[Alumni-chat] Inclusion?

[Sistersara at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/1/2007 6:44:26 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
dlbahr at hotmail.com writes:

I hope  this does not offend 
Sistersara who is more knowledgeable all things  politcal and historical--but 
we like Amy Klobuchar in our  household.
Eat your heart out Mr. Colderon.
Cheers,
Lesley A P  Bahr
Minnesota at Large



I too like Amy Klobuchar very much.  Her campaign last year was  masterful -- 
she won, in case people don't know, by 20 points.  Assuming  she stays in 
that range -- she is currently polling 58% approval, that will give  her the 
latitude she will need to eventually lead in a slightly more edgy way on  some 
things.  Before running she served as Hennepin County District  Attorney, winning 
three elections, the last one with no Republican  Opponent.  A little "irony" 
always helps -- after 9/11 she was on the State  Joint Terrorism Task Force, 
doing all sorts of planning, and one problem they  got was the men's restroom 
at Northstar Crossing at the Airline Terminal  Building.  For ages it had been 
a "place" where those in need of quickie  BJ's could get some action, but 
after they fenced off most of the terminal from  the public without tickets -- 
the locals who made a little money turning tricks  in the restroom couldn't 
easily get in.  The Airport Cops had to really  work at it to make sure security 
kept them out as required.  Anyhow --  Stings in that particular bathroom have 
been going on for several years, and  Amy's old Taskforce helped plan them.  
Apparently they made 41 arrests in  the 2nd quarter of this year, which would 
include Craig -- and it would be Amy's  old office that would have prosecuted 
Craig.  I was hoping Craig would stay  around, because I wanted Amy to walk up 
to him on the Senate Floor and tell him  that she was the Former Hennepin 
County Prosecutor who had to help set up the  sting operations there, but they 
were required by Homeland Security and the  Department of Transportation.  There 
is true irony in something like the  Craig Story being about unintendend 
consequences of efforts to catch  terrorists.  



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