{"id":49004,"date":"2014-11-11T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=49004"},"modified":"2014-12-12T14:37:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T20:37:00","slug":"lying-criminal-or-both","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=49004","title":{"rendered":"Lying, Criminal Or Both?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s an old saying; “success has a thousand fathers; failure is an orphan”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the wake of the Democrat party’s nationwide electoral humiliation, the left is looking for things to hang their hopes on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s human nature; the good guys were doing it two years ago, too.<\/p>\n

So here’s what the Democrats are hanging their hats on; in a blue state, a 67 year old governor who gets mistaken for his entrepreneur anscestors, a superannuated standup comic, and a couple of congressmen dragged out of mothballs at the Museum of Pettifogging eked out wins in a state where…they were expected to eke out wins.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But remember – whatever success there is <\/em>has a thousand fathers.\u00a0 Er, parents.\u00a0 And the local left is stepping all over itself to claim their piece of the success<\/del> less-failure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“In These Times” is the sort of “progressive” publication you can imagine a room full of Grace Kellys producing.\u00a0 I don’t read it much, because it’s just not a challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But in their post mortem of the MN elections<\/a>, they made an interesting and, dare I say, surprising\u00a0claim.<\/p>\n

No, it’s not the callow reference to stereotypes.\u00a0 That’s no surprise from any <\/em>“progressive” publication:<\/p>\n

Mike McIntee, who lives in Eagan and is executive producer [Hah!\u00a0 – Ed<\/em>]\u00a0of The UpTake, a citizen journalism-driven, online video streaming website, has seen his first-ring suburb change politically. The residents of Eagan\u2019s cul-de-sacs no longer exclusively resemble an episode of The Brady Bunch, but include different ethnicities and low-income housing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“White People” = “Brady Bunch”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Huh.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anyway – here’s the interesting part (emphasis added by me):<\/p>\n

McIntee also credits the work of Protect Minnesota<\/strong>, which works to end gun violence by turning it into a political issue in urban and suburban areas. Protect Minnesota sent out mailers this election season attacking candidates who opposed gun control<\/strong>. Its gun-safety champions who won on Tuesday include Ron Erhardt, who represents the suburb of Edina. Meanwhile, the National Rifle Association\u2019s influence may be waning in Minnesota. Three rural DFLers who were endorsed by the NRA all lost.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Protect Minnesota?<\/p>\n

The gun grabber group led by Heather Martens<\/a>\u00a0known mainly for its comic ineptitude, has done more harm than “good” for the gun grabber movement in the past…couple of decades.\u00a0 They mobilize no significant people (a couple of dozen might turn out for a vital hearing, as opposed to hundreds of Real Americans.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But what of their claims?\u00a0<\/p>\n