Those that have received an e-mail from me may have noted I end each message with:

It's A Great Day To Be A Veteran

It's just before the privacy disclosure.

As much as Senator Coleman would like you to believe the recent allegations concerning potentially illegal payments funneled to his wife are “a vicious 11th hour attack”, the record simply does not bear that out. Questions regarding Senator Coleman’s complicated financial arrangements with financial backers go back at least to June, when Edward Pound of the National Journal first broke the story of Coleman’s unusual rental arrangements.

From that story:

"We're never been stay the course, George." -- George W. Bush, attempting to distance himself from what has been his core strategy in Iraq for the last three years, interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, Octboer 22nd, 2006

I picked this Bushism for a very special reason. Just as Boy Blunder tried to distance himself from who he is and what he believes, "right" here in Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District there's a Republican candidate for Congress that's tried to pull the same stuff concerning who he is, what he's done, and what he believes - Erik Paulsen.

Let's go back, and look at what part of what I wrote concerning Erik Paulsen's campaign announcement, in January:

It's really rather pathetic, watching Pausen's campaign screaming: "That LIAR is lying about me!!!" when, in fact, Team Paulsen is - at best - stretching the truth themselves.

KSTP recently fact checked Team Paulsen's lates TV ad; let's look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGZmleFdUfg

So, we see KSTP saying Paulsen's latest ad contains falsehoods and misleading statements, in an ad Team Paulsen put together to complain about falsehoods and misleading statements.

Well, it seems that John Kline is outraged - OUTRAGED! - that a candidate is taking footage of Marines in uniform, and using said Marines in an ad. And he's outraged. Here's what Blogger Michael Broadkorb is reporting Congressman Kline said, over on M.D.E.:

That's the headline from The Anchorage Daily News,

Here's the part of the story, describing the composition of the panel that made the finding that Governor Palin abused the power of her office:

"(the investigator's) report was released Friday by a 12-0 vote of the Legislative Council, with eight Republicans and four Democrats voting.

Yes, a 12-0 vote with 8 Republicans and 4 Democrats. That, by definition, is a bi-partisan finding, that Governor Palin abused the power of her office.

"If Washington would only prioritize, we've got plenty of money to spend in Washington, D.C." -- George "Dubya" Bush, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, September 3rd, 2001

"We got plenty of money in Washington. What we need is more priority." -- George "Dubya" Bush, Washington, D.C., June 2nd, 2008

Over the course of his 8 year Presidency, George "Dubya" Bush never waivered from his firm belief Washington D.C. has plenty of money to spend. This philosophy explains an almost $11 TRILLION National Debt at the end of Boy Blunder's 2nd term.

To put this in perspective, at the end of FY 1980 (Ronald Reagan's first year in office) the National Debt was $930 Billion, or 33.3% of the GNP. Under GOP "stewardship" this ballooned after 1990 to over $3 Trillion - and 56% of GNP. At the end of 2000, the numbers were $5.7 Trillion, and 58% of GNP.

By 2007, the GOP, led by Dubya, took the National Debt to $9 Trillion and 65.5% of GNP. As hard as this is to believe, in the past year, GOP policies have caused the National Debt to have gotten worse.

What we know for sure is you cannot spell "worst" without "Dubya." We cannot "Stay The Course." And we also know for sure we simply cannot afford 4 more years just like the last eight; we cannot afford John McCain leading George "Dubya" Bush's Third Term.

Some things must change. In 99 days, January 20th, 2009 must be The End Of An Error.

The news for Erik Paulsen's campaign keeps getting worse. Today, it was reported on Minnesota Public Radio that the National Republican Congressional Committee cancelled another batch of TV ads for Erik Paulsen.

NRCC cancels another week for Paulsen, cuts back on Bachmann's time too.
Posted at 1:03 PM on October 10, 2008 by Tom Scheck (2 Comments)

My daughter ran cross country, and I can relate to this story, in more ways than one....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljrh72Qy1tw

It seems the former de-regulator who is now wants to be the "Re-Regulator-In-Chief" has flip-flopped on another one.

The Pioneer Press just published the following:

McCain changes homeowner plan
Better for banks, more costly for you
By Mike Allen
Politico
Article Last Updated: 10/09/2008 08:27:20 AM CDT

Sen. John McCain made an overnight change in the homeowner bailout he proposed at Tuesday's presidential debate, making it more generous to financial institutions and more costly for taxpayers.

McCain's staff says it was always meant that way.