The forum started badly, however, when wild-eyed DFL activist Mark Fredrickson tried to monopolize the discussion by casting aspersions on the composition of the panel. He objected to the fact that Carla Nelson is a Republican and that Sandy Keith supposedly leans that way. His faulty conclusion was that the panel lacked "balance." His partisan diatribe lasted longer than it should have.
Mr. Fredrickson was rude and impudent as if befits DFL party hacks. Sandy stood up and told Mr. Fredrickson to take his seat if he was not satisfied with the composition of the panel. Mr. Fredrickson balked and retreated like bullies do when decent folk stand up to them, though.
Frank Hawthorne, a local DFL party officer/hatchet man, union activist and pseudo-intellectual bloviator took offense online at the P-B's choice of Sandy Keith as one of the panelists as well. According to Mr. Hawthorne,
Though a DFL-er in his younger days, and a fine civic-minded guy till this moment, Judge Keith has shown by words, actions, and contributions to candidates in recent years that he is 99% Republican.Would the PB like the names of some equally articulate local Democrats for such forums?
I challenged Mr. Hawthorne to produce the names of "equally articulate local Democrats" who could hold a candle, or even a matchstick, to Sandy Keith. I would be interested to see who makes his list.
Sandy Keith has no equals locally or elsewhere. He is head and shoulders above any Republican or Democrat in the state - both intellectually as well as in terms of civic experience and maturity. Anyone who says anything different is either woefully ignorant or deliberately misleading.
Sandy is still a Democrat, by the way. The party abandoned him when it veered sharply to the left over the years.
Sandy is a friend and a mentor. I am privileged to know him. Despite bitter DFLer's feculent ageist comments, Sandy was in excellent form last night and as always. His mind is sharper than ever and there is a fighting spirit in him that young bucks like me long to have. Rochester is fortunate to have such an energetic and experienced civic leader spearheading the downtown renovation initiative. And I am personally blessed to count him as one of my dearest friends.
It's not surprising that the Saran Wrap-thin skinned Tina Liebling and Ann Lynch called the P-B newsroom late afternoon on Thursday to whine about the composition of the panel and the fact they were not invited to participate. I am glad they were nowhere to be seen last night.
Ann Lynch is consistently boring, often scripted and frequently incoherent. The consensus around town is that she is definitely not Mensa material.
Carla Nelson's sane representation of Rochester in the Minnesota Legislature is desperately missed. DFLer Tina Liebling, who now misrepresents District 30A, is an embarrassment to herself and her constituents. I've heard a DFL legislator say how embarrassed HE gets whenever she takes the floor of the Minnesota House.
Liebling's voting record is appalling. Parenthetically, I am readying a profile on her soon, so watch this blog closely over the next few days. Liebling consistently votes against the values and interests of the people she is supposed to represent.
One only needs to read the daily editorial page of any newspaper or watch a number of Sunday political shows to see what the leftist idea of "balance" is.
The liberal viewpoint is invariably overrepresented in the so-called mainstream media. And that's OK with liberals. They claim, hypocritically, to be tolerant. Challenge their left-of-center dogmas, however and you get the full brunt of their intolerance and vitriol.
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