Comments on: Banker, Texas money behind Coleman’s new conservative think tank

By: Karen Smith

Karen Smith — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:41:21 +0000

I enjoyed and agree fully with MN guys comment. One thing I love about Minnesota is that a great portion of the state is poisonous snake free. With Mr. Coleman’s departure it becomes safer still.

By: Paul Schmelzer

Paul Schmelzer — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:26:41 +0000

Bagman: Just noticed that you've been posting under multiple usernames in violation of our comment policies. If you'd like future comments to appear, one username per IP address.

By: Dennis Holman

Dennis Holman — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:57:31 +0000

Jeff,
Your LAST comment is laughable, as though it was Obama who reduced marginal tax rates on corporations – - NOT! He has shown himself for the fascist (or worse) that he is by nationalizing American industries. Sooo, who’s destroying the country you love?!
IF in the last administration, “the GOP drove this country into a ditch”, to use your analogy, the CURRENT administration is applying the “solution” of building a super-highway from the ditch to the edge of an abyss and using the tow truck to PUSH the country to the brink.

By: Bagman Pawlenty

Bagman Pawlenty — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:31:30 +0000

So who is Tiny Tim Pawlenty acting the bagman for in Alabama?
TPM Muckraker says Tiny dragged a hundred grand “anonymous” check down south to the Alabam Republican Party.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:13:07 +0000

Also, marginal tax rates on corporations are lower under Obama than they were under Reagan, so I guess Chairman Ron was a Maoist, too. Right?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:06:24 +0000

Corporations could already have their say in elections. They just couldn’t flood the system with unlimited money, undermining the impact everyday people can have through the democratic practice of voting.

You use these words, “National Socialistic.” I do not think they mean what you think they mean. Or is this the “civility” I keep hearing so much about from the right?

As for the “draining the lifeblood of the American economy” nonsense, the GOP drove this country into a ditch and is now complaining about the cost of the tow truck.

Ever notice that every time we have a Republican president, we run huuuuge deficits and the economy tanks? Ever notice it takes a few years of responsible behavior after we kick the right wing office to get things marginally back on the right track? Ever notice that the stock market *always* performs better under Democrats than Republicans?

Don’t worry, though, things are getting better, now that the horror that was the Bush years are finally fading. Look, here’s a chart: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/documents/2010/02/house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-compares-job-losses-under-presidents-obama-and-bush.php?page=1&ref=fpblg

By the way, I’m not a Democrat, and I kind of hate that I sound like a partisan hack above. I just figured if you wanted to really operate in those binaries, I should engage you on your own terms. And I’m really, really sick of right-wing nuts getting elected and trying their best to destroy the country I love.

Have a nice day!

By: Dennis Holman

Dennis Holman — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:39:53 +0000

American corporations deserve to have their say in elections. They are, clearly, under attack by the neo-National Socialistic administration that is quickly draining the life’s blood of the American economy.

By: majii

majii — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:27:01 +0000

And just think, Scalia and Thomas were outraged when many Americans expressed their feelings about the way they and the other conservative jurists voted in the Citizens United case. Coleman has now admitted that the decision is a “boon” to his new organization. Some of us were right to think that the SC decision would allow corporations to increase their influence in the political arena.

By: Ambrose Charpentier

Ambrose Charpentier — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:29:23 +0000

I guess we’re getting an answer to the question, “how low is Norm willing to go.” He’s not picking his friends for integrity.

By: Alex Lester

Alex Lester — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:24:55 +0000

Norm’s Texas connections include the agency that produced his 2008 campaign spots: Scott Howell & Co. of Dallas.