The GOP Legislators FAILED their Constituents in Minnesota with FAILED Policies, and FAILEd Priorities

The STrib is running this poll - which I should stress is unoficial, and presented as entertainment.

PollsQuestion of the Day
Who do you blame most for the failure to solve the budget deficit at the State Capitol?

Results of votes % of votes

DFL Gov. Mark Dayton 269                22%
Republican legislative majority 716        59%
Both equally 212                                  17%

Total Votes 1197

Editor's note: Instant polls are intended as entertainment. They are not considered to be true measurements of public opinion.

But I think it does represent something far more serious, which will be addressed by more scientific polls that measure public opinon.  I couldn't do better at addressing HOW the MN GOP legislators failed the citizens of Minnesota than was covered HERE (not how these are about waging conservative culture wars, not at all about our economy or JOBS - the very thing we were promised they WOULD NOT DO):

32 bills MN Republicans worked on instead of the budget (+)


by: The Big E
Tue May 24, 2011 at 17:00:00 PM CDT

The 2011 legislative session was supposed to be strictly about the budget. Republicans did nearly anything but work on the budget. As the last day of the session ground to a halt and GOP legislators sat idly by, I reflected upon what they tried to pass this session instead of the budget.

Obviously, the marriage discrimination constitutional amendment comes to mind. So does the Voter ID constitutional amendment as well as the new stadium for billionaire Vikings owner Zygi Wilf.

But that barely scratches the surface and much of it was totally insane:

Repeal the smoking ban
Eliminate background checks for gun purchases
Designate English as the official language
Bike tax
remove the ban on increasing carbon dioxide emissions by utilities
Ban state funding of abortions
Eliminate 8 state agencies including Depts of Employment & Econ Dev, Health, Human Rights, Labor &  Industry, Revenue, MNDOT, Vet Affairs and the Office of Mgmt & Budget
Further weaken a woman's right to choose with yet another abortion bill
Repeal the Next Generation Energy Act which was signed by Pawlenty
Prevent welfare recipients from having more than $20 cash in their pockets
Prohibit anyone from suing a company if you get fat from their food
Drug testing for welfare recipients
Racist immigration laws
End pay equity for women
A second bill to end pay equity for women
Bail-outs for schools in Republican areas as well as small budget increases yet they dramatically slash budgets for the large cities
Yet another abortion bill, require parental consent for teens to get healthcare
Logging in our state parks
Ban federal funding of family planning
Eliminate Meals on Wheels
Ban human cloning and end life-saving and job creating research in MN
An amendment to Health & Human Services bill to exempt MN from health care reform
Prevent animal welfare activists from filming animal cruelty at factory farms
Ban state payments to nonprofits
Amendment to the HHS bill to use baby monitors instead of nurses
Another abortion bill, this one a gag rule which prevents any organization that receive state funds to council about abortion services
Shoot first, show Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card later bill
MN should print its own money
Make it easier to violate licensing laws

Did I miss anything?

No Big E. You didn't miss a thing.  Every one of these bills is stupid.  Every one of these bills is a step backwards, or is actively harmful to Minnesota and Minnesotans.  None of these bills should ever have been given consideration in 2011 given the nature of the problems facing the state, not the least of which is our budget and deficit, and our unemployment numbers.  None of these bills have merit, much less merit that gave them a priority over other business.

Oh, wait - yes you did miss something - the proposal by the idiot who wanted to pass illegal legislation that would give Roman Catholics a vote in their Dioceses decisions.  Let's try to include all the Conservative Insanity under one heading. 

Other than that, Big E -- well done!  Applause and a standing cyber-ovation from me!