Who let the dogs out?

Florida election official who validated Bush win faces challenge from border collie at polls
Associated Press
Published July 1, 2002

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The newest candidate challenging Secretary of State Katherine Harris in her bid for Congress is truly an underdog: a border collie mix.

Percy the dog is running as a write-in candidate in the Republican primary, said his owner and campaign manager, Wayne Genthner.

Genthner is offering up his canine candidate as both satire and as a protest against the political establishment.

"No one has a realistic expectation that a dog can get elected," Genthner said last week. "But plenty of people will be willing to vote for a dog to represent their discontent with the political system."

Percy and his volunteer campaign staff have been shaking paws and handing out flyers, with slogans including: "Never made a mess in the House! Never will!" and "PERCY! Putting the LICK back into Republican."

His official campaign bio describes Percy as a compassionate conservative who takes a hard-line with social parasites, particularly fleas and worms. His past is free of sex scandals, due to "timely neutering."

Harris, who faces one Republican challenger and five Democrats for the open congressional seat, is not concerned.

Percy "has a lot of paws to shake to catch up" said campaign spokeswoman Jessica Furst.

I bet the dog is much better looking than Harris.</meeeeow!>

Sigh.

Scores dead after U.S. helicopters, aircraft attack Afghan wedding

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Just had a frightening realization a while ago: I'm sending my new clients (the campaign) to a spot on my site to view design mockups. I know some of the people personally, and if they were to back up to the main page of the site they would see pagan references; this would get back to family within days.

This Would Not Be A Good Thing.

Removed the pagan link from the main page and moved that version live; I'm not happy with this, but it's definitely the lesser of two evils. Half an hour later I got an email confirming receipt of the information (including location of mockups).

Hopefully I made the change in time...

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Airliner, plane collide over southern Germany

"The planes went down near the city of Sigmariegen, near Lake Constance." Damn, Eva's* father and step-mother live very close to there...


*My German exchange partner from high school.