Brothers bring glitz to St. Paul politics

St Paul Pioneer Press ^ | 09/04/2007 | Jason Hoppin

[dave k]

Presidential candidate Christopher Dodd steps to the microphone, a man in an unfamiliar environment, but a man impressed.

It's midsummer, and several of St. Paul's politically active elite are on the back porch of a 7,000-square-foot, 1910 Tudor-style home that sits atop nearly an acre of land just off Grand Hill. A new pool shimmers on the hillside below.

"In every city I visit, I try to check out the Section 8 housing," said Dodd, head of the Senate's Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee. "This is something else!"

Lubricated by complimentary Chardonnay, the crowd howls.

[dave k]

These are the two yippies that tried to get former Democratic mayor Randy Kelly 'impeached' because he voiced his support to President Bush on the president's position on the war in Iraq. They were unsuccessful.

Just reading this article intro makes me sick - this is the epitome of limosuine liberals and the absolute pretentious reporting that the local media throws out at us. I've met these two before (in a non-political forum); talk about a smarmy pair of arrogant twits.

I won't begin to comment on the sexual orientation of the one twin...but I can imagine he could teach Senator Craig a few more hand gestures.

[fieldmarshaldj]

[popdonnelly]

The Party of the common man.

[lowbridge]

Just reading this article intro makes me sick

I KNEW just from the thread title alone ("Brothers bring glitz to St. Paul politics") that this article was going to be about Democrats.

[dave k]

I don’t want candidates to have ‘glitz’; this is just a codeword ‘style over substance’.

The media falls for this every time when they fawn over these types of candidates...it’s like they wish the election process were more of a casting call to see who can say the right thing and look like a metrosexual.

[dave k]

Yep, the true colors of the DNC are showing here...I don’t know if the common man can afford to throw political parties in exclusive 7,000 sq ft mansions in the most elite neighborhood of St Paul.

I love the crack that Dodd made about the Section 8 housing. I’ll bet if a conservative said this, it’s be a scandal of gargantuan proportions due to ‘brazen insensitivity’.