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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
March 28, 2005
I Am Embarrassingly Easy
Recently I got email from Amelia Field of M&R Strategic Services, asking me to link to the website of California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides. I assume Angelides hired M&R to do "e-outreach," and somehow this site has gotten into the M&R database.
I'm embarrassed to say I was flattered by this. How exciting to be deemed worthy of entry in the world-famous M&R database! Even more excitingly, the database includes my first name, because the email began "Dear Jonathan"!
I will try to remember all of you little people now that I've made the big time. (No promises.)
All of the little jokey-jokes aside, though, here's the Phil Angelides link.
I don't know anything at all about Angelides or California politics generally. I just like anyone willing to take on Arnold Schwarzenegger, because I loathe him. Not only did he steal my name and then defile it with extra letters, he's also the embodiment of evil. See, for instance, this Washington Post article, plus an email posted at Talking Points Memo.
As a friend of mine once said: "Perhaps it's unfair, but whenever I hear 'Schwarzenegger' I can't help hearing 'Schikelgruber.'"
AND: What I'd really love is to hear from someone in California who follows politics there and can tell me more about what's going on. More details about Angelides would be nice but aren't necessary.
Posted at March 28, 2005 08:40 AM | TrackBackSomebody call me?
I actually got the same email from the Angelidas campaign, the only time that's happened.
I'm coming to think of Governor Terminator as a more muscular Tom DeLay except that he's really really popular among people who should know better. Hopefully that's wearing off as he becomes more and more partisan. He's threatening to unleash a barrage of initiatives this November, for which he just got a ruling that contribution limits don't apply. The other side will put their own initiatives on the ballot, and it will be the sort of circus that will make the Michael Jackson trial look like a cotillion at a Swiss finishing school. For more, see this George Skelton LAT column:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap24mar24,1,6678783.column?coll=la-mininav-california
For what it's worth, I know Phil Angelidas and Bill Lockyer both well enough to say 'hi' to and both of them are extremely good, in politics for the right reasons, have integrity, are solidly good on progressive and enviro issues. Phil is nice, Bill is tough. Time will tell.
Posted by: Maezeppa at April 2, 2005 10:39 PM
