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Rachel Weisman

Minneapolis, MN
Commenter for
1 year 25 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 05/31/12 at 09:26 am in response to Long-anticipated lawsuit filed opposing Photo ID constitutional amendment

The ACLU is just what Democracy ordered. I can't believe how lucky I am to have this organization digging deep into legislation and exposing negative consequences. It turns out that dissent is patriotic.

Posted on 05/24/12 at 01:23 pm in response to Blogger's case lands in Court of Appeals

Is 2% absentee ballots different than in years past?

Posted on 05/10/12 at 04:43 pm in response to Delegates to state GOP convention will vote on marriage definition

Normal-people? Dang. At least I now know that MinnPost has stopped monitoring the comments.

Posted on 05/10/12 at 05:03 pm in response to Delegates to state GOP convention will vote on marriage definition

The problem the Republicans face is that they have to accommodate the hate-filled right and the looney-right all the time pretending to be the old reasonable right. Good luck with that.

Posted on 05/09/12 at 09:36 am in response to Senate passes stadium bill, grabs user fees, $25 million more from Vikes

False Dichotomy. Is there anything more to say?

Posted on 04/24/12 at 11:19 am in response to Senate approves increase in hunting and fishing fees

Raising taxes; It's all one hears from the Republican-led legislature.

Posted on 04/12/12 at 12:39 pm in response to Ellison, Progressive Caucus: West's communism remarks McCarthy-esque

Will you also write up a list of those who were wrongly accused? How about a list of those purposely accused for political purposes only? Nah, hand don't bother, they were only collateral damage.

Posted on 04/04/12 at 01:19 pm in response to Memos in NOM suit reveal anti-gay-marriage strategies

"Edina passed a resolution in opposition to the amendment on March 20. The vote was unanimous. Edina joins St. Louis Park, Minneapolis, Duluth and St. Paul who have also passed resolutions against the marriage amendment".

You can shudder and shriek (as you do so well), but you are going to witness the Will of the People when they vote no to this amendment.

"I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one...and from what I see I am sure it bends...

Posted on 04/04/12 at 01:45 pm in response to Welfare 'reform' bills: Suspecting all to catch a few, while harming many

This commentary is well said and well argued. It is only the usual suspects on the hard right that expose elemental truths; the same type of people who would have denied access to food in the past are still with us. So I, too, urge you to call or write your representatives.

Posted on 04/04/12 at 02:26 pm in response to Welfare 'reform' bills: Suspecting all to catch a few, while harming many

Nice try ignoring the issue of hunger and the Hard Right's hand in limiting access. It's a good game to blame "those in comfortable positions" for being out of touch. The commentary is clear. But since when does that stop you from muddying the water.