[Mpls] Vicious AND Unfair

Phyllis Kahn rep.phyllis.kahn at house.mn
Fri Oct 1 00:28:42 CDT 2004


The attack by Shove :
(> Kahn is on record (from a debate v Lisa Disch at the UofM a few
months
> back) against the existence of third parties.)

 (echoed by McGrath) is a perfect example of a dishonest start
compounded by a vicious extension allegedly excused by the sentence
buried within the post by the statement:
"Now I go beyond anything Kahn said, but which might follow from it -
and
has in past centuries in many countries..".

The debate he refers to was an event sponsored by the Parliamentary
Debate Society. You don't have to go to Harvard or Yale or even most
elementary schools to learn that the SPORT of Parliamentary Debate often
engenders taking a side that you do not believe in.  Or is that just one
 of the things I lose by being in office?

In real life, I am the chief author of the Instant Runoff Voting bill,
clearly of benefit to both third parties  AND majority rule.
 I had thought that years of public exposure and some pretty nasty
fights had hardened me to everything, but I can't remember anything
quite so blatantly dishonest and unfair.

Phyllis Kahn
State Rep 59B


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