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News & ArtsThursday, June 28, 2012
Stranger Election Control Board Leslie Klein: "I'm running to represent only people, not planets."
Posted by Cienna Madrid on Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 11:49 AM
The SECB sat down with candidates for the 36th District, including Leslie Klein (R), who says: "I am running because of the current astrological alignment."
Incumbent Reuven Carlyle (D) and Robert Canmar (Abe Lincoln's grandpa) were also in the room but their answers weren't nearly as batshit engrossing.
- Leslie Klein, right, consulting the stars with Abe Lincoln's grandpa.
"Right now we are squared with Pluto, this is the people against the establishment," Klein continues, explaining that "the establishment" is whatever party's currently in charge. Klein is very anti-establishment. If Republicans were to take the Senate, House, and Governor's mansion, he will switch over to the Democratic party. This is explains why Klein calls himself a Republican but is pro-gay marriage, pro-legalizing marijuana, and pro-taxing the shit out of wealthy residents in Washington state.
"The people took a big hit today [with the Supreme Court's health care decision] but the establishment is destined to lose this time around because of the planets," he says. "In the 1930s we had the same alignment of planets and Stalin lost, big time."
"I’m running to represent only people, not planets," Klein then clarified.
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It's like The Stranger had no real news to cover today. But instead decided to interview homeless people with mental issues about what they would do if elected to office.
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"Stalin lost"? In what way? He virtually destroyed his country before the Germans even started massing on the frontier, so I suppose he "lost" there, but he achieved a level of power almost never seen at any time in history by any leader. He survived WWII and emerged victorious, living out his days as the head of one of the world's first superpowers. And since he was basically bringing the old Russian Empire back, bigger and badder than ever, he was about as PRO establishment as any figure in world history.
If astrology is real and has the kind of global impact this guy describes, his complete lack of understanding of where the anti-establishment forces manifested in the 30s is enough reason not to vote for him. I'll guess that most voters will find the astrology itself as reason enough.
If astrology is real and has the kind of global impact this guy describes, his complete lack of understanding of where the anti-establishment forces manifested in the 30s is enough reason not to vote for him. I'll guess that most voters will find the astrology itself as reason enough.
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@3, Robert Canmar was actually very intelligent, succinct, and demonstrated that he had specific policy reasons for challenging Carlyle.
I called him Abe Lincoln's grandpa because he looks like Abe Lincoln's grandpa.
I called him Abe Lincoln's grandpa because he looks like Abe Lincoln's grandpa.
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I'm not a 36th voter but I would vote for the Abe Lincoln guy. I like the pieces of flair and the blue undershirt adds a flashy bit of color to an otherwise drab outfit. Almost like a ghetto ascot.
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Wait a minute, which of those guys is from Pluto? And, I thought Pluto wasn't a planet any more. Did you follow up with them about that Lamestream Media?
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Stalin lost in 1930?? By what possible measure did Stalin lose in 1930? He was at the beginning of his tenure at the head of one of the most powerful and influential nations in the history of the world in 1930. He was beginning to consolidate his power and starting to contemplate and execute purges, to say nothing of his many Five Year Plans. He led the nation that destroyed Nazi Germany and presided over that nation's rise from an agricultural backwater to one of the industrial and scientific powerhouses of the 20th century. Did Russia lose? Did the Soviet Union lose? Yes and no. But did Stalin lose? Under no possible interpretation.
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Maybe he's just seeing who will vote for anything with an (R) next to it. Personally, I would have liked to see an actual salmon run for office.
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Stalin did lose a lot of friends and colleagues in the 30's, so technically he is right. Of course he did order the NKVD to murder them, but I think think Politifact would rate Klein's statement as "Mostly True".
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Just to be clear here, Stalin not only killed millions of folks who were political opponents, but also deliberately allowed tens of millions of folks to starve to death. It was so bad in the Ukraine that partisan guerrillas at first welcomed hitler's armies into the Ukraine as liberators. It's a bit weird to hear him described as leader who enjoyed "tenure" when he was a ruthless killer and committed vast genocide, right up there with pol pot, mao, and hitler. He's rotting in hell today. Few in Russia today are celebrating his tenure or his rise or his leadership. In fact, they changed Stalingrad back to Volgagrad right quick. We should be more careful in descriving folks like Stalin.
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@16 The opposite of "loser" isn't "good", any more than the converse of "evil" is "winner".
Despite the talking points, very few people on Slog are actually pro-Stalin.
Despite the talking points, very few people on Slog are actually pro-Stalin.
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Don't forget things like what we did to the native Americans. That was while we had slaves. And don't even get me started on what the Brits have done in Africa and India.
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Okay, can we come back from the Stalin digression here and return to the subject at hand, that is, AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA what a jackass.
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Not saying I'd enjoy or not enjoy watching it happen but if thems two were to makeout..Abrracadabra! you'd have a full beard!
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I honestly don't see the difference in what Mr. Klein has to say as opposed to any other republican candidate.
Not to say that every liberal is smart, but I'd rather go w/ stupid than insane. At least there's a solution for stupidity, which is learning. There's not much you can do about insanity.
Not to say that every liberal is smart, but I'd rather go w/ stupid than insane. At least there's a solution for stupidity, which is learning. There's not much you can do about insanity.
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