Were you a Republican in Wyoming yesterday? If you were, had $5 in your pocket, and happened to be swinging by the Jackalope Days festival in Douglas, you'd have had a chance to tell a Democrat go soak his head — literally.
The local Democratic Party hosted a "Dunk a Democrat" booth to raise money for the party — $5 bucks buys 6 balls and a chance to slam a donkey into the drink. Though it might seem like an exercise in self-loathing, with a 4-to-1 ratio of Republicans to Democrats, it means the soggy Ds are laughing all the way to the bank.
The dunking booth is the Democratic party's biggest fundraiser of the year — they're hoping to double the $400 they pulled in last year. The head of the Wyoming Democratic Party had this to say about the brave souls facing the firing squad, "it's a commitment. It's a sacrifice. It's one of those things that needs to be done if we're serious about this election." If Dunking a Dem isn't your style, the Jackalope Days also feature pig wrestling, wiener dog races, and a monster-truck mud bog. I've already got my ticket for next year.
Is trying to drown a Dem for cash a slam-dunk idea — or troubling partisan warfare?
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$5.00 to dunk a democrat. It almost seems like a freebie. I'd have paid $10.00 to do it.
1Being from WY myself, and having been to the festival before, I think that they should have charged FAR more than $5. Those idiot republicans will pay any amount just to say they go the upper hand on a Dem.
2so dirty, Citizen.
3"Those idiot republicans..."
Might be why they were so eager.
4If they were, like, little wooden statuettes, then yes, THAT I could see.
But real live people? No way. That's going a little bit too far
5How is that going to far? They were volunteers. I volunteered for a dunking booth once, but mine had nothing to do with politics. I think it's a very clever idea.
6I'm so troubled I'm about to go dunk a bakers dozen of my favorite doughnuts.
7At least the Democrats finally have the sense to make a profit from being on the losing end.
8Ok, if they were volunteers, fine. But I still think it's a little weird, people taking out their aggression on the opposite party by dunking them at the fair. I know I wouldn't do it.
9As an idiot Republican, I'd have paid to do it!
10And their eagerness to 'get even' ends up giving the opposite party money... And none of them probably realized it. Or if they did, and willing gave money to the other party- that might be even worse than being naive.
It's so small and isolated up there that people figure what happens to the rest of the country isn't going to effect them.
11I would've seen it as what it was. Harmless fun, and the opportunity to help "the other" party without blindly handing them money. Even we "idiot republicans" realize that this is a two party system, and one doesn't function well without the other.
12I love this!
13hehe...i think it's pretty funny and it helps the party raise money (although $400 isn't very much). Still, i think its a cute way of making fun of your situation and still having a friendly rivalry. kinda takes the partisan heat down a bit IMO since it's so silly.
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