Faint Damnation

I’m not sure what the purpose was behind this – Ex-North Dakota governor Allen Olson has endorsed Tom Horner:

Olson quickly made it clear that he is a Minnesota resident, moving to the Twin Cities area two years after he lost re-election to Democrat George Sinner. He is best known, in Minnesota, for his years running a community bank association.

Olson, a Republican, said he never has endorsed a Minnesota governor candidate before. He joins former Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson in Horner’s camp.

That whole “Carlson” thing really tells you all you need to know about Tom Horner.

As to Olson?  Perhaps the Horner campaign is trying to lock up the ‘Ex-North Dakotan” vote. We are about 40% of Minnesotans, after all – the smart 40% who know how to drive and had better educations for less money.

But Allen Olson presided over some of the most miserable years in North Dakota history. They weren’t his fault, per se – but any North Dakotan over the age of forty remembers the Olson years for the farm foreclosures, lousy grain prices,and high unemployment.

By all means, Hornerites; dig into that Allen Olson record!

5 thoughts on “Faint Damnation

  1. Why do these tired old worn out relics of the past believe they have any relevancy today?

  2. In related news, the Horner campaign reached out to former Wisconsin governor Lee Dreyfus for an endorsement, only to discover that Dreyfus had passed away in 2008. Horner is holding out hope that he will gain the nod from former Iowa governor Robert D. Ray, who is apparently still alive.

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