{"id":50,"date":"2006-03-27T07:44:12","date_gmt":"2006-03-27T12:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2017-03-03T22:51:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T03:51:56","slug":"minnesotas-newest-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota&#8217;s newest blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong>No Corey,<\/strong><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong>I&#8217;m afraid I have a newer Minnesota political blog than you have. <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lincolndemocrat.com\/\"><strong>www.lincolndemocrat.com<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong>I took a look at yours. Good writing, huh? Well, the powerful graphics with Dean Johnson&#8217;s head superimposed on another person&#8217;s body shaking Bill Clinton&#8217;s hand or with a poster of Lenin in the background&#8230;.woo hoo&#8230;this\u00a0 <em>is<\/em> quality stuff.\u00a0 And Vin Weber is associated with you? In flagrante delecto indeed!<\/strong><\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong>&#8220;Dreckless?&#8221; Is that meant to be an oxymoron?<\/strong><\/font> <font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong>Best Regards,<\/strong><\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong>Harry Welty<\/strong><\/font>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 263px; height: 278px\" height=\"278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snowbizz.com\/images\/InternetPics\/DoctoredDean.jpg\" width=\"263\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>&#8212;&#8211; Original Message &#8212;&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><strong>From:<\/strong> <a title=\"editors@dreckless.com\" href=\"mailto:editors@dreckless.com\">dreckless Editors<\/a><\/div>\n<div><strong>To:<\/strong> <a title=\"Undisclosed-Recipient:;\" href=\"mailto:Undisclosed-Recipient:;\">Undisclosed-Recipient:;<\/a><\/div>\n<div><strong>Sent:<\/strong> Sunday, March 26, 2006 9:04 PM<\/div>\n<div><strong>Subject:<\/strong> dreckless &#8211; Minnesota&#8217;s newest political blog<\/div>\n<div \/><span lang=\"EN\">Greetings from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/dreckless.blogspot.com\/\">dreckless<\/a><\/em>, the state&#8217;s newest blog discussing political people and events here in Minnesota. Since we began publishing in mid-January, we&#8217;ve been delighted and humbled by the interest our readers have shown. To be honest, we&#8217;ve been surprised at the number of visits we receive each day!<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">&#8220;What?&#8221; you say. &#8220;Yet another blog?&#8221;\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">In our <a href=\"http:\/\/dreckless.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/welcome.html\">first posting<\/a>, back in January 17, we layed out our reasons for starting yet another blog. As the fomer Executive Director of the Republican Party of Minnesota, I believe that we have a unique perspective on political people and events here in Minnesota.<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">&#8220;Who is we?&#8221; you ask.<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><em><span lang=\"EN\">Dreckless<\/span><\/em><span lang=\"EN\"> is fortunate to have as a contributing editor, former Republican Congressman Vin Weber who now serves as managing director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarkandweinstock.com\/\">Clark &#038; Weinstock<\/a>, one of Washington, D.C.&#8217;s premier strategic <\/span>consulting firms. Take a minute to check out his <a href=\"http:\/\/dreckless.blogspot.com\/2006\/03\/look-north-ken-mehlman_25.html\">latest analysis<\/a> on a bright spot for Republicans.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re delighted to also be joined by my former colleague at the Republican Party of Minnesota Jonathan Blake. Jonathan and I have worked together for a number of years and it will take only a minute of reviewing some of his postings to see that he has an impressive writing style all his own.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">So, take a moment and <a href=\"http:\/\/dreckless.blogspot.com\/\">check us out<\/a>. We welcome your active participation in the coming months and look forward to hearing from you.<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN\"><a href=\"mailto:miltimore@dreckless.com\">Corey Miltimore<\/a><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN\">Editor<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Corey, I&#8217;m afraid I have a newer Minnesota political blog than you have. www.lincolndemocrat.com I took a look at yours. 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