His girlfriend gafe up her toe! She sought we'd be getting million dollars! Iss not fair!I love this story. I love every single word of it.
Beyond the predictable Democratic carping about perverting the "process," a word which signifies a system wherein the Democratic candidates win, what strikes me is just how seriously this Mr. May is taking his publicity stunt. He is prepping these people for television! He's taking time out to train them in the rudiments of public speaking. In fact, he comes across as having some genuine affection for them, unlike the faceless Donk operatives who all but dismiss the homeless as inhuman. In fact, I suspect that what began very much as a "dirty trick" become something modestly more precisely because it caused Steve May to come into contact with homeless people and learn, as you will, that they are, in fact, people.
Republican party politics obviously don't benefit the homeless. They occasionally benefit rich people. For everyone else, it's more or less a wash. Since precisely the same can be said for Democratic party politics, I believe that the, um, the takeaway from this article is that by recruiting a handful of homeless fellas to run for political office in Arizona, the GOP has become the more effective party of the poor.
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Homeless candidates don't "pass the smell test?"
Perfect.
Not fair? WHO'S THE FUCKING NIHILIST HERE?
Srsly, this is a great story - I wish these guys would win...Good for them, and fuck all major parties.
"Just doesn't wash."
Awesome. Are there any homeless people on the ballot in Florida? I've always wondered what voting was like.
Tastes like chicken
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckyoZgo4exc
What's Alvin Greene's residential status? Unless he produces a lease, consider me a homer.
If only I had read that story yesterday before I went to Mill Avenue. I could've met the candidates!
I suspect that what began very much as a "dirty trick" become something modestly more
Doubt it. He's just doing the minimum to surmount whatever bar there is around "sham".
I love it. Maybe Democrats should try to find their own bums to run as Libertarians. The Dude for the Senate! But of course the bums wouldn't want to be Libertarians, would they, because Libertarians want to eat the poor? So maybe they could find some heartless capitalists to be their shams. Hey Donkeys, we'll sell ya the rope! Time to pony up! How much do you already spend buying votes in AZ? How many votes does a good Libertarian take from the Republican? Surely this is worth paying for?
I can't buy them as candidates
In Lawrence Kasdan's version, May - lesson learned - becomes an Independent (notice the big I). In Clint Eastwood's he blows his brains out. My hypothetical is meant to postulate that the Elephant is the more honorable hypocrite, the Donkey the bigger corporate cum bag. You see, quite the reverse of the cliché.
Fuck Arizona. Onward to Persia!
" the GOP has become the more effective party of the poor."
Unless you're a spic, I guess...
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This is interesting for Collective intelligence purposes and well done.
Could I have more background information on that project? Having worked at Yahoo!
Answers, Flickr and Community products out of Canada, I like to discover interesting projects like this.
What is your business model, advertising?
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