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From: "Barbara Lickness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have been making phone calls for Lisa McDonald during the last week to
the more conservative faction of the 13th ward.. I am shocked at some of
the responses I have been getting from voters.
Apparently, Betsy is telling people whatever they need to hear in order to
get a vote. People I talked to said she told them that she is by-far the
most conservative candidate in this race, and that Lisa is the
super-liberal.
[TB] Interesting. Hodges spoke in 1999 on a panel moderated by Marv
Davidov about "left party building." The website says a tape was made of
the presentation. What position did she take on left party building?
http://www.radfest.org/archives/radfest00/program00.htm
Ms. Hodges spoke to the National Lawyers Guild, Minnesota Chapter, in 2000
about "the meaning of Seattle" (WTO protests in 1999). Did she protest in
Seattle in 1999? That was, after all a conservative group tearing up the
town.
http://www.nlgminnesota.org/newsletter/NLG%20News%2003-00a.pdf
This is what Politics in Minnesota said about Hodges (at the bottom of the
page)
Politics In Minnesota: Setting The Record Straight
We got some feedback on our report about the City Council race in
Minneapolis's 13th Ward. We wrote that, if elected, DFL endorsee Betsy
Hodges won't be as liberal as many others on the Council. We were reminded
that Hodges has been endorsed by ACORN, National Organization for Women,
Progressive Minnesota, and Democracy for Minnesota, some of the most liberal
groups involved in Minnesota politics. As development director for
Progressive Minnesota, Hodges spoke at gatherings such as Wisconsin RadFest
on the same panel as Democratic Socialists and Green Party members. Sounds
like she might be right at home on the left wing of the City Council.
You can find that at:
http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/pim-report.asp?section=PIMReport&article=pim-report-10-06-2005
Barb asks the question and answers it well:
How do you go from that ideal to being more conservative than Lisa
McDonald? Truth is, you don't. It's a
lie.
(snip) Say whatever the voter wants to hear. Truth be damned. Trouble is,
sooner or later people figure out they
got lied to.
Terrell Brown
Loring Park
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