XPost: rec.arts.sf.tv, alt.fan.tom-servo, rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc   
   From: 3cjmd@comcast.net   
      
   On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:50:28 -0400, Captain Infinity   
    wrote:   
      
   >Quoted portions from CNN:   
   >   
   >Although he has little chance against The Terminator, the star of   
   >"Babylon 5: Crusade" has decided to run for the governorship of   
   >California.  Gary Coleman has placed his name among a host of other   
   >celebrities in the running for California governor.   
   >   
   >He must have hit hard times since Crusade's cancellation, because   
   >>his candidacy has been engineered by the East Bay Express, an   
   >>Oakland-area newspaper, which paid his $3,500 filing fee, collected   
   >>the necessary petition signatures and is promoting his candidacy   
   >>in protest of the scheduled vote aimed at recalling Gov. Gray Davis.   
   >>   
   >>Coleman's campaign treasurer, Steve Buel, editor of the East Bay   
   >>Express, told CNN that the actor's name "resonates with the voters."   
   >   
   >Personally, I find this hard to believe.  His major claim to fame is   
   >playing Robert Brady in the movie versions of "The Brady Bunch".  Few   
   >people know him from Crusade, because few people watched that show.   
   >   
   >>Buel said he had no trouble getting the necessary 65 petition   
   >>signatures from Independent voters in Alameda County, which he   
   >>gathered at a recent Oakland A's baseball game.   
   >   
   >Sixty-five people is approximately the number of viewers that tuned in   
   >for Crusade, although what they were all doing at a ballgame together, I   
   >have no idea.   
   >   
   >>The Alameda County Registrar of Voters confirmed Wednesday that a   
   >>representative for Coleman filed the necessary petition signatures and   
   >>paid the required fee at the courthouse in Oakland, California. He   
   >>registered as an Independent.   
   >>   
   >>California voters will decide October 7 whether to recall Gov. Gray   
   >>Davis, a Democrat, and who should replace him.   
   >>   
   >>"I thought (the recall) was a joke. They thought it was a joke. And I   
   >>thought, hey, why not," Coleman, 35, told CNN. "I'm probably the least   
   >>qualified for the job, but I'll have some great people around me."   
   >>   
   >>"It's true that there is a farcical quality to the entire recall   
   >>effort. But Gary's candidacy is no more farcical than that of Arnold   
   >>Schwarzenegger, or Arianna Huffington, or the comedian Gallagher,"   
   >>Buel said.   
   >>   
   >>Coleman, speaking shortly after film star Arnold Schwarzenegger   
   >>announced he was running for governor, predicted that Schwarzenegger   
   >>would win -- and Coleman said he would vote for the "Terminator."   
   >   
   >Great, he's not even going to vote for himself.  I'll bet he never   
   >watched Crusade, either.   
   >   
   >Myself, I plan to vote for Gallagher.  I saw his show once in Boston and   
   >had a great time, even though I knew all the jokes already from watching   
   >his TV specials.  But anybody that can fill a bag of toilet paper with a   
   >couple of gallons of water and smash it so that it soaks half his   
   >audience gets my vote.  And I don't even live in California.   
   >   
   >   
   >**   
   >Captain Infinity   
      
   Dammit Captain, you are sadly mistaken.  Gary Coleman did not play the   
   Captain in the short-lived _Crusade_.  He played Artoo Detoo in the   
   _Star Wars_ saga.   
      
   Cheers,   
      
   Jaime   
      
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