[Mpls] Re: Lindner Lays an Egg

[Tim Bonham]

This is just to say as a staunch conservative Republican, that Lindner's
unfortunate remarks not only do not reflect my views, they do not reflect the
view of the GOP Caucus in particular and Minnesota Republicans in general.
. . .
Paul Kuettel

        Well, you ought to tell the rest of your party then, since these hate-filled and bigoted views are enshrined in the Republican Party Platform!!!  And used by your republican candidates during elections:
        - Pawlenty spent much of the campaign talking about how he wished he could "take back" his vote in favor of equal rights for GLBT people.
        - Norm Coleman put out a campaign piece boasting of his anti-GLBT actions, even mentioning that he had refused to sign the standard boilerplate "Pride Week" proclamation when St. Paul Mayor.
        - the Republican party launched last-minute attacks against many outstate DFL legislators for voting for equal rights for everyone, and saying they 'voted more like Minneapolis liberals' than a legislator for our district'.

Finally, another specific Minneapolis connection: both Barb Johnson & Paul Ostrow voted against the Mpls Council resolution requiring city contractors to provide the same benefits to GLBT employees as they give to straight employees.  They have said they did this because of specific & direct threats from the Republican leadership at the Legislature:  that the legislature would 'decimate' state monies coming back to Minneapolis if the council passed this (as if they weren't planning on doing that anyway).  They actually did worse than decimate (kill 1 out of 10), they held back 22% of the money from Minneapolis. 

So if Paul Kuettel thinks crackpot Lindner does not represent the views of "Minnesota Republicans in general", then he should ask the rest of the Republican party leaders to stop echoing his views!