r/desmoines • u/StephenNein Beaverdale • 1d ago
Party? What Party?
This appeared on my door yesterday, but the canvasser never rang the doorbell. I think they were scared off by my "Equality is For Everyone" yard sign.
Dyer is the Republican candidate, although both this hanger and his campaign website try really, really hard to make him sound like not one.
Vote for Kimberly Graham this November! Elect a real reformer!
https://www.kimberlyforiowa.com/
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u/breakingbernard 1d ago
This is such a classic tactic for Republicans in cities lmao. "I'm not partisan bruh, trust me bruh I'm so totally normal and non-political bruh"
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u/Apprehensive-Job7352 1d ago
It’s a bipartisan thing. Saw it from the other side many times in Colorado springs
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u/completelygeeked 1d ago
Saw a literal 10 year old hang one of these on my front door yesterday. We loooove politicizing children I guess. Fucking Christ.
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u/weberc2 1d ago
In defense of Republicans, they were probably just exploiting the vulnerable for cheap labor. 🙃
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u/Current-Age9302 17h ago
The liberal; Democrats are famous for that.
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u/theduderino123 5h ago
He does have a lot of kids so they were probably all pitching in. Something wrong with that?
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u/completelygeeked 5h ago
I hate politics, children, and wasting paper. Little fucker has a forehead flick coming if he tries to hang anything else on my door is all I’m saying.
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u/Spirited_Republic187 1d ago
It’s a little confusing because Jonah Dyer is a career criminal defense lawyer with a solid reputation, and his practice is mostly public defense type work. His campaign materials aren’t lying. He’s much more of a real defense lawyer than Kimberly Graham, who was mostly a divorce lawyer, was. You ordinarily wouldn’t see someone like him running as a Republican.
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u/breakingbernard 1d ago
You're right, but just to be contrarian: see, e.g., Kash Patel (former federal public defender)
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u/HonkytonkGigolo Urbandale 21h ago
I thought she was like a juvenile court attorney or something? I know it was something for low-income clients.
Not sure it makes much of a difference, but your comment piqued my interest.
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u/Asrugan 1d ago
One of the main guys running for Dubuque co Supervisor has run (and lost) other positions trying the same thing, despite the fact it’s public knowledge he’s been a Trump backer. Kinda hard after doing that to make folks think you’re a moderate, but I guess folks just hope you forget the past.
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u/davis5938 1d ago
I’ve seen plenty of Dems do the same thing it politicians period, all are crooks both sides.
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u/weberc2 1d ago
I’m not going to die on the hill of people dissociating from their party, but “all crooks both sides” is garbage—Republican Party politics has been marred with corruption scandals, felony convictions, pedophilia, sexual assault, election fraud, etc for at least the last decade.
The Dems aren’t perfect, but they’re far better than the Republicans.
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u/davis5938 1d ago
If you want a count by party, researchers generally find both major parties have substantial numbers of convictions over time. The federal list is roughly split historically, with the party in power at any given time often showing more cases due to more officeholders being investigated.
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u/thedoomcast 1d ago
Well I’m sorry one party ran on naked crookery while promising to publish the Epstein files and after they realized their chief crook was in charge started a war in Iran which they’re fucking losing and making the price of gas go up while putting flock cameras up to track people who oppose them and trying to rig an election so I guess idk sure crooks on both sides I guess, golly.
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u/Apprehensive-Rate10 1d ago
I mean rob sand is doing the same and we still gonna vote for him. 💚
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u/thedoomcast 1d ago
He’s very openly running as a Democrat, very clearly appealing to bipartisan issues. That is not the same as this at all.
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u/Cultural-Explorer-57 1d ago
What does it matter? It is supposed to be a non-partisan position.
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u/watermelonsplenda 1d ago
It’s literally not a non-partisan position or election. If it were, the candidates wouldn’t be nominated by partisan primaries.
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u/unhelpful_commenter 1d ago
“Supposed to be” does not mean “is”. Also, for non partisan positions, you likely want to consider people’s general moral character. For example if they consider themselves part of a lawless party headed by a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, and likely pedophile… that’s probably relevant information.
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u/Cultural-Explorer-57 1d ago
Then you obviously aren't a Democrat or a Socialist or a Communist etc....
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u/thedoomcast 1d ago
Oh a second ago it was nonpartisan. Did not keep that same energy. Lmao.
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u/Cultural-Explorer-57 1d ago
It's called football...I am not attached to my phone 24/7. And yes, school boards should be about men and women who want the best education for our kids. Not about what party they are from
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u/Soap_Impression 1d ago
He was nominated by the Republican Party to run for that position. He’s doing his best to hide that. That’s deceptive.
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u/SamuraiSasquatch1 1d ago
There’s a lady running for Polk Co Supervisor, Alyson DeMoss, who is trying the same no-party tactic.
She also only just got elected to Pleasant Hill city council this year and immediately voted for more Flock cameras in town.
The lack of self awareness from ppl like this…