodation.<\/p>\n

    And the Strib will fight that with all they have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Strib is starting its endorsement season for next week’s primaries. Before we get to that, let’s establish three things: The Strib “Editorial Board” is once, always and forever in the bag for the DFL. \u00a0They will do whatever it takes to see that either the DFL gets elected – and failing that, to try […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[246],"class_list":["post-29415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campaign-12","tag-bergs-11th-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29415"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29417,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29415\/revisions\/29417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}