Am I the only one who's sick of sore losers? Tamir, Jonathan Palmer and Barb Lickness should maybe give some thought to why they didn't win the primary -- you know, a little introspection about why your campaign was unsuccessful, or your own inadequacies as candidates -- instead of criticizing those who did win or expecting them to spend their time answering questions on this forum (which is really of limited use to in winning the sixth ward race). Seems to me that the candidates need to spend their time campaigning -- which is, after all, the business of being a candidate -- rather than trying to placate some former rivals who seem to be eating some mighty sour grapes. If I were running either of the campaigns I'd advise my candidates to have either a phone glued to their ear or be doorknocking likely voters.
I've known both Deans for more than ten years, socialized with them and count them as friends, and I am quite frankly shocked at the way Dean Kallenbach and his campaign have been treated by a number of people on this list. Why is it that when Dean K's close friend and former housemate Rick Stafford runs Dean's campaign he's dissed as some sort of DFL power broker, but no one says a peep about the fact that Dean Z's campaign manager is his significant other? It translates to the same thing: when you run for office, you want your friends behind you, and they generally are the folks you can count on most. I understand from unimpeachable sources -- including at least one diehard Zimmerperson supporter -- that Zimmermann made the massage parlor/sauna remark and even reiterated it. Seems to me that when he found out it was a political hot potato, he immediately backed off and started spinning as fast as he could that Dean K's campaign was somehow misrepresenting him! As a feminist, I'm outraged by this remark and Zimmermann's inherent dishonesty in denying it. But as a long-time activist, I recognize Zimmermann's spin job as "politics as usual" AKA "winning at any cost." Michele St. Martin Bryant Neighborhood _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
