I was out at Grand Old Day yesterday. I took a stroll down the avenue from Fairview to about Victoria, and then back. With about 200,000 people out there in high-80s heat and tropical humidity, it was warm out there.
But the Saint Paul GOP booth was set up in a nice bit of shade a block or so east of Lexington. I stopped by to chat with the crew there, including the St. Paul GOP’s school board candidates Pat Igo, Lizz Paulsen and Kevin Huepenbecker.
Now, when you’re a Republican in Saint Paul, you expect a certain amount of flak; most of it rote and unimaginative, some of it just plain weird. It’s normal, I suppose, when you’re in a one party town where the majority have never had to defend their assumptions.
It was, apparently, no exception on Sunday. There were lots of people out on the avenue, and most, not unexpectedly, didn’t care about politics at all. And most that did were perfectly polite.
Oh, there were some of the usual crowd, the ones we get at the fair; the ones that chant a few chanting points (“Single Payer Now! Single Payer Now!”) and scamper away before anyone can engage them. And there was one nutter, apparently a former DFL candidate who’d lost an election, who came to the booth, sputtered for a bit, and when challenged, interrupted; “I’m not here to discuss with you; I’m here to tell you!”.
But while I was standing there, a couple of women – drawn, dessicated, haggard-looking fiftysomethings who’d clearly had a couple of Bud Lights at the beer garden – brushed past me. “You people are cray-zee“, said the first woman, wearing a beer cap and a beer T-shirt.
“Really?”, I responded. “How so?”
The woman, standing on the other side from me of a family, with a couple of small children, bellowed “you can’t run a government with no f***ing money!”. Before we could point out that the GOP is offering to raise the budget, her and her friends waddled away, waving their arms like they were guiding aircraft in to a flight deck. “You know, there’s kids here”, I yelled after her. “Might wanna, y’know, watch the language…”
But they were gone.
And I thought – was this yet another symptom of the St.Paul DFL’s approach to everything? Their ends justify their means? Gotta break eggs to make a vegan omelette; your mania trumps everyone else’s rights? If you wanna yell, then you’re gonna yell, and screw anyone in the way?
Or was it just a couple of drunks, babbling?
I kept 0n walking.
DeeGee?
What with them being DFL’rs, perhaps you should have complimented them on how good they looked in their brownshirts.
Ha Ha! See the above is funny because Nazi’s and DFL’rs just lend themselves to satire! Ha! I did it again there too.
Mitch, based on what I saw this weekend, the DFL definitely thinks that the ends justify their means.
“drawn, dessicated, haggard-looking” Sounds like a certain Governor we know.
“Or was it just a couple of drunks, babbling?” Were they headed to, or coming from the Gov mansion?
As I have said before, one party attracts adults, and one party attracts children. Permanent children.
Didja see Governor Moonshine sleeping under a bus bench?
30% of the population is irretriveably lost to reason. 90% of those vote Democrat. The other 10% vote Libertarian. Our enemy isn’t our message, it’s the psychotic nature of humanity!
Precisely why I go to church on Sunday. Prayer is the last refuge for some of these people.
But while I was standing there, a couple of women – drawn, dessicated, haggard-looking fiftysomethings who’d clearly had a couple of Bud Lights at the beer garden – brushed past me. ”You people are cray-zee“, said the first woman, wearing a beer cap and a beer T-shirt.
“Really?”, I responded. ”How so?”
The woman, standing on the other side from me of a family, with a couple of small children, bellowed “you can’t run a government with no f***ing money!”.
Well, it was nice of Lori and Esme to stop by.
Excellent, Mr. D! Too funny!
It could have been Heather Martens and Taryl Clark. But Mitch would have recognized Taryl, even in her disguise.
My favorite DFL Rep tweeted yesterday that if you enjoyed the clean streets, police protection and public amenities at Grand Old Days you should ask the GOP not to take them away by cutting LGA.
I’m wondering where the state’s cut of all the tax revenue St Paul brought in over the weekend is?
Well, it was nice of Lori and Esme to stop by.
LOL!!!
Taryl Clark is still at home trying to master the Nancy Pelosi “How to make Your Lips Come Together” video.
her and her friends waddled away, waving their arms like they were guiding aircraft in to a flight deck
Did you see them steal any food? If they stole food they were probably harpies.
On a happy note, Rep. Anthony Wiener has admitted that he sent photos of his, er, wiener over his Twitter account. He just lied about it because he was embarrassed. And he’s a Democrat. And Democrats take ZERO responsibility for their actions. I expect the slimy little pervert will be promoted into the House leadership.