This was intended for another list. Sorry.
Terrell -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Terrell Brown Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 2:20 PM To: Minneapolis Issues List Subject: [Mpls] Coleman vs Wellstone vs Moore -----Original Message----- From: Mike Dorn I think it should be perfectly clear that if Norm Coleman is elected to the senate, he will vote for whomever Bush/Cheney tells him to. The views of ordinary "nobody" Minnesotans like you and I have absolutely nothing to do with it. [TB] I suppose one of the options to having one of the dozen or so Senators who will follow the administrations instructions, is having a Senator who will consistently vote with the dozen of so Senators on the far left of any issue. Both groups are far to marginalized to have much effectiveness. Living is this state since 1980 and for most of the time that I've been following politics and elections, this is the most offensive campaigns I've watched. Offensive by both the Wellstone and Coleman campaigns and their supporters. I say "and their supporters" because you have to look rather closely to see who is actually running the ad. I guess that's how you keep a straight face when you say you aren't running negative ads, someone else does it on your behalf. This campaign is such that even if one were inclined to vote for one over the other, they might change their mind. Web surfing, I found the web site of a guy by the name of Jim Moore http://www.mooreforsenate.com Moore on his issues page talks about campaigns, he says: "Independent issue ads should be banned. If the courts overturn this provision in the recently passed McCain Feingold legislation, I would advocate aggressive regulation of these ads. Groups should be required to run ads evenly between election and non election periods. If their ads are truly an effort to change public policy, they should be willing to do so." He says it even better on his opening page, he says; "Moneyed special interests have stolen our voice, I want to steal it back" Sunday's Strib had a long feature about groups putting big money into politics. The 2 biggest in Minnesota being The Freedom Club and the teachers union. They've got something in common, they are both in it to get the most for themselves, the public be damned. Same with the groups that are pouring big bucks into the Coleman and Wellstone campaigns. So these 2 guys spend somewhere near $15 million each, that's nearly 7 times what a candidate for Governor can spend. If I donate 50 bucks to a candidate for Governor, the state will give me my 50 bucks back if I send in a short form. 50 bucks from a million and a half voters would give these guys nearly 10 times what they can legally spend. Interest isn't real high on the Governor's race. People I'm talking with are getting turned off on the Senate race. I think I know who the "winner" is. It's the television stations that have sold all of their ad time from now until November 5th. I think we deserve better. Terrell Brown Minneapolis terrell at terrellbrown dot org __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
