[Mpls] Rad Fest speaker Betsy Hodges claims she is more conservative than LisaMcDonald?

[Terrell Brown]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Lickness" <blickness at yahoo.com>

>I have been making phone calls for Lisa McDonald during the last week to
>the more conservative faction of the 13th ward.. I am shocked at some of
>the responses I have been getting from voters.
>
> Apparently, Betsy is telling people whatever they need to hear in order to
> get a vote.  People I talked to said she told them that she is by-far the
> most conservative candidate in this race, and that Lisa is the
> super-liberal.

[TB]  Interesting.  Hodges spoke in 1999 on a panel moderated by Marv 
Davidov about "left party building."  The website says a tape was made of 
the presentation.  What position did she take on left party building?
http://www.radfest.org/archives/radfest00/program00.htm


Ms. Hodges spoke to the National Lawyers Guild, Minnesota Chapter, in 2000 
about "the meaning of Seattle" (WTO protests in 1999).  Did she protest in 
Seattle in 1999?  That was, after all a conservative group tearing up the 
town.
http://www.nlgminnesota.org/newsletter/NLG%20News%2003-00a.pdf


This is what Politics in Minnesota said about Hodges (at the bottom of the 
page)

Politics In Minnesota: Setting The Record Straight

We got some feedback on our report about the City Council race in 
Minneapolis's 13th Ward. We wrote that, if elected, DFL endorsee Betsy 
Hodges won't be as liberal as many others on the Council. We were reminded 
that Hodges has been endorsed by ACORN, National Organization for Women, 
Progressive Minnesota, and Democracy for Minnesota, some of the most liberal 
groups involved in Minnesota politics. As development director for 
Progressive Minnesota, Hodges spoke at gatherings such as Wisconsin RadFest 
on the same panel as Democratic Socialists and Green Party members. Sounds 
like she might be right at home on the left wing of the City Council.

You can find that at:
http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/pim-report.asp?section=PIMReport&article=pim-report-10-06-2005



Barb asks the question and answers it well:

>  How do you go from that ideal  to being more conservative than Lisa 
> McDonald? Truth is, you don't. It's a
> lie.
>
> (snip) Say whatever the voter wants to hear. Truth be damned. Trouble is, 
> sooner or later people figure out they
> got lied to.




Terrell Brown
Loring Park