My dad and the Democratic Party

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and Mary, To wit, I am only sharing this with a few close friends as we approach my dad 's Memorial service next Sunday (he died on July 2nd) on the beach (on Long Island, where he loved to fish) but given your political proclivities and orbit...I thought you might appreciate the historical footnote. It's written by my middle daughter's college best friend' s FATHER ....sent to me just today. Over brunch about 2 years ago in their Manhattan apt I remarked on his book collection...and within minutes we discovered the small world connection. My dad's political nickname was "Monk"; otherwise, A. William Larson. ##### "For a 16 year-old politically involved Democratic kid in the South Shore of Long Island during the Vietnam War, Monk Larson was an inspiration. The Town of Hempstead was, and remains, one of the oldest Republican bastions in the country. To this day, no Democrat has ever been elected its Presiding Supervisor. That came closest to changing in 1971 when Monk Larson was nominated as the Democratic Party candidate. With military bearing and a gentle wit, he assailed entrenched local corruption and the Vietnam War with equal fervor. He proudly stood up for causes that he knew many would oppose. About a week before the election, Newsday published a poll showing Larson ahead, and quoting anonymous Republican officials as predicting he would win. The last days of the campaign turned ugly, the Republican base turned out, and Monk Larson did not prevail, but in losing, he taught us how, with patience, humor and dignity, to put across controversial views and get people, who otherwise would not, to listen and to think, a lesson still valuable today. I did not know Monk Larson well. I was the kid in the back of the room handing out campaign literature, but I remember him as a beacon to those of us who cared about public service and the two party system and as an inspiration to man. Certainly to me." thumbed from my iphone please excuse all typos Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: by 10.25.43.68 with SMTP id r65csp2049075lfr; Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:24:41 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.55.17.13 with SMTP id b13mr40799786qkh.88.1444757080459; Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:24:40 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from mail-qg0-x230.google.com (mail-qg0-x230.google.com. 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([2601:14f:4300:cccb:b8b1:4569:a8bb:4e5]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c188sm1572523qka.37.2015.10.13.10.24.37 for <[email protected]> (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:24:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: My dad and the Democratic Party From: Kim Larson <[email protected]> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-41A87E62-BD65-42BE-AE67-9BF862C0775D X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (13A452) Message-Id: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:24:36 -0400 To: John Podesta <[email protected]> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) --Apple-Mail-41A87E62-BD65-42BE-AE67-9BF862C0775D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable John and Mary, To wit, I am only sharing this with a few close friends as we approach my da= d 's Memorial service next Sunday (he died on July 2nd) on the beach (on Lon= g Island, where he loved to fish) but given your political proclivities and o= rbit...I thought you might appreciate the historical footnote. It's written b= y my middle daughter's college best friend' s FATHER ....sent to me just tod= ay. Over brunch about 2 years ago in their Manhattan apt I remarked on his b= ook collection...and within minutes we discovered the small world connection= . My dad's political nickname was "Monk"; otherwise, A. William Larson.=20 ##### "For a 16 year-old politically involved Democratic kid in the South Shore of= Long Island during the Vietnam War, Monk Larson was an inspiration. The To= wn of Hempstead was, and remains, one of the oldest Republican bastions in t= he country. To this day, no Democrat has ever been elected its Presiding Su= pervisor. That came closest to changing in 1971 when Monk Larson was nomina= ted as the Democratic Party candidate. With military bearing and a gentle w= it, he assailed entrenched local corruption and the Vietnam War with equal f= ervor. He proudly stood up for causes that he knew many would oppose. About a week before the election, Newsday published a poll showing Larson ah= ead, and quoting anonymous Republican officials as predicting he would win. = The last days of the campaign turned ugly, the Republican base turned out, a= nd Monk Larson did not prevail, but in losing, he taught us how, with patien= ce, humor and dignity, to put across controversial views and get people, who= otherwise would not, to listen and to think, a lesson still valuable today.= I did not know Monk Larson well. I was the kid in the back of the room hand= ing out campaign literature, but I remember him as a beacon to those of us w= ho cared about public service and the two party system and as an inspiratio= n to man. Certainly to me." thumbed from my iphone please excuse all typos= --Apple-Mail-41A87E62-BD65-42BE-AE67-9BF862C0775D Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(= 255, 255, 255, 0);">John and Mary,</span></div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature= "><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>To wit, I am= only sharing this with a few close friends as we approach my dad 's Memoria= l service <a dir=3D"ltr" href=3D"x-apple-data-detectors://6" x-apple-da= ta-detectors=3D"true" x-apple-data-detectors-type=3D"calendar-event" x-apple= -data-detectors-result=3D"6">next Sunday</a> (he died <a dir=3D"lt= r" href=3D"x-apple-data-detectors://7" x-apple-data-detectors=3D"true" x-app= le-data-detectors-type=3D"calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result=3D"7= ">on July 2nd</a>) on the beach (on Long Island, where he loved to fish) but= given your political proclivities and orbit...I thought you might appreciat= e the historical footnote. It's written by my middle daughter's college best= friend' s FATHER ....sent to me just today. Over brunch about 2 years ago i= n their Manhattan apt I remarked on his book collection...and within minutes= we discovered the small world connection. My dad's political nickname was "= Monk";<br>otherwise, A. William Larson. <br><br>#####<br><br>"For a 16 y= ear-old politically involved Democratic kid in the South Shore of Long Islan= d during the Vietnam War, Monk Larson was an inspiration.  The Town of H= empstead was, and remains, one of the oldest Republican bastions in the coun= try.  To this day, no Democrat has ever been elected its Presiding Supe= rvisor.  That came closest to changing in 1971 when Monk Larson was nom= inated as the Democratic Party candidate.  With military bearing and a g= entle wit, he assailed entrenched local corruption and the Vietnam War with e= qual fervor. He proudly stood up for causes  that he knew many would op= pose.<br><br>About a week before the election, Newsday published a poll show= ing Larson ahead, and quoting anonymous Republican officials as predicting h= e would win.  The last days of the campaign turned ugly, the Republican= base turned out, and Monk Larson did not prevail, but in losing, he taught u= s how, with patience, humor and dignity, to put across controversial views a= nd get people, who otherwise would not, to listen and to think, a lesson sti= ll valuable today.<br><br>I did not know Monk Larson well.  I was the k= id in the back of the room handing out campaign literature, but I remember h= im as a beacon to those of us who cared about  public service and the t= wo party system and as an inspiration to man.  Certainly to me."</span>= <br><br>thumbed from my iphone<div>please excuse all typos</div></div></body= ></html>= --Apple-Mail-41A87E62-BD65-42BE-AE67-9BF862C0775D--