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goobster  ·  1488 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pack the House: How to Fix the Legislative Branch

There were a couple of these in our election this year, but this entry definitely won the Weirdo Award.

I can't even comprehend what he is offering... that he's going to abdicate his elected role and divest the decision making power to a group of 168 college students?

And why 168?

And... oh never mind.





b_b  ·  1488 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hopefully some of them will be English majors who can help him with syntax.

kleinbl00  ·  1488 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Back when the way you swapped samples for your sampler was mailing CDRs across the country, I ended up befriending a dude about 15 miles away. He loved k-pop back before BTS was born. Interesting guy.

Anyway I'm leafing through the voter guide and there he is, the libertarian candidate for lieutenant governor. So I call him up despite the fact that it was 10:30 at night.

"Dude - you're running for lieutenant governor?"

(yawns) "Uhm... I think so?"

"No dude you're right here in the voter guide."

"Oh yeah. yeah, I am."

"As a libertarian?"

"Yeah dude I go to their meetings. Someone's gotta run for everything. We draw straws."

"You drew the short straw so now you're the libertarian candidate for lieutenant governor?"

"Yeah!"

"Uhm... okay. So why should I vote for you?"

"'cuz we're buddies!"

"Yeah but do you have like, policies in mind or anything?"

"Well we're against big government."

"...gotcha. Lemme think about it."

He was not elected lieutenant governor.