The current primary coverage has reminded me about my favorite political anecdote, told four years ago to Joel Stein...
Originally shared by Randall Munroe
The current primary coverage has reminded me about my favorite political anecdote, told four years ago to Joel Stein by former Republican candidate Tom Tancredo:
In 2008, as now, the Ron Paul campaign attracted a pretty eccentric crowd. People would show up at campaign events in Revolutionary War getup, Guy Fawkes masks, or bikinis—and of course there was the famous Ron Paul blimp. After a debate in New Hampshire, one of Tancredo's staffers saw a guy standing around in a shark costume. "Are you a Ron Paul supporter?" asked the staffer.
"No," replied the shark. "Those people are crazy. I'm just a guy in a shark suit."
The current primary coverage has reminded me about my favorite political anecdote, told four years ago to Joel Stein by former Republican candidate Tom Tancredo:
In 2008, as now, the Ron Paul campaign attracted a pretty eccentric crowd. People would show up at campaign events in Revolutionary War getup, Guy Fawkes masks, or bikinis—and of course there was the famous Ron Paul blimp. After a debate in New Hampshire, one of Tancredo's staffers saw a guy standing around in a shark costume. "Are you a Ron Paul supporter?" asked the staffer.
"No," replied the shark. "Those people are crazy. I'm just a guy in a shark suit."
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