Welcome (once again) to the world of politics…outside stifling, creepy ISD 709.<\/p>\n
Can’t say the last time I voted for a genuine Republican…might have been …(I will not include info that might identify my questioners unless they have significant positions that should be revealed)<\/em><\/p>\n Here’s hoping you’ll be able to “check all the boxes” to garner my next Republican vote:<\/p>\n 1). Anti “tax and spend.”.<\/p>\n 2). Pro-choice.<\/p>\n 3). Pro-immigration, especially “dreamers.”<\/p>\n 4). Pro-gun controls, especially weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n 5). Pro-GLBT.<\/p>\n 6). Pro-pipelines.<\/p>\n 7). Pro-mining.<\/p>\n 8). Pro-free trade; anti-tariffs.<\/p>\n 9). Pro-universal health coverage; increases to Social Security benefits.<\/p>\n 10). Pro-free college\/voc. school tuition, at least 2 years.<\/p>\n 11). Pro-reduction of national debt by cuts to military spending<\/p>\n 12). Pro-swim suit competition for Miss America. (Bert Parks will be turning over in his grave!)<\/p>\n Well…those are [my] Twelve Commandments…..<\/p>\n Regards,<\/p>\n ********<\/p>\n Here’s my Reply (which presumed that the email was meant to be more lighthearted than an intense grilling)<\/p>\n Thanks *********,<\/p>\n I can give you about 9 of those without qualifications which makes you unfit to be a Republican these days. Just like me. <\/p>\n Harry<\/p>\n [And then I sent one follow up regarding the twelfth Commandment since my corespondent has two daughters who are among the smartest graduates of the Duluth Public Schools have ever had]:<\/p>\n Oh and….Ask your daughters about the bathing suit issue. I will follow their lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome (once again) to the world of politics…outside stifling, creepy ISD 709.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25120"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25126,"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25120\/revisions\/25126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}