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T
1) Real
2) Male
3) Last name “T”
4) Dead
5) American
6) NOT Political/Military
7) Died AFTER 1900
8) NOT known for single incident
9) Associated with Arts
10) Died AFTER 1950
11) No famous wife
12) Associated with the Performing Arts
13) No top award
14) NOT an actor
15) No connection to Music
16) Greatest fame BEFORE 2000
17) Inown for working behind the scenes
18) NOT known for movies
19) Bedt known for TV
20) NOT a producer
21) NOT associated with a specific show
Use that last DQ and I’ll set your deadline
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T
1) Real
2) Male
3) Last name “T”
4) Dead
5) American
6) NOT Political/Military
7) Died AFTER 1900
8) NOT known for single incident
9) Associated with Arts
10) Died AFTER 1950
11) No famous wife
12) Associated with the Performing Arts
13) No top award
14) NOT an actor
15) No connection to Music
16) Greatest fame BEFORE 2000
17) Inown for working behind the scenes
18) NOT known for movies
19) Bedt known for TV
20) NOT a producer
21) NOT associated with a specific show
22) NOT a musician
Please submit your guess by Noon ET Saturday
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Our mystery man is:
BRANDON TARTIKOFF, NBC entertainment head during the 80s, who greenlit their biggest hits of the era.
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Ah, of course! Good one. Just saw him in a clip from Saved by the Bell the other day.
Want to start the next round, or pass?
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IQs:
Were you Brett's boss aboard the USCSS Nostromo?
Were you a presidential candidate in the first season of 24?
Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation, in Asimov's works?
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Not President Palmer
2 DQ
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Previous IQs:
Were you Brett's boss aboard the USCSS Nostromo? - Parker (Yaphet Kotto), in Alien
Were you a presidential candidate in the first season of 24? - He wasn't President until later, but yes, David Palmer
Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation, in Asimov's works? - Preem Palver
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
Were you a Baltimore homicide detective?
Did you found a woolens company?
Did you surrender Vicksburg?
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Previous IQs:
Were you a Baltimore homicide detective? - Pembleton (Andre Braugher), in Homicide: Life on the Streets
Did you found a woolens company? - Mr. Pendleton
Did you surrender Vicksburg? - Yes, Confederate Gen. Pemberton
Pe-ton x3!
DQs:
American?
Living?
IQs:
Were you "trainer to the gods" in Disney's Hercules?
Were you arguably the best-known person to have been born on Corfu?
A rock star, are you also a collector of historical Alamo artifacts?
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Not Phil Hartman
Not Prince Philip
Not Phil Collins
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
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Previous IQs:
Were you "trainer to the gods" in Disney's Hercules? - Not Phil Hartman, but Philoctetes (called "Phil," and voiced by Danny De Vito)
Were you arguably the best-known person to have been born on Corfu? - Yes, the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
A rock star, are you also a collector of historical Alamo artifacts? - Yes, Phil Collins; here's a good article about his hobby and a recent controversy: https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-t...ttle-of-alamo/
Phil x3!
DQ:
Born since 1950?
IQs:
Were you the subject of a Clint Eastwood-directed biopic?
Did you play a secretive henchman, a dying tycoon, a mysterious wanderer and a gangster florist?
Were you a Pittsburgh Pirates played who was likened to Yosemite Sam?
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DQ
DQ
Not Phil Garner (I know him for his Brewer ties)
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
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Previous IQs:
Were you the subject of a Clint Eastwood-directed biopic? - Charlie "Yardbird" Parker
Did you play a secretive henchman, a dying tycoon, a mysterious wanderer and a gangster florist? - Pete Postlethwaite, in The Usual Suspects, Inception, James and the Giant Peach and The Town
Were you a Pittsburgh Pirates played who was likened to Yosemite Sam? - Yes, Phil Garner, who I rooted for back in the day
DQs:
Political/military?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Were you a noted young Greek hero?
Were you Odysseus's wife?
Did Terri Garr play your long-lost mom?
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DQ
Not Penelope
Not Phoebe Buffay
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Previous IQs:
Were you a noted young Greek hero? - Perseus
Were you Odysseus's wife? - Yes, Penelope
Did Terri Garr play your long-lost mom? - Yes, Phoebe Buffay, on Friends
DQ:
Political/military? (unanswered from above)
Best known for single incident?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Do you host the Survivor shows?
Does your statue stand atop a very tall city hall tower?
Did you win a come-from-behind victory at the Battle of Cedar Creek?
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D’oh! Sorry I missed that!
Not Jeff Probst
Not William Penn
DQ
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
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I was tempted to give 6 a hint and the “incident” he’s known for isn’t usually what that question means
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Previous IQs:
Do you host the Survivor shows? - Yes, Jeff Probst
Does your statue stand atop a very tall city hall tower? - Yes, William Penn, in Philadelphia
Did you win a come-from-behind victory at the Battle of Cedar Creek? - Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan, during the American Civil War
DQ:
Now in elective office?
IQs:
Are you the first Vice President from Indiana since 1993?
Was your selection announced at the battleship USS Wisconsin?
Did you defeat Mario Cuomo to become Governor of New York?
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Not Mike Pence
DQ
Not George Pataki
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
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Previous IQs:
Are you the first Vice President from Indiana since 1993? - Yes, Mike Pence
Was your selection announced at the battleship USS Wisconsin? - Paul Ryan, in Newport News, Va., when picked by Mitt Romney as his running mate in 2012
Did you defeat Mario Cuomo to become Governor of New York? - Yes, George Pataki
DQ:
Best known for military?
IQs:
Did the Beatles sing about you, a woman, in a song with a two-word title?
Were you an acerbic British playwright of the 20th century?
Were you AKA Mr. Incredible?
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
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Previous IQs:
Did the Beatles sing about you, a woman, in a song with a two-word title? - Penny Lane was a place, not a person; this was "Dear Prudence"
Were you an acerbic British playwright of the 20th century? - Harold Pinter
Were you AKA Mr. Incredible? - Bob Parr, in The Incredibles
DQs:
Once held elective office?
Best known as a Federal official?
Last name starts with P?
IQs:
Was your dad a mayor of Baltimore?
Were you introduced simultaneously with someone else on SNL, and pretended to be surprised to find him there?
Were you, too, that night?
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Not Nancy Pelosi
Not Art’s former collaborator Paul Simon
Not former IL Senator Paul Simon
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
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Swept me!
IQs:
Were you a former Lowell, Mass. official who ran for higher office?
Were you thought killed, but later revived with very advanced medical care?
Were you a noted cavalry commander of the American Civil War?
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Not Paul Tsongas
Not Patrick Kennedy
Not Pemberton
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Previous IQs:
Were you a former Lowell, Mass. official who ran for higher office? - Yes, Paul Tsongas
Were you thought killed, but later revived with very advanced medical care? - Not Patrick Kennedy, who was not "thought killed," but astronaut Frank Poole, in Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey and a much-later sequel
Were you a noted cavalry commander of the American Civil War? - Pemberton had no particular cavalry experience, and I already asked about him; this was Gen. Alfred Pleasanton
DQs:
Now holds Federal office?
Democrat?
IQs:
Did Judi Dench play you in a movie that bore your name as its title?
Did you play a guy whose car got stuck in a river as a little boy watched?
Did you own the watering hole where the FYI crew often gathered?
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
13) NOT currently in Federal office
14) Democrat
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Fun hint: just saw something about his most notable ex that bummed me out.
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Previous IQs:
Did Judi Dench play you in a movie that bore your name as its title? - The lead in Philomena
Did you play a guy whose car got stuck in a river as a little boy watched? - Phil Silvers, in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Did you own the watering hole where the FYI crew often gathered? - Yes, Phil, on Murphy Brown
Phil x3!
DQs:
Served in the Cabinet?
From a state west of the Mississippi?
IQs:
Were you a Lincoln assassination conspirator?
Were you a Supreme Court justice who coincidentally had the same name?
Did George Tenet sit behind you when you addressed the UN Security Council?
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DQ
DQ
Not Colin Powell (I DISTINCTLY Remember watching his presentation, it’s what brought me around on invading Iraq)
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
13) NOT currently in Federal office
14) Democrat
15) Never in Cabinet
16) From EAST of the Mississippi
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IQs:
Were you a Lincoln assassination conspirator? - Lewis Powell
Were you a Supreme Court justice who coincidentally had the same name? - Another, unrelated Lewis Powell
Did George Tenet sit behind you when you addressed the UN Security Council? - Yes, Colin Powell
Powell x3!
Yes, I think Powell's UN presentation had that effect on a lot of people. Too bad it wasn't all the 100% truth.
DQs:
Held a top Federal bureaucratic post?
Best known before 1945?
IQs:
Were you the title character of an Eighties kids show?
Did you play Roz Doyle?
Were you the horndog incestuous son in Taboo?
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
13) NOT currently in Federal office
14) Democrat
15) Never in Cabinet
16) From EAST of the Mississippi[
17) No top Federal bearuracratic post
18) Best known for activity AFTER 1945
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If you get to 20, I’ll give you a free clue if you don’t ask about it
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Previous IQs:
Were you the title character of an Eighties kids show? - Punky Brewster
Did you play Roz Doyle? - Yes, Peri Gilpin
Were you the horndog incestuous son in Taboo? - Paul
DQs:
From north of the Mason-Dixon Line?
Best known for activity since 2000?
I never say no to free clues, thanks!
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
13) NOT currently in Federal office
14) Democrat
15) Never in Cabinet
16) From EAST of the Mississippi[
17) No top Federal bearuracratic post
18) Best known for activity AFTER 1945
19) From NORTH of the Mason-Dixon Line
20) Best known for activities ATTER 2000
Freebie: Best known for his former SO
Please submit your guess by 3 PM ET SUNDAY
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Our mystery man is
Former Coast Guard officer, RI gubernatorial candidate and ex-husband of Michelle Kwan
CLAY PELL
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Yeah, I vaguely remember him. Thanks. Wanna start the next round, or shall I?
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I’ll check the used letters and think of someone. It’s 150 posts behind. Is that 2 or 3 games?
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Two. I just updated the list: http://www.mellophant.com/forums/sho...d-so-far/page2
B, G, H, O, V, X, Y are currently the longest-unused letters.
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Righto!
IQs:
Were you buried far from home in your wife's hometown of Troy, N.Y.?
Were you the best-known person to attend his funeral?
Did Queen Victoria complain of you, "He always addresses me as if I was a public meeting"?
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Not U.S. Grant
DQ
Not David Lloyd George
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Previous IQs:
Were you buried far from home in your wife's hometown of Troy, N.Y.? - Not Grant, who is buried in NYC, but George Henry Thomas, a Virginian by birth
Were you the best-known person to attend his funeral? - This was U.S. Grant, President at the time
Did Queen Victoria complain of you, "He always addresses me as if I was a public meeting"? - Not Lloyd George (Queen Victoria was a bit before his time, I think), but William E. Gladstone
DQs:
Real?
Male?
American?
IQs:
Were you also known as Tharkun and Olorin?
Were you married to a guy who was AKA Teleporno?
Were you Arathorn's wife?
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I figured it wasn’t Grant for 1, no better guess
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G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
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Previous IQs:
Were you also known as Tharkun and Olorin? - Gandalf, in the writings of JRR Tolkien
Were you married to a guy who was AKA Teleporno? - Galadriel's husband Celeborn, ditto (with "Teleporno" being pretty much the silliest name in all of Middle-earth, I'd say)
Were you Arathorn's wife? - Gilraen, mother of Aragorn, ditto
DQs:
Living?
Born since 1950?
Last name start with G?
IQs:
Did the Duke Brothers have pictures of Nixon, Reagan, Edison and you in their shared office?
Did your Bedford Falls-born brother win the Medal of Honor?
Was Jane your wife and Elroy your son?
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DQ
Not George Bailey
George Jetson also had a daughter Judy, alas not him either
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G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial “G”
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Previous IQs:
Did the Duke Brothers have pictures of Nixon, Reagan, Edison and you in their shared office? - George Washington, in Trading Places
Did your Bedford Falls-born brother win the Medal of Honor? - Yes, George Bailey, in It's a Wonderful Life
Was Jane your wife and Elroy your son? - Yes, George Jetson
George x3!
DQ:
Political/military?
IQs:
Although not holding governmental office, did you try to shut down the Federal investigation of Vice President Spiro Agnew's corruption?
Were you the also-famous son of that person?
Did you fail to "watch out for that tree"?
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G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial G
7) Political/Military
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Previous IQs:
Although not holding governmental office, did you try to shut down the Federal investigation of Vice President Spiro Agnew's corruption? - George H.W. Bush, at that time the RNC chairman, according to Rachel Maddow's Bag Man podcast
Were you the also-famous son of that person? - George W. Bush
Did you fail to "watch out for that tree"? - George, George, George of the Jungle
George x3 redux!
DQs:
Best known for politics?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Was Capt. Picard a fan of your variety of tea?
Were you an ex-con and owner of a Portland bar in Stumptown?
Were you a California governor forced from office in a recall election?
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DQ
DQ
Not Gray Davis (ALMOST picked him)
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G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial G
7) Political/Military
8) Political figure
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Back again!
Previous IQs:
Was Capt. Picard a fan of your variety of tea? - Earl Grey
Were you an ex-con and owner of a Portland bar in Stumptown? - Gray
Were you a California governor forced from office in a recall election? - Yes, Gray Davis
Grey/Gray x3!
DQs:
Democrat?
Now in office?
IQs:
Were you a sailor with the little-known first name "Willy"?
Were you a one-term governor of Ohio in the Seventies?
Were you Holmes's frenemy at Scotland Yard?
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Not The Skipper’s “little buddy” Gilligan
DQ
DQ
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G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial G
7) Political/Military
8) Political figure
9) Democrat
10) Currently in office
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Previous IQs:
Were you a sailor with the little-known first name "Willy"? - Yes, Gilligan from the TV show
Were you a one-term governor of Ohio in the Seventies? - John Gilligan
Were you Holmes's frenemy at Scotland Yard? - G. Lestrade (Conan Doyle never told us his full first name)
DQs:
Elected official?
Holds Federal office?
IQs:
Were you a former Federal judge who became a US senator and eventually a diplomat?
Did you often use the staccato phrase "What, what?" in a play about you?
Did a biographer say your hobbies, stamp collecting and hunting, were boring?
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#10 implies elected official, ask another DQ
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G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial G
7) Political/Military
8) Political figure
9) Democrat
10) Currently in office
11) NOT a Federal officeholder
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Well, every member of the Cabinet holds an office and isn't elected, but OK, thanks.
Previous IQs:
Were you a former Federal judge who became a US senator and eventually a diplomat? - George Mitchell of Maine
Did you often use the staccato phrase "What, what?" in a play about you? - Not Cary Grant, but rather George III, in The Madness of King George
Did a biographer say your hobbies, stamp collecting and hunting, were boring? - King George V
George x3!
DQs:
Governor of a state?
From a state east of the Miss. River?
From a state north of the Mason-Dixon Line, if extended to the Pacific?
IQs:
Were you the subject of a series of children's cartoons intended to teach courtesy and good behavior?
Were you, too?
Were you Sir Launcelot's son in most retellings of Arthurian legend?
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You’re of course right about Cabinet secretaries.
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G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial G
7) Political/Military
8) Political figure
9) Democrat
10) Currently in office
11) NOT a Federal officeholder
12) Governor
13) State WEST of the Mississippi
14) State mostly SOUTH of the Mason-Dixon Line
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Previous IQs:
Were you the subject of a series of children's cartoons intended to teach courtesy and good behavior? - Goofus, in a Christian-themed comic book I used to get at church
Were you, too? - Gallant, ditto
Were you Sir Launcelot's son in most retellings of Arthurian legend? - Sir Galahad
I think I know who this is.
IQ:
Did you survive a recent recall effort in California?
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YES! I am indeed:
GAVIN NEWSOM! Did the recall have ANY prayer of succeeding?!
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Some of the polling was less than favorable and it looked a few times like he just might lose. I think the Newsom team had an anxious moment or two, but down the homestretch he was almost certain to win.
Thanks, Eric. Lemme think about our next person....
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Aaaaaaand we're back - Happy New Year, and thanks!
Our next letter is
O
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You'll appreciate the latest subject of the SDMB Botticelli thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bo...022/958810/230
