Tonight while I was watching poor old Mike Hatch on Almanac explain why his calling a reporter a “Republican whore” is no indication of how he will act as Governor I got a call from another reporter.
Jason Mohr didn’t know me because he’s new to Duluth. He normally covers City Hall but he was assigned to write something about the issue that is driving this election but which the Duluth News Tribune has barely covered in the Congressional race. Iraq.
Jason seemed to know that I had been critical of Grams and Oberstar for not talking about this overriding issue. I got to tell Jason what was on my mind and mention the press release I’d sent out a month ago calling for a division of Iraq. I made my disapproval of the Bush Administration clear and explained that I felt we had a duty to protect the Iraqi minorities who are now in jeopardy because of our intrusion into Iraq. I explained that the sooner we got them moved to safer areas we should slip out of the country.
I’ll be curious to see where the Tribune takes this. This couldn’t come at a better time for my campaign if Jason reports my comments accurately.
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