{"id":37634,"date":"2026-01-18T01:20:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T06:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=37634"},"modified":"2026-01-19T17:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:11:47","slug":"email-harry-welty-put-campaign-inquiry-in-subject-heading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=37634","title":{"rendered":"Email Harry Welty &#8211; Put &#8220;Campaign inquiry&#8221; in Subject Heading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Post: <a href=\"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=37622\">Blood on his hands<\/a><br \/>\nNext Post: <a href=\"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=37653\">Why must we conquer Greenland?<\/a><br \/>\nAfter jotting down a half page of <em>to-do&#8217;s<\/em> while lying in bed my brain to busy to get past page 501 of the best damned history of the American Revolution, <strong>I had a welcome revelation<\/strong>. There is a wide pathway for me to become a Congressman. It won&#8217;t be easy but in a few month&#8217;s time I could have a campaign that is unstoppable. <\/p>\n<p>A. I have spent a lifetime preparing to become a shrewd and honest congressional representative in a time of Crisis. <\/p>\n<p>B. I have spent the last four congressional campaign cycles preparing materials that can catch people&#8217;s interest. <\/p>\n<p>C. I have spent almost 40 years becoming one of the best known characters in the largest city in the 8th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>D.  I&#8217;ve spent a quarter Century putting enough information about myself on the Internet so that my French pen pal got a rousing description of me in French about my fame in Duluth as a local snow sculptor. Artificial Intelligence may have a lot of slop but it would be interesting to see what others can find out about me by engaging with it.<\/p>\n<p>E. America is desperate for someone, anyone, with original ideas. I have them in spades and I&#8217;ve imagined becoming a pied piper like Abe Lincoln with his determination, modesty and self deprecation. His law partner James Herndon said &#8220;His ambition was a little engine that knew no rest.&#8221; I understand that ambition. I also appreciate that he remained true to his nickname &#8220;Honest Abe.<br \/>\n&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday January 15th I took the stage with five other candidates who hope to be the Democratic candidate for Congress. (<em>I&#8217;m also on the Forward Party email list<\/em>) I announced that unlike my previous 4 runs as a liberal Republican protesting the Trump Earthquake I will be running for the Democratic primary. Whether I win the Democratic party&#8217;s endorsement or not I will be on the primary ballot. In fact, I may to go to the GOP precinct caucuses to be a pebble in that Lincoln abandoning party&#8217;s shoes. Trump doesn&#8217;t have a monopoly on chutzpa only avarice and attention seeking. <\/p>\n<p>If you want to see how I can pull this off up close and\/or who think it would be a hoot to be a part of an improbable crusade send me an email at: <a href=\"mailto:harrywelty@Charter.net\">harrywelty@Charter.net<\/a>. (if this link doesn&#8217;t work just copy and paste the email address)<\/p>\n<p>Taunt me. Ask me a question. Give me your contact info. I will be hosting get togethers to organize, brainstorm and reach out to the far ends of the Eighth Congressional District. It has a half million people. In a few month&#8217;s time it may be harder to have so much of my personal attention. Email me and I will be in touch.<\/p>\n<p>Now I think I can go back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fate-Day-Ticonderoga-Charleston-1777-1780\/dp\/0593799186\"><strong>Fate of the Day<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Post: Blood on his hands Next Post: Why must we conquer Greenland? 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