Golddigger 101

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Saturday, August 11, 2018

The Candidate's Wife: Primo's campaign manager tells Primo that he cannot just get his name on the ballot and then not campaign

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Time remaining for Primo to collect another 300 signatures for his  nominating petition: Ten days   Number of signatures it is reasonable ...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2018

The Candidate's Wife: We return home and Primo goes to some political things and still doesn't decide

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Time remaining for Primo to collect another 300 signatures for his  nominating petition: 17 days   Number of signatures it is reasonable t...
Sunday, August 5, 2018

The Candidate's Wife: And then Primo goes hiking with my brother and I DO NOT HIKE WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE I HATE HIKING and Primo enjoys not campaigning even more

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And then my brother, Primo, and I go FOR A WALK. And there are NO POLITICS. And Primo LIKES IT.
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Saturday, August 4, 2018

The Candidate's Wife: We go to my mom's for Mothers Day and Primo realizes that life without campaigning is actually kind of - nice - but he is still cranky that nobody from The Party has given The Challenger A Stern Talking To even though he knows in his heart that That Is Wrong And The Party Should Stay Out Of It

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In the meantime, this happens: Messaging to  Primo , who is going to the store, as my mom is sitting right next to us: Me: (chocolate cov...
Wednesday, August 1, 2018

The Candidate's Wife: Primo takes a week off from campaigning and collecting signatures to Think About Things and wonders if he dares disturb the universe

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Time remaining for Primo to collect another 300 signatures for his  nominating petition: 21 days  but we are at my mom's, so the next fe...
Monday, July 30, 2018

The Candidate's Wife: Turns out I am an unreliable narrator, although in my defense, I did not have all the facts

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So I wrote this headline last month as a reminder about the story - and now I cannot remember what I wanted to write about. I think it was...
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Saturday, July 7, 2018

The Candidate's Wife: The Lady or the Tiger

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Me: Oh. No. Primo: What? Me: [College roommate] posted a photo on facebook of her with [my college boyfriend]. It looks like he's we...
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Thursday, June 28, 2018

Blogger has not been telling me about comments!

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You guys, I promise I have not ignored your comments intentionally! Blogger has not been emailing me about comments. I usually write a bunch...
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Sunday, June 24, 2018

The Candidate's Wife: A big developer supporter tweets in support of The Challenger

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The facts: 1. Primo has been heavily involved in state-level party politics for eight years. 2. The Challenger has not, to Primo's k...
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Saturday, June 23, 2018

The Candidate's Wife: Why not just sight with the left eye?

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Oh. Because then he would have to shoot left handed. And he is right handed. I hope I have not given you enough information to identify ...

The Candidate's Wife: The turkeys are safe

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Me: How was it? Primo: It was fun! Except for the getting up at 6:00 a.m. part. Me: What did you like? The quiet? The view? The hangi...
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Friday, June 22, 2018

Th Candidate's Wife: Primo goes hunting

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Tomorrow, our (very nice) neighbor is taking Primo hunting. This will be interesting.
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Thursday, June 21, 2018

The Candidate's Wife: Primo is tormented about confronting his challenger

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Primo: I've been invited to a candidate forum tonight. Me: Are you going? Primo: I should. I need to see her speak. But I don't ...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

The Candidate's Wife: Primo's own party criticizes him and he thinks, Really, guys? and - I love him but politics is not for people who expect niceness

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To which I say, "You know this is what life would be like every single day if you became a legislator? That people in your own party wi...
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Sunday, June 3, 2018

The Candidate's Wife: What we, the 99%, want

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After the guy sitting next to us at a Patsy Cline/Elvis tribute concert at a suburban bar learns Primo is running for the state legislature....