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A Governor-elect (for all intents) gets advice from a former governor? This is a time-honored dog-bites-man story, the hoariest of chestnuts, as unsurprising as Sun Rises in East. The thing that would be astounding would be if the erstwhile Republican candidate, Tom Emmer, sat down for advice from the former GOP governor, Carlson, who has been ignored and disrespected by his alleged successors.
For the record -- and not withstanding Mr Swift's prodigious scholarship -- all of Al Oertwig's situations were chronicled extensively in the leftie local media. I, myself, wrote about Mr Oertwig (rather harshly, I'm afraid; but in a sufficiently deranged manner to please Mr Swift)while I was employed at the St Paul newspaper. You could look it up, but that would involve the use of a library, which explains much ignorance.
Wow!!
"NickBoy" has "re-infested" the StarTribune and is "sharing (my) derangement" and "hatred" on MinnPost? Let me thank the comment moderators at MinnPost for making me feel "at home." It's like I'm still on the Strib site!
Also, I'd like to apologize for my last column in the Strib, in which I saluted Tom Emmer for saying he will do the "right thing" and not lodge a challenge against the recount if the vote differential remains wide.
Sorry about that. You know how...
The Hackbarth story was more than just "weird." It was a disturbing tale of armed stalking by a stalwart of the "Family Majority" Morally Self-Righteous Brigade who has been involved in demagoguery and political haymaking at the expense of gays and pregnant women for years. My old friend Cyndy B. seems to have forgotten that there is more than just a public relations problem for Mr Zellers here. There is a public safety problem, and a public policy problem involving hypocrisy and creepitude...
I was ordered, near the end of my column writing days in the Strib Metro section, NOT to write about the inauguration of Barack Obama in January, 2009. Astounded, I replied that the inauguration of our first black president was an historic event. I was told again, more forcefully, that I would not be allowed to write anything about it. Apparently, the editors were afraid I might approve. So Mr. Brauer is a little late to the party: This train wreck occurred two years ago.
I agrre with Julie K.
How can we be satisfied with telling readers/viewers/fans that it's "a situation" unless we say what the specifics are? "A situation" could be even WORSE than what the details are in this case. But the main problem with "situation" is that the media know what it means (wink, wink, nudge nudge) but the people DON'T. I'm saying it is incumbent upon local journalists to follow the story. The fact that it took an out-of-towner to break the ice on this is shameful. And...
I didn't "allege" nothing. What I have done is point out that the flowers of local sports journalism (I offered $100 to charity on Twitter if ANY of them had the guts to ASK Favre about the story on AUG 18 -- back when it was NEW) are just about the LAST IN THE USA to tell readers/fans what the DETAILS are of the charges. When everyone else in the country is talking details about your local Sports God while the local press is cringing from them, well, guys, it's not penis waving that is the...
Ms Brucato, by her own definition, is a "strategic communicator." (The bit about her being a "journalist and political strategist" is a joke; the two things are mutually exclusive).
In my humble estimation, strategic communicators have no business pretending to be journalists, and MinnPost has no business giving a valuable forum to strategic communicators who would, in most circumstances, no doubt, be happy to PAY for such a venue.
Amazing coincidences abound! Like the one that always means a saint, such as Mother Teresa, is always the face that is seen on a cinnamon roll or a piece of strudel -- never a sinner!
It depends on what you're looking for, I guess.
A more interesting question than the topic of this column would be to examine the causes and consequences of the unprecedented political pressures brought to bear against the Star Tribune's decades-old, signature public opinion research effort before and after the 2004 election campaign. Eliminating the Minnesota Poll, and its director, Rob Daves (who was president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research) became a demand of the Minnesota GOP, with the Party Chairman (Ron...