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Is criticism of Obama racist? Mondale: ‘Yeah’

By Chris Steller | 09.24.09 | 8:48 am

Politico reports there was a long, thoughtful pause after Walter Mondale was asked Wednesday if he agreed with Jimmy Carter that some criticism of President Obama is race-based. “Yeah” was his answer, when it finally came.

Kline toted nuclear codes for Reagan, now touts ‘re-set button’ for Republicans

By Chris Steller | 09.06.09 | 12:31 pm

klineU.S. Rep. John Kline knows his buttons. As a Marine, he stayed at the side of Presidents Reagan and Carter, carrying the satchel known as the “nuclear football” that holds the how-to kit for pressing the most…

AM.MN: Pawlenty meets skeptics at Farmfest

By Chris Steller | 08.07.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoIn a Farmfest speech that was as much national as state-focused, Gov. Pawlenty urged ailing dairy farmers to increase demand by selling to China and India and promised to create a Minnesota Farmer Assistance Network (MFAN) for…

Bachmann ‘not blaming’ flu pandemic on Obama — just saying it’s a Democrat thing

By Chris Steller | 04.28.09 | 4:33 pm

President Obama is not to blame for the flu pandemic, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann told Pajamas TV today:

I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under Democrat [sic]