BREAKING: Rep. Seifert Compares President to Gonorrhea

SeifertAlready Representative Marty Seifert has made a name for himself as a “vocal” Minority Leader. Heck, a new word has already been coined for his outlandish attempts a folksy one-liners: “Seifertisms.” Well, it seems as though we can add one more to the long list of head-turning Seifertisms.

On Thursday of last week Representative Seifert spoke to a large crowd at the League of Minnesota Cities Breakfast. At some point the conversation turned to why the Democrats had been so successful in the last election cycle. Rep. Seifert expounded on a number of reasons and at some point in this list said that it didn’t help that “the President’s approval ratings are right there with gonorrhea.”

This quote has been repeated to me by a number of people who were present at the event and a Forum Communications reporter said that the quote “more or less sounds accurate.” I have been trying all morning to get a hold of the Minority Leader and was supposed to speak with him shortly after one o’clock. But as it is now more than an hour and many more phone-calls later, I am proceeding with the information I have. The only response from the Minority Leader that has been relayed to me is that “something similar was said but the quote as is, is not completely accurate.” I eagerly await Mr. Seifert’s correction but operate under what has been confirmed to me thus far in the mean time.

Now, I have to say that I find this quip somewhat amusing but I have to wonder what the White House thinks of a Republican legislative leader comparing them to a sexually transmitted disease. Although perhaps the Representative was aware that STD’s are rising in popularity in Minnesota and, as such, meant it as a compliment to the President. Yeah, probably not…

More as this develops.

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9 Responses to “BREAKING: Rep. Seifert Compares President to Gonorrhea”


  1. 1 1 Peter

    Hearing a Forum Communications reporter quoted as saying “the quote is more or less accurate” brings back memories of late October 2006, and “You’re nothing more than a Republican Whore, goodbye.”

    Made me smile. Politicians say the darndest things.

  2. 2 2 steve

    Perhaps he meant that one gets Dubya as president in the same way one gets gonorrhea : Dubya does to the nation what he promised Bin Laden.

  3. 3 3 ron

    that’s too mild, Bush should be the poster boy FOR abortion, or at the least his father should have pulled out
    ( not militarily ) much sooner

    by the time someone figures out what this disaster ( GWB )
    has cost this country it will be astronomical

  4. 4 4 Harold

    Gonorrhea is much easier to treat.

  5. 5 5 WDRussell

    Go around to the open forumsand message boards and see what the far righters post. Then you will see why people voted for the Dems.

  6. 6 6 Bukko in Australia

    That can’t be true! Gonorrhea CAN’T have an approval rating of 30%. No more than 18% tops — same as President Cheney’s. So I’m sorry, Mr. Seifert, the (pretend) President is MORE POPULAR than VD!

  7. 7 7 Wayne-o

    I had no idea Bush was that popular!

  8. 8 8 Alden Carter

    Seifert ought to declare for president. He obviously has a better grip on reality than most of the clowns running for the GOP nomination.

    Thanks for making my day. In times like these, even VD humor helps. Al

  9. 9 9 MN Mann

    As a Minnesotan, I can assure you that Marty Seifert is not well-loved here - and would not make a good presidential candidate. He’s as popular as…chlamydia

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