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Monday, June 4, 2007

Politics John Hodgman ‘Intrigued’ By Steve Novick

Posted by Scott Moore on Mon, Jun 4 at 9:38 AM

John Hodgman, the writer, comedian, genius, television celebrity personality, The Daily Show’s “Resident Expert,” et al, has taken note of the candidacy for US Senate of Steve Novick, and has written about it on his blog.

Hodgman calls Novick’s candidacy “the emergence of an intriguing public figure.”

NOVICK, according to his perfectly named website, he is a progressive with “a hard left hook.”
AT THE TENDER AGE OF 14 was he sent loose upon the hard streets of Oregon after the closing of his Junior High School due to budget cuts…

(AS YOU MAY KNOW, Oregon regularly ranks very highly in US News & World Report’s annual MOST DICKENSIAN STATE list)

…BUT RATHER THAN TURN TO A LIFE OF HOOK-HANDED PICKPOCKETING, he instead enrolled IN HARVARD LAW SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 18, later acting as lead counsel in the Love Canal case.

AND WHAT’S MORE, he is the only candidate for Senate who begins his official bio with a trivia question—so you know he has my vote.

(NOTE: I CANNOT VOTE IN OREGON)

SHOULD STEVE NOVICK PREVAIL and become a US Senator, he would, under obscure Oregonian law, be but A HOOK-HAND FROM THE PRESIDENCY.

NO MATTER YOUR AFFILIATION AND POLITICAL BELIEFS, I trust you will watch his candidacy with interest.

THAT IS ALL.

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Wait, what?

Posted by Marjorie Skinner | June 4, 2007 10:03 AM

What.

Posted by Scott Moore | June 4, 2007 10:07 AM

Galen 'intrigued' by John Hodgman's WANTON YET SELECTIVE use of Caps Lock. You know, the book is even better than the blog, and recently supplanted America: The Book as my bathroom reading of choice.

Posted by Galen | June 4, 2007 1:35 PM

There's a section of Areas of my Expertise, listing the 7 (I think) US Presidents with hooks for hands.

If Steve's political career keeps rolling, we could have a satire becoming reality moment. But in a good way.

Posted by Tony Faulkner | June 4, 2007 2:04 PM

Am I reading that wrong, or was that post actually written by "TONY FAULKNER of the PORTLAND, OREGON DAWKINS-FAULKNERS" and not John Hodgman?

So, technically, it's "TONY FAULKNER of the PORTLAND, OREGON DAWKINS-FAULKNERS" that's intrigued. Though it does appear that John Hodgman introduces the post.

But, y'know, yay for more attention to the only Democrat with the balls to stand up to Senator Smith. :) Steve's got some of my money, for sure...

Posted by BrianM | June 4, 2007 4:03 PM

Well, yes, but, according to the punctuation, Tony Faulkner has only one paragraph--the top one. But now that you mention it, maybe it IS a failure of punctuation.

Tony Faulkner! Help us out here!

Posted by Scott Moore | June 4, 2007 4:49 PM

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh... I see. Faulkner's got the paragraph with the quotes around it, and the rest of it is Hodgman's. Got it.

Damnit, I hate how Hodgman is always right about everything! But in such a clever way.

Posted by BrianM | June 4, 2007 5:33 PM

All I can take credit for is sending John an e-mail because of the obvious relevance to AOME. I was surprised not only for his mention of Steve on his blog but the mention of me and my fam by name.

Small suggestion: the Hodgman blog link is handy for forwarding to like-minded out-of-staters as a fund-raising cue.

Posted by Tony Faulkner | June 4, 2007 9:31 PM

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Posted by Bill | June 12, 2007 1:51 PM

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Posted by Bill | June 12, 2007 1:52 PM

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