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		<title>Hey, KSTP &#8211; Where&#8217;s My Hat-Tip, Dude?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, June 5th, I published a blogpost entitled &#8220;So &#8211; How Serious Are They??!?&#8221;; on Friday, June 12th, KSTP TV ran a piece called &#8220;Who&#8217;s In For Governor?.  Both pieces discussed the issue of domain names.  
On June 5th, I posted:
What&#8217;s needed, is analysis!  And fortunately, I&#8217;m here to help!!! So, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Friday, June 5th, I published a blogpost entitled <a href=http://www.mnprogressiveproject.com/diary/3355/so-how-serious-are-they>&#8220;So &#8211; How Serious Are They??!?&#8221;</a>; on Friday, June 12th, KSTP TV ran a piece called <a href=http://kstp.com/article/stories/s976512.shtml?cat=89>&#8220;Who&#8217;s In For Governor?</a>.  Both pieces discussed the issue of domain names.  </p>
<p>On June 5th, I posted:</p>
<blockquote><p>What&#8217;s needed, is analysis!  And fortunately, I&#8217;m here to help!!! So, let&#8217;s take a look at domain names &#8211; taken and available and  related to those considered &#8220;potential candidates&#8221; by those from the party  <a href=http://www.mnblue.com/node/996>that bows to the guy with the big cigar</a>&#8230;.</p></blockquote>
<p>On June 12th, from KSTP:</p>
<blockquote><p>But to get an idea of who might be thinking of running, it&#8217;s helpful to check the purchase of Internet domain names.</p></blockquote>
<p>A little less wordy, but:  same-same, yes?  </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at what I posted, on June 5th:</p>
<blockquote><p>Seifert2010.com &#8211; taken!<br />
SeifertForGovernor.com &#8211; taken!!!</p>
<p>OK, that explains the presser, less than 24 hours after T-Bag bolted for Iowa&#8230;.but:</p>
<p>What explains this?</p>
<p>MartySeifert2010.com &#8211; available!<br />
MartySeifertForGovernor.com  &#8211; available!!!</p></blockquote>
<p>KSTP reported, on June 12th:</p>
<blockquote><p>House Minority Leader Marty Seifert also bought a domain, SeifertforGovernor.com, the same day of Pawlenty’s announcement.</p></blockquote>
<p>If KSTP viewers had read MN Progressive Project, they&#8217;d have known a full week earlier about what KSTP reported on, and a whole lot more &#8211; like who owns the domain names www.SteveSviggum.com and www.Sviggum2010.com and www.SviggumForGovernor.com </p>
<p>So, keep reading this blog &#8211; even if we don&#8217;t get the hat-tips we ought to&#8230;.</p>
<p>(crossposted from <a href="http://www.mnprogressiveproject.com/diary/3401/hey-kstp-wheres-my-hattip-dude">/a>MnProgressiveProject</a>)</p>
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		<title>So &#8211; How Serious ARE They??!?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tommy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[T-Bag announces he&#8217;s out; which obviously means there&#8217;s a whole buncha republiCons in.  Well, even some Republicans, too.  Which begs the question:  how serious are they?
It&#8217;s easy to go to various blogs and find out what various rightwingers are postulating; it&#8217;s even easier to  check in with the (almost)official rightwing site [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>T-Bag announces he&#8217;s out; which obviously means there&#8217;s a whole buncha <a href=http://www.mnblue.com/node/1021>republiCons</a> in.  Well, even some <a href=http://www.mnblue.com/node/1021>Republicans,</a> too.  Which begs the question:  how serious are they?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s easy to go to various blogs and find out what various <a href=http://www.residualforces.com/2009/06/02/volunteers-please-mngops-2010-primary-battle/>rightwingers</a> are postulating; it&#8217;s even easier to  check in with the<a href=http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2009/06/04/early-indications-on-gop-gubernatorial-race/> (almost)official rightwing site</a> (although, many bona fide <a href=http://www.shotinthedark.info/wp/index.php>RightWingNuts</a> haven&#8217;t weighed in yet.)</p>
<p>It&#8217;s important to note: what you might find, might simply be &#8220;opinions.&#8221;  Well, &#8220;opinions&#8221; if &#8211; and I mean &#8220;if&#8221; &#8211; the following &#8220;commentary&#8221; is considered &#8220;opinion&#8221;:</p>
<blockquote><p>D Says:<br />
June 4th, 2009 at 11:27 am<br />
Laura Brod was one of the chief proponents of the “Rape the Taxpayers of Hennepin County to the delight of multi-billionaire Carl Pohlad”.</p>
<p>Nobody, I mean NOBODY, in the Hennepin County GOP has forgotten her vote and defense of ripping our right to vote by referendum on the Twins stadium.</p>
<p>And I will take great joy in reminding my state delegate friends of this woman. (<a href=http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2009/06/04/early-indications-on-gop-gubernatorial-race/>MinnesotaDemocratsExposed</a>)</p></blockquote>
<p>Gotta love them RightWingNuts, &#8220;right&#8221;?</p>
<p>&#8220;Right.&#8221;  Even when they got opinions such as this:</p>
<blockquote><p>J Says:<br />
June 4th, 2009 at 6:32 pm<br />
Aside from her tax issue which will be huge, Brod will have to answer for her personal behavior if she runs. She’s &#8211; ahem &#8211; played the field. A lot.(<a href=http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2009/06/04/early-indications-on-gop-gubernatorial-race/>MinnesotaDemocratsExposed</a>)</p></blockquote>
<p>Doncha just love &#8220;blogs&#8221; &#8220;written&#8221;  and &#8220;moderated&#8221;  by &#8220;gentlemen&#8221; considered &#8220;candidates&#8221; for &#8220;positions&#8221;  of &#8220;authority&#8221; in today&#8217;s &#8220;Family Values&#8221; party?</p>
<p>But, I digress.  What&#8217;s &#8220;written&#8221; is just &#8220;opinion.&#8221;</p>
<p>What&#8217;s needed, is analysis!  And fortunately, I&#8217;m here to help!!! So, let&#8217;s take a look at domain names &#8211; taken and available and  related to those considered &#8220;potential candidates&#8221; by those from the party  <a href=http://www.mnblue.com/node/996>that bows to the guy with the big cigar</a>&#8230;.</p>
<p>&#8230;taken:</p>
<p>LauraBrodForGovernor.com &#8211; taken<br />
BrodForGovernor.com – taken<br />
Brod2010.com – taken<br />
LauraBrod2010.com – taken</p>
<p>OK, every indication is Laura &#8220;Screw Hennepin County&#8221; Brod is in!</p>
<p>But, what domains did her &#8220;brain(dead) trust&#8221; miss?</p>
<p>Well, by my unofficial and quick reconoitering:</p>
<p>BrodForGovernor2010.com – available!<br />
LauraBrodforGovernor.com – available!!<br />
Brod4governor – available!!!</p>
<p>Dam &#8211; what were THEY thinking??!?</p>
<p>Plus, they missed these:</p>
<p>DumpBrod.com – available!<br />
DumpLauraBrod.com – available!!!</p>
<p>One would think those around &#8220;The Card Check Girl&#8221; woulda checked what&#8217;s happened up in the 6th, what with the  <a href=http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/>Dump Bachmann</a> stuff&#8230;..</p>
<p>Then again, has anyone ever accused Brod of bein&#8217; &#8220;brighter than Bachmann&#8221;?</p>
<p><a href=http://www.mnblue.com/node/1618>Not likely</a>&#8230;.</p>
<p>Anyway, on to the next <strike>contes<b>tent</b></strike> &#8220;contestant&#8221;, in the &#8220;Small Tent&#8221; Party!</p>
<p>SullivanForGovernor.com – taken<br />
Sullivan2010.com – taken</p>
<p>Well, I guess that&#8217;s not surprising; there&#8217;s a lot of &#8220;Sullivans&#8221; in these fifty states.  Let&#8217;s look a little closer:</p>
<p>BrianSullivan2010.com – Available!<br />
BrianSullivanForGovernor.com – Available!!! </p>
<p>Gee &#8211; is <strike>Brain</strike> &#8220;Brian&#8221; &#8211; a <a href=http://mn.gop.com/StatesPage.aspx?>GOP National Committeeman</a> &#8211; so out of touch that he didn&#8217;t register his domains, before T-Bag headed for the <a href=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/>Des Moines Register</a>??!? </p>
<p>How &#8217;bout Marty &#8211; who couldn&#8217;t wait 24 hours to dance on T-Bag&#8217;s <strike>grave</strike> &#8220;legacy&#8221;?</p>
<p>Seifert2010.com &#8211; taken!<br />
SeifertForGovernor.com &#8211; taken!!!</p>
<p>OK, that explains the presser, less than 24 hours after T-Bag bolted for Iowa&#8230;.but:</p>
<p>What explains this?</p>
<p>MartySeifert2010.com &#8211; available!<br />
MartySeifertForGovernor.com  &#8211; available!!!</p>
<p>Could it be, that after spendin&#8217; all them years in the GreedOverPrinciples party, that Marty got a case of the cheaps?</p>
<p>You tell me.</p>
<p>And tell me &#8211; is Pat in?</p>
<p>PatAndersonForGovernor.com  &#8211; available!<br />
PatAnderson2010.com  &#8211; available!!!</p>
<p>And all of the Rammer&#8217;s are available; then again:  did anyone really think Rammer could get a state-wide GOPer endorsement, anyway?</p>
<p>Now, here&#8217;s the deal:  Steve Sviggum is a really  nice guy. Horrible policies, but:  truely a nice guy.  </p>
<p>A genuinely nice guy.  Again, horrible policies, but&#8230;. I noted &#8220;Sviggum.com&#8221; was taken.  So, when I found that &#8220;<i><b>Steve</b>Sviggum.com</i>&#8221; was open, I took it.  </p>
<p>Well, I took &#8220;Sviggum2010.com&#8221; and &#8220;SviggumForGovernor.com&#8221; too, but:  that&#8217;s a tangent.</p>
<p>I took &#8220;SteveSviggum.com&#8221; &#8217;cause I wanted to make sure no one took it and play games with such a nice guy.</p>
<p>Well, &#8220;no one would play <b>MOST</b> games with such a nice guy.&#8221;</p>
<p>One never knows, eh? OTO&#8230;.</p>
<p>&#8230;that &#8220;DumpBrod.com&#8221;?</p>
<p>I got a funny feeling that one would go for a <strike>right</strike> might bit more&#8230;. </p>
<p>(crossposted from <a href="http://www.mnprogressiveproject.com/diary/3355/so-how-serious-are-they"<MnProgressiveProject</a>)</p>
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		<title>Just Last Sunday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, just 4 days ago, a lot of DFLers took the time to help Paul Thissen celebrate the opening of his campaign office. And I mean &#8221; a lot.&#8221;  I was surprised by the turnout.  Some of them are already confirmed and dedicated Thissen supporters, such as the couple [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, just 4 days ago, a lot of DFLers took the time to help Paul Thissen celebrate the opening of his campaign office. And I mean &#8221; a lot.&#8221;  I was surprised by the turnout.  Some of them are already confirmed and dedicated Thissen supporters, such as the couple that made the trip down from Duluth.  Others were curious about Paul, and what they told me is that they are finding out that Paul Thissen is a serious guy running a serious campaign.  One of my questions was how a metro area DFLer would do in Greater Minnesota; I was told a YouTube addressing that very issue would be posted on <a href=http://paulthissen.com/>Team Thissen&#8217;s</a> website.  Since it now is, let&#8217;s take a look!</p>
<p><object width="280" height="170"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K3RKNshFBvI&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K3RKNshFBvI&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="280" height="170"></embed></object></p>
<p>With yesterday&#8217;s &#8220;developments&#8221;, the race is wide open.  Running hard is Paul Thissen. Team Thissen is a team to watch.</p>
<p>(crossposted from <a href="http://www.mnprogressiveproject.com/diary/3334/just-last-sunday">MnProggressiveProject</a>)</p>
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