Ilo should be thanking those at the Lafayette Club for her $300 savings, because they most certainly are paying for it! Classic maker vs taker........

Imature children. Whine whine whine...

Be glad this isn't Syria.

Max Hugoson

Sure glad I'm not form Prior Lake and have Pam Mikkelson for my children's school secretary. Thank God for the private sector that pays her salary.

First time for a public protest at the Lafayette?

Typical Team Obama, they bus in any radicals they can find to protest what, someone/anyone running against Obama? This is only a small piece of Team Obama's strategy to distract voters from the important issues. Obama has said Jobs are his top priority how many times? If he was telling the truth and they have been his top priority, he has failed miserably.

Can't beleave it. 150 idiots at a country club make the news and 5,000 tax protesters at the capital never any attention. I hope you get the new America you deserve.

All above comment writers are true patriots. God bless them alll!!!!!!!

I looked at the MoveOn.org signs and a recent email from SEIU offering bus ride to protesters. "Transportation will be available at SEIU Healthcare Minnesota located at 345 Randolph Street in St. Paul. Please call (612) 564-3247 to RSVP your spot and be at there around 4. Bus will leave at 4:30pm and should return around 7:30pm."

This is astroturf protesting at its worst. Fail.

Why do you always dwell on the negative when it comes to Republican candidates? There were many more supporters of Romney there than protesters. I wish that people would wake up regarding Obama's "agenda" for our country. Another four years of his administration and we won't have anything much left of our great country.

These are good examples of the direction the country is headed. None of these comments have any relevance to the conversation. No constructive criticism, just insults. No positive elaboration of a position or policy, just cliched comments. What a waste.

This is the appropriate venue for opinions, not the article itself. I would like to read at least an attempt at more balanced reporting on the part of the Patch.

Down with the two party system. It's time for America to wake up.

That's the left there boys - what a classy looking bunch.. Now that I got my good laugh for the morning, I should get back to work.

1) Of *course* the candidates will campaign where the money is (e.g. Minnetonka)
2) Protesting does not constitute radicalism
3) If you disagree with the protestors, may I remind you that the freedom of assembly is a right that is guaranteed in the First Amendment
4) For those that cannot distinguish the differences between peaceful assemblers and radical protesters, please Google the Westboro Baptist Church for comparison and contrast

You can anonymously troll on the internet from (almost) anywhere in the world. The United States, however, is one of the few places where you have the protected right to protest.

Cy let me help you understand when and where the crisis really began, please take the time to read, I had to break it into two parts since it is long long.

This tells the story, why Bush was so bad at the end of his term. Don’t just skim over this, it’s not very long, read it slowly and let it sink in. If in doubt, check it out!!!The day the democrats took over was not January 22nd 2009, it was actually January 3rd 2007 the day the Democrats took over the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the 110thCongress.The Democrat Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995.For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is "Bush's Fault", think about this: January 3rd, 2007 was the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress. At the time: The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%The Unemployment rate was 4.6%George Bush's Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB GROWTH

Remember the day...January 3rd, 2007was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee. The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy? BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES! Unemployment... to this CRISIS by (among MANY other things) dumping5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans on the economy from YOUR Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac FIASCOES! Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie- starting in2001 because it was financially risky for the US economy. And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac? OBAMA And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie? OBAMA and the Democrat Congress. So when someone tries to blame Bush..REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007.... THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!"Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democrat Party.

Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 &2009 as well as 2010 &2011.In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases. For 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budgets. (We might add … the last time the Senate authorized a Budget to be passed!) …Almost 1,100 days and counting ….And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete 2009.If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets. If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January20th, 2009.

The author of this article really ought to be more careful with keeping his bias out of his reporting. That is his responsibility as a journalist when writing for the public- at- large. Ignoring this responsibility and choosing to typecast has left many readers focused on the insinuated insult, therefore feeling ignored by this news source, The Patch, and ultimately fanning the flames of political "Us versus Them". The author of this article owes the offended audience of The Patch an apology for the inclusion of negative typecasting in his reporting.

Wow. Poor John Bradley of Spring Park. He is quoted in the article as a self described "98% er" and complains that his demographic is "paying all the taxes". How do you educate a person that has it exactly backwards? The IRS data is public information and posted on any number of websites. It clearly states that the top 3% of income earners pay 97% of all income taxes. His assumption is not just wrong, it is spectacularly, perfectly, and precisely backwards. Not to pour more fuel on his self immolation party, but the bottom 50% pay no income tax. How do we overcome the ignorance of people like John? I fear they just won't realize how wrong their world assumptions are until we default on our national debt or suffer 100%+ inflation. But that's going to be one painful way to finally realize who has been telling the truth and who has been lying to them for all these years.

Hey Mark, I re-read that quote, which I wrote after speaking with John and now realize he probably meant to say "they want tax hikes for the richest 2 percent, but we're paying all the taxes," because he was not a protestor, he was one who stopped to yell back at them. Sorry for the confusion.

#1 in the box office and yet the liberal press doesn't mention this documentary that Barack Obama does not want you to watch. I wonder why?

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/09/01/Box-Office-Spet-1-2012

Liberal moonbats are so clueless on what Barack Obama is doing that they will lite candles before bedtime and kiss his faded poster on the wall.

http://weaselzippers.us/2012/09/01/poll-number-of-americans-who-consider-themselves-republicans-hits-record-high/

It's amazing to me how people get angry over the actions of peaceful protesters - OR the participants of a peaceful convention - when there are so many people out there not bothering to lift their heads out of the latest reality show. I celebrate all of those trying to make a difference. (Me, the liberal.)

There is another way. The moderate way. Of course, this means no extreme right views and no extreme left views. Balanced, common sense.

http://www.lp.org/platform