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Greenville, SC, USA



Slim-2 wrote:
> 
> Brad,
> 
> Last night I listened to the debate among the candidates for the 5CD,
> Fine,
> Ellison and Tammy Lee, the independent.  I thought Ellison was fine and
> Fine
> was hopelessly parroting what the party wants him to say and nothing more.
> Ellison and Lee kept trying to redirect the discussion to the
> issues--taxes,
> health care, education, etc. and all Fine could say is that "..Um,
> character
> is an issue and um, I think um, joining a hate group that wants to destroy
> our country shows the wrong character..."  The guy's desperate and all he
> can do is sling the mud.
> 
> Ellison, on the other hand kept saying he would rather talk about the
> issues
> but if he has to be dragged through this, fine.  He coolly said he never
> was
> a member of the Nation of Islam and he never even met Louis Farrakhan.  He
> helped organize the Million Man March, which he said was simply about
> empowering the African-American male and he was proud to be a part of it.
> Fine had no response.  Fine brought up Ellison's writings back in law
> school
> and Ellison said it was just something he wrote about Affirmative Action
> while he was a student at the U of M.  The moderator pressed Fine on what
> exactly in the writings he objected to and Fine had no response.  And
> this:
> "Mr. Fine, do you think Mr. Ellison is a racist?"  Fine hemmed and hawed
> and
> said, "Um, it's um, more complicated than that.  Um, I don't think he's
> fit
> for the office."  Then, "Exactly what is it that makes Mr. Ellison unfit?"
> More hemming and hawing and non-answering.
> 
> This whole attack won't do much damage--it's too obvious this is a smear
> campaign.  Especially since Ellison's been in the MN House for the last
> four
> years and none of that (racist or anti-semite) has ever actually showed up
> on the radar.  
> 
> As of today I'm so ready to make our deal.
> 
> Slim
> 
> On 9/15/06 11:07 AM, "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Slim,
>> 
>> Would be Senator Jr. passed the test yesterday.  He voted in favor of the
>> earmark bill.  Why he rattled his sabre before the vote is beyond me -
>> musta
>> got some money from somewhere headed toward Memphis.  Let's table the
>> discussion until the day before the vote.  Both of us will have a better
>> idea who we trust by then.
>> 
>> Brad
>> 
>> 
>> On 9/14/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Brad,
>>> 
>>> I think the racist, anti-semite thing might be a little over-blown. 
>>> Alan
>>> Fine came down hard at Ellison's win but when pressed if those were HIS
>>> words he balked and didn't answer the question.  He might be a good
>>> pianist
>>> but I think he's also good at towing the party line--perhaps a puppet.
>>> 
>>> I've always liked the when-in-doubt-vote-against-the-incumbent strategy
>>> but
>>> this is different.  If you want to break our deal, that's OK.  Frankly,
>>> my
>>> vote is still up for grabs.
>>> 
>>> Slim
>>> 
>>> On 9/14/06 6:20 PM, "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Slim,
>>>> 
>>>> I like Jr. but I'll donate to his opponent over this!  Ford, Jr.
>>> indicated
>>>> his opposition today to 'earmark transparancy rules'.  What does that
>>> mean?
>>>> Business as usual - I use my power to get Federal money (someone elses
>>> but
>>>> ours) for my district in exchange for you getting some for your
>>>> re-election.  That's a deal breaker for me.  You (Slim) vote for a
>>> racist,
>>>> anti-semite for the house and I'll vote for a real-estate developer who
>>> I
>>>> don't know squat about for the Senate. Where the hell is a new party?
>>>> *All*these bums need to be thrown out!
>>>> 
>>>> Brad
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