[Mpls] Bonham and the violins

[Bob Johnson]

[Bonham]:
 >Yes, DFL "honchos" do support the DFL-endorsed candidate chosen by
 >the DFL delegates.
 >Of course!  Why should that be puzzling, or frustrating, or at all 
hard to
 >understand?
 >Who do you expect DFL party officers to support other than DFL-endorsed
 >candidates?

[Johnson]:
Yes, the DFL honchos and hacks stayed true to The Party and voted and
worked for Joan Campbell, but it didn't do much good. So many DFLers
voted against The Party and for Zerby that Zerby whupped Campbell in
the primary election (and won in the general election).  And if you recall,
it was the first time in about 40 years that an incumbent City Council
Member had been defeated in a primary.  To his great credit, Zerby
ignored The Party.

So much for endorsements - just another example in Minneapolis of the
elite few masquerading as representing the real thing, that is, the
people.  Seems its the same whether the DFL Party, or the Log Cabins,
or the Stonewalls or NRP are involved.  Some may not think that's true
but it is.  The Elite Few don't want to believe that ordinary people are
capable of thinking and making decisions - the EF have to do it for the
ordinaries.  Zerby's flogging Campbell showed that the Elite Few were
wrong.

I will never forget watching the one West German TV channel as I studied
in Zürich 1960-1963, seeing the Berlin Wall go up.  But even more
impressive were the interviews of Walter Ulbricht, the Vorsteher (chief) of
the Deutsche Demokratische Partei, and Praesident of the (East German)
Deutsche Demokratische Republik.  He only had one sermon and he
always preached from the same text which was, "Die Partei hat immer
recht."  (The Party is always right.)  There was even a Party song with
that title - the text can be found by googling.  Like at the movies in the
40s and 50s, watch for coming attractions - there may be in the future
a translation of that Party song for the DFL.

Bob Johnson
Cedar-Riverside West Bank
W2-P10