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FC: God's righteous man -- report from Jackson Hole
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 15:46:07 -0400
[Here's part of a somewhat snide column, my last report from Jackson Hole. I am now back in DC. Other topics include Orrin Hatch's presidential bid and Utah gov. Leavitt's apparent change of mind on net-taxes. --Declan] http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/22073.html Harley D. Brown, demolitions expert, Bombers motorcycle club president, and long-haul truck driver, will soon be president. God has told him so. Brown drove from Boise, Idaho to this weekend's Republican convention determined to round up some support for his fledgling candidacy. But business leaders and GOP stalwarts seemed more interested in avoiding him -- tactfully, of course, since Brown is a hulking moose of a fellow with a long, scraggly beard and a disposition to match. But that doesn't faze Brown, a tattooed former Navy seabee company commander who dismisses most Republicans as wimps. "I'm strong on abortion because I don't like any babies getting killed. I have four kids and one grandkid," he says. Where would a Brown administration stand on technology policy? The chief executive would first have to figure out how to use a computer. "I don't like those sons of bitches," Brown says. "They piss me off. It's the opposite of my dog, which loves me no matter what I do. I feel like taking a 20-pound sledgehammer to that monitor." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to majordomo () vorlon mit edu with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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