>Norm got a free ride from the press. St. Paul is a small town and 
>anybody who hangs around the St. Paul Grill knows about Norm's 
>habits. Everyone knows that his family situation is, shall we say, 
>very interesting, but nobody bothered to ask about it, least of all 
>the religious people in the Republican Party. They made their peace 
>with hypocrisy long ago. So this false knight made his way as an 
>all-purpose feel-good candidate, standing for vaguely Republican 
>values, supporting the president.
What's this all about? Any Minnesotans know?
Doug