Mark Dayton is making me nervous

[ButterflyBlood]

go check out the thread in LBN. He's closing his DC office until after the election due to the contents of a classified report which he claims makes him fear for the safety of his staff.

Dayton has been a huge critic of this misadministration's handling of the Iraq situation and 9/11, claiming they have covered up information about both. That makes me wonder what's in the report and if he's trying to send a warning of some sort. Could another LIHOP be in the works?

[Wickerman]

1. He's playing something

maybe trying to force First's hand? Knows there is something planned and wants vigilance increased so the evil guys can't do their bad stuff.

And Normie Coleman is all indignant. :puke:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Dayton is my Senator, and I trust him.

He's no fool, and he wouldn't be doing this if it weren't serious. On the local news (Minneapolis) they are saying that Federal law enforcement says there are no new risks. But he says he saw a top secret report 2 weeks ago, asked Frist to explain it and he wouldn't do it. Our other senator, that tool Coleman, says it's "the wrong message at the wrong time." Dayton insists he's not overreacting and that it would be immoral not to move his staff. He says he'd rather be wrong than take the risk.

[ButterflyBlood]

3. He's my senator too

and once again, that idiot Normie is getting me pissed off. This happens every time he opens his mouth.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Coleman is wretched and loathsome.

It just makes me nuts to think that that prick has Paul Wellstone's senate seat. Actually, I didn't even like him when he was a Democrat (sort of) and mayor of St. Paul. He was such a huge phony. But I guess he moved to the right party for that.

[AlCzervik]

5. Coleman is sucha a doosh!!!!!

All he needs is a plaid jacket and a clip on tie and he would be the unltimante used car salesman. He seems so dumb, i mean that, i've heard him speak a few times on the news and he really comes across as stupid.

[ButterflyBlood]

6. He obviously isn't too smart if he writes his press releases

always the same shit, "I support the President on this, Bush is always right, blah blah blah"

[AlCzervik]

8. It's like you all got the exact polar opposite of Wellstone

that is so fing wrong. I really hope al Franken or somebody that could actually win runs against him next time.

[AmerDem]

7. Nah, Dayton is taking preventive action

In one way or another he smells a rat or he is trying to warn others but can't come out and say it based on classified info. That's my take on it.

[greblc]

15. I agree something is...

not quite right.

An out spoken Liberal Senator should look over his shoulder. Few on the right would miss him.

Stay out of small aircraft.

[Philostopher]

9. What I've read tonight, both here and on Atrios's blog,

makes me wonder if there hasn't been another threat like the anthrax letters, aimed at Dems. Which is to say, something that was focused on Dayton or on Democrats, not a general threat. If the people here he represents trust him, I have no reason not to give him the benefit of the doubt -- maybe it was a more focused threat than anybody has revealed so far, and he felt personally at risk.

[seemslikeadream]

10. warning of some sort?

Defense Chief Pays Visit to USS John F. Kennedy
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x900431

[RainDog]

11. maybe D.C. is vulnerable

because, according to a post by FloridaPat (it's one the front page of GD, but I'll go get the link) some person who is supposedly a WH reporter says the neocons are about to attack Iran during a religious holiday, trying to take out as many mullahs as possible and also going after nuclear sites.

this, according to the article, will be done with U.S. ships in the Persian Gulf, and via Israel and will not last longer than one day.

of course, a worry is that Iran will make the first move, since they no doubt are aware of this....is Chalabi still in the in crowd?

but the attack would more likely be against Israel, and specifically Tel Aviv, again according to the report from Florida Pat.

[RainDog]

12. here's the link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2483396


btw, seemslikeadream, the USS John Kennedy is mentioned as one of the ships in the Persian Gulf that will be involved in the mission.

[Old and In the Way]

13. John Kennedy would be offended if he knew how this group of

un-Americans are using his namesake to start WW3. Why not the USS Ronald Reagan?

[RainDog]

14. If the reporter's info is true re: Iran

it makes sense that Frist would have information and that D.C. pols would consider the possibility of a first strike from Iran a serious threat.

in fact, who knows, the neocons may be hoping they provoke Iran in order to justify their actions.

the whole message of the invasion of Iraq for all other nations was that if you don't have weapons you are a sitting duck. there is no doubt, I would think, in the minds of the leaders of a place like Iran that the U.S. would attack them, based upon the invasion of Iraq.

so, if they're thinking this...

if I lived in D.C., I'd take a vacation too.