October 15, 2007
All I Need are Some Tasty Waves, a Cool Buzz, Matt Gonzalez, and I'm Fine
We were at work, surfing the Web when we noticed that Wonkette just posted some crazy story that Sean Penn is offering Matt Gonzalez $5 million dollars to run against the Gavster. Apparently, Sean would give Matt the money if Matty G. switched to the Democratic Party. What, Sean doesn't think a naked guy and a man named Grasshopper are good enough candidates?
According to the story, Matt really wasn't sure if his bud Sean was making a joke or not (although we've yet to hear Sean Penn make a joke and can't be sure he ever has) and turned it down because he refused to switch to the Democratic Party.
Now, we've done a quick search through the news and couldn't find any damn stories corroborating it and Wonkette doesn't supply any links to the story. So, this could either be Wonkette having a laugh at our expense, and, if so, are you having a laugh? Are they having a laugh? Or, they got tipped onto a juicy-ass rumor that somehow scooped the entire San Francisco media/gossip train. We kinda hope this story is true 'cause besides giving old SFist an actual election to cover, and quite a juicy one at that, the idea of Sean Penn being involved in SF politics and playing money fairy to Matt Gonzalez is just stupendously awesome.
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wouldn't that violate the 500.00 limit anyone can give to a politician here in the city?
oh, the irony!
;)
Not if it is a committee to elect.
Wonkette has been publishing a LOT of unsubstantiated nonsense lately, I suspect this is more of the same. Too many pieces of the story just don't add up to anything anyone with any real knowledge of what really went on as the progressives found a new way to completely frak up knows.
Besides, Sean Penn is way too cool to blow 5 million on a stupid political campaign. Better to spend it on a movie that kicks ass than some guy who spent all year wandering around pondering the meaning of it all - and of course trying to block anyone else until the last minute from getting in , lest they take away the limelight.
Whatever. Congratulations, Mayor Newsom!
It's obviously not true. But certainly not unbelievable. This is your democracy folks. Where the rich and powerful get to play their silly little games and persue their personal vendettas. You, me and everyone else can just go f**k ourselves as far as all these ass clowns are concerned.
Note to Sean: You don't actually live in San Francisco and you're rich. The effects of the policies of the SF Mayor's office have absolutely no effect on your life. Go have your fun in Marin because no one here gives a f**k.
Aren't the ballots already printed and in the books, so-to-speak?
... did Wonkette just refer to Matt Gonzalez as a "hunky-hipster"?
It's also way too late for any new candidates to enter the race. So unless Matt reeeely reeeely wanted to do another "Write In" attempt, I'd say that $5 million dollar rumor is totally false.
Headline of the year.
Great rumor; one that makes no sense at all since the election of Newsom is assured.
BTW is it only me who thinks Sean Penn looks like a tranny in the article's photo?
Maybe this is just some bullshit story concocted by his publicist to give him some media presence before his next film hits the theaters.
Oh look, according to IMDB, "Crossing Over" is supposed to be released in December.
What a coincidence...
Who is more humor free: Sean or Matt?
Matt is a "hunky-hipster"? Tiny hipster maybe...
Since no one else has mentioned it: nice, albeit utterly random, "Extras" reference.