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chuck holtman

minneapolis, MN
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3 years 37 weeks

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Posted on 07/21/11 at 02:37 pm in response to Michele Bachmann's migraines: Just how incapacitating are they?

Mr Copeland (#6): You misapprehend this "issue" entirely. It is not partisan, but entirely internecine. Note, obviously, that the issue was daylighted by Tucker Carlson, a reliable water-carrier for the Republican establishment, which has decided that Ms Bachmann is moving from nuisance to threat and that it is time to seek to diminish her insurgency. This is not an issue to those on the left, who indeed - I would venture - find the coverage objectionable for its underlying assumption...

Posted on 07/19/11 at 01:59 pm in response to Daily Caller website says Bachmann gets debilitating headaches

Establishment Republicans getting a little nervous about Ms Bachmann's insurgency, it seems. More hit pieces to come.

Posted on 07/15/11 at 05:11 pm in response to What's your reaction to the shutdown deal?

Ms Patterson (#23): I believe you're confusing Anarchism and nihilism ... (and, of course, giving Anarchism a bad name in the process ...)

Posted on 07/14/11 at 05:36 pm in response to Dayton says his proposed deal is bad for state, but better than indefinite shutdown

I could understand the Governor's conceding, in that the Republican position is ideological, is not concerned about impacts on people and therefore offers no reason for the Republican caucus to move an inch. However, I could understand this only if capitulation is part of a strategy to force the Republican caucus to own its position and to heighten the choice for next year's voters. At this point, how the Republicans will "govern" has been made clear. Ordinary Minnesotans will have one...

Posted on 07/14/11 at 01:22 pm in response to Key GOP Rep. Larry Howes says Dayton offer should end the shutdown

To paraphrase Mr Howes, then, the Governor's capitulation is a good starting point. Maybe taking just a bit more from the weakest and most vulnerable will get the job done.

"The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."

It's become trite, but only because it is so apt.

Posted on 07/11/11 at 11:09 am in response to Pawlenty rips Bachmann for 'nonexistent accomplishments'

Ms Robling cites to the "Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council" as though it is august and authoritative. Its partially functioning web site suggests it is a minor beltway shop comprising a DC lobbyist and an adjunct economics professor laboring alongside thousands of others in the Hayekian propaganda mills of Northern Virginia.

Posted on 07/01/11 at 09:45 am in response to Budget gap shrinks, but massive philosophical divide remains in shutdown battle

The problem is that the question isn't about "compromise," which all depends on the arbitrary point folks start from and quickly becomes divorced from real dialogue about what sorts of collective investments serve the shared interests of our community. The problem is that deciding on a budget requires this dialogue, and one side is fundamentally incapable of participating in it. Though the Governor and the DFL caucus are far from perfect, they at least understand that setting a budget and...

Posted on 07/01/11 at 09:51 am in response to Questions and Answers: LRT drug deal encounter leaves sinking feeling

Umm, Mr Perry (#2), don't know if your comment was ironic, but there wasn't any "place" involved. It was a phone conversation. The story doesn't have anything to do with the LRT, except that by being on the LRT Mr. Moran found himself in proximity to those not from the professional class in which he normally circulates and thus had the occasion to overhear the sort of conversation in which those in his class don't typically engage.

Posted on 06/28/11 at 04:12 pm in response to Bristol Palin's mom also at Mall of America book signing

Joe- You forgot one from the Event Guidelines: "You must remain on all fours, unclothed, and bark when asked to do so." In other words, you must exhibit the level of self-respect commensurate with identifying yourself as a supporter of Sarah Palin. Nice republic we've got here.

Posted on 06/20/11 at 12:12 pm in response to Michele Bachmann is on fire

Democratic candidates may be equally bought and paid for, but a well-integrated intelligence and a basic moral component to a candidate's policy stance at least are considered relevant attributes. Observing the progression toward the Republican candidate is simply wondering whether the American public is so confused and so terrified by its incomprehension that it is ready to reenact Jonestown, Guyana on a national scale.