Slavery in St. Louis County, MN?

St. Louis County (MN) Commissioner Keith Nelson explains how he would vote on slavery if given the choice.

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[snowbabe272]

WOW I can not believe that people would actually use this video to attempt to turn voters against Mr. Nelson! Clearly the title does NOT match the context. The message of Mr.Nelsons speech is that he works for his constituents and THAT is exactly what a representative is supposed to be doing. He was not in anyway wrong, and never did he say he was for slavery. He said he is for his constituents so stop taking his words out of context. I'm VERY glad Keith Nelson was re-elected again in 2010.

[Bigman2570]

Can anyone say Trustee?

[50ccHonda]

First off Cottonman, you live in Cotton. Your 60 years old watching YouTube. Second off, the issue here was the smoking ban, he was against it because his people voted against it, and if his people voted for it then he would vote for it. I know with your education thats hard to understand but what he is trying to say is that he represents his people. If your soo much better then run against him, I dare you.

[50ccHonda]

He is not the the one who brought it up, another commissioner asked him... If the issue were slavery, and if his constituents voted for it then would he represent themjob. He said he would because that is his JOB, his job is to represent his people.

[mnswanmaiden]

Nelson was indeed wrong, but not the brightest penny in the pocket it's not an uncommon phenomenon.

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[unklscrufy]

You might consider him your leader, but he was elected to represent his constituents.

[hk55803]

The context was how far would you go in your rationale that you are doing this because your constituents want it. Would you do something obviously wrong and evil. The answer he gave was yes. This is about leadership vs representation and whether the individual leader has sufficient values to sort wrong from right. He made it clear he does not.

[BillJungbauer4HR08]

You are wrong! We live in a representative Republic!

No where in our Constitution or the Declaration of Independence, nor in the constitutions of the fifty states will you find the word"democracy."

[samludden]

Good! i'm glad someone is sticking to their job. he can vote for it all he wants if his constituents want it. that is what we pay them to do.

[HypnoToad72]

I wish he had used a more convincing issue than slavery... I thought we were a century or two beyond that. Seems he isn't, or at the very least has problems trying to enunciate sarcasm.