Wait ... there are TWO of them?
This just in: across the river from Minneapolis, there's this wee village that its residents call "Paul the Sainted One," or something like that. Having not yet been annexed by Minneapolis, at least not in the official sense, Saint Paul does not appreciate it when people from outside of Flyover Country mistake it for its larger and hipper conjoined Twin. For example, they get unhappy when the Republican National Committee, the people who visited the damn place and chose it for their convention, can't remember its name.
So sayeth the Strib.
Hold on, let me get this straight -- there're, like, TWO cities in the Twin Cities? How does that work?
Discussion question of the day: How many GOPers will be wandering around downtown Minneapolis come summer 2008, trying to remember if the convention is at the Target Center or the Metrodome or the Convention Center?
Heads up, Minneapolitans: In spite of their red polos, khaki pants, and laminated name badges, those glassy-eyed individuals wandering en masse up and down Nicollet Mall are not Target employees. They cannot point you to the toothpaste section. They are lost Republicans, unaware of certain geographical facts but, frankly, more than a bit frightened by this big city and all the scary Democrats. When you see these out-of-their-element creatures, please be kind to them and direct them to Manny's or the Capital Grill. They like steakhouses, and the staff at these establishments are trained to deal with Republicans. Or the Applebee's in Block E -- that'll do, too. Just remember: frightening though they may be, they're more afraid of you than you are of them.
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Also in that Star Tribune article:
In 1997, St. Paul officials were planning to revamp the old Civic Center to woo a National Hockey League team. As NHL officials toured the old drum-like building, the smell of elephant dung from the Shrine Circus recently held there fouled the air.
So sayeth the Strib.
Hold on, let me get this straight -- there're, like, TWO cities in the Twin Cities? How does that work?
Discussion question of the day: How many GOPers will be wandering around downtown Minneapolis come summer 2008, trying to remember if the convention is at the Target Center or the Metrodome or the Convention Center?
Heads up, Minneapolitans: In spite of their red polos, khaki pants, and laminated name badges, those glassy-eyed individuals wandering en masse up and down Nicollet Mall are not Target employees. They cannot point you to the toothpaste section. They are lost Republicans, unaware of certain geographical facts but, frankly, more than a bit frightened by this big city and all the scary Democrats. When you see these out-of-their-element creatures, please be kind to them and direct them to Manny's or the Capital Grill. They like steakhouses, and the staff at these establishments are trained to deal with Republicans. Or the Applebee's in Block E -- that'll do, too. Just remember: frightening though they may be, they're more afraid of you than you are of them.
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Also in that Star Tribune article:
In 1997, St. Paul officials were planning to revamp the old Civic Center to woo a National Hockey League team. As NHL officials toured the old drum-like building, the smell of elephant dung from the Shrine Circus recently held there fouled the air.
NHL officials gave an ultimatum: Build a new arena if you want a franchise. Now Republican elephants will march into a state-of-the-art complex considered one of the best in the country.
"This building got started because of the elephants, and now the elephants are coming back," said Jac Sperling, the vice chairman of the Minnesota Wild.
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