{"id":2833,"date":"2011-05-20T10:38:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T18:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2017-05-28T17:15:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T01:15:48","slug":"parody-why-george-gascon-kicked-off-his-campaign-in-the-castro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2833\/parody-why-george-gascon-kicked-off-his-campaign-in-the-castro\/","title":{"rendered":"Parody: Why George Gasc\u00f3n Kicked Off His Campaign <br>in the Castro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"303\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7S0wD2o6VBc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May 20, 2011<\/p>\n<p>In yet another entertaining cartoon parody by EyeOnSF and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7S0wD2o6VBc&amp;feature=player_embedded\">posted on YouTube<\/a>, District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n is observed discussing with his campaign consultant the rationale behind choosing Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro to kick off his election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In the skit, Gasc\u00f3n, a former Republican turned independent turned Democrat, dressed in a police uniform asks his campaign consultant to &#8220;remind me again why we are having my campaign kickoff at Harvey Milk Plaza.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The consultant responds, &#8220;George, I told you, because your conservative base is not enough to get you elected. You need support from LGBT voters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n then asks,&#8221; What about the Mission and appealing to Latino voters?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The consultant responds, &#8220;You are not popular in the Mission. Most Latino voters opposed the Sit-Lie law and they associate you with that, and most Latino voters don&#8217;t trust the cops. Speaking, of which, why are you still wearing your police uniform?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n responds, &#8220;Oops!\u00a0 I forgot I am not the chief of police anymore. Do I need a different uniform to be district attorney?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The goofs just get funnier ending with Gasc\u00f3n dancing to YMCA by the Village People while his frustrated consultant throws his hands in the air exclaiming, &#8220;Oh, shit!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>From the author:\u00a0 &#8220;George Gasc\u00f3n held his campaign kickoff at Harvey Milk Plaza in the  Castro. Some people thought that was an odd choice. Here is a dramatic  imagining of the conversation about that decision between Gasc\u00f3n and his  campaign manager.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the skit, Gasc\u00f3n, a former Republican turned independent turned Democrat, is dressed in a police uniform asks his campaign consultant to &#8220;remind me again why we are having my campaign kickoff at Harvey Milk Plaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257,222,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Parody: Why George Gasc\u00f3n Kicked Off His Campaign in the Castro - Fog City Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2833\/parody-why-george-gascon-kicked-off-his-campaign-in-the-castro\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parody: Why George Gasc\u00f3n Kicked Off His Campaign in the Castro - 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