Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/29

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Subject: [Leica] A Lower Form of Political Animal
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Thu Jul 29 15:18:08 2004

That sounds like the makings of an interesting photo essay.
S. Dimitrov



> From: "Buzz Hausner" <buzz.hausner@verizon.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:07:40 -0400
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] A Lower Form of Political Animal
> 
> Advance men work in American political campaigns by going from place to
> place making arrangements for a candidate's visit and then supervising
> the candidate's perambulations on the ground.  Having done one town,
> they move on to the next place and then the next and the next until
> Election Day.  Their job is to make sure that the candidate meets the
> right people, says the right things and stays as much as possible on
> schedule.  Advance men have no real authority and no influence on the
> themes and issues of a campaign.  Being an advance man is not a good
> trajectory for a White House or State House job; those positions go to
> issues and strategy people.  Advance men generally go from campaign to
> campaign and eventually get mid-level jobs with advertising or public
> opinion firms when they tire of the road.  They have no real power or
> authority other than what they invent for themselves and that which
> naturally accrues from proximity to the real celebrity, the candidate.
> 
> Advance men tend to be self-important because they're not important, and
> they are oblivious to the people around them because they are always
> about to move on.  They tend to treat everybody in their paths...except
> local politicians...like crap.
> 
> Buzz Hausner
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf
> Of Feli di Giorgio
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 6:01 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Secret service, bruised egos and Your Shot
> 
> On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 14:42, Keith R. Wessel wrote:
>> I agree -  this could definitely have been an Advance Man.
> 
> 
> Ok, what's a Advance Man?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Feli
> 
> 
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