Mel will be taking over my blog on Labor Day when I depart for Denmark. As you can see he snuck a quick observation in about the difficulting of searching for the truth. As public opinions proliferate from the tens of thousands in letters-to-the-editor to the millions on daily blog entries it may be tempting for the casual reader to lock one’s mind on a single simple idea and freeze out all the conflicting infobabble. Mel is valiantly resisting that temptation.<\/p>\n
Mel is still, despite the current drift toward vitriol, a stong believer in a goodness and light. It’s really hard for me the candidate having to please a supporter with such high ideals.<\/p>\n
For instance, I wrote a very tough fund-raising letter yesterday. Mel approved of much of its content but implored me to remove a couple gratuitous slaps at Jim Oberstar which Mel thought were demeaning. Mel may have been right but I am a little saltier writer than Mel and it grieved me to make the alterations. Still, I claim to be alarmed by the nastiness in today’s politics so I could hardly ignore Mel’s concern.<\/p>\n
I originally finished the letter by mentioning Jim Oberstar’s 32 years in Congress. He’s apparently the longest-serving congressman in Minnesota history now. My last line about the possiblity of his not getting reelected ended “good riddance.”<\/p>\n
Mel sent me an email in which he told me that both he and his wife both said, “good riddance” to my “good riddance” once I had edited it out.<\/p>\n
As Mel prepares himself to take over Lincolndemocrat with Chris my campaign manager he’s probably thinking to himself, “good riddance.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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