For convenience, the links he posts, the Torgerson "going to hell with the Libertarians" rant, here. The GOP eviction and parallel cash woes and unresolved Crony Tony legal billings from the unneeded Emmer recount, here. But read the Avidor item. Also Bradlee Dean shunning reported at DB, if you look at other recent posts. Not BD being shunned by decent minded folks, but by Republicans - against Republicans - more signs of disarray.
That Torgerson thing raises one question - what's the difference between a rant and a screed? Without checking definitions, I think one is oral the other written. It's a Torgerson screed, that's probably the better characterization. And from what she has to say, you can see the Libertarians are the best of what any Republicans have to offer in today's contest of "ideas." Stepping a bit away from Tweedle Dee - Tweedle Dum "fight over the spoils" two party BAU, those Libertarians and how they carry on. Life to those folks, not dead from the knees up.
Schadenfreude? Over the GOP having proactive Libertarians? Not exactly. Just, I'd like the DFL to shake it up a little, actually, on the left side of things.
Note, as incentive for you to go to DB, I am not posting the link about the newsworthy Libertarian delegate count to the GOP national convention nor to any Bradlee Dean stuff. Go check out DB.
Now, if you want Schadenfreude, this email did induce a smidge of Sf. (click it to enlarge and read):
With that "digging out of the quagmire" message, regardless how awful we dig day-by-day; is it anyone's wonder that Sutton and Brodkorb were sent marching, not to go away mad ...
Back to former gymnast Lynn Torgerson, get this from her campaign site bio -
Ms. Torgerson, a Community Activist, has devoted her adult career to protecting the Constitutional rights of people of all races, nationalities, walks of life and religions. Ms. Torgerson, well respected in her field, was awarded Attorney of the Year and won a case at the United States Supreme Court on constitutional grounds. Ms. Torgerson helped establish "the Law of the Land."
That is all nice. However, on the thing Avidor links to, her blog post, the first thing she dumps on Libertarians for is opposition to the so-called Patriot Act. Second, opposition to TSA. Down the list, opposition to the "War on Drugs." Yet she says she wants to protect Constitutional rights implying a strong respect for the Constitution.
Defending the TSA and Patriot Act and warmongering (against drugs and Islamists), and yet -- a Constitutionalist with great affection for constitutional freedoms?
Okay, I guess, if she says so ...
Then her media and news page. Little there but dumping on Ellison because of his faith. How it is.
And she really likes video. A dislike of Libertarians. A dislike of Muslims. Liking -what- Lynn Torgerson? And video.
Here are three thumbnail stills from her website videos, where she in at least one repeatedly shows the distracting habit of interlocking the fingers of her hands as she speaks. For each, a link to watch the YouTube of the video is in the caption.
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Finally and in fairness. Torgerson stayed with the fight in the Bobadilla case, even after an adverse holding from the Minnesota Supreme Court, and pursued federal litigation via a habeas corpus petition to correctly have a trial and conviction set aside per a denial of Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against the defendant. She won at the District Court and Eighth Circuit levels and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case. She prevailed. She did pursue a Constitutional right of the accused. Credit is due for that. Federal court opinions are online here and here. Links to state court litigation are given at the beginning of the first of those two opinions, for anyone wanting to follow the full history of the case.
While Torgerson is not one I would vote for against Ellison, in a heartbeat I would favor her were she making a GOP primary challenge in the Sixth District against Michele Bachmann. She has some credibility.
Bachmann markets her version of sizzle on the steak - but with no steak.
Ditto re Torgerson were she running in a primary against Col. Kline. (Kline lacks both sizzle, and steak.)
Even so, despite things such as this or this; and this AND this imitating this, still a notch better than Bachmann. But perhaps Col. Klink is not so bad after all ....
And those gunning for ya' shots, I would hate to be a bystander if the Kiffer cut loose with that "tight" a pattern; and the Torger, she does not dare show the target she gets blind shooting while facing the camera. Vanity, you are a Republican.
And wait, there's more. Perhaps the complaint is not the Libertarians per se and in terms of ideology, but something closer to the heart:
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I wonder what the personal protocol was when younger, and she did not take home gold medals in gymnastics. Dump a load on the judges?