Bo knows Bachmann, but who knows Bo?

Posted at 5:35 PM on June 7, 2006 by Bob Collins (3 Comments)

The Michele Bachmann campaign put out a press release today accusing Patty Wetterling of ducking the first candidate forum.

Apparently, the first candidate forum was a Valley Access Cable TV show called "Get Down to Business with Bo", hosted by a person named Bo Bogotty.

From the release, it sounded like Bo invited Wetterling. "Wetterling failed to appear despite the advanced invitation," according to the release. No word on whether Bo invited John Binkowski (who, now that I think of it, should adopt "Bo" as a nickname. Who wouldn't like a name like Bo Binkowski? But I digress.)

Three things strike me about the release. (1) You have to admire Bachmann's campaigning ability. She'll obviously go anywhere, anytime and talk to anybody. That's not to be discounted. (2) I'm not sure missing a forum with Bo Bogotty is a big deal and (3) I really like the name Bo Bogotty.

Just for the heck of it, I Googled "Bo Bogotty." I found a Bo Boggoty as a bar owner in Forest Lake who was exonerated of theft and fraud charges in connection with charitable gambling operations. The same person is apparently a former Forest Lake City Council member. I found a case law citation where some guy sued his agent -- Bo Bogotty, oddly enough -- who turned out not to be licensed.

I also found Bo Bogotty contributed $500 -- twice -- to the Mark Kennedy campaign when he was running for Congress. (Source: Political Moneyline). And he's contributed $1,100 this cycle to Kennedy's Senate campaign. (source: Political Moneyline)

I also found four separate listings with Bogotty's contributions to the Republican National Committee in April 2005, and $250 in 2004.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that Bo Bogotty is a Republican.

I have no clue if the Republican-donatin', bar ownin', musician representin' Bo is the same guy as the cable TV show guy. Whatever.

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Following up on yesterday's post, I can't imagine why press releases aren't being added to the Bachmann site. I have no link to refer you to to read the release.

BTW, shameless plug for Select A Candidate - 6th District version. Can't wait for there to be an actual forum so we can add more material.

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Comments (3)

The press release is on the Bachmann v Wetterling website.

http://www.bachmannvwetterling.com/?p=130

Kent Kaiser's cookie cutter letters to the editor on Bachmann's behalf:

http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/2006/06/kent-kaiser-charlatan.html

Posted by Eva Young | June 7, 2006 11:03 PM

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You'll learn a LOT more about Michele Bachmann by checking out the archives at www.dumpbachmann.blogspot.com than you will at her own website. Particularly revealing are Bachmann's thoughts on "The Effects of Gay Marriage on Education," in which she refers to "the gay lifestyle" as "Satan." Wonder why she doesn't post that on her campaign website?

Posted by Karl | June 8, 2006 7:42 AM

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Well if you ask me... Bo knows Diddley...

(Sorry... I had to)

Posted by gml4 | June 8, 2006 9:39 AM

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