[Mpls] RE: Caucuses

[WizardMarks]

Ray Marshall wrote:

>Anybody who isn't the product of the caucus system can't get an endorsement.
>Yet the caucus system keeps producing "more of the same."  And "more of the
>same" can't win elections any more.
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You can always carp after the fact. The trick is to be alert enough to 
see what's going on and challenge it. I sometimes fail at that point. 
Either I am not alert enough, or I'm so honked off that I can't talk 
without stepping into that spot we all face periodically, making a 
jackass of myself. I try always to walk away. Looks more like stomping 
out, but looks are deceiving.
I thought the DFL were very kind to me when I ran for public office. 
They treated me well.
I don't consider myself a party insider. I just do the citizen thing 
like they taught me in the 3rd or 4th grade. (The nuns were big on that.)
When I lost the election I wanted to be honked off at someone besides 
me, but there just was no one there to blame other than that woman in 
the mirror in the bathroom. As far as I'm concerned, with any 
organization, if it's important enough, you stay in the mix and learn 
how to debate the issues and how to apply the gentle art of persuasion.

>WizardMarks, Central
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