{"id":88888,"date":"2024-12-13T09:24:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T15:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=88888"},"modified":"2024-12-13T09:24:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T15:24:34","slug":"wishful-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=88888","title":{"rendered":"Wishful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Governor Klink is doing the rounds of the Twin Cities media, saying he&#8217;s not going to rule out further runs for national office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gov. Tim Walz to Strib on whether he&#39;ll run for national office again: &quot;It would be too early to say that. I do want to be part of the conversation, because I think we are delivering, I think we are making a difference in people\u2019s lives.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LlciBuS2Ng\">https:\/\/t.co\/LlciBuS2Ng<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Torey Van Oot (@toreyvanoot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toreyvanoot\/status\/1867396623267246206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, to a leftist, &#8220;conversation&#8221; means &#8220;Monologue&#8221; &#8211; which is what Walz is used to here in Minnesota, with his constant stream of selfies and Twitter proclamations and straw men.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His foray into national politics was his first attempt at a &#8220;conversation&#8221;.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It didn&#8217;t go well.\u00a0 See also his debate with JD Vance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But hope springs eternal that we can have an actual conversation with Walz and the entire DFL over his and their dubious record in office &#8211; especially given the news of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/in-feeding-our-future-2-0-the-fbi-raids-autism-clinics\/\">yet another corruption scandal<\/a> (more next week).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of &#8220;conversations&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reflecting on his election loss, a bitter Tim Walz tells the Star Tribune: \u201cWho knew making housing affordable was not as strong a message as: \u2018They\u2019re eating dogs and they\u2019re eating cats.\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5hePJZEmDg\">pic.twitter.com\/5hePJZEmDg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Anthony Gockowski (@AntGockowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AntGockowski\/status\/1867415405649965376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hey &#8211; one person&#8217;s &#8220;rumors about dogs and cats&#8221; is another person&#8217;s &#8220;neighborliness&#8221;.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Klink is doing the rounds of the Twin Cities media, saying he&#8217;s not going to rule out further runs for national office. Of course, to a leftist, &#8220;conversation&#8221; means &#8220;Monologue&#8221; &#8211; which is what Walz is used to here in Minnesota, with his constant stream of selfies and Twitter proclamations and straw men. 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