Moving along as we approaching the Baltic Sea, we have Mark Dickenson, a candidate with both a GoFundMe page, a dubiously-titled Facebook page (Dicko for Senate is not the handle I would have chosen), and a rather strangely titled blog (is he a Terry Pratchet fan, perhaps?). Clearly a man with a lot to say, and a slightly odd sense of humour.
Mr Dickenson has a press release about his campaign, titled ‘A political candidate with a social conscience‘, that begins as follows:
In an unprecedented step to regain voter confidence, an aspiring Senate candidate named Mark Dickenson is engaging the community as never before.
With a growing presence on social media and other media platforms, he actively engages his audience and is unafraid to answer the hard questions.
I’m not quite sure why I find this so hilarious, but it gives me a giggle every time I read it. There is a certain grandiosity of language that reminds me of some of the more unfortunately-worded grant applications I have read at work. But, hilarity aside, he does seem to want to do some good things, and there is a certain simplicity when he says ‘I’m one of you, not one of them [the politicians]’ that resonates with me even when I am tired and sarcastic.
