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"We must come together as Democrats to support President Bill Clinton and Senator Paul Wellstone."

- Norm Coleman, DFL state convention, 1996


“George Bush sending the master flip-flopper himself – Norm Coleman – to attack John Kerry’s record of public service is the absolute height of hypocrisy. Coleman led Clinton-Gore’s Minnesota campaign in 1996, and then he supported George Bush in 2000. Coleman supported Skip Humphrey, worked as his chief deputy, and then ran against him. Coleman supported Paul Wellstone, and then ran against him,” said Minnesota Democratic Party Chairman Mike Erlandson. “Is Coleman the junior Senator from Massachusetts now? Norm should be working for the people of Minnesota, not doing George Bush's political dirty work.”

Coleman’s hypocrisy knows no bounds. At the recent Minnesota GOP convention Coleman effusively praised late President Ronald Reagan, but he strongly supported both Walter Mondale and Jimmy Carter over Reagan.

Erlandson added, “Sadly, no one in Minnesota would be too surprised to find Norm Coleman campaigning for the re-election of President John Kerry and Vice President John Edwards in 2008. Anything Norm Coleman has to say about John Kerry’s distinguished record of public service isn’t worth listening to.”