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Pete Barrett

Saint Paul, MN
Commenter for
1 year 27 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 06/20/12 at 04:34 pm in response to Pawlenty on the ticket? Two presidential thinkers assess his chances

You saying the Gov's appointment of a dairy farmer to head MnDOT wasn't such a good idea?

Posted on 06/18/12 at 05:21 pm in response to Why General Mills didn’t get hammered for speaking out on marriage amendment

A liberal drew votes away from a conservative? How's that work? Did some conservatives say, "Instead of voting for a conservative, I think I'll vote for that liberal guy"?

Posted on 06/18/12 at 05:51 pm in response to What Congress has to do this session

As if Obama is the only President to have issued Executive Orders, like he just invented them last year or something.

Posted on 06/17/12 at 08:47 am in response to Ritchie refuses to defend Voter ID; GOP cries foul

You mean there are amendments that conservatives DON"T like?!!

Who knew?

Posted on 06/15/12 at 05:10 pm in response to Legislative commission opts for unprecedented approach to defend Photo ID amendment

For people who don't like lawyers or spending government money, they sure spend a lot of government money on lawyers.

Posted on 06/14/12 at 05:11 pm in response to Billionaire Sheldon Adelson will give 'limitless' support to Romney

What then is Roberts' excuse? Or Scalia?

Posted on 06/13/12 at 04:14 pm in response to Ramsey County estimates $1.7 million per biennium for state-issued Voter ID

Don't let the Democrats off the hook for financial deregulation. Glass-Stegall was repealed during the Clinton Administration. During the 90's and beyond there were numerous Democratic politicians who gave Wall Street whatever they wanted. Remember where Robert Rubin before Clinton hired him?

Posted on 06/09/12 at 08:50 am in response to Poll shows Klobuchar with a 26-point lead over Bills

Bills' numbers could really nosedive. Wait till everyone hears about how he wants Minnesota to issue it's own currency.

Posted on 06/09/12 at 08:51 am in response to Grieving mom laments lack of motorcycle helmet law

Don't you think that it is a lot easier to enforce a helmet law than a seat belt law? A helmet less motorcyclist is just a tad more obvious than an unbelted motorist, no?

Posted on 06/08/12 at 07:30 am in response to Poll: T-Paw no great assistance to Romney in Minnesota

I'm pretty sure the Voting Rights Act was passed by Congress and signed by LBJ, not imposed on us by an activist court (such as the Roberts Court). Same deal for the Civil Rights Act. And the NLRA.

So not everything, Dennis.

I'll resist the urge to make broad statements about the right, like right wingers having a poor grasp of history. As a progressive, I have narrow paint brushes and I use black, white, as well as grey.