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mintwaster's journal (and other places) there's been lively talk about all the Democratic candidates and then today, Bill Richardson dropped out (not that anyone has really been talking about him) but then I learned that Chris Dodd has dropped out too, after Iowa, I misssed that totally, which led me to Mike Gravel's wikipedia entry and this is my favorite part:
"At the start of 2006, Gravel decided the best way he could promote direct democracy and the National Initiative was to run for president. On April 17, 2006, Gravel became the first candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2008 election, announcing his run in a speech to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Short on campaign cash, he took public transportation to get to his announcement."
mikegravel friended me on lj a couple months ago but I didn't add him back. No offense, Mike, we are 98% compatible on that quiz, but still. I was 100% compatible with Kucinich. 100%. That scared me a little. I mean, I like the guy a lot, he's getting my primary vote, but 100% with a politician, even on a random internet quiz is kinda odd.
Also, Mike Gravel? When I saw that head shot? I thought, that guy has totally answered my craigslist sex ad.*
*No, not really, in case you are confused by this joke, I'm not trying to start rumors, but you know, a guy who looks just like him. And no, to further clarify, I did not reply to it. Which is not to say I'm opposed to any demographic. Close readers might recall the time I kissed an 88 yo man at Twin Peaks at SF because he was utterly charming and attractive in that old gent way I adore and I hope to be his age and meeting my friends at midnight at a bar to have a drink.
mintwaster's journal (and other places) there's been lively talk about all the Democratic candidates and then today, Bill Richardson dropped out (not that anyone has really been talking about him) but then I learned that Chris Dodd has dropped out too, after Iowa, I misssed that totally, which led me to Mike Gravel's wikipedia entry and this is my favorite part:"At the start of 2006, Gravel decided the best way he could promote direct democracy and the National Initiative was to run for president. On April 17, 2006, Gravel became the first candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2008 election, announcing his run in a speech to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Short on campaign cash, he took public transportation to get to his announcement."
mikegravel friended me on lj a couple months ago but I didn't add him back. No offense, Mike, we are 98% compatible on that quiz, but still. I was 100% compatible with Kucinich. 100%. That scared me a little. I mean, I like the guy a lot, he's getting my primary vote, but 100% with a politician, even on a random internet quiz is kinda odd.Also, Mike Gravel? When I saw that head shot? I thought, that guy has totally answered my craigslist sex ad.*
*No, not really, in case you are confused by this joke, I'm not trying to start rumors, but you know, a guy who looks just like him. And no, to further clarify, I did not reply to it. Which is not to say I'm opposed to any demographic. Close readers might recall the time I kissed an 88 yo man at Twin Peaks at SF because he was utterly charming and attractive in that old gent way I adore and I hope to be his age and meeting my friends at midnight at a bar to have a drink.
