I walked past a gay bar a week ago Sunday afternoon.  A man approached me, “Hey!  Can you do me a favor?”

I shrugged.  “What do you want me to do?”

“There’s a contest going on here to name “Portland’s Miss Queenie*”.  My friend is running.  Could you go in and vote on the ballot for Shanda Lier?**  Only need ID, don’t need to buy anything.”

I shook my head, and plucked the first thing I could think of out of my head.  “Sorry.  Already voted for Shelly Pisces.”

So that’s the state of electioneering and campaigning for political campaigns these days.  It makes me long for the days of Tammany Hall.

* Totally made up, and purposefully as lame a title as I could muster from my head.
** Name plucked from googling “Drag Queen Names”, and looking over a bad list.

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