If you read just one unintelligible letter from a state rep. to one of his constituents today, let it be this one.
In an email exchange with a constituent over the state budget, Minnesota State Rep. Tomhackbarth managed to name-drop Fidel Castro and Adolf Hitler.
From MinnPost:
In her e-mail to the representative, Robin Seifert wrote: "You have a choice. As a legislator, you could chose to ask the most fortunate among us to pay their fair share or you could inflict severe pain on the middle-class and vulnerable Minnesotans. … Please tax the richest two per cent of Minnesotans. Ask them to pay their fair share." She ended with a "sincerely."
In other words, not an unusual constituent-to-legislator communication. In fact, public employee unions are urging their members, and others, to send similar letters and emails to their legislators. Hackbarth's response, via email, however, was unusual. "Robin, "I can't believe what I'm hearing from folks? All similar letters to yours. "Are you a Union member? If so, are they the communist giving you this propaganda? "Do you know the who, what, when, where, why, and how, of Fidel Castro? "Hitler rose to power using and blaming the jews for the destruction of the German economy. Castro built his army of murderers by blaming the rich bankers and capitalist for destroying Cuba and taking advantage of the Cuban people. "Hummmmm? "Representative Hackbarth."