As for Representative Kahn's crime. Yes, she did the wrong thing. She admitted guilt. She make the proper plead.
Do we just forget it? No we do not. I have not and will certainly never take any literature and I am sure this lesson has been drilled into just about everyone.
But efforts to drag Phyllis Kahn down a partisan path of high minded talk coupled with low minded punishment is just not acceptable to me.
Best,
Laura Wittstock Southeast Minneapolis
On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, at 12:00 PM, Jeremy Wieland wrote:
Atherton says..."I also believe that Ms. Kahn's reelection will accurately reflect the ethical standards of the DFL. It's not as though they couldn't replace Ms. Kahn with a more palatable candidate."
Whoa Cowboy. You don't get to throw bombs at folk's heads and expect to
walk away untouched. One, Phyllis did her time. Two, good people sometimes
do really dumb things. She broke the law, but let's not start accusing her
of systematically silencing speech or writing love sonnets to Satan. As for
replacing her, like it or not, she is the popularly elected person from the
DFL to run for that seat. Yanking her off the ticket in favor of someone
appointed by a DFL committee is about the least democratic thing I can think
of to do. Got a problem, show up at your caucuses in two years and
challenge her.
As for calling DFL supporters unethical, which is exactly what you've done,
put a cork in it. This is not a forum for base attacks, and if you can't
speak your mind without personal attacks I recommend you evaluate your own
life choices.
Laura Waterman Wittstock MIGIZI Communications, Inc. 3123 East Lake Street Minneapolis, MN 55406 612.721.6631 ext 219 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.migizi.org http://laurawatermanwittstock.blogspot.com/
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