[Mpls] In Ballot Box: "Vile and petty misrepresentations"

[Greg Abbott]

I concur.  Of course, none of this has anything to do with  
substantive municipal issues.  Mr. Remington, of course, would not be  
the first candidate to complain about campaign tactics as a means of  
avoiding a debate on the real issues.

And, as I said before when R.T.'s campaign briefly raised the "Karl  
Rove" analogy, nothing in Minneapolis politics today comes close to  
what Rove has done.  For example, discussing an endorsement block is  
not the same as what Rove did in an Alabama judicial race, when he  
put out anonymous fliers attacking his own candidate, fliers so  
offensive they created a backlash for the "victim" of the attack (as  
they were intended to do).

The real news here is how thin-skinned Mr. Remington appears to be --  
a bad trait for a prospective Council Member given how thick the fur  
flies around City Hall.

Greg Abbott
Linden Hills



On Jul 6, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Dean Carlson wrote:

> I'm "shocked, shocked" to hear that one candidate for the DFL  
> endorsement
> would take steps block other candidates, who also want that  
> endorsement,
> from getting it.  Boy has campaigning stooped to a new low  ;o)
>
> Also Mr. Remington accuses Mr. Persons of personal attacks and then  
> accuses
> him of conducting a "Karl Rovian" campaign, which in most  
> Democrat's book is
> about as low and personal as it goes.
>
> Looks like a muddy summer in front of us and Mr. Remington's got a  
> sloppy
> big bucket.
>
> Dean E. Carlson
> Ward 10, East Harriet
>
>