Marty Seifert The "Green" Candidate

Thanks Elmer,

Good find

Politicians have become so accustomed to making laws that they think their laws can undo the laws of nature.

The fact that Rep. Seifert has an (R) by his name proves that he is a "conservative" in MN, which is enough to be classified as a socialist in most other states.

In this video, Rep. Seifert sounds like he is more concerned about his political future than he does about Minnesota and his own party. RINO???

I knew I preferred Emmer before. This strengthens the preference.

Wow! I didn't know MSeifert voted for this! I am so thankful someone forwarded this video link to me. I am a delegate, and my vote just changed! Thank you, MGW ! ! ! !

Why aren't the candidates talking about this? This information is a game-changer! At least I am a State Delegate and can change my support in time.

You've got to be kidding! Why didn't we know this! I didn't even know Minnesota had a Cap and Trade bill! Emmer for Governor!

Does anyone know how Rep. Siefert voted on Rep. Emmer's bill to repeal Cap and Trade in Minnesota????

I have to meet this Rep. Tom Emmer before our upcoming convention. In the meantime, "Thank you, Rep. Emmer, for authoring the Cap and Trade Repeal bill!"

Thanks for posting this video. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. I wonder why Marty sold out....

Don't tell me Seifert will say, " I voted for it before I voted against it!"

No way. Absolutely, no way! I thought Seefert said he was opposed to Federal Cap and Trade legislation. Then why is he in favor of Minnesota Cap and Trade legislation?

I can’t believe you found this! This should just about wrap it up all by itself, if people would just really pay attention.

Huh. Over here in Isanti, the Seifert people control the delegate lists and wouldn't give them out. If that's the only way Seifert can win delegates - keeping the delegates from getting information, he shouldn't get the nomination. I'm sickened by that whole group.

We saw Mr. Seifert speak tonight at the Perkins. He fell all over himself to deny any support for cap and trade. Dishonest!

I have spoken with Rep Emmer a number of times and he has remained constant on his AGW is hogwash message. Seifert has tried to "nuance" his way out of this. Either he believes that man-made global warming will be the death of this planet OR he has blind allegiance to Pawlenty. I'm not sure which is worse. Oh yeah, Emmer voted against that bill.

At a Meet&Greet, Rep. Seifert was confronted on this issue, and basically admitted that he traded away his vote to get a bill that was less bad than it had previously been.

Apparently, he was unaware that voting for a less bad bill is still voting for a bad bill, and not acceptable.

A message from Mark Buesgens

As Chairman of the Emmer for Governor Campaign, I have been disappointed to learn of several attacks leveled against Tom Emmer dealing with his leadership and voting record. While we welcome a robust discussion of the record to help delegates make this important decision, I am compelled to respond to some of the more frequent attacks in order to set the record straight.

Some of the attacks were leveled in an email from Rep. Seifert’s running mate Rhonda Sivarajah sent yesterday. Others have never been disseminated publicly or brought up by Rep. Seifert in any of the numerous public forums where he and Rep. Emmer were on the same stage. I guess they call that the “whisper campaign.”
Tom’s Leadership

Some delegates have asked us about the allegation that Tom “walked out” on the House Republican Caucus after he lost an election for caucus leader. This is not true. Tom completed the 2007 session as Deputy Minority Leader and simply chose not to be part of Marty’s leadership team anymore. He was not alone in this decision.

The 2007-2008 House GOP Leadership Team consisted of Tom as Deputy and Assistants Brad Finstad, Dean Simpson, Kurt Zellers, Dennis McNamara and Laura Brod.

In 2009-2010 the team consisted of Steve Smith as Deputy and Assistants Sarah Anderson, Randy Demmer, Bob Gunther, Rod Hamilton, Carol McFarlane and Dan Severson.

Not a single holdover from one biennium to the next under Rep. Seifert’s leadership. Why? Because the caucus began to lose their way and stopped standing up for the Republican principles you and I believe in. The best example of this of course was the override of Governor Pawlenty’s veto of the gas tax increase.

When members of the Republican caucus started voting for tax increases and the leadership couldn’t prevent it, some members (including myself and Rep. Emmer) had trouble identifying with that “team.”

But Tom Emmer never stopped leading. He mentored new members of the House on policy and politics. He continued to lead our House floor strategy. And he continued to lead the debate against the DFL on the House floor with passion. Ironically, that passion was also the subject of a recent attack.

At this writing, Tom enjoys the support of seventeen members of the legislature and countless former members, on par with Rep. Seifert. So don't take it from us - listen to those who serve with Tom and know him to be a man of integrity and someone who will never abandon the fight for our principles.
Twins Stadium

In her email yesterday, Rhonda Sivarajah repeats the Seifert campaign’s attack on the amendment to add a referendum to the Twins stadium vote which Emmer voted against. While it’s fair to bring up that vote, it is not fair to imply that Tom Emmer didn’t “stand up for the taxpayers” when it comes to stadium votes. In fact, he voted against the referendum because he did not believe a taxpayer-funded stadium was proper even if it was imposed via referendum, and he wanted to encourage legislators to vote the stadium bill down outright.
Northstar Rail

Ms. Sivarajah also pointed to an amendment to the 2005 bonding bill, with Seifert voting for removal of funding for the Northstar commuter rail project, and Emmer voting against. She says "Representative Emmer voted against this amendment to de-fund Northstar" -- clearly implying that Emmer favored funding of Northstar. There’s only one problem with this argument: Emmer voted against the final bill that actually funded the Northstar rail project, while Seifert voted for it. Seifert actually voted to fund Northstar in two bonding bills: $37 million in 2005 and $60 million in 2006.

It takes a lot of nerve to make this criticism of Emmer when it was Seifert who actually voted for the funding.
Tort Reform

Sivarajah’s email also discusses the "cheeseburger bill", a bill which banned a certain type of obesity lawsuit, to suggest that Emmer is against tort reform because he is a "trial lawyer." While Tom is technically a “trial lawyer” because he does litigation work, most of his work has been on the defense side of the argument. Tom supports reforms to our legal process and so do most of his clients, so to imply that his professional work influenced how he voted on a bill is very disingenuous.
Cap-and-Trade

The Seifert campaign has also made several unsuccessful attempts to debunk the allegation that Seifert voted for cap and trade legislation.

Back in 2007, Marty Seifert jumped on the global warming bandwagon and voted for several energy/environment bills that have been driving up the cost of our energy ever since. Now he’s trying to run away from those votes by saying they weren’t really cap and trade bills.

One result of this legislation was Minnesota’s participation in the Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System - as close to full fledged cap and trade as you can get right now. See http://www.mrets.net/ for more information. But don’t take my word for it – when you search the Minnesota House website for “cap and trade” in the 2007-2008 session, the Next Generation Energy Act pops up.

And if you haven’t already watched Seifert’s speech on the floor of the House the day the bill was passed, click on this link - his own words tell the story better than anything.
Conclusion

So when you hear these themes on the phone or read about them in an email, we only ask one thing – call us first before you believe them.

On May 1st, 2010, all of us will be supporting the endorsed Republican candidate for Governor. Let’s not hand the DFL any extra ammunition in the fight as we endeavor to make this important choice.

To think I had planned on voting for this puke. I saw his name and knew he was republican (R) and then I did some research and found that on many occasions he has sided with the democrats. Now he and his Lieutenant Governor elect are trying the smear campaign against Tom Emmer. Why? because she is from Anoka County. This is where the majority of the delegates have voted for Tom. We realize the importance of this campaign, our country is in deep doo doo and all the democrats are trying to bring about socialism. Patriots, if you want true government and honesty, a person who will stand by the people, keep taxes in check, get the state prosperous again...then I suggest a vote for Tom Emmer. Mr. Freedom Fighter, a taxpayers best friend. Forget Mr. RINO (republican in name only!)

I spoke with Marty and believe it or not. He ADMITTED TO doing this and says he learned it was a bad idea. He further states he wants to UNDUE the damage on this. He says if elected he will repeal this! stay tuned for an interview.

I have always enjoyed this comic. Political satire is really one of the best artforms left

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