{"id":89666,"date":"2025-05-29T06:33:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=89666"},"modified":"2025-05-29T06:33:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:33:31","slug":"one-day-at-dfl-hq-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=89666","title":{"rendered":"One Day At DFL HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

SCENE:\u00a0\u00a0 At the state DFL headquarters in Saint Paul.\u00a0\u00a0 Richard CARLBOM, new chair of the DFL, is sitting at a conference table with Edmund DUCHEY, Moonbeam BIRKENSTOCK and Inge “Lucky” CARROLL, all members of Amy KLOBUCHAR’s staff.\u00a0<\/em> <\/p>\n

CARLBOM:\u00a0 So, we’ve got a real problem with white males in rural Minnesota.\u00a0 That could be a big enough problem that the urban vote machine won’t be able to cover the difference next year.<\/p>\n

So – no dumb ideas, people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

(Thinking ensues<\/em>).<\/p>\n

DUCHEY:\u00a0 I got it.\u00a0 What do rural white guys like more than anything?<\/p>\n

BIRKENSTOCK:\u00a0 Racism!<\/p>\n

CARROLL:\u00a0 Misogyny…<\/p>\n

DUCHEY:\u00a0 Hockey!<\/p>\n

CARLBOM:\u00a0 Er…not exactly\u00a0<\/em>what we’re looking for…er, maybe we can expand on hockey.\u00a0 What draws white rural men to hockey?<\/p>\n

CARROLL: :\u00a0 Misogyny!<\/p>\n

DUCHEY: VIolence<\/p>\n

BIRKENSTOCK:\u00a0 Being drunk!<\/p>\n

CARLBOM:\u00a0 Bingo!\u00a0\u00a0 They lik4 drinking.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

We need to appeal to rural white male Minnesotans love of beer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stop 5 on my rural county tour: Nicollet County!
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I toured Paddlefish Brewing in Saint Peter. Congratulations to the team for winning the World Beer Cup Gold Medal in the Historical Beer category with their Vinter Liv Scandinavian-style ale! \ud83e\udd47 pic.twitter.com\/HkwbvhRxWj<\/a><\/p>— Senator Amy Klobuchar (@SenAmyKlobuchar) May 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>