semi-gritty, somewhat downmarket West End of Saint Paul<\/font><\/strong><\/a>. It\u2019s the real childhood home of Nick and Chris Coleman, although Mitch seems to want to forget that part.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n“Seems\u00a0to forget it?”<\/p>\n
No, MNob, I\u00a0know that the Coleman brothers – children of one of Minnesota’s most powerful politicians, stepchildren of one of its most powerful publishers –\u00a0wrap themselves in the West End’s blue-collar mien <\/em>at every opportunity.\u00a0\u00a0But since I was paying tribute to Nick Mancini,<\/em> I figured it really didn’t contribute to the original story.\u00a0\u00a0Her little snif is to be expected of someone who didn’t mention even one word <\/em>about Coleman’s skill on the bagpipes.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\nIt\u2019s racially integrated, has small houses, and has a whole host of functioning neighborhood groups and churches \u2013 social engineering at its worst!\u00a0 It\u2019s the home of the people who defeated the state-subsideized [sic]\u00a0Gopher State Ethanol plant. It’s the neighborhood that figured out how to make sure that 35E will never ever have a speed limit of more than 45 miles per hour.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
All of\u00a0which I’m on the record as supporting the West Enders on, by the way, not that\u00a0MNob would let anything get past her Impenetrable Wall of Stereotypes.<\/p>\n
Like…\u00a0<\/p>\n
And as much as Mitch and Erik Hare get along, Erik lives in Irvine Park, the snooty appendage to the real West End.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The lawyer is dinging on people for being snooty!<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the sort of neighborhood and restaurant the average Anti-Strib and Shot in the Dark reader holds a romanticized image of, but would never actually visit, and would likely get lost in if they tried.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u00a0So do us all a favor and stay in Minneapolis.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure there\u2019s some corporate chain steak place you can visit without having your sensibilities offended by the genuineness of Mancini\u2019s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And I repeat: …not that\u00a0MNob would let anything get past her Impenetrable Wall of Stereotypes.<\/em><\/p>\nI know nothing about MNob’s background – but since she never lets that stop her, I’ll feel free to fill in the blanks.\u00a0 MNob – while adding zilch to the discussion about Mancini – has shown that like most preening, stereotype-sodden liberal city residents, she’s terribly insecure about what must certainly have been her privileged suburban upbringing (I’m guessing Plymouth), and about the simple fact that she’s less eclectic, less tolerant, and not nearly as good a feminist as I am.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dave Thune, by the way, is a fellow North Dakota expat.\u00a0 Say “hi” from me, wouldja?<\/p>\n
Never send a Nob do to a Wege’s job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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