Sun Baked
Mar 2, 2004, 09:44 PM
Political party to pick mascot (http://www.azfamily.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/breakroom/offbeat/stories/030204dnnatoffbeat4.46ea6f39.html)
07:44 AM CST on Tuesday, March 2, 2004
Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Bison, boars and moose, oh my.
Some wild choices await Minnesotans who attend the Independence Party's caucuses Tuesday night. Aside from expressing their presidential preferences and discussing party planks, caucus-goers were to vote on a party mascot.
"We thought this was one nice way to lighten up what we were doing," Party Chairman Jim Moore said Monday.
The young party, whose best-known member is former Gov. Jesse Ventura, has been working to establish a lasting political identity in Minnesota. Party officials say picking a mascot will help.
They've settled on seven options, including a bison, described as a uniquely American animal that is a symbol of independence and perseverance; a white buffalo, which symbolizes sacrifice, unity, harmony, balance and transition; and a loon, Minnesota's state bird.
If none of those options garner much interest, there's always the wild boar, which is described as nimble, intelligent and complete with "a great sense of hearing that is missing in the political world." I think I'd have to tell them to pick the loon, even though nobody mentioned what the darn bird in supposed to represent...
07:44 AM CST on Tuesday, March 2, 2004
Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Bison, boars and moose, oh my.
Some wild choices await Minnesotans who attend the Independence Party's caucuses Tuesday night. Aside from expressing their presidential preferences and discussing party planks, caucus-goers were to vote on a party mascot.
"We thought this was one nice way to lighten up what we were doing," Party Chairman Jim Moore said Monday.
The young party, whose best-known member is former Gov. Jesse Ventura, has been working to establish a lasting political identity in Minnesota. Party officials say picking a mascot will help.
They've settled on seven options, including a bison, described as a uniquely American animal that is a symbol of independence and perseverance; a white buffalo, which symbolizes sacrifice, unity, harmony, balance and transition; and a loon, Minnesota's state bird.
If none of those options garner much interest, there's always the wild boar, which is described as nimble, intelligent and complete with "a great sense of hearing that is missing in the political world." I think I'd have to tell them to pick the loon, even though nobody mentioned what the darn bird in supposed to represent...
