Post in Minnesota U.S. Senate Race

Jun 23 14:19 UTC

Well Tim, last time I looked in the mirror it still looked like me,
unfortunately.

I would, of course, have preferred that Tim's party endorse more DFLers like
Tinklenburg or not endorse anyone at all in the case of the other congressional
offices and the White House races, but aside from being a Democrat, I like to
think I'm a reasonable guy in that I don't tell or expect other party folks to
do what I'd like them to do. I do have a libertarian streak that may be unusual
for an otherwise liberal DFLer, and perhaps that leads to confusion for some
who like to portray folks with broad brush strokes; unlike other self-described
libertarians (e.g., those "more libertarian than thou"), any rights I ascribe
to citizens are inextricably bound to a duty to uphold those rights, i.e., my
rights do not exclude anyone else's if I can help it, an important distinction
lost to some in our discussions.

Of course, I want you all to all to vote for Al Franken, even though you have
the right to do something incredibly stupid like voting for any IP or
Republican incumbent. I hope that clears things up for Tim.

Back to my study of life on the Minneapolis campus of the U of MN now. For the
last few days and a few more to come, a conference on Evolution has been going
on, and I had the opportunity to attend; added to a broken computer, I am a
little disconnected from our forum, but certainly better connected with the
nature of life on earth. When the conference is over, I will let things MN-Pol
and e-democracy intrude a bit more along with the rest of my life, but for now,
I'm just another happy Darwinian listening to folks summarize their life's work
in 10-15 minutes with a question or more at the end when there's time.

On Sunday, June 22, 2008, at 09:00AM, "Tim Nelson" <frip909henn@yahoo.com>
wrote: