Now c'mon Bobert, fess up. Y'all had the Readjustors 3rd party movement for awhile all the way back in the Reconstruction days, wasn't it? I'm sure there were other historic precendents in the southern states besides that one that comes to mind, when I should truly be in bed.

And Bobert, don't forget--my ancestors here were fighting the robber barons of the railroad, timber, and grain industries. So hey--give credit where it is due. It was no more of a picnic organizing cooperatives here than it was in Virginia.

Or have you forgotten the biggest government execution in US history happened here, when they hung 38 Mdewakanton Dakota on December 26, 1862 at Mankato (an event still mourned by the local Mdewakanton community each year?