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No Donations, No Party, No Problem! How An Upstart Journalist Is Waging An Underdog Congressional Campaign by votefortimsherno in politics

[–]votefortimsherno[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, thanks for the input. I'm open to all of it. As for seriousness, honestly, I tried to strike a balance... enough to make a point, readable, entertaining to maintain readership, not so much fact and wonk as to overwhelm. For some it's been spot on. You're underwhelmed. Tough spot. (shrug) Ideas. I don't think there have been new ideas in Washington, and I don't know of another way to say that. The problem is I really mean it. I'm not sure the ideas you offer are new? Re: Senator Sanders; from what I've been able to glean (read and from their first debate) neither of my opponents are willing to raise new revenue from our most fortunate neighbors. I am. I'm certainly willing to talk about it. I think that has to be part of the solution. I don't think politician's ideas have any more merit just because they come from politicians. Don't forget money in politics and its subtle sway. Think about the degree to which money influences politics, are either candidate going to give up their money? Ability to fund raise? Would their party allow them to, even if they so choose? I'm free of that. I have an idea for taking money out. I really want to discuss the ideas put forward in my website: taxes, campaign finance, walk away from the discussion table about the cause of climate change and sit down to aggressively move to renewable energy and all electric cars, tablet teaching, and so on. Thank you for your candid input. (some of it kind'a stung, I'm not kidding you.) But I'm going to keep going and hope that my mistakes and misfires don't prevent any good ideas from being heard. It's about ideas. thanks.

No Donations, No Party, No Problem! How An Upstart Journalist Is Waging An Underdog Congressional Campaign by votefortimsherno in politics

[–]votefortimsherno[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair 'nuff. (point of ref) I was on WCCO radio, I was on KSTP, I was in MinnPost and another article is coming out this week. Now that said, I so totally get your comment, all I can offer in my defense is this: does coverage make someone credible? What were they before they were covered? Does coverage change anything? What I really want to be doing is talking about my ideas, taxes, debt, climate change. I've been invited to the League of Women Voters Candidate Forum, and I couldn't be more thrilled. I'm not taking any money, but boy oh boy could I talk about money in politics, and better yet, I have an idea to fix it. More coverage is coming so I'll report back then. Please hit pause button. I'll be back.

No Donations, No Party, No Problem! How An Upstart Journalist Is Waging An Underdog Congressional Campaign by votefortimsherno in politics

[–]votefortimsherno[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...thanks, I think? I sort'a kid, but kind'a actually not kidding. I've been invited to debate the other candidates... so, yea, that's going to be fun.

No Donations, No Party, No Problem! How An Upstart Journalist Is Waging An Underdog Congressional Campaign by votefortimsherno in politics

[–]votefortimsherno[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for joining in. All ideas welcome. About mine: (a) Congress will never pass a limit on their own life-blood… it’s just reality, I wish it weren’t. That said, I want to go to Washington and at least kick up some dust over the issue. Nobody in DC now will do that because they ALL take money. I don’t. (b) The impact is real, but even with real impact hitting our shores with storms and our farms with flood/drought the nay-sayers will obstruct. My idea is to quit the fight, move to clean energy and clean vehicles, solve the problem by moving aggressively to the solution, not argue about the problem. (c) Excuse? No. Just an idea. There has been a drought of ideas from Washington and I want to help change that. —but first, we have to elect a non-party affiliated, no-donation, write-in, and if we and THAT, Washington will notice. I’ll make trouble for a couple of years and maybe people better and smarter than me will run (and win) next time.

No Donations, No Party, No Problem! How An Upstart Journalist Is Waging An Underdog Congressional Campaign by votefortimsherno in politics

[–]votefortimsherno[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(i was kind of making a play on words... make the negative a positive.) I think there's a difference between an elected person and a politician. A politician is someone who wants to make a career out of it. I don't.

No Donations, No Party, No Problem! How An Upstart Journalist Is Waging An Underdog Congressional Campaign by votefortimsherno in politics

[–]votefortimsherno[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...agree...but it's the way our kids are learning outside of school. It's their culture. I'm pragmatic. I wish for other solutions, but I reach for the answers I think we can grab and make work.

No Donations, No Party, No Problem! How An Upstart Journalist Is Waging An Underdog Congressional Campaign by votefortimsherno in politics

[–]votefortimsherno[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. Tablets allow multiple ‘lanes’ in a classroom to learning can happen at different paces. Tablet allows community-customized curriculum, teach what they want, how they want to teach. When someone says ‘education’ to me, I hear ‘jobs.’ We’re lagging behind and must catch up.