On Monday, Bluestem Prairie broke the news about a very sketchy fundraiser for the Carver County GOP: They were auctioning off their legislators to the highest bidder. Here’s the pitch from an email obtained by Bluestem:

Bid, online auction style, for an exclusive opportunity to be one of just five people on a Shotgun Sporting Clays course walk/shoot (shooting is not required to participate) with your favorite legislator at the Horse & Hunt Club from 3:00PM-4:30PM on Thursday, September 1st.

A little attention, though, from Bluestem, Common Cause and The Cucking Stool, and the auction has been removed. My guess would be that it’s just been taken behind closed doors, and that the Carver County GOP is still auctioning off legislators to the highest bidder, but I don’t have any confirmation of that.

Of all the screenshots gathered before the GOP tried to hide their shady auction, Brick City Blog wins the prize for the one that best embodies the spirit of the fundraiser:

Successful bidders will spend the afternoon on the shooting course with the elected leader you have chosen. An excellent chance to get to know them better and share your insights.

If only it were so easy for us ordinary folks to “share our insights” with our legislators.

UPDATE (8:00 AM): 2nd paragraph edited slightly to correct my inadvertent dis of the excellent Bluestem Prairie.