[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: If only he were a Republican

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
If only he were a Republican
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1223870182.shtml


   I could get to like the Independence Party candidate for the Third
   Congressional District, David Dillon. He was the clear winner of this
   weekend's three way debate with GOP nominee Erik Paulsen and DFL
   nominee Ashwin Madia.
   After Madia gave his personal history - Osseo High School, University
   of Minnesota, Law School, the Marines, Iraq - Dillon took one of the
   best political shots I can remember.

     "[... When] you came into this race, you very early on took the
     position [endorsing] Card Check, taking away from people the right
     to vote in private in a union election [...]. And I find it
     impossible to believe that anything about getting a law degree or
     serving in the Marines or coming back home had you come home as say
     'You know what we gotta do? We gotta make sure people can't vote in
     private. That's what we gotta work on.' The truth is, that opinion
     was given to you by the same people who brought you the satchel of
     money." (edited for clarity - SG)

   The "satchel" was an earlier Dillon metaphor for Washington Democratic
   Party money. Madia offered a weak, brief and dishonest rebuttal and
   changed the subject.
   Madia has run a scurrilous campaign, approaching the infamous State
   record set by Patty Wetterling in 2006. No responsible voter should
   reward this. But as to Paulsen vs Dillon, this may be my hardest
   decision this fall.