Political News from Back Home

This could be interesting little development for some Minnesotans to watch. Funny. It'll be entertaining to watch how this guy wiggles his way outta this hole. Or how they make this "go away". Or whatever.
Best use of this little news bit might be while visiting relatives someday.
From CQ's blog.

Minnesota DFL Endorses Lying
The Minnesota Senate DFL caucus rallied around their beleaguered leader, Dean Johnson, who claimed in a conversation with clergy that three state Supreme Court justices assured Johnson that they would not rule in favor of same-sex marriage. The Majority Leader had tried to convince the ministers to drop a push to put a constitutional amendment banning gender-neutral marriage up for a referendum with this inside information, but was unaware that the conversation had been taped. When the ministers released the tape, Johnson told the press that he may have "embellished" the conversation, but the members of the Court are having none of this:

In a rare conversation with reporters, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Russell Anderson today said flatly that no member of the court -- including former Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz -- ever spoke to Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson about the state's marriage laws.

(Then there’s some more details worth you reading, but not my cutting/pasting to this blog.)

The Minnesota DFL should pat itself on the back. It's given its vote of confidence to a man who lied to ministers in order to gain a political advantage in a fight that already bodes ill for his party. Now he has to explain why the DFL won't allow the voters of Minnesota to decide on this amendment, and he has zero credibility with which to make the case. Thanks to their silly and short-sighted action, his caucus has taken Johnson's credibility deficit and made themselves a part of it. For some reason, the DFL felt it necessary to endorse a man who just got caught lying to his constituents for his political gain -- a position that the GOP will ensure remains in the public debate in the fall elections.

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