St. Sen. Geoff Michel out of CD 3 Race

by Zack Stephenson | 10 Comments

MDE is reporting that Geoff Michel is out of the race in the 3rd Congressional District. Michel was the most “moderate” Republican in the field - his departure all but assures that the Republican nominee will be a conservative not in the mold of Jim Ramstad.

September 26, 2007, 12:39 pm | Category: CD3 |

10 Responses to “St. Sen. Geoff Michel out of CD 3 Race”

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  • The Dog Walker
    September 26, 2007 at 3:53 pm

    Michel is not a moderate at all. The sooner that meme is killed on the D side of the ledger, the better off we’ll all be.

    Geoff is anti-choice
    Geoff signed the taxpayers league pledge when first elected in 2002
    Geoff supported the Bachman anti-marriage amendment
    Geoff was aganist conceal and carry before he was for it (after he won his election of course)

    Geoff Michel is slick, slippery, and better at concealing his true agenda and true intentions than Tim Palwenty.

  • Mockingbird
    September 27, 2007 at 5:32 am

    LOL - Reads kinda funny.
    I don’t know Geoff Michel from Adam.

    The only thing missing is “…kissed George Bush on the mouth!”

    If it involved the whacked out Taxpayers League, that tells me a lot.

    I was involved with them peripherally a few years ago.
    Then I realized they simply want to duck responsibility for everything, don’t much want to pay for ANYTHING all the while merely creating a power structure they can manipulate.

    In my view, that’s the type of mentality that causes infrastructure to fail.

  • Demure One
    September 27, 2007 at 8:16 am

    He voted for the “Women’s Right to Know” legislation that required doctors to provide patients with inaccurate info - specifically the false notion that terminating a pregnancy raised ones chances of getting breast cancer. The study the legislation was based upon was 10 years old - and only one study that many many other studies refuted. The study included any pregnancy that did not go full term. The result women who had had abortions or miscarriages were given more to worry about thanks to Pawlenty AND the Minnesota State Legislature (BTW the Senate was controlled by the DFL…still haven’t forgiven them for that). That was 2002…while the inaccurate connection to breast cancer was ultimately removed other hurdles were put in front of women and they remain in place…and there is no chance this will get addressed for decades…because well this is Minnesota and we kind of just pretend we are progressive. To make matters worse health care costs skyrocket - and check out the policies aimed at the child-bearing age that do not cover pregnancy - Blue Cross has one…I think its the True Blue.

  • Spotty
    September 27, 2007 at 11:12 am

    Spot saw this post on the RSS and decided he had to comment. He’s see, however, that his friends, the Dog Walker, and the Demure One, have already rebutted the “moderate” meme very well. Spot’s work here is done.

  • purpleblogdog
    September 27, 2007 at 8:19 pm

    Demure One:

    Regarding:
    “That was 2002…while the inaccurate connection to breast cancer was ultimately removed other hurdles were put in front of women and they remain in place…and there is no chance this will get addressed for decades…because well this is Minnesota and we kind of just pretend we are progressive.”

    I wish there was a fact checker the same way there is a spell checquer for liberal talking points. Michele authored legislation that amended Womens Right To Know in 2006 that gave an opt out for women who had babies with fetal anomolies and promoted perinatal hospice. That bill dragged both sides together to do the right thing, despite mistrust. He also got it passed without a press conference. That’s the kind of leadership we need in Saint Paul. I’m glad he’s representing our side of the river there and not in Washington. He’s one of a few who is looking to do more than pick up a rock and throw it at someone.

  • The Dog Walker
    September 27, 2007 at 9:23 pm

    And I’d bet dollars to donuts Geoff did that because of the large and vocal pro choice voting population in Edina. Same thing with conceal and carry. He was all over the map on that depending on the audience he was talking too. And the Edina police chief and mayor both opposed conceal and carry.

    And the amendment doesn’t change the fact that the womens right to know act is an unwarranted act of interference between a woman and her doctor and also infantilizes women by assuming they need extra special help with understanding medical procedures.

    Perhaps we should pass a Men’s Right to Know act that informs men of the risks of vasectomys and informs parents of the risks of circumcision.

    Perhaps Senator Michel can get that started next session.

  • purpleblogdog
    September 27, 2007 at 10:14 pm

    You can undoo a vasectomy, not so much with the abortion. Oh for Pete’s sake.

  • Demure One
    September 27, 2007 at 10:48 pm

    Hurdles STILL remain from the 2002 legislation - some groups are now exempt - but others are not. For example women who get the HELLP syndrome - the second leading cause of MATERNAL MORTALITY aren’t exempt. The condition is recurring. What fun to be pregnant and also know that the pregnancy could kill you! And to know that the only way to stop the cycle that causes the liver to break down and platelettes to plummet is to remove the fetus. So at that point apparently the legislature and the governor think a woman should be put in an extra waiting period just to make sure…

  • purpleblogdog
    September 28, 2007 at 8:32 am

    Perhaps you are tight. Andrew Borene would have been a much better advocate for women.

  • Demure One
    September 28, 2007 at 3:39 pm

    Andrew Borene would have been a disaster.

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