Practicality of running as a DFLer?

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Oleg Volk

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I am beginning to think of running for local office eventually. Since this is a DFL-heavy area, might I run as one and either 1)win (not likely but...) or 2)split the DFL vote with the other DFL candidate? Just think that a Democrat with my views is the recipe for the world's ills :)
 
Good luck Oleg. That's the way to get into the process; climb into your sheep suit and mix with the flock. They'll figure it out eventually, but if you make them happy otherwise (a la Trafficant) you'll get to keep you seat. Go for it. I'm getting involved in the GOP here in VA. Libs don't have any chance of getting elected. Maybe I can switch hats and get in. After that... ;)
 
Oleg: I wish you well, but do a Yahoo search on your name, and expect that everything that turns up will be available to your primary opponent. They're going to "figure it out" a LOT faster than in the past!
 
In most areas, you have to be a member of the party to run in its primary. That's one of the things used to prevent fusion tickets (I think). If you register soon enough as a dem that would probably work.
 
Sounds like you're in the People's Republic of Minnesota. I lived there, but thank the Almighty I escaped to Texas!

Hmmm...infiltrating the DFL as a stealth pro-RKBA candidate. Sneaky...but you'll have to pass a litmus test from an extremist political party that once had disarmament of the police as part of its platform.

Oleg, if you really want to run as a DFLer up there you'll have to masquerade as a deviate, flake, or leftist, the three pillars of the DFL.

Good luck with your disguise.

Maybe you can get wardrobe suggestions from the people in one of those bars along Hennepin. ;)
 
Considering that some (such as right to choice and the attendant responsibility to pay for the same choice) of my positions are traditionally DFL, I might even do so with a stright face.
 
HankB,

You'd be surprised at how many of those drag queens or trans folks support RKBA. One of my shemale friends is among the most armed people I know and is active for RKBA. You might recognize his...her guns in some of my posters.
 
"Why not a pro-RKBA live-and-let-live Democrat?"

Because that's a contradiction in terms. An oxymoron.

Democrats' economic policies are sooo "generous" to "help" the "underpriveledged." To accomplish this subsidy, they extort money from everyone else. That's not 'live-and-let-live' at all.

I speak as one whose income-to-number-of-children ratio qualifies us for lots of government "help." Forget it. We'll stand on our own two feet.

When my eldest was 4, she was listening to myself and my husband rant about our very liberal Democrat Congresswoman. So that the little one wouldn't get a mistaken idea, I figured I'd better simplify it so she could understand. (It's amazing what you do when you have children present!) After a moment of hard thought, I asked, "On whom do we depend: the government or on God?" The well-trained child (:)) said, "On God." "Yes, but this person thinks we should depend on government instead. We disagree with her. We should work hard and help our neighbors and friends, and look to God and neighbors and friends for any assistance we need. It's not the proper role of government to play God in people's lives."

The 4-yo got it.

We were speaking about economics, but the same follows for some other subject areas as well. Including RBKA, which our family wasn't paying attention to at that time.

I would encourage your running for political office, Oleg. I just don't see how you could do it as a Democrat.

--Denise

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Train your children right: homeschool!!
 
Wolf ("volk") in Sheeple clothing :D
DFL for camouflage purposes only...did you really think I've gone to the statist side?
 
Well . . . ok. You had me worried there for a minute.

I guess I'm just so up-front honest that I don't think about camouflage-type actions. It really bothers me when liberals come in camouflage to the Republican party. :mad:

I interview nearly everyone I vote for and want honest answers to my questions. That's me.

--Denise
 
Er... Campers...

Don't forget - John Ross is a democrat.

He ran against Jim Talent here in Missouri a coupla years ago, and received next to no aid from the party. But since he'd won the primary...

Gun nut democrats are good.
 
Suggested Reading

Oleg:

Should you go forward with your notion of running with the DFL, an interesting read might be the following:

Dubious Alliance : The Making of Minnesota's Dfl Party
by John Earl Haynes

As the book is out of print, I've had trouble finding it, but perhaps you might find it at the library.

I had watched Haynes on C-SPAN some months ago describe how he came to write this book. (I think it was originally published in the early 1970's.)

As a DFL'r himself, Haynes had inquired within party circles about rumors he had heard that the "Farmer-Labor" portion of the party had had heavy influence from CPUSA. He was told that was just a rumor, but investigated on his own and came to a different conclusion, hence the book.

Regards
 
Bunkster, not being from the east coast I may be recollecting incorrectly but doesn't the "farm-labor" part of the DFL date back to the late 19th century and the Grange-type movements? The CPUSA didn't exist in its current form until the first half of the 20th century. Now, if you're saying they have socialist roots than it's certainly true. ;)
 
Folkbabe, I'm not really certain of the exact roots of farmer/labor. All I can say with certainty is that Haynes' conclusion was that CPUSA was quite influential.

Regards
 
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