"None of the Above!"
Posted on 10/06/2006 3:16:39 PM PDT by rawhide
BLAINE, Minn. — Vote for my opponent. Please. Paul Herold entered the primary for a City Council seat in this Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb, but then he landed a new job that he says wouldn't leave him enough time to do a decent job for his constituents.
He missed the deadline for removing his name from the ballot, so he wrote a letter to a local paper pleading for nonsupport. He even offered to drive friends and neighbors to the polls to vote for anyone but him.
"I tried my best not to get any votes,"he said.
It didn't work. He came in second in the three-way race, advancing to the November ballot against incumbent Katherine Kolb.
Now he's urging people to vote for Kolb.
"Here are the only ways I can get off the ballot: A. I'd have to die; B. I'd have to move out of the district,"he said.
If he were to win, he could refuse to serve. But that would force a special election that would cost the city $30,000 or more, and Herold said he doesn't want to do that.
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He should ask BJ Clinton to come and campaign for him, it worked for Senator Krueger in Texas.
My sister lives in Blaine! :)
"Fine. What will you do for me in exchange for not voting for you?"
He'll probably win.
This could start a trend...
How do we know he's not pulling the latest political dirty trick of reverse psychology? How do we know that he's just not real clever, having dissected the American psyche to rebel when told what to do? [I mean, isn't "I'll do what I want to do" the very essence of "freedom" for too many folks?]
A politician who doesn’t want to get elected … how refreshing.
If I were in that district, that alone would make me want to vote for him.
"None of the Above!"
As far as the politician goes, I was tempted to exclaim,
"FINALLY! An honest politician."
Then I remembered he is trying to *withdraw* from office.
How ironic!
Cheers!
He should have Howard Dean campaign for him.
lol, YEEEE HAAWWW!!!
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