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Jim Roth

Minneapolis, MN
Commenter for
5 years 14 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 08/26/11 at 04:29 pm in response to So long, Jimbo: Thome was one of the best free-agent signings in Twins history

It's a long shot that he'll get a ring with Cleveland but certainly a better chance than here. But Jeff (#2), I know it's been a dismal season but the Twins had championships in '87 and '91. When was the Cubs last one??? Let's keep a little perspective...

Posted on 08/26/11 at 04:34 pm in response to Cravaack's Duluth town hall attracts 200

Seems pretty superficial to me. What does it mean that his "constituent outreach is unprecedented"??? This particular one seems like a pretty lame effort.

Posted on 08/23/11 at 03:02 pm in response to Rep. Paulsen Goes to Israel: Day One

What does Erik Paulsen know about Israel? This looks pretty superficial to me. Not sure it's newsworthy.

Posted on 08/23/11 at 02:58 pm in response to A Glen Beck rally could spark violence in Jerusalem

What??? You expect Glenn Beck to learn from history???

Posted on 08/23/11 at 02:52 pm in response to Durenberger's take on T-Paw

Looks like Cravaack is another one of those "I've got mine, now pull up the ladder."

Posted on 08/19/11 at 07:50 pm in response to For a while, the candidate called herself Dr. Bachmann

Okay, not the first or last time Bachmann will exaggerate. If I may say she is quite shameless.

Posted on 08/19/11 at 08:03 pm in response to Why it took so long for Obama to say Syria's Assad must go

In case anyone hasn't noticed, the US s overstretched on all fronts at the moment. While it may be abstractly ideal to add this battle to our agenda there is a limit to what the US can do abroad and at home. Get real. Sanctions take a long time to work but they do work over time. Military intervention is much more costly and ineffective. There is way too much of a cowboy mentality among some-- witness Cheney/Bush/Neoconservative foreign policy.

Posted on 08/18/11 at 01:49 pm in response to I witnessed a dark side of Michele Bachmann's character

This is a mildly interesting but insignificant peek behind the curtain. Many of the mass media have covered Bachmann's views on domestic and foreign policy which are frankly much scarier. She herself is a master at drawing attention to herself and obtaining extensive coverage most often including video. When she is criticized or questioned about her many and often significant misstatements of fact she denies them and changes the subject.

Posted on 08/10/11 at 11:24 pm in response to American Muslim pleads guilty to using the Internet to solicit terrorism

It sounds like he's pretty guilty but could someone explain why the guy in Norway is not a terrorist?

Posted on 08/10/11 at 11:17 pm in response to Poll puts Pawlenty behind Thad McCotter

Pawlenty who?