This was a cool shindig. I am just glad I won. Thanks to all who were there.

I love that Potter didn't know the names of the candidates running to take over his job!

At least it sounded like he was having fun, which is a change. Maybe he should have announced his retirement three years ago.

Nominee - best post of the mayoral race. Savvy insiders, hard biting language, fair facts. Good job! Another important Portland political story largely overlooked by the mainstream press.

This is just so stupid it's beyond belief.

Bah. I, the people's champ, was clearly robbed. The O was there with a camcorder--they have the proof!

I second C's comments. Nice post Amy.

I wasn't there but it's got to be a better way to elect a politician than any other way we have. Donuts or any nuts RULE!!

If I was Mudede, I'd say something like:

"By involving politicans, the donut contest transcends the donut-person dichotomy. It becomes a parable, a cautionary tale about what it means to run for office in America: the initial sugar high at the start of the competiton, the onset of fatigue as the task becomes more taxing, and, finally, the physical and mental repulsion at the possiblity of swallowing any more of the unwholesome garbage that needs to be dealt with in order to win."

Or something.

I second cc's comments.

Man, oh man, is Portland just ever such a weird place! Let's keep it weird forever!

Sho Donzo seems like a real dick. In addition to not seeming to have any fun with this, him and his daughter both acted retarted and then ignored me. I mean, so what if I told him he sucked and would be another tom potter. I also confronted him with all the dredge the Mercury digs up about him, and he wasn't hearing it. I told his daughter I'd listen to their side of it, but then she got mad and stormed off. Then I got mad and stormed off and traded half my donut for a guitar pick, because i didn't like it.

I'm glad to see that this somehow passed for political discourse in portland. Keep it weird! Also, I'm in the Chris Rich link above, but you jerks cut it off. I said "Wow, you just got my vote". However, I'm not going to vote because I'm from Alaska.

Is it just me or is Tom looking like a thinner but no less useless Bud?

Ernie,
You don't know the meaning of the word "dick" until you've crossed Sam Adams.

Just ask the employees of the bureaus he overseas and communities who have challenged his truthfulness.

But to get answers from these folks, you will have to ask with a promise of anonymity. They won't speak to the media because they are all afraid of retaliation.

Ernie,
You don't know the meaning of the word "dick" until you've crossed Sam Adams.

Just ask the employees of the bureaus he overseas and communities who have challenged his truthfulness.

But to get answers from these folks, you will have to ask with a promise of anonymity. They won't speak to the media because they are all afraid of retaliation.

Don't worry, Nazi Burris, you can warm up your leftovers in your crematoria ovens, between bomb threats.

Remember when we all got in that cute, naive, silly, and surreal discussion about whether or not the Sho doughnut at Voodoo was offensive and racist? That whole post/thread was like an episode of Seinfeld.