A Vote for Sanchez…
Posted on October 29, 2003 by Christine | 13 Comments
Let’s be clear. I know absolutely nothing for the most part about the three main candidates running for mayor in Houston. I do not live within Houston city limits, so I do not get to vote for the position. I tried to watch the debate last week between Orlando Sanchez, Bill White and Sylvester Turner. I couldn’t handle it. Between Orlando’s makeup and eyeliner (yes, seriously), Bill’s jug-handle ears that left me making gestures to the TV as if I could pick him up by them, and … well, Sylvester is just a freakin’ idiot that leaves me wanting to throw things at the TV – I switched the channel within 10 minutes. If I need a political update, I’ll just head to Chuck’s site and get the update on the Texas and Houston political scene.
I did notice the most recent television ad for Orlando Sanchez though. It starts off with an image of a tire splashing through a pothole, with the voiceover telling us how Orlando will fix Houston. You know, the usual babble that we always get. The handshaking, the smiles – the makeup and eyeliner. (I can’t deny that I find the man creepy, but that really had no part in my impression of the ad.)
At the very end, they show a crowd gathering around him. The crowd is diverse – blacks, whites, Hispanics, oriental – a mixture of people, much like Houston itself. One problem though – they were dim. I can’t really explain it, but it was as if there was no lighting on them – but Orlando?
Orlando was glowing. Like Jesus, risen on Easter morning. A glow that could probably be seen for miles. A glow that made me realize just how far politics in Texas have gone.
A vote for Sanchez is a vote for God. Smite him, and you will be struck down. I am sure of it, and I am glad I don’t get to vote in the Houston elections after all!
On a sad side note, the day after I noticed Orlando’s glow in the commercials and decided I really wanted to blog about it – I stopped seeing the commercials. For a week or so, I saw them all the time. The glowing image of Orlando was burned in to my brain. Now? Nothing. However, there are some old episodes of Seinfeld on the Tivo … maybe I’ll get lucky. Trust me, if I get a photo of it, I will share!
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October 29th, 2003 @ 2:27 pm
I wonder if its a sign that you can’t come up with images of him glowing…
October 29th, 2003 @ 2:36 pm
You know, it might be. I never thought of that!
Or maybe it was just a vision, like some sort of divine thing, and once I was aware of it I couldn’t see it any more?
October 29th, 2003 @ 2:54 pm
I’m goin’ to hell. Where’d I leave my handbasket registration card?
October 29th, 2003 @ 3:44 pm
I know him. He’s a dick.
October 29th, 2003 @ 3:55 pm
It’s reassuring then to know that my “slimy cheeseball” impression based pretty much on appearance alone was accurate.
October 29th, 2003 @ 4:10 pm
I’ve seen that one too. It is so disturbing.
October 29th, 2003 @ 5:46 pm
*whew!* Ok, good to know I didn’t just dream it up. I love how he is walking with his people, glowing before them. Ugh.
October 29th, 2003 @ 5:56 pm
Ginger’s been working with photoshop recently. If you can’t find Glo-lando on tape, perhaps she can glow him up for you…
October 29th, 2003 @ 11:37 pm
What part of Houston do you live in??
October 30th, 2003 @ 9:21 am
The Northwest side of town, in the Champions area.
October 30th, 2003 @ 11:07 am
And this is why politics frighten me so much. Because how many people saw that and just got the subtext message, without recognizing it? Ugh. The joy of marketing.
October 30th, 2003 @ 11:08 am
And still nastier
In the final televised debate before the election (and may I say that with all the debates and candidate fora
November 26th, 2003 @ 1:48 pm
And still nastier
In the final televised debate before the election (and may I say that with all the debates and candidate fora…