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...from former Republican financiers to, well, Howard Dean—ran serious campaigns. Dr. Dean himself was convinced to run by an outpouring of grassroots support long before the campaign for DNC Chair began. Repeated attempts by Party leaders to control the process were rejected by a motley coalition of bloggers, state party leaders and Democratic activists. Two of the most prominent candidates in this year’s race were under the age of 45, something that would never have happened in previous races. Among all of them, Dr. Dean has the best combination of skills and clout...
...that motley crew, thanks for the memories! To Gadfly’s dad, sorry for using “shit” so often. To Jonathan Meltzer, thanks for reading—we’d be talking to ourselves without you. And to everyone else, our sincerest apologies if we failed to offend...
...motley crew was as disjointed as the refreshments (samosas and orange sorbet punch). Final club members clumped near the back, while on the stairs sat Mo Connolly ’06 of SASSI-WOOFCLUBS-—the group formed this year with a goal to shut down the elite, all-male social clubs...
...read Pamela Andersen’s Star: A Novel, now read her ex-hubby’s authorial debut. Tommy Lee, former drummer of Motley Crue and current ambiguous VH1 persona, will be signing his Tommyland at a B&N in Boston. Meet Dr. Feelgood in person. Free. Barnes & Noble, 660 Beacon St., Boston...
...history lesson details the long process of winning universal suffrage. We watch a motley crew of Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence at the Second Continental Congress, after which two self-satisfied white landowners in paper hats dance around chanting “No girls allowed! No blacks allowed!...It’s a good thing the word racist hasn’t been invented yet!” Next come Jim Crowe laws, the Seneca Falls Convention and finally the Vietnam war protests that eventually resulted in lowering the voting age to match the age for draft eligibility...