make that 2, if I can vote for Nosemarie Berg, I will

At least you had a choice for mayor. In Minneapolis, I wish we had a Kelly, or even a Nosemarie Berg to choose from.

Just curious did Nosemarie have a companion named Snorey Amsterdam?

oh well, I didn't have the right race to vote for you cat!

"I voted for Randy Kelly.... In a just universe populated by rational people, he'd be the mayor re-elect.."

I see, so people who feel a Mayor who endorses a President that routinely lies to the citizens of the United States (We don't do torture)etc.. are INSANE for voting against that Mayor as a message that they don't approve of his politics?

Whatever, being called insane by the reactionary right is akin to being called fat by William Perry. It may be true, but considering the shadow the accuser casts, I'm wondering how they can tell.

People have both the right and responsibility to vote as their concience directs, they are neither irrational nor wrong for doing so.

PB

In 2004, I voted for Chumley Wonderbar for every Hennepin County Judge race that didn't have a challenger to the incumbent, but I forgot to check to see if those results got recorded.

Sorry, I wrote in Chumley's name, in order to vote for him. Blah.

"Just curious did Nosemarie have a companion named Snorey Amsterdam?"

I'll bet they worked for Snarl Reiner!

Damn. Doesn't measure up to "Snorey Amsterdam."

PB-
You need to lighten up.
Which city/county/state office do you work for?

I need to lighten up.. .yeah, that was me that said "rational people would elect Kelly"..

I don't work for the state, or any branch of the government, nor have I ever outside of time in the service.

I work for a major financial services firm, I used to work for a major bank... your question is indicative of a bias, is that true, do you distrust anyone who disagrees with you and automatically assume they work in government (well, apparently you DO automatically assume they work in government).

PB

"I work for a major financial services firm"

www.pawnamerica.com/

"I used to work for a major bank"

http://www.cryobank.com/

Swiftee - I almost wet my pants.

HEY! How did you happen to come by the URL?

eh??? :)

Well,

As Mitch used to work at the same Bank at the same time.... I guess the joke's on Mitch.

Also, Swiftee, pretty adult stuff there.. insult my employment.. wow, you're impressive.. woah man, you really put me in my place..

PB

PB, while you may be a very intelligent person who is gainfully employed, your logic and writing doesn' necessarily lead one to that conclusion.

I'll vouch for PB's employment record.

I'll also testify that he's never been one to give the impression that he thinks that...not so much that he's right, but that everyone else is wrong.

I mean, I think it's fair to say, right, P?

PB- I wouldn't call it bias, more like a bad assumption. There is a particular strain of paranoia, anger, and humorlessness that seems to dwell only in the hearts of public-sector employees and your posts had the all the symptoms. Your interpretation of Mitch's statement "In a just universe, populated by rational people, he'd be the mayor-re-elect tomorrow." as him saying anybody who doesn't vote for Kelly is insane, is, well, itself insane in a public-employee way. If you said that Kelly and Bush were conspiring to use WHO to fake a pandemic with the goal of turning over American DNA samples to aliens so they could be cloned I would assume you never had a job you could be fired from -- farmer or something. That's a different kind of insane.

PB - I hope you don't live in St. Paul. You don't seem to have a good handle on what this whole election thing is about. I hope you don't mess up the election with your vote.

You see, PB, in St. Paul, the job of the Mayor is sort of a chief executive officer of city employees. It's his job to oversee park and rec, cops, fire fighters, tax collectors, etc.

You can tell if the Mayor is doing a good job by how smoothly these things are running. Good performance indicators would include a stable local economy, good value received for taxes paid, crime under control, that sort of thing.

Mitch has analyzed these performance indicators and correctly determined that Mayor Kelly is going a good job as Mayor. So naturally, Mitch would like to see him re-elected.

You seem to think people should vote against the Mayor based on his national endorsement. But there's really nothing in the Mayor's position description about lying Presidents and no performance indicator to show that endorsing Kerry for President would have made St. Paul a better city than Mayor Kelly has made it.

Frankly, basing your vote for Mayor on something like that would be plain stupid.

So just out of curiosity, who's the mayor where you live?
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