A Funny Thing Happened At Work Today, The Next Governor Of Minnesota Stopped By
Rep. Tom Emmer stopped by my work today to speak with my mom, and I am holding out hope that he came to see me too. Anyways, we spent about an hour and a half talking with him in my office today. It wasn’t listening, it was talking. We were having a conversation. He talked, we listened, we talked, he listened. There were questions and stories on both sides. It was something not many politicians do anymore.
But that’s the thing about Emmer. He’s a different kind of politician. He doesn’t calculate what he needs to say depending on who he is talking to. He acts on his beliefs and is willing to discuss them with people. As I eluded to the other day, there is a candidate for Governor that I could support. And Tom Emmer is that guy.
I believe he is the guy who not only will be a great “face” or spokesperson for the principles of the party, but he’s going to do what needs to be done when he is elected next November. That is level with the people of Minnesota that the current design of Minnesota state government is designed to fail. It is on an unsustainable path and controlled by bureaucrats and special interests who see citizens and taxpayers as a mere annoyance or simply funding source that needs platitudes to think only Government can save them.
I know this is very early, and I fell into my trap of having to label myself a moron, but I know that Emmer not only would be a great Governor, but he is the right person for the job in these times. The others running on the right, well not all of them but most, have their merits, but Emmer is the complete package. He can do more then just say the right things to the right crowds and thread the needle with the left ones. He can get in there and do things, the right things.
There is only one candidate that I believe has the skills to convince a majority of Minnesotans to shake of the media brainwashing and understand that they are conservative. They do believe in personal responsibility, family values, and limited Government. All that can simply be summed up as liberty and freedom. With out those 2, nothing else is possible.
We Minnesotans are hearty, we don’t strive to be governor, but rather be left alone. Emmer is the kind of guy who can have a dialogue with independents and conservative Democrats and convince them that not only are Republicans not evil, but that what we believe is actually the better way to govern. Where freedom and liberty are the rule.
Therefore, I am supporting Tom Emmer for Governor.
Emmer visited the monthly Townhall meeting at Park Tavern last month.
He did the same listen and talk routine. Actual conversation, not the usual stuff from pols.
Right now he looks like the best of the lot.
I am very surprised that State Representative Tom Emmer voted “no” on requiring a vote of the people to raise taxes for the Twins Stadium. Some people say how conservative and solid he is. How can anyone think this when he voted with the pro-tax, pro-stadium liberals to saddle the Hennepin County taxpayers with a sales tax increase?
Notice that a REAL conservative like State Representative Paul Kohls voted the right way and also how close this vote really was! Any explanation from Rep. Emmer on this? This is a huge vote and makes many of us wonder if his tough rhetoric is just that: rhetoric!
See vote below:
Lenczewski moved to amend H. F. No. 2480, the fourth engrossment, as follows:
Page 12, line 16, after “law,” insert “if approved by the voters at a general election, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.99, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), ”
Page 12, line 18, delete “subdivisions 2 and 3″ and insert “subdivision 2 and subdivision 3, paragraphs (b) and (c)”
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Lenczewski amendment and the roll was called. There were 64 yeas and 66 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Abrams
Anderson, B.
Anderson, I.
Bernardy
Blaine
Buesgens
Carlson
Charron
Clark
Cornish
Davnie
Dean
DeLaForest
Eastlund
Ellison
Erhardt
Erickson
Gazelka
Goodwin
Greiling
Hackbarth
Hansen
Hausman
Hilty
Holberg
Hornstein
Hortman
Johnson, J.
Johnson, R.
Johnson, S.
Kahn
Klinzing
Knoblach
Kohls
Krinkie
Larson
Latz
Lenczewski
Liebling
Loeffler
Moe
Mullery
Murphy
Newman
Olson
Ozment
Paulsen
Paymar
Pelowski
Peppin
Peterson, S.
Ruud
Sailer
Seifert
Simon
Smith
Soderstrom
Thissen
Vandeveer
Wagenius
Walker
Welti
Wilkin
Zellers
Those who voted in the negative were:
Abeler
Atkins
Beard
Bradley
Brod
Cox
Cybart
Davids
Demmer
Dempsey
Dill
Dorman
Dorn
Eken
Emmer
Entenza
Finstad
Fritz
Garofalo
Gunther
Hamilton
Haws
Heidgerken
Hilstrom
Hoppe
Hosch
Howes
Huntley
Jaros
Juhnke
Kelliher
Koenen
Lanning
Lesch
Lieder
Lillie
Magnus
Marquart
McNamara
Meslow
Nelson, M.
Nelson, P.
Nornes
Otremba
Penas
Peterson, A.
Peterson, N.
Poppe
Powell
Rukavina
Ruth
Samuelson
Scalze
Sertich
Severson
Sieben
Simpson
Slawik
Solberg
Sykora
Tingelstad
Urdahl
Wardlow
Westerberg
Westrom
Spk. Sviggum
Um.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/issue_view.php?id=52
I sure hope Kohls has the perfect voting record if a single vote is going to be used to take anyone down. But in this case, it seems maybe there are more votes on the matter that are more important. But when you play inside baseball for a living, you know exactly the right votes to look for, don’t ya?