Norwegian values defeated Tom Daschle

[Krusher]

Well maybe.    BTW lutefisk sounds revolting




Norwegian values may have been a factor in determining who got votes in S.D.

A few people in both camps seemed surprised last week that John Thune defeated Tom Daschle for the U.S. Senate - and that he whipped the South Dakota icon so convincingly.

Even Thune acknowledged he'd prepared for bad news, drafting a concession speech a few days before the election just in case.

I don't know why everyone was so shocked.

I sensed - and I don't think I'm alone - that momentum seemed to shift to Thune in the two weeks before the election, partly on the strength of a pointed, effective advertising campaign.

In the days since Nov. 2, we've heard a lot of speculation about the reasons why the Republican challenger was able to topple one of the most successful South Dakota politicians in a generation - the so-called "suburbanization" of Sioux Falls, which has made the city less of a Democratic stronghold; the high turnout among Republicans in Pennington County; and the number of voters motivated by stands on social issues, such as abortion and the proposed gay marriage amendment.

Maybe those things contributed.

But I contend the real difference was the Lutefisk Factor. What's that?

Norwegians, the only ones on earth who dare eat the boiled cod delicacy, are a self-effacing race, loathe to call attention to themselves, deeply suspicious of those who do. You can't tell a rich Norwegian from a poor one because they dress, talk and act the same. Both drive '81 Buicks.

My grandpa Larson, who emigrated from Norway as a child, was one of the most innovative and prosperous farmers in Brown County, Kansas, for more than half a century. I never once heard him talk about himself or his success.

Back here in South Dakota, the idea that our senior senator drove a Jaguar and lived in a $1.9 million house in Washington - the in-your-face message of a relentless ad campaign in the final weeks before the election - took root.

In the end, it mattered little that Daschle brought home the bacon. What did count, with a good many voters, was a lifestyle that appeared to be flamboyant and, in the end, un-Norwegian.

"We've got this inferiority complex in South Dakota,'' said Larry Atkinson, publisher and editor of the Mobridge Tribune. "We think that when somebody gets too big for their britches, we have to knock them down.''

Or make them eat lutefisk.

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by Krusher



Norwegians, the only ones on earth who dare eat the boiled cod delicacy, are a self-effacing race, loathe to call attention to themselves, deeply suspicious of those who do. You can't tell a rich Norwegian from a poor one because they dress, talk and act the same. Both drive '81 Buicks.

My grandpa Larson, who emigrated from Norway as a child, was one of the most innovative and prosperous farmers in Brown County, Kansas, for more than half a century. I never once heard him talk about himself or his success.

Back here in South Dakota, the idea that our senior senator drove a Jaguar and lived in a $1.9 million house in Washington - the in-your-face message of a relentless ad campaign in the final weeks before the election - took root.

In the end, it mattered little that Daschle brought home the bacon. What did count, with a good many voters, was a lifestyle that appeared to be flamboyant and, in the end, un-Norwegian.

"We've got this inferiority complex in South Dakota,'' said Larry Atkinson, publisher and editor of the Mobridge Tribune. "We think that when somebody gets too big for their britches, we have to knock them down.''

Or make them eat lutefisk.

Dunno what the reason. Dont care the more I saw of Tom Daschle  the less I liked him And am glad to see that reptile gone.

 He always seemd to be the epitome of partisan politics and very much seemd too big for his britches. someone who would stand in the way just because he could instead of working to make things better.

Guess the folks in SD saw that too

[Swager]

"We've got this inferiority complex in South Dakota,'' said Larry Atkinson, publisher and editor of the Mobridge Tribune. "We think that when somebody gets too big for their britches, we have to knock them down.'

Dont you wish all states thought this way?

WTG!  A great way to get rid of a scumbag!

[Ghosth]

LOL

Dashle finally got Everything he deserved.

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by GScholz
Btw. how do you guys pronounce Thune?

myself I'd say TH oo n

and you?

[JBA]

Originally posted by GScholz
Btw. how do you guys pronounce Thune?

long U sound

Th U n

[JB73]

every now and agina i have to search the BBS for lutefisk and see what comes up LOL

suprised how many know what it actually is, but always wonder how many have actually had their grandmother make it and force you to try it.


fish-jelly is more appropriate name

[JB73]

*nods*

[Krusher]

How to describe that first bite? Its a bit like describing passing a kidneystone to the uninitiated. If you are talking to someone else who has lived through the experience, a nod will suffice to acknowledge your shared pain, but to explain it to the person who has not been there, mere words seem inadequate to the task. So it is with lutefisk. One could bandy about the time honored phrases like "nauseating sordid gunk", "unimaginably horrific", "lasting psychological damage", but these seem hollow when applied to the task at hand. I will have to resort to a recipe for a kind of metaphorical lutefisk, to describe the experience. Take marshmallows made without sugar, blend them together with overcooked Japanese noodles, and then bathe the whole liberally in acetone. Let it marinate in cod liver oil for several days at room temprature. When it has achieved the appropriate consistency (though the word "appropriate" is somewhat problematic here), heat it to just above lukewarm, sprinkle in thousands of tiny, sharp, invisible fish bones, and serve.




hahaha I almost thought about trying it... right up to this point