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Archive for February 2008

from the set of Milk

Taking a break from obessing over the campaigns, here are my photos from the Milk shoot going on right now in the Castro. If you haven’t heard, Gus Van Sant and his crew have given Castro Street a 70s era makeover. (If you roll your mouse over the sideshow you can play/pause and jump to [...]

uniter vs commander.

a quick tidbit from the nytimes liveblogging of super tuesday:
Asked which candidate they thought was most qualified to be commander-in-chief, regardless of whom they were voting for, voters in every state except two (Georgia and Illinois) picked Mrs. Clinton.
At the same time, they were asked who would be most likely to unite the country. Voters [...]

the road to denver: day one.

Last night I filed my intention to run to be a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. There were some hiccups in my browser so I need to call tomorrow to make sure all the pieces are taken care of.
Just a few minutes ago I received an email from the Young Democrats of [...]

my own endorsement… and announcement of my candidacy.

Tomorrow, bright and early I am going to walk around the corner and cast my vote for Hillary.
After all the back and forth, countless articles and conversations I’m going to do exactly what Ronald Reagan says we all do. What Tom Ammiano told my friend Hope to do. And what it seems both Obama and [...]

erica jong for hillary.

Since I posted Toni Morrison’s letter to Obama I wanted to share Erica Jong’s endorsement of Clinton. This is just a sampling:
I, too, have been watching Hillary Clinton with admiration, love, hate, annoyance and empathy since she appeared on the national scene 16 years ago. (Can it be only16 years?)….
As a senator she has learned [...]

the diary of a political flip-flopper.

Lately I’ve shocked a lot of people when they ask me who I’m voting for. As one of the bigger poltitical junkies in my circle everyone assumes that I’d be on the front lines for one of the candidates…. instead I’ve been debating my choice over and over again. Here’s just a sample from this [...]