Politicians...or Celebrities?
So starting today, Seattle is hosting the annual governor's convention (I guess that's what it's called). Most political events here are held in the Westin Hotel on Fifth Avenue (I prefer to call it The Corncob Hotel). But why not host these gatherings called conventions in the Convention Center which is only a few blocks away? Are politicians just too...special to enter a common convention center? But surely the WSCC has rooms much more massive than the Westin could offer. I refuse to believe that it's a security issue, either. They could certainly have more security if they have control of a whole wing of a building rather than just a smallish room in a giant hotel. My bus couldn't even travel down 5th, its usual route, when we got downtown. How in the world is a local bus, full of regular Seattlites, a threat? And they are just governors. They are not rock stars, or famed geniuses, or religious icons (at least not to me they aren't). But as a nation, we certainly do regard our politicians with the same fervor that we muster up for say, oh, I want to say Madonna, but I don't want to be insulting. To her. So once again, everybody in town has their panties in a twist. And the real news, of course, is that none other than Mrs. Theresa Heinz Kerry was here in the Van Gogh gallery this morning. So French diplomats, the future First Lady of the United States (I hope), and apparently yesterday we had some members of the Japanese Parliment. Whoohoo! Our little museum is quite the destination for political dignitaries. VP Dick Cheney has been to Seattle several times in the past year, but I seriously doubt that he would come to an art museum.
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Mrs. Kerry seems like a woman who has intelligence and (unlike Laura Bush) isn't afraid to use it.
Did I ever tell my story of woe about the Laura Bush biography I was given? Yes, that's right--someone gave ME a biography of Laura Bush, the bride of Satan. And the person who gave it to me was none other than my very own grandmother, Omi. It was my Christmas present. I had received books as gifts before, which is logical, because I am a reader. But I don't know what indication I ever gave that I was interested in, or even a supporter of, the Bushes. I am also a little sad that members of my family are Republicans. Actually, my father identifies as Republican, or, at least he used to. He wasn't fond of Clinton, but never went for Bush last election--he, my mother, and my brother all voted for Raplh Nader. Matt and I thought long and hard about it, and disliked the idea of Bush in office so much that we felt we HAD to vote for Gore. We lived in California at the time, and the state went to Gore. I was thrilled--it was my first presidential election, and it sure as hell seemed that the guy I voted for was the guy who won. That night was a joke--watching the news, waiting for the results, and they came in, and then they were rescinded, and it was such a farce. I was (and still am) furious. And let me just say this for the record (because I sure don't know why nobody else has fawkin' said it!): Florida, the state that "decided" the election, that had so many issues with butterfly ballots and chads and sheer incompetence--the govenor was Jeb Freakin' Bush! The brother of one of the candidates! How is that not a conflict of interest?! A coincidence of that magnitude ceases to be a mere coincidence. Now, I am not one for conspiracy theories: I don't care about additional gunmen on grassy knolls; I don't blink an eye when someone suggests that Marilyn was Murdered; I don't believe in Area 51. But for the love of God, I know I cannnot be the only person thinking with absolute certainty that Bush STOLE the election like the little #!$@&^% that he is.
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