As if you needed any more proof how far the Strib has fallen...

[trotsky]

They employ Michael Brodkorb.

http://www.startribune.com/local/yourvoices/259304531.html

Unbelievable.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Yuk! When did that happen?

It's bad enough that they publish the demented rants of the odious Katherine Kersten. They really have gone over to the dark side.

[geardaddy]

2. He's answering people in the comments section.

My bet is he'll get into tiffs with liberals about their comments and praise known righties on theirs.

[dflprincess]

3. Worse than that

he was on AM 950 during the local show at 5 tonight. I don't understand why they're giving him any legitimacy.

I switched over to 107.1 - better to listen to meaningless celebrity dirt that Brodkorb.

[glinda]

4. AWFUL!!!!!!!!

[question everything]

5. Oh my god. Did he replace Kevin Diaz?

Kevin Diaz was based in Washington D.C. and had good reports about the Minnesota delegation. And several weeks ago he quit, apparently.

[liberalhistorian]

6. I'm sorry, but this reader

comment almost makes it worth it to have to deal with him at the Strib:

"A candidate should know that if elected, they shouldn't sleep with the staff. A candidate should know that if elected and they sleep with the staff, they should be responsible for reimbursing the people of Minnesota for any legal expenses that are generated when the staff person gets fired".

Whoever this is owes me a new keyboard, but I'll buy him or her a beer or two or three instead! Tee hee. And notice how the Big B doesn't say a word to that one, although he's responding to many others.

Wonder if he's getting his ideas for "columns" from Amy Koch, the Queen of Republican Hypocrisy herself?