"When life gives you lemons... make lemonade."
The casual observer would say that few politicians have fallen so hard and so fast as Rep. Mark Olson of Big Lake. Five days after he won re-election to the Minnesota House of Representatives, he was arrested for domestic assault. He spent a couple days in jail. When he was released, he was mobbed by the media.
In the wake of that fiasco, Mark Olson was kicked out of the House Republican Caucus. It's no secret that Mary Kiffmeyer is getting very impatient for Olson to resign so a special election can be called. Even his old PRT pal, Dean Zimmermann has sneered about Olson's predicament.
It is unlikely Olson will emerge from a trial without a guilty verdict. He practically confessed to the crime. If Olson refuses to resign, he may become the first legislator in Minnesota history to be expelled by his colleagues... and then where would he be? There just isn't a lot of people wanting to build log homes these days.
But, Mark Olson could take another path...the path of honesty and integrity. Olson could seek professional treatment for his anger problem. With over a decade in office, Olson could write a spellbinding account of all the nasty, dishonest things he did with the very people who are throwing him under the bus right now.
For instance, Olson could come clean about the PRT scam. He could give us the inside story on how so-called "fiscal conservatives" like Michele Bachmann could promote Zimmermann's billion dollar boondoggle.
If Mark Olson wrote a tell-all memoir, I predict it will be a bestseller in Minnesota... maybe even a national bestseller!
Heck, Olson would make a fortune blowing the whistle on the folks who are turning their backs on him now. What's he got to lose?... go for it, Mark!!!
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