{"id":361,"date":"2006-07-17T22:31:59","date_gmt":"2006-07-18T03:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=361"},"modified":"2006-07-17T22:33:33","modified_gmt":"2006-07-18T03:33:33","slug":"robert-fitzgerald-candidate-for-us-senate-in-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/07\/17\/robert-fitzgerald-candidate-for-us-senate-in-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Fitzgerald, candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOne of the recurring features of small town summer parades in the mid-west is politics, and yesterday’s Prairie Pioneer Days parade here in Morris must have had 8-10 different politicians ranging from the local sherriff up to candidates for U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n

Included in this motley crew was Robert Fitzgerald, who was a student of mine as an undergrad here at UMM<\/a>. Now, several years later, he’s running for U.S. senate<\/a> as an independent here in Minnesota, and was back in town for the parade.<\/p>\n

He’s got that politician’s smile down, doesn’t he?<\/p>\n

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Here he’s working the crowd, and actually talking about policy issues, which I didn’t hear any<\/em> of the other candidates do. Klobuchar’s people at least passed out a little card with her key policy points on it, but everyone else just passed out stickers and candy and carefully avoiding conveying any<\/em> useful information.<\/p>\n

Perhaps following in the footsteps of a previous senator from Minnesota, he’s gone for the big, brightly colored campaign bus, which definitely was an eye-catcher in the parade. It would have helped its effectiveness if that bus had been full of supporters (or at least not empty), but such is life.<\/p>\n

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No idea if I’ll vote for him in November – I just haven’t done the level of homework necessary to make that sort of decision. I can certainly say, though, that he’s vastly cooler<\/em> than 90-muchly-percent of the politicians currently in D.C. He was an exec at our student radio station<\/a>, and still comes back to concerts that the station sponsors once or twice a year. Having someone in Washington that understands technological issues and digs Heiruspecs<\/a> would certainly be a change.<\/p>\n\n\t

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