Last night at the debate I had David Strom, President of the Taxpayer's League of Minnesota, turn around so I could see for myself if a large target had been painted on his back.
First, Timothy Jensen, President of the Minnesoate State Patrol Association, (their union), equates the lobbying done by the Taxpayer's league with the tax protesting, cop killing, Posse Comitatus. Blogizdat, has a good analysis of why we shouldn't be surprised at the outrageous analogy considering the source. Strom responds to the slur with grace.
But that's not all folks! A Star Tribune editorial equates the Taxpayer's League to the devil! (Reg. Req.)
What should we learn from this? Only one thing. The Taxpayer's League, under the leadership of David Strom is doing their job effectively. They have the liberals in MN hopping mad. If they weren't getting to them, they wouldn't be slamming the No New Taxes pledge like they are. Congratulations on a job well done.
My name is Mark Johnson, and I've been an avid reader of your blog for about the last six months. The article about Taxpayers is an interesting read.I'm a recent UC Berkeley Political science grad and I along with some fellow Princeton alums have been working hard to launch our own internet startup called Rizzleweb.com. Rizzleweb is basically an online political community where people can log on and write performance reviews\comments for congressmen, senators, the president, and various other local and state officials across the country. I was hoping that if it would not be too much trouble you could place a link of our site on your blog. If this is not possible (which we completely understand), we still hope you will check out our site, and post some reviews
Mark Johnson
www.Rizzleweb.com
Posted by: Mark Johnson | October 29, 2006 at 10:46 PM