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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Mon Aug 11, 2014, 06:47 AM Aug 2014

Nudist runs for sherrif of Island County

Where does he pin the badge?

http://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/news/269610221.html

An 87-year-old-nudist is gunning for a new job: the sheriff of Island County, Washington.

But if Dave Olinger is elected, he could face a big problem: Where would he pin the badge?

Olinger is running as a write-in candidate, mainly because he was unhappy that a number of Republicans were running for elected positions unopposed. After finding out that Washington State doesn't recognize the nudist party as a political organization, he opted to run as a Democrat.

“He’s a well-intentioned person concerned about a very real problem,” Aaron Simpson, chairman of the Island County Democrats, told the South Whidbey Record.

His wife, Kay, believes Olinger has other reasons besides public service for running.

“I think he watches too much of that Jon Stewart,” she told the Los Angeles Times.

Olinger isn't completely unqualified: The former school teacher served in World War II as a marksman, (after being turned down at first for a lifelong bedwetting problem) and he has a political science degree from UC Berkeley.

His wife says that he won't be nude on the job. That much.

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Nudist runs for sherrif of Island County (Original Post) eridani Aug 2014 OP
The badge? I want to see him holster his gun. CBGLuthier Aug 2014 #1
Velcro. Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #2
And if he wins the headline will be, "OLINGER STREAKS TO VICTORY" longship Aug 2014 #3
Carries a big nightstick? packman Aug 2014 #4
Nudists runs? Isn't that streaking? Thor_MN Aug 2014 #5
well, there they go again, blaming jon stewart MichaelSoE Aug 2014 #6
 

packman

(16,296 posts)
4. Carries a big nightstick?
Mon Aug 11, 2014, 10:12 AM
Aug 2014

I'm sure he'll rise to his job.

A marksman with a bedwetting problem? Seriously, I hope he wins - it would be an interesting thing to see him run. Did you get the part of Washington State not recognizing the nudist party so he opts out to run as a Democrat. We are the party of the big tent.

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