{"id":29390,"date":"2012-08-07T05:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=29390"},"modified":"2012-08-06T11:25:34","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T16:25:34","slug":"my-day-in-washco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=29390","title":{"rendered":"My Day In WashCo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday night Brad Carlson and I did a \u00a0special NARN broadcast at the Washington County Fair in Lake Elmo.<\/p>\n

I took a bunch of pictures – so to help keep the blog loading fast, I’m going to put the story below the jump.<\/p>\n

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As I was driving out there, though, I thought this was a great metaphor for both the challenge at hand and the DFL’s one-party rule in Saint Paul (and the stakes facing all the people in WashCo that have been sucked into the Fourth CD):<\/p>\n

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It’s a vacant storefront on Arcade Street, covered with DFL posters, like the carcass of an animal that died of a fly-borne illness, covered in flies.<\/p>\n

I don’t think that business owner is better off than they were four years ago.<\/p>\n

Anyway – Brad and I had a great time at the fair. \u00a0I always love going to places with actual two-party government. \u00a0Especially corners that are heavily GOP. \u00a0Great example; Karin Housley’s booth is kitty corner from the DFL’s.<\/p>\n

At Karin’s booth:<\/p>\n

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Vibrancy. Optimism. \u00a0Life.<\/p>\n

At the DFL booth:<\/p>\n

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Vacancy. \u00a0Death. \u00a0Nothingness.<\/p>\n

It was a day full of metaphors.<\/p>\n

Anyway, we met lots of cool candidates:<\/p>\n

Tony Hernandez stopped by,<\/p>\n

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as did Karin Housley, running in the SD39 prmary (aaagh, no pictures came through!),\u00a0and Stacey Stout, who’s running in HD43A.<\/p>\n

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Eric Langness, who’s also running for the SD39 primary nod, came by…<\/p>\n

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as did current 43B representative Kathy Lohmer.<\/p>\n

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These live remotes are always fun. \u00a0And of course, they get us warmed up for the big show, our annual run of State Fair broadcasts, which start in (yulp) a couple of weeks here.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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