The Kennedy blog, KvM, is flinging these accusations:

While Amy Klobuchar was in Rochester with Tim Walz attending a memorial service, a gang of her supporters attempted to upstage a non-partisan Memorial Day parade and event in Duluth featuring Mark Kennedy as speaker. The Kennedy entourage had a simple banner that said “Thanks Veterans” and campaign volunteers were told to leave their campaign signs at home for the expressly non-political event.

Well, that’s pretty interesting, except we know it’s not true. 

Despite KvM’s accusations, Kennedy was anything but “non-partisan” at the parade.  A reader e-mailed us with the after having been to the parade and then reading KvM’s egregiously inaccurate post.  Not only was Kennedy at the event with volunteers wearing “Kennedy for US Senate” t-shirts and stickers, he had shipped most of the volunteers in from outside Duluth (or at least that’s what the volunteers themselves were saying).  Additionally, Mark Kennedy had no less than two cars at the event with huge “Mark Kennedy for US Senate” signs.  Volunteers were diligently tapping his speech and even one off the staffers was wearing a “Mark Kennedy for US Senate” t-shirt.

So, KvM has been caught in a bald-faced lie.  Not only was Kennedy aggressively campaigning at the event, but he was doing so to a larger extent than most any other politician at the event!  And it’s clear the volunteers weren’t told “to leave their campaign signs at home,” as they all had them and even the staffer had a Senate campaign sticker on.

If you’re still not convinced, check out more pictures of Kennedy’s presence at the event after the fold (and a bonus shot of Rod Grams at the event).

Continue reading ‘More Lies From the Kennedy Machine’

So I was perusing Mark Kennedy’s press-releases (a task I call “BS Patrol”) and, whoa, did I hit a doozy on the ol’ BS scale:

Kennedy Working to Defend Minnesota Farmers

Right there on the front page… “defending!?” Alright, let’s just take a look at some of the ways Makeover Mark mas “defended” Minnesotan farmers over the past year.

• He ditched his seat on the Agriculture Committee. I’m sure to better help the farmers… right?
• He voted for CAFTA. Farmers across Minnesota loved that one; especially the big ethanol producers.
• And, this is the really amazing one, he cast the deciding vote for the budget bill that cut aid for farmers by $1.8 Billion!!! (among other terrible cuts that hurt Minnesotans)

This is how Mark Kennedy is “defending” the farmers of Minnesota!? If so, I think they might prefer him to just step aside and not try to defend them anymore. Although, he does love plaid!