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Minnesota House floor time waster, typewriter thrower and wife beater Mark Olson lost 1518 to 1771 in the GOP SD16 primary. How could he have possibly lost against the unendorsed blessing of the pinnacle of elitism Alison Krueger? Well duh, it was corruption! (emphasis mine):

Olson says he is planning a write-in campaign in November and indicated he felt some votes were missing, uncounted from Orrock and Zimmerman. 

“I’m filing the paperwork as we speak,” he said Thursday. “People are very upset about how awful, how malicious their campaigning practices were. The only way to get it all out there is a continued campaign.”

Olson blamed legislative leaders in St. Paul for contributing to his defeat, saying they cut him off at the knees with illegal campaign brochures.

“There is something wrong with this picture. Candidates who are brought and sold never represent the people. They represent the people who brought them,” he said. “There is a cause here. There is corruption involved. Money and power are driving this. I have stood up against the influence of money more than anybody down there, Now I am paying the price.”

People are still upset that the likes of the Senate Republican Caucus, Michael Brodkorb and Norm Coleman decided to tell the voters of SD 16 not to vote for their grassroots-endorsed spouse-pusher and perpetual butt of time-wasting jokes at the Capitol. A man who clearly better represents the GOP in Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison and Sherburne counties better than unknown “principled“ Alison Krueger who signed a pledge not to run against the endorsement but did anyway:

Krueger introduced herself to the Big Lake City Council at their meeting Wednesday. She thanked her supporters and said she was a believer in transportation as well as drill here, drill now.

Because “drill here, drill now” is a great belief system, especially for a candidate for the Minnesota Senate. I have to give her credit though: I am also a firm believer in transportation. In fact, my belief in transportation is stedfast and unwavering.

Anyway, what’s with this corruption? Olson’s wife Heidi Olson explains:

The sleazy mailings against Mark were impossible to counteract without the big money from outside the district like Alison had. The letter to the editor two days before the primary from the Kiffmeyer campaign committee member slandering me was another poor example. I question their integrity when it boils down to discrediting a candidate’s wife.

I miss the good old days when Republicans treated each other with respect and discussed issues. We have reached an all time low. My suggestion is to replace the current candidates in two years with ones who will campaign on issues and leave the slimy stuff to those with no significant thoughts. A goal for future higher office is no excuse for completely trashing people who have worked alongside you for 25 years.

Awe, I miss those good old days too! Welcome to the current Republican party of all recent memory, Heidi Olson! Are you that insulated from the “slimy stuff” and the “no significant thoughts”? How can you possibly be surprised about the way operatives in the Republican party operate? Your “grassroots” organization up there means nothing if it hurts the party elite in the MN GOP.

She adds, “I won’t vote Republican this year for House or Senate. I hope I can in 2010.” Well, Ms. Olson, I have to say, I welcome your choice to support DFL-endorsed candidate Lisa Fobbe. Can we also count on you for a vote for Al Franken? I mean hey, Norm Coleman personally denounced your hubby.

Meanwhile, Mark Olson is working on a write-in ballot to, um, fight corruption. On top of that, MNpublius sources lead that Olson may be considering using a new law that could end up forcing a full recount to see if he can close a 253 vote gap within the total 3,289 votes by simply counting the ballots again and wasting time and taxpayer dollars. Hasn’t Olson’s modus operandi always been wasting time and taxpayer dollars though?