They've got it all:

July 28, 2001 7:41 AM

They've got it all: "Pro-White America First" candidates! The VP candidate in her underwear! The man Pat Buchanan denounced as ''crude, obscene, vile and bigoted in the extreme''! Yes, kids, the Reform Party is alive and kicking, and holding their convention in my hometown. Hold onto your hats.
posted by ChrisTN (7 comments total)

My favorite quote: ''I've met a lot of militiamen in Montana,'' [former vice-presidential candidate Ezola Foster] said. ''That's the beauty of this party. We have people that believe so strongly in this nation. There are a few who would go to any extreme to promote their belief, but the vast majority of us believe in going the legal route.''

Well, thank God for the vast majority. (?!?)
posted by ChrisTN at 7:45 AM on July 28, 2001

i love the tension in the first two paragraphs. pro-White America First! trucker meets up with african american woman trying to enter his room late at night and, rather than shooting her like any good klanner, instead says

"Hey! You're Ezola Foster!"
posted by moz at 8:12 AM on July 28, 2001

I wuz ripped off. It was the fat, pasty-white trucker in his underwear. False advertising, ChrisTN!

(How a black female John Bircher came to be a prominent force in the Reform Party.)
posted by dhartung at 9:13 AM on July 28, 2001

I wuz ripped off. It was the fat, pasty-white trucker in his underwear.

Oh...duh. Sorry about that. It was a bit ambiguous though, right? Right? [hangs head and shuffles back to bed.]
posted by ChrisTN at 9:24 AM on July 28, 2001

Yeah, there was some ambiguity... But don't you think the story would have gone into a bit more detail? I mean, surely there would be a story behind this woman running around in a hotel at night in only her underwear...
posted by whatnotever at 2:27 PM on July 28, 2001

Foster, gliding through the corridor in her sleek suit and straw hat, encountered Lindstedt, now in jeans and well-worn sneakers.

That "now" clears up the ambiguity. But kick that sub-ed up the arse.

And I'm sure that Jesse Ventura is pissing himself laughing at the "Reform" "Party" now.
posted by holgate at 3:22 PM on July 28, 2001

Sure, like none of you guys has ever run down the hotel hall to get something from the snack machine in boxers and t-shirt. :-)
posted by ChrisTN at 5:26 PM on July 28, 2001