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How Can You Endorse A Candidate When You Don’t Even Know The People Running?

By Rob on October 23, 2006 at 09:03 am
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Last night I posted a rebuttal to my hometown newspaper’s (the Minot Daily News) endorsement of Senator Conrad over his challenger Dwight Grotberg.  In that post I criticized a statement in the Minot Daily’s endorsement piece which indicated that the paper was casting its “vote” against Grotberg because they “don’t know him very well.” My response to that statement was to point out that the folks at the Minot Daily are reporters.  It is their job to get to know people like Dwight Grotberg so that they can better inform the public.

In response to that post I’ve received an email from the Grotberg campaign which indicates that the Minot Daily News has never even bothered to contact them for an interview with Dwight.

That seems like incredibly shoddy journalism to me.  Here the Minot Daily News editorial staff is taking it upon themselves to inform the public about their preference in an election campaign and they didn’t even have the courtesy to talk to both candidates before they made up their minds.  Which is especially astounding given that in their endorsement one of their complaints against the candidate they’re against is that they “don’t really know him.”

What a slap in the face to voters this is.

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Avatar for Kay

My family and I are not native North Dakotans, but we live here now and plan to stay put. 

Just personal observation-it seems to me people are comfortable with the amount of pork Conrad, Dorgan and Pomeroy bring in and there is a perceived level of influence.  I remember that post on this website where it was pointed out the 3 of them are not all that influential but people think they are.

I personally know of people who will vote Repubican for everything else but these races because of “farm issues” and “what they can bring to North Dakota”.  I’m not saying it’s that way all the time but seems to be with some (surely not all) people.

What I like about Grotberg is that he’s a farmer and if anyone knows farm issues it would be him. He also has helped in farming operations overseas.

I understand from someone, who emailed me yesterday that Grotberg is coming to Minot on Thursday. Ought to be interesting to see how it’s covered in the news if it is..

Kay on October 23, 2006 at 10:34 am
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Kay, I can confirm for you that Dwight is coming to Minot on Thurs.  He’ll be at the Holiday Inn from 5:00 - 8:00pm on Thurs. Oct. 26th.

I’m going to be there as well.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

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Rob on October 23, 2006 at 10:47 am
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..know your district, ..

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aNONOMISLY on October 23, 2006 at 10:54 am
Avatar for Rally

If that is true about the Minot Daily News not even requesting an interview, that makes the endorsement even more worthless in my mind.

Rally on October 23, 2006 at 11:21 am
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Seriously I didn’t even know the name of the people running against Earl and Kent, pretty sure I will vote for them because I am tired of the status quo and maybe just maybe one of these guys some day will unseat one of our three amigo or incumbets.

Goon on October 23, 2006 at 04:49 pm
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