Wednesday, September 13, 2006
The Debate - Preamble
Well, Mr & Mrs. 201k attended the Massachusetts Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Debate -- and believe us, guber is the right word -- about which we'll tell you all tomorrow.
In the meantime here's the only photos we got off before our flash went guber on us.
Candidate Chris Gabrielli, after the debate, talking to Rita Moreno:
Photo © 2006 201k.com/Mike Barry
Reilly supporters -- and there were a ton of them. Fully three times as many Reilly supporters holding signs, yelling at passing cars, and drinking beer out of coke cans as for the other two candidates combined.
Photo © 2006 201k.com/Mike Barry
Gabrielli supporters. Sorry for the poor focus. 201k walked out into the street to get these photos, and didn't see the State Trooper come up behind him to tell him to "get the hell off of Soldier's Field Road".
Ok, he didn't really say that. He was nicer. Sort of. Maybe he knew we endorsed Reilly. Sort of.
Photo © 2006 201k.com/Mike Barry
In all seriousness, the absence of Patrick photos is not intentional; our camera flash really did go gubernatorial on us. Patrick had by far the fewest sign-holders -- though there were some across the road from these Gabrielli supports -- but the cop kicked us off the street before we could get a photo.
Once inside we intended to get all three candidates as they answered press questions. Gabrielli went first -- after which our flash wouldn't behave, so we didn't get inside photos of Reilly or Patrick. We do have a handout from the Reilly campaign explaining that Patrick will let drug dealers out of jail to roam the streets, but trust us, it isn't worth photographing.
The full scoop tomorrow. It was hilarious. We've been in the same room with a number of rock stars -- Pete Townsend, Stevie Winwood, Richard Thomspon, David Bowie, Aerosmith -- to name just a few -- and we've never experienced a room as overstuffed with self-importance as we did tonight.
And that was just the press room.
Stay tuned.
In the meantime here's the only photos we got off before our flash went guber on us.
Candidate Chris Gabrielli, after the debate, talking to Rita Moreno:
Photo © 2006 201k.com/Mike Barry
Reilly supporters -- and there were a ton of them. Fully three times as many Reilly supporters holding signs, yelling at passing cars, and drinking beer out of coke cans as for the other two candidates combined.
Photo © 2006 201k.com/Mike Barry
Gabrielli supporters. Sorry for the poor focus. 201k walked out into the street to get these photos, and didn't see the State Trooper come up behind him to tell him to "get the hell off of Soldier's Field Road".
Ok, he didn't really say that. He was nicer. Sort of. Maybe he knew we endorsed Reilly. Sort of.
Photo © 2006 201k.com/Mike Barry
In all seriousness, the absence of Patrick photos is not intentional; our camera flash really did go gubernatorial on us. Patrick had by far the fewest sign-holders -- though there were some across the road from these Gabrielli supports -- but the cop kicked us off the street before we could get a photo.
Once inside we intended to get all three candidates as they answered press questions. Gabrielli went first -- after which our flash wouldn't behave, so we didn't get inside photos of Reilly or Patrick. We do have a handout from the Reilly campaign explaining that Patrick will let drug dealers out of jail to roam the streets, but trust us, it isn't worth photographing.
The full scoop tomorrow. It was hilarious. We've been in the same room with a number of rock stars -- Pete Townsend, Stevie Winwood, Richard Thomspon, David Bowie, Aerosmith -- to name just a few -- and we've never experienced a room as overstuffed with self-importance as we did tonight.
And that was just the press room.
Stay tuned.
