Last word on Sue Ek

Sue Ek is off the ballot. It's unclear if the Republicans will be able to replace her. I consider that bad news -- voters always deserve a choice. But the blame falls on the Republican Party for failing to do due diligence of their candidate and on Sue Ek for not doing the honorable thing and dropping out with enough time for the Republicans to choose a replacement.

I want to close the chapter on the Sue Ek saga with one last thought. A commenter on the St. Cloud Times posted this in response to a story about Ek:

"Tiamat from Sauk Rapids
Franklin and RFW, you are both so correct. 42 is not youth, she even lies to herself. Plus she says her pretty little head just can't understand legal documents. So she's too stupid to be involved in government. It makes my skin crawl to think she is advising women on birth control issues. She sounds like a provincial housewife from the 30's. She doesn't have a youthful thought in her head. I just cannot believe she can keep up this charade. She has no job and lives with her parents, give me a break. She needs to get out of MN and do some travelling and experience life. Grow up SUE, look in the mirror, you are not youth. You are embarrrassing yourself everyday." (emphasis mine)

I wouldn't be so harsh, but I agree with Tiamat. Sue is a middle aged woman who works for her mother at a BS non-profit selling birth control hucksterism. She lives with her parents (or lives in a home they rented for her, depending on who you believe). That a middle aged person with virtually no real-world life experience would presume herself qualified to sit in the Legislature is shocking.

I urge Sue to take her life into her own hands. It's time to grow up.