Grassroots Page #4

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I worked in Memphis,

it was for

this alt weekly

that let me dig into

all kinds of stuff.

Man, that city

was so messed up.

Poverty, corruption,

cronyism.

The cops were a bunch

of racist Hicks

still into Jim crow,

but no one cared.

You know what I did?

My back hurts.

Can we just go?

I sued them.

I took them to court

and I won, twice.

You got a coat? A tie?

Seattle itself

has demonstrated

a targeted

and intentional bias

toward limiting the

political effectiveness

of candidates who wish

to challenge incumbents.

Here's

a voter pamphlet

from last year's city council

election in San Francisco.

You'll notice a place

for candidates

to put pros and cons,

reasons why they think

they should be elected

and why the incumbent

totally fricking sucks.

Same with Los Angeles

and New York.

And even Dallas

f***ing Texas!

I mean, but Seattle,

west coast liberal

progressive Seattle,

10 years ago, the Seattle city

council passed an ordinance

forbidding candidates from

mentioning their opponents

in their voter pamphlet

statements.

It's total bullshit!

Just bullshit!

They've rigged the whole

tottering system

to stay in power!

Well, I'm sure you're

making a valid point

and we'll give it...

it's not just that!

It's the incumbent

can say

whatever the hell

he wants!

He can brag,

he can manipulate,

lie about his resume,

his voting record.

Even f*** his purple

pet parakeet

and grill it in the

microwave for breakfast.

But can a challenger target

these inane insanities?

Can he expose it

in the one document that

most voters actually read? No!

F***. Sorry.

Now, correct us

if we're wrong here,

but isn't restricting

our ability

to comment upon matters

of public record

a violation

of the first amendment?

Some would say

you're using this lawsuit

to take advantage

of the free media.

Well, it's true

that every candidate

who's challenging

an incumbent

wants as much exposure

as possible.

He's on TV!

It's grant!

It's too important for

the people to be exposed

to all ideas, brilliant,

constructive, idiotic.

Exposure, it's an issue

that affects every candidate

in every part of the city.

Get out!

It's that grant guy.

You got to be

kidding me.

This is really important in

every position, not just me.

No way!

For those of you

that don't know,

grant

is something different.

Different is good, right?

So...

Grant Cogswell.

[ Applause ]

Mass transit

is a social justice issue.

When you hear McIver pimping

his light rail plan,

the sound you really hear

is that of a giant toilet

flushing away

the city's under-class.

I mean, he'll never build

this so-called light rail

'cause it's just

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