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ProudMNDemocrat

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12. When he was running for Congress, my husband suggested he resign from the MN Army Nat. Guard..
Sun Jul 28, 2024, 10:42 AM
Jul 2024

as a Command Sargent Major. They met at Camp Wellstone in St. Paul in 2005. Camp Wellstone is a candidate and activist workshop to build grassroots support for candidates and campaigns. That is how Paul Wellstone won his first election against Plywood Minnesota founder and then Senator Rudy Boschwitz in 1990. The symbol for Camp Well stone is the Green Bus. In Tim;s first run for Congress, the Green Bus was brought out.

Tim Walz is a powerhouse here in Minnesota and a dear friend of mine since 2005. I saw then Congressman Gil Gutknect at the Olmsted County Fair in July of 2005. I said to Gil(who I knew as the President of the St. Pius School Board and local Rochester Auctioneer) at the GOP booth, "I know your opponent. You do not work for the POTUS, the Republican Party, or the Committees in which you sit. YOU work for me and everyone in the 1st CD. And we have the POWER to change your job description with a flick of a pen!" The rest became history.

Tim would be a great running mate to Kamala Harris should she select him. Tim has the bona fides to do the job. He does not suffer fools, nor is he easily intimidated. He defeated every Republican opponent who dared to go against him. Even the late Jim Hagedorn, twice!

We may have lost a champion in the 1st CD, but we GAINED even more as Governor.

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Love Tim Walz. yorkster Jul 2024 #1
He's now my favorite for VP very impressive Tribetime Jul 2024 #2
Mine too! mahina Jul 2024 #15
Me too! Gaytano70 Jul 2024 #24
He's coming on for me.... democratsruletheday Jul 2024 #29
That is how you respond to plutocrats and their fascist tools malaise Jul 2024 #3
If he is picked, that's the perfect answer to phony JD's " pro family" tulipsandroses Jul 2024 #4
Lean into it... flying rabbit Jul 2024 #5
He keeps getting better. Ocelot II Jul 2024 #6
I was wrong. I wanted a younger person on the ticket, but Walz has the fire, fight, & energy we need! -nt CrispyQ Jul 2024 #7
He's only 6 months older than Harris, both born in 1964. Ocelot II Jul 2024 #8
Opps! My bad. CrispyQ Jul 2024 #14
A former Army NCO Mysterian Jul 2024 #9
When he was running for Congress, my husband suggested he resign from the MN Army Nat. Guard.. ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2024 #12
What a monster! tavernier Jul 2024 #22
And a former teacher! Gaytano70 Jul 2024 #26
Jake Tapper with typical vapid questions Mysterian Jul 2024 #10
I used to like him but I think they got to him. tavernier Jul 2024 #21
Flexible equals spineless Mysterian Jul 2024 #25
Yapper is a punk Gaytano70 Jul 2024 #27
And he was always this guy. His ad when running for Governor is masterful. Nanjeanne Jul 2024 #11
EXCELLENT! elleng Jul 2024 #17
I LIKE HIM The Wandering Harper Jul 2024 #13
More Tim Walz, Please!! maspaha Jul 2024 #16
Tim Walz was one of the first Dems MontanaMama Jul 2024 #18
Jake is a FOOL lefthandedskyhook Jul 2024 #19
He and Pete Buttigieg are my top picks for VP now. ms liberty Jul 2024 #20
Walz could also say, "I'm as bald as Trump, tavernier Jul 2024 #23
Yes! Gaytano70 Jul 2024 #28
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