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    Tom Rukavina: Was entertaining as always. Described himself as "the love child between Paul Wellstone and Jesse Ventura" and then bragged about his union made underwear. Full Article at MNpublius.com
    the love child between Paul Wellstone and Jesse Ventura
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  1. how many Norman Borlags are we cheating?
    SOURCE: MNpublius.com 1 month ago
  2. This is not a legislative job, its a chief executive.
    SOURCE: MNpublius.com 1 month ago
  3. I’ve raised three teenage girls, you think I’m going to have a hard time making the hard decisions? I’m not.
    SOURCE: MNpublius.com 1 month ago
  4. I will absolutely abide. No games, no equivocation. I don’t get this baloney that a party endorsement process isn’t a democratic process. I don’t get that.
    SOURCE: MNpublius.com 1 month ago
  5. Pawlenty believes the solution to the jobs problem is to furlough [AFSCME members] from their jobs and then not show up for his own.
    SOURCE: MNpublius.com 1 month ago

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