Sheila Kihne is currently the Vice Chair of the GOP’s 3rd CD; she has a seat on the Executive Committee. She also runs a blog – “The Activist Next Door” – where she’s taken shots at the DFL Endorsed Candidate for State Senate (Ron Case) – first here and then here.

Now, first I’d like to say that I’ve met Sheila; and I find her to be a very bright, intelligent, and passionate individual devoted to her cause: “conservatism.” And this is not – NOT – an attempt to smear nor discredit Sheila as a person; as a person, I happen to like her.

That said, this is simply another example of pointing out, once again:

“Hypocrisy, Thy Party Is GOP”

OK, first with the “then”:

Sheila is highly active in GOP SD42 politics. SD42 is the home to GOP endorsed Mayor Phil Young and Council Member Brad Aho (well, Council Member Jon Duckstad too, but Duckstand doesn’t have a candidate website that I can find).

And if you go to those old candidate websites, of those two GOPers, you’ll see (and I took screenshots of ‘em, in case they scrub – or dump – those old websites) a few pictures of those then-candidates posing for pictures in and/or in front of government (read=taxpayer paid) facilities.

In other words, back then, GOPers posed, and used, taxpayer paid facilities for PUBLIC gain – to win elections. Now, astute readers will note “public” is capitalized; with what elected officials put in their pockets for doing their elected duties, no one can claim elected officials are doing it for PERSONAL gain; there simply isn’t enough in the check to compensate for the time spent our elected officials spend.

OK, does anybody really expect that Sheila Kihne objected to those GOPers doing that, then?

Of course not.

Fast forward to “now” – and Sheila going off on DFL Candidate Ron Case:

Here’s part of Sheila’s blogpost:

A couple weeks back, I mentioned that DFL State Senate Candidate Ron Case was campaigning for office in his Oak Point classroom on the local “Democratic Visions” cable-TV show.

After a concerned citizen asked EP Schools to look into the matter, the Principal of Oak Point acknowledged that Mr. Case was indeed using his classroom for “political activity for personal gain” and has taken “corrective action” against Mr. Case. (TheActivistNextDoor)

Then: GOPers Young and Aho using gov’t facilities for public gain = no problemo.

Now: DLFer Case using go’vt facilites for public gain = BIG PROBLEMO.

Let’s look once again at Sheila’s blogpost, referenced just above:

From putting up his campaign signs in his classroom….(TheActivistNextDoor)

Without watching the YouTube, the casual reader is easily misled by that statement.

Take a look at that YouTube, provided below, and pay attention at ALL of the signs, pausing at the 4:35 mark:

“Hann” – GOPer candidate. “Kutina” – then-supporter of GOPer candidate Jenifer Loon. “TBag and Molnau” – ’nuff said.

OK, hit the “play button! Pause again, at 4:37 – and, what do we see? “Bush Cheney 04″ – oh, the HORROR!!!!

At 4:40? “Hann” “Loon” “Paulsen” and… oops! “Amy Klobuchar” – just how the (cheney) did the obviously that biased and partisan and “liberal/leftist/socialist/French Fry eating/HighTaxGuy” teacher, Ron Case, let THAT one get in there??!?

It’s really rather pathetic, how the GOPers these days tell the partial truth, and nothing but the partial truth. Well, when they’re not completely just LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH.

So, there you have it:

Today’s Example Of GOP Hypocrisy – Sheila Kihne, GOP CD-03 ViceChair

(cross posted from MnProgressiveProject.com; comments welcome there)