Irrelevantly yours....

"Truthfully (and this will come as no shock to those who know me), I have no time nor respect for this guy. I thought he was a gutless wonder when he was appointed to be our Senator. As Governor, he has been feckless."

"I am not going quietly into the night!" mumbled the Governor of a state which has recently and mysteriously acquired a redder hue. I think Governor Dayton might have taken that statement from the same playbook that our soon to be EX-President Obama did. Intoxicated by power and authority, the thought of not having much or no power anymore is vexing to these two statists. But as of today, a new Congress is being sworn in for both national and statewide bodies.

In the paper this morning, a long article talked about the challenges our poor, overworked Governor is going to face the next two years. The article talked about how this most accomplished civil servant has given 40 of his 70 years to public service. Boo flipping ho. The first thing which came to my mind is this - to go most of your career without having a real job is an anomaly. That is, unless you are a trust fund baby and can just play for a job.

Truthfully (and this will come as no shock to those who know me), I have no time nor respect for this guy. I thought he was a gutless wonder when he was appointed to be our Senator. As Governor, he has been feckless. His amazing devotion to universal Pre-K has shown he has devolved into nothing more than a shill for Educate Minnesota. Politically, he is our version of Barack Obama - a version who just can't speak nearly as well as the President. 

Not once has this Governor talked about the exploding growth of government. Not once has he offered to kill any existing program. Not once has he thought there might be some redundant, obsolete, or cost ineffective programs which needed to be fixed or eliminated. No, all he has talked about is we have too many people "not paying their fair share" and we need to tax more. Tax more and spend more. What Samuel Gompers was to the unions is what Mark Dayton is to the DFL. More! More! More!

Here is a news flash for the soon to be EX-Governor. You are irrelevant sir. Always have been. Your calling as a teacher is where you should have stayed. You have been a lousy Senator and Governor. You were not that hot as an auditor either. Your best play for the next two years is to wake up and smell the coffee. This state, just like the rest of the nation, changed on November 8, 2016. And that was just the start of the change - more to come.

Anachronistic Democrat dinosaurs from the past are on the way out. We have tried their stick and received nothing but misery. Their playbook is worn out and dated. There are new sheriffs in town this year. Ones who want to make America great again. And ones who want to make Minnesota great again. Welcome to 2017.