Does the good Reverend Ibisch have a new call?

On March 19, we noted at the bottom of our news digest that that compulsive anti-Dem letter writer Paul Ibisch had called Tim Walz out for printing too much money and manipulating oil prices.  The letter that appeared in Wednesday's Winona Daily News began:

Walz is really hurting us

By Paul Ibisch, La Crescent, Minn.

In his recent oversized pamphlet, which you and I paid for, Rep. Tim Walz tells us he “Targeted Tax Relief to Help Minnesota Families.

In this morning's Mankato Free Press, the same letter from Ibisch begins:

Your View: Walz failed Minnesota families
By Paul Ibisch, Mapleton

In his recent oversized pamphlet (that you and I paid for), Rep. Tim Walz tells us he “targeted tax relief to help Minnesota families.”

Now, we don't take exception to a letter appearing in more than one venue--we see this practice used by members of both parties, though some editors frown on it as they seek original material. And at least the letter and the name of the letter writer are the same; written in Ibisch's distinctive style, this isn't astroturf.

There's a rather different turf issue here.  Ibisch's letter is remarkable for its floating address.

That Ibisch lived during the same week both in LaCrescent on the banks of the mighty Mississippi down in apple-cheeked Houston County  (where he is deputy-chair of the Republican Party and pastor of the First Lutheran Evangelical Church--WELS) and Mapleton,  the curling capital of Minnesota nestled on the banks of the placid Maple River in Blue Earth County, is indeed a heroic feat.

That's 158 miles of travel each way, as the Google map flies.

Perhaps Paul was visiting MSUM student and College Republican activist Tim Ibisch (his son, we believe). Maybe WELS is reviving the tradition of circuit riding preachers. Or perhaps the elder Ibisch is moving in with his son to keep an eye on the lad at formal occasions. 

We suppose it's possible to have two addresses and therefore not be trying to mislead the editors and readers of either paper.  Certainly, no man of the cloth would ever intentionally try to do such a thing.

Comments

[Hal]

Nice work Ollie! A heroic feat indeed!