Matthew Philip Ward 10 - The Wedge
-----Original Message----- From: Greg Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Minneapolis Issues List <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 12 May 2005 21:58:32 -0500 Subject: [Mpls] R.T.'s over-the-top rhetoric
I took up the challenge posed by R.T. in his robo-call and went to R.T.'s website to check out the "truth" on Peter's alleged Republican- style smear attacks. What I found what a brief repetition of some facts in response to claims that crime is up, etc., and the following outrageous statement:Â
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"Donât let the right-wing scare tactics of Karl Rove and his allies scare you away from participating in your democratic process."Â
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R.T. has, in so many words, asserted that Karl Rove and Peter McLaughlin are "allies." Only one of two thing are true: (a) either R.T. really means this; or (b) the statement is outrageously sloppy. In other words, the actual truth value of the statement is distorted or diluted in an effort to punch up its rhetorical/emotional impact (something which R.T. has repeatedly done before).Â
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Only the second possibility is plausible. It is inconceivable that R.T. actually believes Karl Rove is working with Peter McLaughlin to defeat him. Which in my mind makes the charge even more egregious -- making this kind of wholly fictitious claim, with the is a far worse violation of political ethics than any charge or claim that McLaughlin has made about R.T.Â
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I supported R.T. in 2001. In fact, if I knew then what I know now I would still have supported R.T. Four years ago the municipal reset button needed to be pushed.Â
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But this is 2005. And in the last four years we've learned R.T. is prone to over-the-top rhetoric which places him at the center of all that is good and light, and casts any opponent into the dark chasm of "politics-as-usual." This shopworn rhetorical device is now totally detached from reality.Â
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The real news story here is R.T.'s irrational and paranoid response to Peter's criticism. At a minimum it raises a big red flag about what a second Rybak administration might look like.Â
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