Am I blogging...or am I pitching my existence?
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Tuesday, November 04, 2003 The Pitch: It's like Animal House meets JFK! So I got to the Glen Park BART station and there's a literal gauntlet of six Newsom for Mayor Supporters right where the buses stop--a bunch of clean-cut young men and women you have to get through to get to the station. They look like they might be members of the same family, in fact, and they are holding enormous purple and blue "NEWSOM FOR MAYOR" signs. You have to pass through them and be greeted on all sides as you do:"Good morning, don't forget to vote!" "Good morning, please vote!" "Good morning!" You run this gauntlet, and then there's nobody except one lone Gonzalez supporter right by the entrance, hair shorn very short, goatee, waving banana-colored Gonzalez for Mayor brochures about the size of a takeout menu. My heart sinks a bit at the sight, but then I notice he's smiling and laughing and talking out loud. And as I draw closer, he's saying something like this: "Look at them run, the second they hear a train pull up! Like little sheep down the hillside! Don't be late, don't be late, little sheep! Ah ha ha ha ha!" As I walk up to him, he keeps laughing and hands me a brochure. "Don't forget to vote! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!" I had to laugh, but I was shaking my head while I did it. I feel this says something sadly unassailable about the difference between the two campaigns...but I'm too rueful to elaborate on it now. posted by Jeff Lester | 8:12 AM | |
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