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Remember when you were a kid and someone at school decided they didn’t like you, then they told all your friends not to like you either and suddenly nobody liked you? This is more or less what the Michigan GOP is going through right now leading into their convention. The guy no one is allowed […]
The Nerd Wants You To Buy Propane Now: Is It November Already?
Tuesday , 19, August 2014 Nerd Problems Leave a commentGovernor Snyder encouraged people using propane to heat their homes that if they had not filled up their propane tanks for fall yet, now was the time to get it done before the heating season arrived. Last winter with the bitter cold in Northern Michigan many people used more propane for heating their homes than […]
Have you seen Rick Snyder’s campaign bus? Has anyone seen Rick Snyder’s campaign bus? Rick Snyder used a bus in 2010 when he first campaigned for governor of Michigan. Four years ago when he was running for office his bus could be seen all over the state making stop after stop to press flesh and […]
Nolan Finley Surprised By The Facts About Michigan’s Gubernatorial Race
Thursday , 31, July 2014 Candidates, Nerd Problems Leave a commentNolan Finley’s editorial in today’s Detroit News had the distinct tone of someone who thinks he understands a problem but hasn’t considered all of the facts before firing off an editorial about why this is all wrong and it shouldn’t be this way. What Finley doesn’t seem to realize, and perhaps this is the case […]
Rick Snyder Needs To Start Campaigning So His Staff Have Something Constructive To Do
Thursday , 17, July 2014 Nerd Problems Leave a commentRick Snyder found out yet again this week what happens when you’re too busy being governor to campaign, but you’re paying for a campaign staff anyway. Snyder is so darn busy, he can’t even be bothered to fill out MLive’s candidate questionnaire for their online voter guide. It’s a very nice tool; you put in […]
Eclectablog yesterday published a late afternoon exclusive about the Snyder Campaign going secret squirrel on the Democrats. Or at least they tried. An intern named Taylor Grenawalt contacted the Mark Schauer for Governor campaign asking about working for them. Taylor forgot this is the age of social media, not Woodward and Bernstein. Mash the link […]
Hush Fund or Pay-To-Play: Will We Ever Know The Truth About The Nerd Fund
Friday , 20, June 2014 Nerd Problems Leave a commentIn a Mother Jones article published today, the writer speculated whether the scandal surrounding Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin could splash over to other Midwestern Republican governors elected in 2010. Snyder’s NERD fund is mentioned with the suggestion that the secret donor fund was actually a “pay to play” scheme for corporations to get kickbacks […]
New Michigan Democratic Party Ad: Tough Choices?
Thursday , 19, June 2014 Nerd Problems Leave a comment@edvotes Rate The Five Worst Education Governors: Guess Who’s Number One?
Monday , 9, June 2014 Nerd Problems Leave a commentWhen it comes to Republican governors only caring about corporate interests and the people who write the biggest checks to get what they want, there are plenty who are more than happy to sell themselves to the highest bidder. Republican Governors have gutted essential safety net programs in their states while giving corporations and the […]