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rjzeller · 11-09-2005, 10:27 AM

Once again, Minnesotans reward the ONE politician in the state who had the courage to stand up for what he believed in and support what he felt was right, not what he felt was popular, and the drooling masses here in Minnesota (well...St. Paul, anyway) reward that integrity by voting him out of office by an overwhelming majority.

The deal was this: Last year Democratic Mayor Randy Kelly stepped outside the norm and endorsed President Bush because he supported Bush's war on terror. St. Paul, a highly democratic city, has never forgotten that endorsement. Fellow democrat Chris Coleman took advantage of bad sentiment toward Kelly by running against him for mayor, and won convincingly. People polled afterward literally stated: "He was for Bush, I wasn't."

Good grief.

This is the same mentality people here in Rochester used to vote out EVERY SINGLE incumbant candidate during the last round of midterm elections. The state had a shutdown and voters decided to make the legislature pay (I wonder how many people who were so *ANGRY* over the shutdown actually suffered AT ALL as a result of it). They voted out every incumbant in the area. We actuall sent a young man to the state house who had NO experience at all simply becuase voters wanted to punish the incumbant.

Now don't get me wrong...I think using the vote is an important tool for keeping politicians in check. But people use the vote in this state without EVER looking at the issues. They vote based on emotion, and that is all.

Even Democrats aren't safe (MN hasn't voted Republican in a general election since Nixon, if I remember correctly), if they dare to say somethign promising about a Republican. Kelly had a solid record as mayor, but he made the mistake of showing the courage to endorse the most hated man in America. And Minnesotans proved once again that politics is no place for people of integrity.

Welcome to Little California.....

11-09-2005, 10:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
rjzeller Forte User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 1,212	Little California rewards partisanship once again Once again, Minnesotans reward the ONE politician in the state who had the courage to stand up for what he believed in and support what he felt was right, not what he felt was popular, and the drooling masses here in Minnesota (well...St. Paul, anyway) reward that integrity by voting him out of office by an overwhelming majority. The deal was this: Last year Democratic Mayor Randy Kelly stepped outside the norm and endorsed President Bush because he supported Bush's war on terror. St. Paul, a highly democratic city, has never forgotten that endorsement. Fellow democrat Chris Coleman took advantage of bad sentiment toward Kelly by running against him for mayor, and won convincingly. People polled afterward literally stated: "He was for Bush, I wasn't." Good grief. This is the same mentality people here in Rochester used to vote out EVERY SINGLE incumbant candidate during the last round of midterm elections. The state had a shutdown and voters decided to make the legislature pay (I wonder how many people who were so ANGRY over the shutdown actually suffered AT ALL as a result of it). They voted out every incumbant in the area. We actuall sent a young man to the state house who had NO experience at all simply becuase voters wanted to punish the incumbant. Now don't get me wrong...I think using the vote is an important tool for keeping politicians in check. But people use the vote in this state without EVER looking at the issues. They vote based on emotion, and that is all. Even Democrats aren't safe (MN hasn't voted Republican in a general election since Nixon, if I remember correctly), if they dare to say somethign promising about a Republican. Kelly had a solid record as mayor, but he made the mistake of showing the courage to endorse the most hated man in America. And Minnesotans proved once again that politics is no place for people of integrity. Welcome to Little California..... __________________ There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who do not.