With God as his co-pilot, Jungbauer announces bid for governor
Monday, August 10, 2009 at 8:58 am
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About global warming, state Sen. Mike Jungbauer says bring it on. Not climate change itself, but challenges to his position on the issue: he figures the Earth is cooling. Announcing his bid for governor Saturday, the East Bethel Republican said that he sees himself in the top three of a crowded GOP field and that achieving lofty fundraising goals will prove God is on his side.
“I believe if I’m really called by God to do this, and again it’s not necessarily called by God to be the governor, but to do the campaign, to do it right, I set the goal quite high when I would have to believe it was truly miraculous, and I couldn’t say I did it, or they [the campaign] did it,” said Jungbauer.
His statement echoes that of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, who in a 2006 speech said God had told her to run for Congress.
As governor Jungbauer would stand by a no-new-taxes pledge (with possible exceptions) and alter state ethics laws that have dogged him.
Among his ethics troubles: The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board ruled in 2007 that he accepted an in-kind gift in the form of model airplane kits, made available to him at wholesale prices not available to the general public.
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Comment posted August 10, 2009 @ 9:26 am
Whoah…based on this guys quote, he appears to be dumber than dirt. And after Pawlenty has completely destroyed the state’s economy, I think Minnesotan’s are smart enough to vote for someone other than an “even further to the right” Pawlenty clone.
Comment posted August 10, 2009 @ 10:58 am
So God gets involved in political fundraising? God told this man to run for Governor of Minnesota? What was that Biblical admonition about not wearing your faith on your sleeve? Where’d he get the scoop on global cooling? Same voices in his head?
When people claim God is on their side, they’re just trying to foreclose debate – who can argue with those whom God has annointed and appointed, after all? It is the dangerous tactic of a demogogue to claim God’s endorsement.
Comment posted August 10, 2009 @ 11:05 am
This man is a loon. I live in his district and he is totally driven by a conservative social agenda without any regard for practical improvements in the district. He was unable to hold his rhetorical ground in front of a room full of high schools civics students, so I am doubtful he has more than a fool’s hope for the GOP nomination. Let us not forget his support of a bill to strip sexual orientation from the anti-discrimination statute, where his co-sponsor in the house stated that we had to do something about the AIDS epidemic as we didn’t want to become another Africa. In the fracas that resulted after those statements, Jungbauer would tell the Star Tribune that he had been pressured to be the sponsor of the bill by an influential group of mothers. Mothers, really Senator? Overall he is someone who will probably destroy his own campaign for governor, but yet should be stopped by people who care for Minesota from lurking longer in our State Senate halls.
Comment posted August 10, 2009 @ 2:18 pm
“As governor Jungbauer would stand by a no-new-taxes pledge (with possible exceptions)…”. Pledges to not raise taxes are just plain stupid. But this is even more stupid: it isn’t even really a pledge. We don’t make pledges with “possible exceptions” built into them. Bizarre…but then again he thinks God talks to him and the earth is cooling. What the hell has happened to Republicanism?
Comment posted August 10, 2009 @ 4:42 pm
Now I know why some of my friends that live up in his senate district call it God’s country. Is he related to Michelle Bachmann?
Comment posted August 11, 2009 @ 7:38 am
We do not need anymore fringe religious fanantics driving this country or this state! Keep your religion where it belongs,-in your home and not my life! Religion today is so entrenched in politics and this must stop! We must maintain a separation of church and state or we will ultimately end up like the far east fighting religious wars right here at home! The fringe right will have you under their thumbs demanding all be done in the name of their gods if we dont take a serious look to prevent this here and now!
Comment posted August 11, 2009 @ 7:43 am
Just as God told Coleman that he SHOULD be Senator or God left the door open for Palin?
Keep your Sunday worship where it belongs, in your house not my life!
God and politics DO NOT MIX.
We do not need the fringe right calling shots for this state!
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Comment posted August 11, 2009 @ 1:25 pm
God used to talk to me all the time. Then I started taking Thorazine and I haven’t heard from him/her/it since.
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