Yet Another Open Letter to Rep. Ellison
By Mitch Berg
To: Rep. Ellison
From: Mitch Berg, mere citizen
Re: Your campaign.
Rep. Ellison:
Conventional “wisdom” has it that the Fifth CD is a shoo-in for you. That the district hasn’t voted for a Republican since before the War of 1812. That Republicans in the Fifth should just fold up shop and either leave the district, or abandon their tattered conservative principles and link arms and march together with the DFL towards glorious future! (or at least shut up and quit talking about things that make Tics sad and dyspeptic with cognitive dissonance).
So I read this report from last Saturday’s Juneteenth parade…:
On another front in the Juneteenth event of Saturday, there was a parade. Barb Davis White participated by making an appearance, riding in the parade. Interestingly, there was no sign of Congressman Ellison until someone phoned him to report that his opponent was in the Juneteenth parade. I’m told by my sources that this seems to be a trend with Mr. Ellison. He is not so keen on campaigning hard, but will do so when he has to make a showing, lest it be said that he doesn’t care.
…and I say “good on ya, Rep. Ellison! Show your confidence in your people! They voted for you once – they have to vote for you again! (although beware – the “Open Card” laws you support actually pertain only to union elections, not congressional ones. So far, anyway).
To go out and actually work for your the peoples’ seat would be to diminish the magnitude of your majestic mandate.
So take the summer off. What – people think Barb Davis White is going to give you a run for your money? That’s all of that “going out into the neighborhood and talking with people about education, taxes and crime” malarkey is going to overcome the ineluctible forces of history that propelled you, Keith Ellison, Man of Destiny, to the forefront of American politics?
Pshaw, sez I. Pshaw, indeed.
Kick back, Rep. Ellison. Relax. Life’s good.
