The Sean Penn-Matt Gonzalez rumorWokette's got this lovely nutty rumor that Sean Penn would give Matt Gonzalez $5 million to run against Gavin Newsom -- as a Democrat. SFist picked up, wondering if it's a joke.
Coupla problems with the item. First of all, Wonkette refers to Gonzalez as a "deputy mayor under Willie Brown," which would be news to both of them. Second, folks, the deadline for filing as a candidate for mayor passed quite some weeks ago. The only way someone could file now is as a write-in -- theoretically possible, but since abstentee voting has already begun, and by the time a campaign got up and running, a sizable percentage of the votes would already be cast, the whole thing seems rather implausible.
I think Wonkette heard some very old gossip and thought it was new.
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Wonkette's been publishing some Grade A Baloney for a while now....when I saw this I just laughed. I mean, really.
Although, it WOULD be cool if Sean Penn, Al Gore and some other sorta local celebs put up some real money to pass Prop. A and stick it to the Chronicle and the special interests. Maybe it could pay for a GOTV campaign amongst progressives who don't have a reason to vote in this year's boring mayoral election....
Posted by greg dewar | October 17, 2007 10:55 AM