tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post2649386652355919600..comments2023-06-24T10:50:46.068-05:00Comments on Minnesota Conservatives: On Saving The Emmer Campaign From ItselfJohn Hugh Gilmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17095758200969949080noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-18436830675662522842010-12-20T18:40:02.075-06:002010-12-20T18:40:02.075-06:00The DFL learned something from Napoleon:
"Ne...The DFL learned something from Napoleon:<br /><br />"Ne jamais interrompre votre ennemi quand il fait une erreur."<br /><br />The Emmer Campaign made manyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-67115622836204004702010-07-24T15:30:09.981-05:002010-07-24T15:30:09.981-05:00Face it. The DFL and their propaganda organ-- the...Face it. The DFL and their propaganda organ-- the major media in this state-- are openly hostile to any and all things conservative or Republican, unless that Republican is way left of his or her Party. If they cannot report something bad about our candidates, they will twist the facts around so they can "report" something bad about our candidates. If they can't find something to twist or a molehill of which to make a mountain, they will simply make something up and trumpet THAT as if it were totally disqualifying. <br /><br />The trick, IMHO, is to simply let no truth go unspoken and let no lie go unchallenged. There IS a right way and a wrong way to say things, but the truth is consistently the truth, or should be.<br /><br />J. EwingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-1130750911774219152010-07-22T03:22:50.875-05:002010-07-22T03:22:50.875-05:00not ready for prime time "player" New i...not ready for prime time "player" New it from the beginning and it's playing out before all our eyesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-58272489256153986652010-07-20T23:55:23.195-05:002010-07-20T23:55:23.195-05:00I did ask the waitress about how many fathers. She...I did ask the waitress about how many fathers. She yelled out her procreation quota as though that had the rest of us on the hook to support them. Is that true? She later tracked me down at the event and we had a good conversation. I'm pro-father. Can any of us say the lack of Dad is a good thing? It might have appeared to you as harsh but this mother and I ended up agreeing. We need to support Moms and Dads, for the sake of their dear children, regardless of whether the marriage (or non) works. Thank you for you comment.John Hugh Gilmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095758200969949080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-18437413162334984562010-07-15T10:46:53.383-05:002010-07-15T10:46:53.383-05:00Gilmore is absolutely correct. As Republicans we ...Gilmore is absolutely correct. As Republicans we want Emmer to win, but the only way he can do that is if he dumps this amateur hour. He is in the big league now whether he realizes it or not and it is about time he acts like it. He can't continue to scrub his youtube account and try to make the play on words like he is in a court room. This tip credit should have been a one day deal and he turned it into a week long fiasco. Stick to the message. Be more disciplined as a candidate so you can actually win. He can open his trap after he gets elected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-12988868403029103462010-07-15T00:10:59.163-05:002010-07-15T00:10:59.163-05:00SG/JG Were you the guy at the town hall meeting wh...SG/JG Were you the guy at the town hall meeting who yelled out at that waitress that said she was supporting 6 kids, "how many fathers?" It sure looked like you. If it wasn't, I'm glad. If it was, man, not cool at all. I don't want you on my side. No need to stoop to their level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-54935611653062637412010-07-13T16:01:14.117-05:002010-07-13T16:01:14.117-05:00Chris Christie, if you haven't noticed, hasn&#...<i>Chris Christie, if you haven't noticed, hasn't actually solved any of Jersey's problems yet. What he has done is spoken unpopular truths bravely and effectively and charted a course for solving them.</i><br /><br />And as Christie is the governor, as oppposed to the <i>Capo Di Tutti Capi</i>, that's where it all starts.<br /><br /><i>Fortunately, MN is not in as bad a shape as NJ, but we will still need to confront all kinds of groups over all kinds of things to turn this state around.</i><br /><br />Absolutely. <br /><br />And for that, once we get past the media sideshows like this absurd red herring over tips while the four DFLers plan on gutting the economy, I trust Emmer completely.MBerghttp://www.shotinthedark.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-27088937650884391422010-07-11T18:45:46.219-05:002010-07-11T18:45:46.219-05:00We are amused that because we want Emmer to run a ...We are amused that because we want Emmer to run a better campaign this commentator accuses us of wanting the affection of the media. Let's get serious people.John Hugh Gilmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095758200969949080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-15127543395739345112010-07-11T17:48:17.338-05:002010-07-11T17:48:17.338-05:00If conservatives are not will to run on and suppor...If conservatives are not will to run on and support conservative principles then what is the point of being conservative.<br /><br />We are had a vote on if we wanted a candidate who wanted to appeal to the Star Tribune all the time and your candidate lost.<br /><br />Either support conservative values or change the name of this blog to -Conservative Minnesotans* "*as long as it is popular with the Media"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-41328761329780615182010-07-11T13:41:12.392-05:002010-07-11T13:41:12.392-05:00Thanks for stating the obvious John & Barbara!...Thanks for stating the obvious John & Barbara! Emmer obviously needs to stick to his key messages and Wait Staff tips is certainly NOT a key message!MikeWBLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927687039951665644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-42710486072816753132010-07-10T10:18:48.304-05:002010-07-10T10:18:48.304-05:00I'm not going to argue with you about whether ...I'm not going to argue with you about whether the town hall is good idea or not, although your admission that as prognosticators you are not exactly batting 1000 so far this cycle is refreshingly honest. I do think your call for him to drop it now is a really bad idea. You don't do this and then back away, no matter what the consequences or people will be getting out the forks to stick in you.<br /><br />I will throw a few things out here for you to consider though.<br /><br />You rip Emmer up and down for picking this fight. Then you go on to praise Chris Christie who has done nothing to get into fights. You can either bring the fight to them, or they will bring it to you. Maybe this wasn't the fight to pick, maybe the timing was wrong, but sooner or later this fight was going to happen. And it will happen over and over again, if we want to take some lessons from the New Jersey situation. <br /><br />Chris Christie, if you haven't noticed, hasn't actually solved any of Jersey's problems yet. What he has done is spoken unpopular truths bravely and effectively and charted a course for solving them. Fortunately, MN is not in as bad a shape as NJ, but we will still need to confront all kinds of groups over all kinds of things to turn this state around. Is Tom Emmer a blowhard jerk or a balsy guy who's not afraid to lay it out there and let people make up their own minds? We'll see. We do know one thing about him, he's not afraid to take risks and spend political capital when he thinks he's doing the right thing. That puts him ahead of play it safe pawlenty in my book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-89227367675127691422010-07-10T07:56:16.437-05:002010-07-10T07:56:16.437-05:00Excuse me, please, for ignoring your several fine ...Excuse me, please, for ignoring your several fine suggestions for the Emmer campaign and concentrating on the main bone of contention of the tip credit. I think the verbal hat trick is all that is necessary for this tiny issue in the scheme of things. Let the DFLers bash it for all it is worth, because it isn't worth that much, and hey, what else have they got? I want Emmer to win, too, and I don't see this issue derailing that essential victory, unless the Emmer team gets hung up defending themselves. Have one big public showdown on the deal, put it in perspective, and then refuse to discuss it after that. <br /><br />And perhaps most comforting in all this, is that, while people at MNPact and the liberal bloggers /are/, the Emmer campaign probably isn't listening to either of us! :-)<br /><br />J. EwingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-47776784466599173482010-07-09T23:45:57.560-05:002010-07-09T23:45:57.560-05:00I am a former Seifert man but with Emmer it is the...I am a former Seifert man but with Emmer it is the sensibility, candor and fresh approach to government that won me over. The entire family<br />forms the brand and it is a strong brand - it may be only a few are aware of incredible insights of Tom's uncle Drew who ran the Wright<br />County Republican blog.<br />I am not worried for the campaign. I do like the idea of applying Chris Christie's tactics to Minnesota. Christie's ideas are 100%<br />Republican - it's the tactics - a head on fearless approach - that are unique and successful.<br />I hope Emmer strongly opposes the internet tax.<br />I hope Pawlenty opposes Central Corridor and does not agree to further needless Met Council/CTIB bonding on the 5-county residents' taxes.<br />I was at Eagle Street Grille. Mr. Salisbury in particular seemed married to the issue and the request for a budget. The media played a<br />big role.Jamie J. Deltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143708188293582044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-32159174455880401662010-07-09T23:19:00.700-05:002010-07-09T23:19:00.700-05:00I think this is a situation of the Emmer campaign ...I think this is a situation of the Emmer campaign swinging at a pitch outside their wheelhouse. Emmer speaks well when he's talking about reducing the size of government. This seemed like a half hearted attempt at the political fiction known as "pragmatic tax policy", and ending up with a foot in mouth comment and appearing to be straddling the fence on his tax cutting principles. I agree with the assertion that he needs to abandon the tax credit idea and start talking about ending the tax on tips and gratuity altogether. Hold on to your tax cutting principles, and once you win you can hammer out whatever political sausage comes from this in the legislative sessionJake Barnettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-23228264903686399972010-07-09T23:07:28.843-05:002010-07-09T23:07:28.843-05:00I am a former Seifert man but with Emmer it is the...I am a former Seifert man but with Emmer it is the sensibility, candor and fresh approach to government that won me over. The entire family forms the brand and it is a strong brand - it may be only a few are aware of incredible insights of Tom's uncle Drew who ran the wright county republican blog.<br />I am not worried for the campaign. I do like the idea of applying Chris Christie's tactics to Minnesota. Christie's ideas are 100% Republican - it's the tactics - a head on fearless approach - that are unique and successful. <br />I hope Emmer strongly opposes the internet tax.<br />I hope Pawlenty opposes Central Corridor and does not agree to further needless Met Council/CTIB bonding on the 5-county residents' taxes.<br />I was at Eagle Street Grille. Mr. Salisbury in particular seemed married to the issue and the request for a budget. The media played a big role.Jamie J. Deltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143708188293582044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-49974889949430913072010-07-09T20:30:11.473-05:002010-07-09T20:30:11.473-05:00We don't think our lonely post (a friend assur...We don't think our lonely post (a friend assured us that the House Republican Caucus does not read our blog!) is the first time that liberals and the DFL figured out the Emmer campaign was not a finely oiled machine. Please. And we confess to not knowing what passes for hope for those moonbats, especially after that fraud Obama.<br /><br />We do know wanting Tom Emmer to win is hardly a sign of dissension within the ranks. Isn't it, in fact, a sign of solidarity and unity?<br /><br />We think so. We know so.John Hugh Gilmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095758200969949080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-36069907508909675762010-07-09T20:24:44.419-05:002010-07-09T20:24:44.419-05:00We thank, as always, Mr. Ewing for his comments. W...We thank, as always, Mr. Ewing for his comments. While we're all for verbal hat tricks, we're also pretty sure they alone don't win elections. And we want Emmer to win.John Hugh Gilmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095758200969949080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-35147018518891502432010-07-09T19:37:46.286-05:002010-07-09T19:37:46.286-05:00Also, I notice liberals at MNPAct.org have picked ...Also, I notice liberals at MNPAct.org have picked up on your post as a sign of hope. They love dissension in the GOP ranks.<br /><br />J. EwingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-50968857369845097522010-07-09T19:21:48.442-05:002010-07-09T19:21:48.442-05:00Paint me the eternal optimist. I, too, was a Seif...Paint me the eternal optimist. I, too, was a Seifert supporter, because I liked the detail. Now that Democrats are clamoring for detail from Emmer, I consider him wise in not providing it. Plenty of time for that, and no use in handing them ammunition when they're perfectly capable of just making stuff up anyway. <br /><br />I'm even convinced that there are better ways to get ahead of this tip credit thing. Emmer has a debate scheduled with Kelliher next week, I believe, and this will surely come up. She says she wants to raise the minimum wage for everybody by another $1.50. Emmer can grab the issue by just asking the standard [very sarcastic] conservative response, which is, why not make it $40/hour? We could eliminate poverty! Then, while she's floundering around for an answer, suggest that people should work for as much as they can get, including tips, but not so much that they lose the job altogether. You don't make jobs by increasing the cost of employing someone. And I believe Mr. Emmer capable of pulling off this verbal hat trick. <br /><br />J. EwingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com