Politics & Government

Ellison Report: 'America's Best Days Are Ahead'

Fridley's congressional representative wrote an opinion piece for the Huffington Post defending the president's jobs plan.

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL-MN), Fridley's representative in Congress, has continued to support President Obama's jobs plan, and on Tuesday the congressman had an op-ed at the Huffington Post in which he called the plan "our country's opportunity to seize today's moment, and put our country back to work."

Ellison also criticized Republicans' stance on the issue:

Times are tough. Most Americans are experiencing the greatest financial crisis of their lifetimes and many are still struggling to find work. In times like these, it is easy to despair.

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Instead of supporting legislation to solve the jobs crisis, right-wing pundits and politicians are encouraging this gloom by claiming America is in "decline."

These critics are cynical and wrong. Great crises have historically forged great leaders, and this one is no exception.

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As with nearly everything in politics these days, Ellison's piece elicited comments containing both strong support...

Rep. Ellison, I work with a guy who grew up in the Twin Cities. he listens to Minnesota Public radio online at work, so we hear about you and the Democrats in Minnesota all the time.
Your positive attitude, positive role model and tireless drive are a welcome contrasts to the lack of solutions from the opposition­.
Keep working to move the nation forward. Your example will be noticed, and hopefully, repeated.

...and criticism:

The plan that Mr. Ellison, Obama and other democrats have in mind for America has zero in common with what gave America it's past "best days"...th­ey believe that America has been the source of other nations suffering and it is their intent to reverse that. ...
Doesn't it ever bother democrats to have to always patently deny what is at the core of their values as a party?


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