An Attorney General Minnesota can actually be Proud of!

Jeff Johnson, the GOP candidate for Attorney General, has just put up his new website (I'll post a permanent link on the sidebar later today).

Jeff Johnson spoke at the CD 6 convention this past weekend, and I was duly impressed. Unlike Mike Hatch, Johnson is not a nanny-state proponent who will go after deep pockets (can you say, "Big Tobacco?") as a means to enrich himself and his trial lawyer buddies:

Under those fees that can be calculated, attorneys representing Florida would receive the biggest compensation - $ 2.4 billion - followed by $ 1.8 billion for Massachusetts' attorneys, $ 1.6 billion for New Jersey's counsel, $ 1.5 billion for Texas' lawyers and $ 1 billion each in legal fees for Minnesota's and Maryland's lawyers.

...And just in case you thought that it was just a one-time fluke against greedy and evil tobacco companies, to put them in their place, think again:

ST. PAUL (AP) - Saying the state's efforts to curb methamphetamine use haven't worked, Attorney General Mike Hatch on Friday proposed going after big pharmaceutical manufacturers to recover the government's costs for meth-related problems.

Hatch said he's working on a lawsuit against about six large companies that make products containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine - active ingredients in cold medicines like Sudafed that are broken down by meth cooks.

Forget about the low-grade scumwads who actually cook the stuff. They don't have any money. Gotta go where the money is, right Mike? Gotta fill those governor-wannabee campaign coffers somehow (much of which most likely funnels its way through your trial lawyer buddies that you help enrich).

Which brings me back to Jeff Johnson. He understands that personal responsibility has just as much, if not more of a stake in legal matters as do deep corporate pockets. And unlike Mike Hatch and his predecessor, Skip Humphrey, Johnson asserted that he has no intention of using the Attorney General's office as a springboard for the governorship or for any other office, stating,

"The Attorney General's office should never stand for "Almost Governor."

Time to keep self-serving trial lawyers out of office, and put someone with integrity in.


(Filed under elections, limousine liberals)