Since my last YouTube video (which has had roughly twice the views of the Pomeroy campaign ad it parodies) was so fun, I thought I’d do another one to have some fun with a very serious matter: Earl Pomeroy’s unwillingness to meet with the public. This comes after he’s had closed-door meetings around the state, including one at Aetna here in Bismarck, with maybe one or two approved questions being asked.

My summary of the debate as a whole:

– Earl was ANGRY. Wow.

– Rick Berg essentially said, “Washington is spending too much money, money it doesn’t have. I want to help fix that.”

– Pomeroy essentially said, “Look at all the millions I bring back to North Dakota! And Rick Berg wants to drill in the Badlands.”

– Pomeroy continues to try to accuse Berg of “voting to privatize Social Security”, something that I believe Pomeroy once supported, even though Berg (as a state legislator) could not vote on. He did vote on a non-binding state resolution to urge President Bush to address the concerns that Social Security is in trouble.

UPDATE: RJ over at Regular Guy Rant has done a commendable job of documenting Earl Pomeroy’s support for privatizing Social Security. Check it out! I can’t believe the hapless Earl Pomeroy would even want to mention Social Security with a record like this one…

– Rick Berg got Pomeroy to admit that Social Security is in the red. This after Pomeroy spent the entire debate insisting that it was just fine, that there were no problems with it, and even that it’s OVERfunded.

– Pomeroy clearly lost this one, and I think it’ll be interesting to see what he does for the next one. In the mean time, enjoy the video. I had fun making it.