League Forum Leans Left
Predictable liberal-leaning questions dominated the night at the forum here at Woodbury City Hall Oct 9.
Democrats, once again, proved that they have no new ideas! A writer visiting a similar forum held recently describes the political split: “The solutions to the problems…could not be more different and they are right down party lines. The contrast was even more clear when it came to growing the economy and creating jobs”. Read more here: http://www.exposethetruth.info/
If you do not follow Twitter, you might be interested in some right-leaning tweets copied here:
Tweets from League of Women Voters forum – Tues., Oct 9, 2012
Packed house for LOWV forum in Woodbury.
@TedLillie @AndreaKieffer56 #Pam Cunningham @league of women voters forum @ #WoodburyCity hall - Also live telecast on cable access channel 18.
Voter ID question first, split along party lines. You want to know what's pretty awesome? Senator @TedLillie quoting Pres. Jimmy Carter in support of Voter ID amendment.
@TedLillie quotes president Carter - It IS that simple! Senator @tedlillie doing great job in the LWV Forum! #Woodburypic.twitter.com/amZAVvvK
@andreakieffer56 impressive answer on health care!!!
A lot of ppl in the audience nodding in agreement w/ Sen @TedLillie's response on taxation. Put people back to work to avoid raising taxes.
Senator @TedLillie gave great lesson on how #mDayton refused to pay back the school shift & shut govt down for no reason at the LWV Forum.
Sen @TedLillie articulately reminding DFLers at forum that@GovMarkDayton vetoed k12 education payback bill.
Right to work question, #Sen Lillie pointing out the low unemployment in RTW states.
Democrats have no new ideas! #mngop
The questions covered: Voter ID, How to avoid shutdowns, do you support a state run Health insurance exchange, MN tax is regressive - what is your tax philosophy, Union membership - Dayton veto of Right to Work, marriage amendment and education funding/spending shifts.
You might say, well how is that progressive? Sadly, there were very few questions about the economy and how to improve it for our families and young people. The Right to Work question started out focusing on union membership.
The Democrats always praise the merits of unions. Republicans have no problem with unions, they simply believe in giving employees the “choice” to join them.
Rep. Kieffer made a great point of distinguishing between private and public sector unions and pointed out that many constituent union members are not happy that their union financially supports political views that are not their own. Again, citizens should have a choice as to what political views their money supports.
But the real tragedy here is that getting our economy back on track seems to be of little importance to the progressives. I wonder if Minnesota’s citizens would agree?
Jane
3:39 pm on Thursday, October 11, 2012
Staton you appear to be unhappy with the performance of the Republicans at the League of Women Voter's forum. Were you unhappy with Lillie and Kieffer running away from their vote on the marriage amendment? We were all shocked at their refusal to support an amendement to band gay marriage. Were you unhappy with Kieffer and Lillie's fellow Republican chastised them for balancing the budget on the backs of kids? Or are you disappointed with their lack of leadership the past two years? People don't have to read your bias tweets. They can watch the forum via the internet or on cable and make up their own minds. BTW: You forgot to include the tweet about Lillie being found guilty of violating campaign finance law. We're sure it was an oversight on your part.
Jane
3:43 pm on Thursday, October 11, 2012
During the forum Lillie did not address why he's using our tax dollars to pay for a GOP sex scandal. Will you please ask Ted to answer this question prior to election day? Thanks.
Susan Richardson
9:16 pm on Thursday, October 11, 2012
Jane, perhaps you should consult an attorney ( as well as a dictionary for help with spelling) as to why the legislature pays for sex scandals. Sexual harrassment of employees are at the expense of the employer. The state, in this circumstance, is the employer. As far as the marriage amendment, most agree that such an important decision must be left to the voters rather than activist judges. Your comment on education is a lie. Democrats were pushing a bill that would borrow 50% of school funding from our children rather than the standard 10%. Would you like me to quote from the bill?