Michelle Bachman, I believe, was a final remnant of the anti-intellectualism and bully-politics that Jesse Ventura rode into office, that Norm Coleman capitalized on (with the help of GWB who made many visits to MN) when he ran one of the most cynical campaigns in history, and that so much of suburban Twin Cities voters seem captivated by.
There is no doubt in my mind that there is a direct link between the suburbanization of Minnesota and the deterioration of the public education system with the state moving more and more to the right. If you leave the first ring suburbs of the Twin Cities, McMansions, Super Churches, Wal Marts, and every other cliche of American Beauty abounds.
And how has Minnesota been re-paid on the national level? By having two representatives, Coleman and Bachman, two complete marks for this administration, make utter fools of themselves time-after-time.
Bachman in this instance, the kissing of GWB, and embarrassing interview after embarrassing interview. And let us not forget Coleman’s moment of glory… being scoreboarded by George Galloway, a British MP who flew all the way from England only to shame Coleman like a thief walking into church.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3VHAco8y18&NR=1
I hope this year Minnesotans can take their state back. The long tradition of progressives is to rich too watch become bankrupt like this.
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