In a Wayzata (MN) yard, 2 signs of trouble for Bush and GOP

[Oreo]

This is a great article from a great writer (and former AAR host) from the Star Tribune in Minneapolis

http://www.startribune.com/357/story/629960.html

In a Wayzata yard, 2 signs of trouble for Bush and GOP
Nick Coleman, Star Tribune

Like George W. Bush, I am unfamiliar with Bracketts Point Road in Wayzata. Unlike the president, I wasn't invited to visit Tuesday.

So when I drove up to a traffic barricade that blocked off most of the road hours before the president arrived for a fundraiser, I turned my car around and pulled into the driveway of a home that had a sailboat in the back yard, a family of ducks swimming along the shore and a dog named Max that came to bark at me.

That's when I noticed something I thought I'd never see on Bracketts Point: signs protesting a Republican president.

We live in strange times.

Bracketts Point is the heart of the Republican vineyard, a prestigious address in the state's most generous political gift-giving ZIP code (55391, which means Wayzata). The president's visit drummed up a half-million dollars for Republican congressional candidate Michele Bachmann. But a protest against George Bush here? That's like finding a Baptist information table at the Vatican.

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[Mabus]

1. "reformed Republican" speaking out on global warming!

and she had to verify to the police she was a resident before she could put up the signs?


on edit: correction, it was the daughter who had to prove she was a resident. Mom claims to be a "reformed republican" and says it was because of Bush.

[Fridays Child]

2. I love that analogy!

". . .like finding a Baptist information table at the Vatican."

:rofl:

[Oreo]

3. You have to love Nick Coleman

He was great on the radio until the anti-choice owner of the Mpls AAR station started censoring her hosts.

He used to play Masters of War by Dylan on a regular basis.

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead

[calimary]

4. Wonderful story here!

It DOES give me hope.

[jean]

5. To give you an idea of the neighborhood, the house bush was at is valued

at $12,544,000, according to http://www2.co.hennepin.mn.us/pins/index.jsp property search for 1400 Brackett's Point Road, Wayzata, MN 55391.

We're talking about seriously wealthy Republicans.


edit: the address info is from Minnesota Raindog's post here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=160x20148