Anthony Hernandez to challenge Klobuchar on ‘moral principles’

He’s everything that I am against and I will be happy to see him fall badly in this coming election.

Good grief! Just what we need, another “morals” nut-job.

“We must restore a political system of moral principle back in America.” – I can’t wait to see how he would do that. Something tells me it ain’t going to be pretty.

Anyone who thinks 999 is a start for reforming tax codes is not good with numbers either.

State sales tax is bad enough we don’t need federal sales tax on top of it.

This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Yesterday (10/26), in a segment on MPR, he blamed Obama (and Klobuchar) for the 2008 bank bail-out. Last I checked, Bush was president in 2008; Obama became president in 2009.

And yes, Obama was a sitting member of congress during the bank bailout, but Hernandez’s words implied that as “president,” Obama executed the bank bailout of 2008.

Anthony who? This is the third Republican nobody to challenge Klobuchar. Although it’s still pretty early, could this be a sign of Klobuchar’s easy reelection prospects?

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Another head of cattle lead to the slaughter without a clue as to what Minnesota really wants in a Senator… a wide interested, involved and smart politician who can support her state within the Senate. No-nothing religious nut jobs of any party need not apply.

@Kevin, Andy Birkey did a good job outlining my viewpoints on how we can restore moral principles to our political system. My solutions include Term Limits, a Budget Amendment, Ending Unconstitutional wars, Respect for Life, etc. I never said that I was against gay marriage. I simply asserted my support of letting the people of Minnesota decide this issue democratically.

In the face of massive problems needing immediate attention such as providing affordable health care to people and businesses or shifting away from production and consumption patterns that aggravate climate change, Hernandez and other know-nothing conservatives remain mired in crabbed little moral universes in which human reproduction and proper use of the genitals are paramount.

Can’t afford higher education? No matter, since what’s really important is whether you might be sleeping with the wrong person.

Senior citizens literally eating cat food because they can’t afford quality food after paying for medication? No matter, since fetuses are the most important of all.

Ending wasteful military spending, reducing illiteracy, ending homelessness and poverty–these don’t matter. What matters is whether we spend our attention and energy on preventing gays and lesbians from getting married.

I’m no big fan of Klobuchar. I think she’s a safe-playing careerist, a default defender of much of the status quo, and who is unable to provide leadership out of our biggest problems.

But Hernandez? Check out: http://somosrepublicans.com/about/ It reveals a deplorable level of thought detached from virtually any learning that’s occurred within economics or any other sphere of inquiry over the past several decades. It’s rife with internal contradictions, no doubt hidden to the true believers who crafted this dog’s dinner of failed doctrines.

As I said, I’m no fan of Klobuchar, but it would be a joy to see Hernandez go slinking back to his conservative cave after the 2012 election.

Mr. Hernandez,

Why should a fundamental right like marriage even be up for vote?

Should your ability to worship in your church be put up for a vote?

Eric Snyder
Minneapolis

Its better to put it up for a vote, than for elitist judges decide on our rights. The State shouldn’t have any role in marriage, it is a sacrament in the Church, not the state. If the state wasn’t involved, there would be a lot less divorces.

Besides this kid is just fresh out of the gate, lets hear his ideas, and give him a chance. He’s not taking big bribes from big corporations like Amy- see opensecrets.org for her funding.

I think we need someone new. 6 years of Amy and my life, nor has most Minnesotan’s lives gotten any better. Its time for new leadership, a new voice.

Nick,

So, when is a judge elitist? Only when he or she decides against your position?

So, you believe fundamental rights should be put up for vote? Should we vote on whether a newspaper is allowed to open? Should the voters decide on whether new religions should be allowed to exist?

Progressives are so hypocritical. They rail on big banks and then support politicians who bail-out big banks like Klobuchar and Obama. Democrats do not care about gay rights either. They simply pander to them come election time. Wasn’t it a democratic state senate majority that passed a statute prohibiting gay marriage in the 1990′s?

Give Hernandez a shot! Look at Klobuchar’s actual voting record. Her votes and the bills she has proposed have increased wars, increased our nation’s debt, and worked to decrease our liberties (of growing food, using the internet, etc). In addition, as some of you have mentioned, she’s funded by large corporations – as are so many career politicians. Why not give someone with a name we don’t know a shot since all the career politicians we’re used to certainly haven’t improved our lives or the state of our country.

If this is the best Klobuchar’s opponents have got, I doubt she’s losing any sleep over this election.

Mary,

Hernandez may be new, but his ideas are not. Neoconservative politicians, cheered on by the religious right, got us into Iraq. Conservative deregulatory ideology gave us the recent Wall Street meltdown followed by the rest of the economy. Americans don’t want to end legal abortion, and opinion is steadily shifting away from discrimination against gays and lesbians.

The truth is, we’ve already tried Hernandez’s ideas. And they don’t work.

Eric, Anthony stated that he wants to defund all illegal wars. Amy continues to vote to fund the illegal wars. Do you see the difference? Hernandez is not a neoconservative. You progressives get so caught up in social issues that you can’t see how neocons and neoliberals are working together to bankrupt this nation through their endless illegal wars and welfare.

Watch Anthony Hernandez’s speech here and see why he is different.

http://www.facebook.com/HernandezForSenate

Margie,

I did catch that fact, by the way. However, when we elect a politician we’re really electing a party, and right now the Republicans (and many of the Dems) want to maintain US military presence, not just in Afghanistan, but in many other countries as well (we have hundreds of bases around the world). Both parties are committed to throwing huge amounts of money at the Pentagon for little discernible gain in national security.

Believe me, I’m not at all pleased with Amy on her voting record regarding the wars and more besides.

Welfare is not bankrupting this country. Vastly more money has been taken out of our pockets over the past few decades by a myriad of tax and economic policies that favor corporations and the wealthy. Indeed, one of the top priorities of right-wing ideologues since the late 70s has been to shift cost and risk away from corporations and the wealthy onto consumers and households and small businesses.

And this is only getting worse with what must be considered the single most corrupting legal decision within any of our lifetimes, the Citizens United vs. FCC case, which legalized what amounts to something not far from bribery of our politicians. This decision was vigorously opposed by progressives and strongly supported by conservatives. Of course.

So, when Hernandez advocates for “free markets”, in reality what this means is that he’s advocating for a continuation of corporate control and influence over our politics and economy. Because if you believe that the only thing standing between prosperity and us is to give unaccountable, anti-democratic and corrupting corporations even MORE influence over our lives, the necessary and expected result is that they will take any power we give them and use it to their advantage. This doesn’t always mean it works to our advantage–must that even be said? Corporate contractors will and have advocated for more military spending. There’s profit in war, and these companies want a piece of the action. They will advocate for even more spending on security and intelligence even when it’s not needed, because private contractors rely for profits on creating a need for more security and intelligence spending. Under “free market” political corruption, insurance companies can successfully fight against regulations that will cut costs for consumers while protecting their profits. Student loan companies can charge excess fees to borrowers, which money they can then use to buy legislation to keep it that way. (Until Obama stopped them.)

With “free market” ideology of the kind Hernandez supports, all of these anti-democratic abuses become more common and more egregious. There’s no mystery as to how this works. The only mystery is why political wannabes like Hernandez don’t understand this, or if they do, we must conclude that this is the kind of world they want to live in.

Eric-

Hernandez has stated time and time again that he is against illegal wars. Have you taken a moment to get to know the man? Actually ask yourself why he is running? Or are you just going to put him in a box because that is the easy thing to do. As I have read through your comments you have done a ton of generalizing. Hernandez is running to make sure that the people in Minnesota have a true voice in Washington. Until you do the research and really understand why Hernandez is making the decision to represent Minnesota in Washington you will not get the clear picture. Hernandez has and will have my vote…