October 31, 2004
To Philadelphia!
I was in Boston with the Democrats. I was in New York with the Republicans. As the election season whirls feverishly toward its crescendo, it's only fitting that I place myself in the very cradle of American democracy, birthplace of the Constitution, home of fellow renaissance man Benjamin Franklin, first capitol of our nation, and now, the crucial metropolis of a crucial swing state. Philadelphia, sound a long toll on the Liberty Bell because here comes Travis LaFrance: cocksman, falconer, patriot.
On those same cobblestone streets where Benjamin Franklin trumpeted the virtue of a people's government, in those same colonial parlors where the rascally bachelor seduced the most refined matrons of the New World, so shall Travis caress the electorate with his callused--yet gentle--hands of good judgement.
Monday morning I travel, joining a veritable Brooklyn Brigade of Minutemen and Minutewoman racing by land, by sea, by bus and train and car to fight for our country and to depose the tyrant George II.
I'll be getting out the vote. To join me, volunteer at www.acthere.com. Or if you've any suggestions for how a Man of Letters should pass his leisure hours in the city of brotherly love, comment here, or drop me a line at travislafranceATtravislafranceDOTcom. Stay tuned for live reports.
Posted by Travis LaFrance at October 31, 2004 08:39 PM