Unholy Alliance?

Mike of Clan Keegan, e-mails with speculation on the cozy relationship between Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar and local televison station KARE 11. The story of the man nabbed for his twenty third DWI spurred Mike to write:

Last night I once again had the displeasure of seeing Matlock, I mean Ms. Klobuchar on T.V. I'm not sure if I'm hyper-sensitive to hearing her voice and seeing her face or if she is using her office and KARE 11 to position herself for her next job. I suspect the latter.

If she is indeed guilty as charged, KARE 11 should be identified as partner to this scheme because they continually go back to the same well for a few seconds of video. Is there a formal arrangement between Klobuchar and KARE 11 or is it simply an unspoken agreement?

As Klobuchar was talking last night about this drunk (Sherman) who was fleeing from police in what proved to be another feeble attempt at escaping justice, I pondered the question, "Why doesn't KARE 11 drill Ms. Klobuchar about why this guy had the opportunity to drink excessively and get in a car for the 23rd time (that he's been caught) in the first place?" Isn't Ms. Klobuchar's job to prosecute people who the police identify as being a danger to the rest of us? So why after 22 DWI's didn't Ms. Klobuchar do something about it?

Answer--there was no substantial media coverage until yesterday so it wasn't important enough to her. I realize there are legislative procedures that result in asinine laws to protect the idiots that are beyond Ms. Klobuchar's control, but step back for a minute and ask yourself why Sherman wasn't prosecuted after 22 DWI's? Are we to believe that number 23 will be different now that Klobuchar has come on T.V. and told us this time she's really mad? And more importantly, why didn't KARE 11 put the screws to Matlock, I mean Ms. Klobuchar for not doing her job the first 22 times?

Her job is to prosecute. She didn't. I don't know if his first 22 DWI's were in Hennepin County but I'd guess that at least several of them were. Klobuchar always manages to make the time to provide a few seconds of video to KARE 11, and KARE 11 provides her with a free P.R. spot. Good deal, there are no victims, right? Until this guy hits a little kid playing in the street or rams his car into your living room, destroys your 42-inch plasma and spills your drink.

Maybe instead of scheduling interviews, Ms. Klobuchar should re-evaluate how she spends her time and focus on prosecuting even the cases that aren't going to get her face time on KARE 11.

My advice to the guy charged with his 23rd DWI, don't run from the cops next time, you won't be prosecuted anyway.

By the way, what are Mike Hatch's daughter's up to these days?