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Minn. Dems Red-Faced Over Email Error

Blue language in linked video derails Pawlenty criticism

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 31, 2009 4:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party is frantically apologizing after sending out a mass email that linked to a profane YouTube video, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The email, which blasted Gov. Tim Pawlenty over his economic record, was supposed to include a link to a development... Read full story »

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