re-PUG-nacant politician of the year

if not #1, he CERTAINLY is right on up there

either he was stalking people at the planned parenthood clinic OR a woman whom he met online (didn't know her last name, her address, her phone # OR her email address). oh DID I MENTION HE HAD A LOADED GUN ON HIS PERSON? whoops, forgot to mention that tiny lil' tidbit



By KARE 11 Staff Writer



ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Saint Paul Police stopped state Rep. Tom Hackbarth last Thursday after he was spotted in the parking lot of the Planned Parenthood clinic with a holstered gun. The image of Hackbarth walking away from his pickup truck was captured by the clinic's surveillance camera, prompting a call to authorities.

Hackbarth, who is licensed to carry a concealed weapon, told police he had just pulled over in the clinic's parking lot on Ford Parkway and wasn't aware it was Planned Parenthood's office, which is the sight of frequent abortion protests.

The 58-year-old Republican lawmaker from Cedar, Minn. was spotted a short time later near Ford Parkway and Snelling Avenue. Officers pulled him over, ordered him out of his pickup and briefly handcuffed Hackbarth.

Police confiscated his loaded .38 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver, which was still holstered. Officers also found a map and binoculars in the truck, plus an ammunition clip for a .357 caliber pistol......................