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Barkley, Tinklenberg pick up endorsements of St. Cloud Times

The St. Cloud Times has endorsed Independence Party U.S. Senate candidate Dean Barkley and 6th Congressional District Democratic candidate Elwyn Tinklenberg.

The newspaper spoke of Barkley having a sense of realism and moderation and in the Tinklenberg endorsement, criticized Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Stillwater, for the lack of both, saying voters deserved better.

In other 6th District nuggets,  Republican Aubrey Immelman has launched a write-in campaign after watching Bachmann’s “Hardball” appearance.

Immelman walked across the 6th District as part of a primary election tactic to unseat Bachmann — he failed, but made the walk.

Immelman speaks of a campaign funding war chest in the four-figures and of buying newspaper ads.

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2 Responses to “Barkley, Tinklenberg pick up endorsements of St. Cloud Times”

  1. On October 27, 2008 at 2:05 pm Rob responded with... #

    I attended Bachmann’s 10/24 meeting sponsored by the Forest Lake Chamber of Commerce. She spent the entire time talking about her votes against attempts to manage the financial crisis. Most troubling was her tying the crisis to CRA. I commented that the Pioneer Press had called her comments on CRA a “myth”. At the end of the meeting she had talked for about a half an hour without mentioning the war. I asked her about what her vision was for bringing the war to a close. Despite her mouth moving and sounds coming out, she had no answer. She was wrapped up in a partisan dreamland as she has been for all the years she has been in office. As reality has diverged further and further from her ideology she has removed herself more and more from her district. We need to get rid of this ineffective politician. Luckily her opposition is a competent and thoughtful leader. I wish El Tinklenberg the best of luck. He is the right choice for our district.

  2. On October 29, 2008 at 8:10 am Matt Perkins responded with... #

    Bachmann used to be up in our neck of the woods quite a bit before she went on Hardball. Literally the day after that show appearance for her I had two neighbors take down Bachmann signs from their yards. Maybe it was just a weird coincidence, but they proclaimed their support for Bachmann in their yard since.