““There are an estimated 2.5 million Asian Indians in this country, and an estimated 30,000 Asian Indians in the state of Minnesota. We have ZERO Asian Indians representing us in our national Congress. The Indian community of Minnesota could be the first in the nation to make sure an Indian gets elected into U.S. Congress. But only you can make this happen.” Ashwin Madia Feb, 2008

Sorry to just come in and change the subject, but I feel like posting about the original thread topic instead of what everyone has talked about,
Ps, MNPublius should really update itself and maybe do more Kos style type of commenting, I simply cannot stand seeing one huge list of comments and not be able to respond to certain people effectively which in then turn just makes me not read any of the comments nor comment myself half of the time.

So, Eva Young points out that it would be discrimination to not allow someone who is unmarried or doesn’t own a home to run for office. She is 100% correct. But with my vote, I can vote for someone who I best think understands my situation through their own life experience. That is what many voters will do this November.

EY: If I’m going to have surgery, I’m going to be concerned whether the surgeon is qualified as a surgeon, has the proper certifications, and has a good record. I will not be concerned whether they are single or married, or whether they own property. In the same way, when I evaluate candidates for office, I will look at previous political experience. Do they have a history of getting things done? I will also look at positions they have taken on issues, and voting record.

As I mentioned before - 37% of the electorate is single - and that’s a huge slice of the electorate to alienate with this sort of attack.

Madia is one pathetic soul when it comes to influencing Bonoff supporters to get behind his campaign then…how pathetic is that?? Keep up the good work.

Here’s a hint: (very)

You generate tax and fee revenue for current expenses.

A family uses their monthly paycheck to buy food, clothes, gas, entertainment, utilities. But they use a mortgage to buy their home.

Bonding itself isn’t bad. What matters greatly is that it is used for the right purposes.

Ironically, your argument about bonding completely conflicts with your party’s stance this past year where they insisted and more and more bonding. Not for education, but for pet projects. Governor Pawlenty warned local governments that the state was tightening its belt and that local governments should do the same. Many chose not to.

TwoPutt,

Erik Paulsen is not responsible for other Republican elected officials relationship with the Somali community. You don’t need to take it from me or TwoPutt, take it from a member of the Somali community:

“We were very glad that Rep. Paulsen spoke at this historic event,â€� said Murshid Barud, an event attendee and community leader. “His participation once again shows to Minnesotans that Rep. Paulsen is ahead of the game when it comes to engaging and understanding U.S. foreign policy towards Africa. Rep. Paulsen’s attendance is proof to all of us that he will be ready to handle complex foreign policy issues when elected to
Congress.â€� “ http://paulsenforcongress.com/index.asp?Type=B_EV&SEC={988B9D2B-ACA9-49D0-937D-B4C8640D009B}&DE={5175F6B0-DE6C-45FB-8FF0-49BDE9B21789}