Klobuchar Is Under Atack
09/27/2006
Dear Editor,
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Mark Kennedy is desperate, and per the tactics of Karl Rove and George W. Bush, he’s on the attack with a new misleading ad about Amy Klobuchar’s work as Hennepin County Attorney.
Minnesota has a clear choice: A Tough Prosecutor or A Failed Washington Insider.
Don’t let Mark Kennedy and his attack ads win. Contribute to Amy’s campaign today! Help her fight back against slash and burn politics!
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With three independent polls for the U.S. Senate showing Congressman Kennedy trailing Amy Klobuchar by double digits in less than a week, Kennedy continues to do the only thing he knows how to do: launch a new, slash and burn attack ad.
Congressman Kennedy has failed in Washington for six years. Now he’s going to offer the people of Minnesota six weeks of nasty, misleading campaign ads. Congressman Kennedy has shown that he has nothing to offer but more of the same. Same old policies. Same old attack ads. We can’t allow it to work.
Fact is, Amy Klobuchar has been a tough prosecutor—with a 91% conviction rate, tougher sentences for repeat offenders, and successful advocacy for laws to crack down on chronic drunk drivers, sex offenders, and meth dealers.
This is classic Karl Rove: try to attack your opponent’s strengths. Well, we’ll let Mark Kennedy take his cue from his friends in Washington. We’re going to take our cues from the people of Minnesota, and what we’re hearing is that when people get to know Amy, they’re ready to fight for her.
Please give us the resources we need to get Amy’s message out across Minnesota. We must fight these distortions, and we can only do it with your help!
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Congressman Kennedy should also know better than to use video in his misleading attack ad from a Minnesota Police and Peace Officers’ Association (MPPOA) debate. MPPOA, the state’s largest law enforcement organization, did look at both candidates’ records—and overwhelmingly decided to endorse Amy Klobuchar.
I don’t know about you, but I think the MPPOA knows a little more about law enforcement and crime than Mark Kennedy and his team of campaign hacks.
We’ve got just 4 days to reach our $250,000 end of quarter goal. Please contribute $1,000, $100, $10, or whatever you can afford to help Amy fight back!
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Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Ben Goldfarb
Campaign Manager
Klobuchar for Minnesota
P.S. Below, I have included the facts behind Mark Kennedy’s distortions. Please help us spread the word and forward this message to everyone you know.
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The truth behind Kennedy’s distortions:
The average prison sentence for first degree drug offenders in Hennepin County is now 20% longer than the year before Amy Klobuchar took office. [Hennepin County Chart, 1st Degree Drug Cases-Average Pronounced Confinement For Cases With Executed Prison Sentences]
Amy Klobuchar’s office has been on record as publicly advocating for the judges in drug court to take a tougher approach against dealers. [Prosecutors Criticize Drug Court, Star Tribune, July 16, 2006; Some See Drug Court as Success, Others Want Data, Star Tribune, January 6, 1999]
Amy Klobuchar was instrumental in getting the state’s first felony DWI law passed at the Legislature. Before that law, career drunk drivers would not have faced prison time. Today, 439 offenders are serving prison time because of her work. [Minnesota Department of Corrections Web Site, Daily Inmate Reports, accessed September 26, 2006]
Last year, Amy Klobuchar’s office enforced tough sentencing laws against gun offenders 20% more often than the rest of the state. Amy’s office has secured enhanced sentences against gun offenders at a greater rate than the statewide average throughout her tenure as County Attorney. [MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission Report To the Legislature, January 2006]
Jury trials are up by nearly 50% since Amy Klobuchar took office. [Hennepin County Attorney’s 2006 Progress Report]
Since 1999, more than 125 career criminals have received longer prison sentences because of Amy Klobuchar’s focus on repeat property offenders. [Hennepin County Attorney’s 2006 Progress Report]
The Office of the State Legislative Auditor has noted that Amy Klobuchar’s office was so aggressive in enforcing the career offender statute that it was driving up the rate of use statewide. [Minnesota Legislative Auditor Report on Chronic Offenders February 2001]