Amy Klobuchar has redesigned and re-launched her campaign website. It looks great and is even W3C compliant now! Congratulations go to web designer David Krewinghaus and the campaign staff at Klobuchar HQ.
Mark Kennedy in his speech to the RNC meeting in Bloomington had this Klobuchar’s position on the war:
“They want somebody who has a firm point of view. Whatever point of view you have, my opponent has said it in one form of another,” said Kennedy. “In one form she’ll try to sound like she’s being prudent. In another form she’ll say Iraq is a fiasco and we got to get out troops out of there now.”
Whatever your own position, Klobuchar has remained absolutely consistent on her position that she is against an immediate withdrawal from Klobuchar’s website:
Since April, I have been asking the President to give the nation a clear plan to bring our troops home safely. As with any effective plan, there should be a realistic time-frame based on specific milestones and benchmarks, with honest and current information from the administration about the status of our efforts…
If the president is unwilling to provide a plan, Congress should call upon the Joint Chiefs of Staff to do so.
(…)I also believe we have to manage our exit from Iraq in a responsible way. I do not support immediate withdrawal of our troops, as has been suggested by some, because the situation is just too precarious.
Going back to Kennedy’s remarks, let’s substitute Kennedy’s lie with the truth: “Iraq is a fiasco and we have to draw down our troops based on a realistic time frame.”
I will leave it to the reader to decide whether or not the above statement is prudent or not.
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I have heard a rumor that new Rasmussen poll will show Klobuchar at 50 and Kennedy at 38
Kos verifies the poll data.
The same story also alleges that KvM heard the same rumor fact, posted on it, then deleted the post. I guess if you don’t have anything nice to say…
Flash verifies the KvM post removal.
Mark Kennedy tried and failed to tie the League of Conservation Voters and Amy Klobuchar to a false radical position.
What Kennedy forgot to mention is that he agrees with the LCV: manure is not toxic waste. The difference is that the LCV actually promotes positive solutions. From the LCV’s website: (emphasis added)
While most hog farms stink, and some contaminate waterways with waste-laden runoff, Legan’s operation is one of Indiana’s model farms, earning praise for consistently exceeding environmental requirements.
Legan’s business, Legan Livestock and Grain, experts say, exemplifies how modern pork producers can balance responsible farming and smart business.
The farm is a showcase of conservation. Manure is channeled into clay-lined lagoons filled with bacteria that help digest it. The waste is later sprayed onto crops as fertilizer at carefully determined rates.
Manure is not all that gets recycled on Legan’s farm. Even dead hogs are put to use, their remains shredded into nutrient-rich compost.
If Kennedy is going to claim he can “reach across the aisle” to get things done for Minnesotans, this would be a great place to start.
Mark, get the B.S. out of your stump speech and into the fields of Minnesota’s farmers.
UPDATE: MN Publius reminds us that Mark Kennedy salted the fields of many farmers by becoming the deciding vote in a $1.8 billion cut in farm aid. It will require a lot of manure to make that soil fertile again for Kennedy.