Mark Dayton on CNN NOW! n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

[dogtag]

1. Could he possibly be any more cryptic?

[Rainbowreflect]

2. Could You?

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. He won't say what he has been told

by the repukes, but it was bad enough that he would NOT take his own children to Washington D.C. and will not leave his staff there to be harmed. He advises that NO ONE visit capital hill between now and the election. :scared:

[mindfulNJ]

12. good grief

I'm going to DC tomorrow...oh well, nice knowing you all!:hi:

[seabeyond]

17. lol lol that is horrible. are you really

going there tomorrow. wow what a thread for you to pop into. well the best of you. regardless of what it may be the odds way too far out there anything will happen to you, besides these people lie all over the place. nice chattin with you too

take a rabbit foot

[mindfulNJ]

20. yeah really.

I'm also a Red Sox fan. :( I don't have a rabbit's foot...do you think my husband would do?

[endnote]

18. I have to be in DC twice in NOV... Right after the election...

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. No. I wish he would just say what the heck he has been told.

Screw the repukes. Tell the people what you were told by the REPUBLICANS!

[Worst Username Ever]

4. A little more information would be nice

even putting in the message area "i will update when I have more information"

[deadparrot]

5. What's he saying?

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. see post #6 n/t

[deadparrot]

9. Saw it, thanks.

[shoopnyc123]

8. What is going on? I'm still not getting it...

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

10. Who the hell is Mark Dayton?

nm

[Dickie Flatt]

11. Minnesota Dem Senator

Who closed down his DC office for unspecified security reasons and said not to go to the capitol.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

13. Thanks. Anthrax for democrats only?

In our little episode of domestic terror, the anthrax was for dems only.

[Rose Siding]

14. Either he's calling their bluff- exposing the hype or

there's information we should have but don't

[no name no slogan]

22. EXACTLY. Dayton's throwing it in the Repubs' faces.

Dayton's no fool. I think he's doing it for the media attention, IMHO. He's been beating the crap outta Dubya on the war/terrorism thing since MN's other senator died in that awful plane crash two years ago.

Mark gave one helluva speech at the MN DFL convention in May against the "war on terra". He knows EXACTLY what kind of press this will get, and how it will expose the Repubs as the hypocrites they really are.

GO MARK GO!!! I'm glad your MY SENATOR!!!!

[Bronco69]

15. I refuse to bow down to cryptic nonsense

If I had business in D.C in the capital or elsewhere, I'd be there. This is like saying, "I can't tell you why, but you better vote for bush*."

[ThePhilosopher04]

16. I think he's calling them on their own bullshit IMO**

***

[spanone]

19. Another Rove diversion...just to keep people on edge

I just saw him on tv and he said he wouldn't reccomend anyone visiting congressional offices. He's a fucking nutcase. Not one other senator has even mentioned such a move.

[jean]

21. Bad form spanone. You don't know Sen Dayton - he's a stand up guy

and one of the, if not the most liberal/progressive senator we have - someone like Paul Wellstone, his good friend. He will tell it like it is and get in anyone's face - like Rumsfeld's on more than one occasion.

Sounds to me like Frist is screwing around with national security info and Dayton is calling him on it.

Check out Sen Dayton's (MN) record and who he is before you post reactionary impressions from CNN, of all places.

Here's his bio:

http://dayton.senate.gov/about_mark.html
BIOGRAPHY



Hometown: Minneapolis
Born: January 26, 1947; Minneapolis, Minn.
Religion: Presbyterian
Family: Divorced; two children
Education: Yale U., B.A. 1969 (psychology)
Military Service: None

Career: Investment company president; runaway youth home director; congressional and gubernatorial aide; social worker; science teacher

Elected: 2000 (1st term)

Political Highlights: Minn. commissioner of economic development, 1978; Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, 1982; Minn. commissioner of energy and economic development, 1983-86; Minn. auditor, 1991-95; sought Democratic nomination for governor, 1998

Committees:
• Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry (Forestry, Conservation & Rural Revitalization; Research, Nutrition & General Legislation)

• Armed Services (Airland; Readiness & Management Support; Strategic Forces)

• Governmental Affairs (Financial Management, Budget & International Security; Permanent Investigations)

• Rules & Administration

• Joint Printing - ranking member



Phone: [phone] | Fax: [phone] | Web: dayton.senate.gov
346 Russell Bldg. | Washington, DC 20510-2305

[mzmolly]

23. I agree, he's calling them on their BS or he's doing right by his staff.

Either way the good Senator has my full support. :hi:

[in_cog_ni_to]

26. Dayton is not a nutcase.

I think he's calling the repukes bluff on their terrorism bullshit.. We will find out some day exactly what went down. Frist showed him SOMETHING.

Nope, Mark Dayton is a HERO. He stands up the the repukes! That's more than I can say about MOST of our Democratic congress people. I love Mark Dayton.

[riverwalker]

24. Dayton was awesome

during the hearings on Abu Ghraib. He was incredible. The guy is a true warrior and I back whatever he does 100%.

[in_cog_ni_to]

27. Me too! n/t

[n2mark]

25. Just wondering

We have heard from other pugs on this, sorry, just can't use any other word for the "R", but I've not heard any Democrats say anything? Where are the Democrats concerns or disagreements?

Something is not right.

[in_cog_ni_to]

28. I don't know. SOMETHING is up.

The Dems are quiet, except Dayton, and the repukes are screaming foul. :shrug: I think Mark is trying to call them on some bullshit terrorism warning he was given. I don't know. I trust he is doing the right thing.

[nomatrix]

29. Mark Dayton

has become the first U.S. senator to challenge the rush to consensus that "The 9/11 Commission Report" settles the open questions of Sept. 11, 2001.

In hearings last Friday, Sen. Dayton (D-MN) raised an obvious point: if the timeline of air defense response as promoted in the Kean Commission's best-selling book is correct, then the timeline presented repeatedly by NORAD during the last two years was completely wrong. Yet now no one at NORAD is willing to comment on their own timeline!

When the official story of 9/11 can be changed repeatedly without anyone ever being held accountable, we have no right to ever again expect honest government. Please read the following story and do your part to support Sen. Dayton for highlighting the contradiction, and to encourage the media to follow up."

http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20040731213239607

Click on Mark Dayton's transcript to see what a ballsy guy he is.

[Wind Dancer]

30. Yes, I saw that and immediately wondered

if he would stop traveling by plane. This has me very concerned, it is not a terrorist attack he is worried about, not from Al Queda operatives, anyway.

[demgrrrll]

31. This is great in a sense. Not great that there is a threat but look at it

this way, if something does happen he can legitimately say that something was known and nothing was done. They knew and did nothing, just like 9 11.