Posts Tagged Tim Walz
Walz Town Hall joke
Posted by Bruce Kaskubar in news on June 28, 2011
Last week, Congressman Walz announced town hall meetings to be held in Rochester and Winona to discuss the nation’s deficit. They were held Monday. A press release from the Congressman’s office regarding the proceedings was essentially the same as the piece used to announce them…
WALZ HOLDS DEFICIT TOWN HALLS IN ROCHESTER AND WINONA
Involves constituents in budget decision-making process
(Rochester and Winona, MN) – Today, southern Minnesotans joined Rep. Tim Walz at two town halls on the federal deficit in Rochester and Winona. The town halls were fully interactive and offered attendees the ability to decide how to balance the budget and reduce the deficit.
“Serious conversations about how to reduce spending and create a secure fiscal future for all Americans are happening across the country,” said Rep. Tim Walz. “It was important to me to get feedback from southern Minnesotans on how we can work together to balance the budget and ensure more people can achieve the American dream in years to come. I am grateful to everyone who participated today, I will take their thoughts, concerns and ideas back with me to Washington.”
Walz organized a conversation and workshop on the federal budget to get valuable insight from southern Minnesotans. The Concord Coalition, a non-partisan organization dedicated to organizing and educating Americans about the budget challenges we face, was on hand to participate in the conversation as well.
Walz said any plan to reduce the deficit must do so in a smart, responsible way that doesn’t harm our economy. Walz has said he believes we need a balanced approach to reducing the deficit that includes targeted smart cuts; proposals to make the way government operates more efficient; and tax reform that closes loopholes and brings more fairness to the system.
Like so much of what Walz does, the event was a joke. Claimed to be involving consituents and “fully interactive” they were neither. A friend attended in Rochester. No questions were allowed. Surveys were distributed and completed by attendees but not collected! Or, perhaps, collected from a select few.
Walz is either a pathetic fake or inept. His constituents appear to be only those who support him, not all of us in the First District.
Tim Penny disappointed in Tim Walz
Posted by Bruce Kaskubar in analysis on October 29, 2010
On his Making Sense radio show, today, Tim Penny lambasted Tim Walz for dishonest campaigning and personal attacks.
The First District can’t let Tim Walz fool them again
Posted by Bruce Kaskubar in analysis, video on October 27, 2010
Lars, Steve, Tim
Posted by Bruce Kaskubar in analysis, news on October 19, 2010
Lars Johnson is running for Congress as the Party-free candidate. In an email to supporters, he stated, “I only need 26% to win this race… This can happen!”
Mathematically, a candidate in a 4-way race can win with 26%. But in this race, Democrats and Republicans have bases that exceed 25%. So, 26% will not win this contest. It’s probably going to take at least 47%. In the recent KSTP/SurveyUSA poll, Johnson carried 1%.
How much is anyone willing to bet that Johnson can grow his support by a factor of 47 (4,600%) in two weeks? Similarly, how many think that Steve Wilson’s support will increase by a factor of 12 (1,100%)?
In a race as close as this seems to be, it appears that Johnson and Wilson supporters can only help Tim Walz win. And it looks like Walz thinks so, too. He was wooing Wilson at Rochester’s Wednesday debate. It looked like an attempt to get Demmer voters to consider Wilson. That’s a winning tactic for Walz.
VFW moves to dissolve PAC’s board
Posted by Bruce Kaskubar in news on October 18, 2010
Politico tells the story of the VFW’s PAC and its tendency to endorse Democratic candidates based on very fine (and biased?) criteria. A commenter points out that some of the PAC’s endorsed candidates went on to vote for funding of groups that actively fought against our troops. Locally, the PAC has endorsed Tim Walz.
Randy Demmer surging
Posted by Bruce Kaskubar in news on October 18, 2010
The latest KSTP/SurveyUSA poll of likely voters has Tim Walz beating Randy Demmer 47-42. Time to worry? Yes, if you’re Tim Walz.
First, the difference is within 1% of the margin of error.
Second, Walz’s lead has done nothing but shrink from poll to poll.
Third, when Walz was the challenger in 2006, the same poll had him trailing by 10 points at this stage of the race.
Fourth, every winner of the last three gubernatorial KSTP/SurveyUSA polls, taken at this stage of the race, failed to win the election. (Yes, we know Randy isn’t running for governor but the observation is about poll dynamics.)
Hmmm.
Expect plenty of negativity from the Walz campaign and third parties on his behalf because he cannot be successful by running on his record.
Expect plenty of facts from the Demmer campaign. As we used to hear, facts are stubborn things.
By the way, there are two other candidates in the race. Steve Wilson and Lars Johnson carried 4% and 1% of the poll results, respectively. Both results are less than the poll’s margin of error.
Tim Walz’s NRA Endorsement
Posted by Bruce Kaskubar in analysis on October 12, 2010
RedState has some reactions to the NRA’s endorsement of Tim Walz. The NRA gave both Walz and Demmer their A rating. But the NRA prefers incumbents for endorsement.
The Gun Owners of America, GOA, gave Walz a D rating while Randy Demmer gets an A.
A few questions for climate alarmists
Posted by Bruce Kaskubar in analysis, columnist on May 15, 2010
Paul Driessen has some questions at Townhall.com.
Our Congressman, Tim Walz, already voted for the House version of this legislation. In his recent spate of glossy mailings to constituents, he says he’s concerned about our federal budget deficit and about job creation. Yet, if this legislation becomes law, the planet will not be saved, energy will be more expensive for Americans, and everything that relies on energy will be more expensive (unless produced outside of the U.S.). For all of us, that means we can afford less of everything (or have fewer jobs). That means we need less production of everything. That means fewer jobs. That means less tax revenue for the government. That means more pressure on government deficits.
Democrats like Tim Walz are either incapable of connecting the dots — fools — or unwilling to expose the dots — dishonest. In any case, what Tim Walz claims to be concerned about and what Tim Walz votes for are two different things.
Canadian denied health care goes to Mayo Clinic
Posted by Bruce Kaskubar in analysis on March 8, 2010
In Best of the Web Today, James Taranto tells a story of Canadian health care that includes the Mayo Clinic.
[H]ere’s a story of someone facing bankruptcy owing to medical costs. The twist is he’s Canadian. From the Toronto Sun:
Now, with the Mayo Clinic having done what the Alberta Cancer Board wouldn’t authorize or even explain, but with the tumour unable to be totally removed, the province will now not fund the expensive drug, Avastin, that the Mayo prescribed to keep him alive and keep the remaining tumour from increasing in size–despite the costs of the drug being totally funded by the province for other forms of cancer.
Had he lung cancer, breast cancer, or colon cancer, then the cost of the drug–$4,555 per treatment, two times a month–would be totally covered by Alberta’s version of OHIP [Ontario Health Insurance Plan].
Suffering from brain cancer, Kent Pankow was literally forced to go to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. for lifesaving surgery–at a cost to family and friends of $106,000–after the health-care system in Alberta left him hanging in bureaucratic limbo for 16 crucial days, his tumour meanwhile migrating to an unreachable part of the brain, while it dithered over his case file, ultimately deciding he was not surgery worthy.
And so he is not only a victim of brain cancer, he is also a victim of arbitrary discrimination.
But he doesn’t.
Kent Pankow, as it turns out, has the right disease but he has it in the wrong place.
The good news is that President Obama remains committed to bringing U.S. health care into line with Canadian standards. If he succeeds, sick Canadians will eventually be set free from the ruinous temptations of places like the Mayo Clinic.
For some reason, Tim Walz hasn’t shared Mr. Pankow’s story with us.
Is Tim Walz Minnesota’s Porkmeister?
Posted by Bruce Kaskubar in columnist, commentary on January 27, 2010
The Let Freedom Ring blog wonders about Tim Walz.