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Tim Walz FTW (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 17 OP
This is a common saying in Norway! LearnedHand Jan 17 #1
I was just about to post this! Ocelot II Jan 17 #2
Exactly! LearnedHand Jan 17 #3
Didn't Klobuchar announce her presidential candidacy in a frickin' blizzard rurallib Jan 17 #7
Yes, see below question everything Jan 17 #9
Yes I Rebl2 Jan 17 #22
There's no shortage of folks with Norwegian ancestry in Minnesota EYESORE 9001 Jan 17 #4
yeah but he isn't wearing enough clothes for an inauguration MadameButterfly Jan 17 #15
The forecast for the inauguration is about 28 degrees sarisataka Jan 17 #18
I'm reading in the single digits with windchille on Monday MadameButterfly Jan 17 #23
Thus, Asnes invented layers. Kid Berwyn Jan 17 #5
Absolutely correct! SheltieLover Jan 17 #6
And Senator Klobuchar question everything Jan 17 #8
First thing that came to mind was Amy in the snowstorm. I loved that moment and loved her for it. Thanks for posting. EarnestPutz Jan 17 #10
I expect she wasn't out there for so long and MadameButterfly Jan 17 #14
I remember! She's pretty exceptional (and not just for braving the elements)! liberalla Jan 17 #11
She is question everything Jan 17 #12
Hey there! liberalla Jan 17 #13
"I have grit!!" Sparkly Jan 17 #24
Tim Walz is a sweet inspiration. yorkster Jan 17 #16
It sounds a little like sour grapes, though. LuvLoogie Jan 17 #17
Nope. Sometimes you just have to laugh, or you'll cry. Ocelot II Jan 17 #19
I hear ya, LuvLoogie Jan 17 #21
Trump is afraid of this smaller than 2016 crowd size. TheBlackAdder Jan 17 #20

LearnedHand

(4,590 posts)
1. This is a common saying in Norway!
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 01:56 PM
Jan 17

"Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær." I love this approach to cold weather.

Ocelot II

(123,950 posts)
2. I was just about to post this!
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 02:07 PM
Jan 17

"There is no bad weather, only bad clothing." Vi har de beste klærne for dårlig vær. Minnesotans would do the ceremony outside because we aren't a bunch of warm-weather wimps and we have good clothing. We also say that our bad weather keeps out the riff-raff. (I walk a couple of miles every day no matter how cold it gets, just trying to keep my tired old carcass from deteriorating any faster; I dress like I'm on an expedition to Antarctica and it's no big deal. When I get back I have to cool off.)

Of course Trump will keep his ugly orange ass warm inside while his cult members shiver in the cold, but he'll love it that they're suffering for him.

rurallib

(63,566 posts)
7. Didn't Klobuchar announce her presidential candidacy in a frickin' blizzard
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 03:55 PM
Jan 17

as a good sized crowd watched?

EYESORE 9001

(27,988 posts)
4. There's no shortage of folks with Norwegian ancestry in Minnesota
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 02:17 PM
Jan 17

Perhaps the phrase got ‘culturally appropriated’ in the region.

MadameButterfly

(2,730 posts)
15. yeah but he isn't wearing enough clothes for an inauguration
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 04:43 PM
Jan 17

Where is his scarf? Ears shouldn't be exposed. Jacket not nearly puffy enough.
I guess that's the photo they had, and he wasn't really going to a day long event in the cold
but that was my first reaction

sarisataka

(21,633 posts)
18. The forecast for the inauguration is about 28 degrees
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 05:01 PM
Jan 17

Walz is overdressed for that temperature; hoodie and baseball cap are plenty of clothes.

While DC suffers through below freezing temperatures and moves inside, the high in MN will be -6. Walz will probably be dressed like in that picture, though he may pull the hat down to cover the ears

MadameButterfly

(2,730 posts)
23. I'm reading in the single digits with windchille on Monday
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 09:49 PM
Jan 17

Obama's was in the teens with windchill
Though I'm sure Tim Walz and other Minnesotans could tough it out with what he's wearing.
Not me.

 

EarnestPutz

(2,843 posts)
10. First thing that came to mind was Amy in the snowstorm. I loved that moment and loved her for it. Thanks for posting.
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 04:26 PM
Jan 17

liberalla

(10,380 posts)
11. I remember! She's pretty exceptional (and not just for braving the elements)!
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 04:27 PM
Jan 17

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and I love Tim too!

Ocelot II

(123,950 posts)
19. Nope. Sometimes you just have to laugh, or you'll cry.
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 05:24 PM
Jan 17

It's always the right time for jokes.

LuvLoogie

(7,936 posts)
21. I hear ya,
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 06:17 PM
Jan 17

but they don't mind the jokes when they hold the keys - - other than to have a target for retaliation with physical or legislative violence. These are not statesman. They are thugs with money.

We have to bring more than jokes. They need to be kicked in the teeth in jail. Then I will laugh.

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