Mike Hatch's true colors?
DFL Lieutenant Governor candidate Judi Dutcher made a minor snafu yesterday, demonstrating what Governor Tim Pawlenty called "stunning ignorance" when asked a question about E-85. E-85 is a fuel blend made up of 85% ethanol. That might not be a big problem in many places, but it doesn't bode well for a candidate running in an agricultural, renewable energy conscious state.
Pawlenty: "[T]o have a candidate for Lieutenant Governor with just a few days to go before the election, not even knowing what E-85 is, is surprising and candidly quite disturbing. I would think that farmers would be very concerned about having somebody running for statewide office who doesn't even know what E-85 is."
Honestly, it's a bit of a throw away story. Minnesota is one of many states where the Lieutenant Governor is really more of a "chief cheerleader" position with little significance aside from being successor to the Governor.
I'm wondering where the exclamation points are over DFL gubernatorial candidate Mike Hatch's statements in defending her: “The governor is so desperate, he’s so far behind...He’s picking on a woman.”
As much as it might worry me that a candidate for a powerless position lacks familiarity with ethanol, it worries me a touch more that a candidate for governor--supposedly the more progressive of the two--betrays his own chauvinism while speaking off the cuff.
Get a good look at your next governor, Minnesota.
Pawlenty: "[T]o have a candidate for Lieutenant Governor with just a few days to go before the election, not even knowing what E-85 is, is surprising and candidly quite disturbing. I would think that farmers would be very concerned about having somebody running for statewide office who doesn't even know what E-85 is."
Honestly, it's a bit of a throw away story. Minnesota is one of many states where the Lieutenant Governor is really more of a "chief cheerleader" position with little significance aside from being successor to the Governor.
I'm wondering where the exclamation points are over DFL gubernatorial candidate Mike Hatch's statements in defending her: “The governor is so desperate, he’s so far behind...He’s picking on a woman.”
As much as it might worry me that a candidate for a powerless position lacks familiarity with ethanol, it worries me a touch more that a candidate for governor--supposedly the more progressive of the two--betrays his own chauvinism while speaking off the cuff.
Get a good look at your next governor, Minnesota.
posted by Your Friendly Neighborhood Clark Bar at 11/02/2006 09:51:00 PM
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There seriously have to be at least two Democratic speechwriters/staffers looking for work today. Between Kerry's gaffe and this. It is just bad staff work! You know Hatch was fed that line and no one bothered to test it outside their office.
I originally heard the quote on TV and it was during a radio interview, so I'm thinking this is probably more Hatch than anyone else. It's so bizarre, though, that the comment is included in about half the stories on the gaffe, but none of them highlight it. It's just embedded in there.
Hatch is so freaking far off his rocker it just KILLS me.
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