posted earlier but astonishing...longtime Mn GOP gov. going for JFK!

[MnFats]

if you follow Mn. politics, this is one of the most amazing things ever. I can't imagine a comparison....This is a commentary from the Mpls. Star=Trib, by former Gov. Elmer Anderson...one of the most beloved figures in state political history. Long a devoted, moderate Republican, considered an elder statesman. This is simply astonishing...

http://www.startribune.com/stories/562/5029512.html


Throughout my tenure and beyond as the 30th governor of this state, I have been steadfastly aligned -- and until recently, proudly so -- with the Minnesota Republican Party.

The present Republican president has led us into an unjustified war -- based on misguided and blatantly false misrepresentations of the threat of weapons of mass destruction. The terror seat was Afghanistan. Iraq had no connection to these acts of terror and was not a serious threat to the United States, as this president claimed, and there was no relation, it's now obvious, to any serious weaponry. Although Saddam Hussein is a frightful tyrant, he posed no threat to the United States when we entered the war. George W. Bush's arrogant actions to jump into Iraq when he had no plan how to get out have alienated the United States from our most trusted allies and weakened us immeasurably around the world.

Also, if there as well had been proper and careful coordination of services and intelligence on Sept. 11, 2001, that horrific disaster might also have been averted. But it was a separate event from this brutal mess of a war, and the disingenuous linking of the wholly unrelated situation in Iraq to 9/11 by this administration is not supported by the facts.

I am more fearful for the state of this nation than I have ever been -- because this country is in the hands of an evil man: Dick Cheney. It is eminently clear that it is he who is running the country, not George W. Bush.



MAYBE I shoulda just given DFLPrincess' earlier post a kick, but not sure how to make that work...either way, this needs to be spread around...

[LibertyorDeath]

1. WOW!!! This is fan frigingtastic.

"I am more fearful for the state of this nation than I have ever been -- because this country is in the hands of an evil man: Dick Cheney. It is eminently clear that it is he who is running the country, not George W. Bush." :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[drfemoe]

2. whooop!

I have a scarily narrow minded (ex)friend in Minneapolis!
Maybe she will come to her senses, as her governor has.

The sweet heartbeat of Hope ...

[Chimpanzee]

3. A real American hero!

Liberal Republicans of my era and mind-set used to have a humane and reasonable platform. We advocated the importance of higher education, health care for all, programs for children at risk, energy conservation and environmental protection. Today, Bush and Cheney give us clever public relations names for programs -- need I say "No Child Left Behind? -- but a lack of funding to support them. Early childhood education programs and overall health care are woefully underfunded. We have not only the largest number ever of medically uninsured in this nation, our infant mortality rates, once among the lowest in the world, have worsened to 27th.

As taxes for the wealthy are being cut, jobs are being outsourced if not lost and children are homeless and uninsured, this administration is running up the biggest deficit in U.S. history -- bound to be a terrible burden for future generations.

This imperialistic, stubborn adherence to wrongful policies and known untruths by the Cheney-Bush administration -- and that's the accurate order -- has simply become more than I can stand.

Although I am a longtime Republican, it is time to make a statement, and it is this: Vote for Kerry-Edwards, I implore you, on Nov. 2.

[starroute]

4. "Republican Switchers" site has Anderson and a bunch more

http://inprogress.typepad.com/republicanswitchers

I just stumbled on this site earlier this evening, but I think everyone should know about it. It has stories on a whole range of prominent and some not-so-prominent Republicans and conservatives who are for Kerry. Great ammunition to use with your Republican or undecided friends and family!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. Wow that's amazing!