Farmfest Debate: Al Holds Norm Coleman Accountable
Posted in From the Trail, News Clips on August 6th, 2008
Yesterday was a HUGE day for us on the campaign: Al debated Norm Coleman for the first time at Farmfest near Redwood Falls, and it was a great success! Al laid out his vision for revitalizing rural communities, and focused on the issues that matter to people – the economy, energy prices, health care – just like he has along the campaign trail. He also used the debate as an opportunity to hold Norm Coleman accountable for his record of backing George W. Bush and selling out middle class Minnesotans to the special interests.
Al’s message is dominating the media coverage of the debate – check out these clips from around Minnesota:
At every turn during a FarmFest forum Tuesday, the Democrat challenger accused Republican Coleman of siding with President Bush.
Franken… was aggressive from the start, criticizing Coleman for taking contributions from oil companies and repeatedly faulting him for his fealty to President Bush.
Democrat Al Franken said during an agricultural policy forum at Farmfest 2008 on Tuesday that U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman is a better friend to President Bush than to farmers….Franken used the forum to paint Coleman as a loyal follower of President Bush’s policies on agriculture and energy.
MPR:
Franken repeatedly accused Coleman of selling out farmers in areas of trade policy, in the milk program and in “country of origin labeling,” otherwise known as COOL.
Franken accused Coleman of being in George W. Bush’s pocket and driving the economy down with bad decisions.
Franken criticized Coleman’s actions, tying Coleman’s time in the Senate to raising energy prices.
Al wrote a piece in the Redwood Falls Gazette recently about Farmfest. You can read it in the blog.
