Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) spoke Monday night at a dinner for a local group in his state, the Council for Quality Growth — and offered an interesting perspective on the politics in the home state of an honored guest, Rep. James Oberstar from Minnesota.
“I’m here today to introduce the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the Honorable James Oberstar from the great state of Minnesota,” Johnson is shown saying in a video posted on the YouTube account of his Republican opponent Liz Carter. “Sometimes I think that state has a, uh, a political, uh, psychological complex. (Audience laughs.) Where they come at, not manic depressive, but something — psychotic, maybe. (Audience laughs.) But Chairman Oberstar hails from that great state, and I think a state with the kind of affinities that are hailed on polar opposites, that means it is a great state, a state of great thinkers and people who are concerned about moving this country forward.”
As a dedicated fan of Minnesota politics, I can only say: Hank Johnson gets it, too!
On the other hand, I should remind Johnson about people who live in glass houses. According to a recent poll, the frontrunner for governor of Georgia is a man who has demanded to see President Obama’s birth certificate.
