WizardMarks writes: "I'd venture to guess that members of any political party expect that their members will tow the party line or leave to find another party with a more congenial line for them to tow."
Back in the early 1990s there were planks in the DFL platform that condemned the use of bovine growth hormone (rBGH) in dairy production. When rBGH was approved and many of us worked at the capitol and got the right for MN dairies to label their products a rBGH-free (one of only about 5 states that got that right) I learned a valuable lesson as far as a party member towing the bottom line of the DFL. A man who I had seen many times on Almanac representing the DFL party was at the capitol lobbying to get the bill killed. I was SHOCKED, in my naivete, that a public representative of a political party would work against the tenets of that party. I do not recall anyone asking him to find another party with a more congenial line to tow. I do not know if he is still a member of the DFL party but he is sometimes referred to these days as a "DFL political consultant". tom taylor sheridan neighborhood [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > WM: Ms. Mensing, the party line for any political party is its basic > tenets. I'd venture to guess that members of any political party expect > that their members will tow the party line or leave to find another > party with a more congenial line for them to tow. A labor party backs > laborers. > A farmers' party backs farmers. The democratic part is the method by > which they back farmers and laborers. > > WizardMarks, Central _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
