Posted on 05/31/2005 1:00:38 PM PDT by bizzyblog
Note: The following conversation was relayed to BizzyBlog by a high-tech fly on the wall.
The scene: Bob McEwen and his wife Liz are meeting with campaign manager Nonita Via. Bob has a lot of ideas about places to visit.
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Nonita Via: Good morning, Mr. and Mrs. McEwen.
Bob McEwen: Good morning, Nonita. We've been campaigning here for two whole months now, and we've gotten to know the people of this district very well. In that spirit, you can start calling us Bob and Liz, and we'll call you NV.
Boy, Liz and I can't wait to get out there and mingle with the people of myyyyy Second District today. We're getting down to the last couple of weeks, so we have to plan our agenda very carefully. Let's start in Batavia. We'll go shake hands with the patriotic blue-collar men and women at the Ford plant there.
Liz McEwen: Good idea, Bob. High-paying manufacturing jobs are so important.
NV: Uh, Mr. and Mrs. McEw-, er, Bob and Liz, that's not a Ford plant any more, and hasn't been for over 5 years. Now it's a joint venture between Ford and Z-F.
Bob: Ford and the F what?
Liz: Hey, no F words around here.
NV: No, no, Mr. and Mrs., er, Bob and Liz. The name of the other company in the joint venture is ZF Friedrichshaefen.
Bob and Liz: Oh. (pause)
Bob: They still make transmissions, right?
NV: Yes.
Bob: Well, at least that hasn't changed. But The F--sorry, Liz, I mean Z-F-- probably wouldn't be the best place to go to show my support for American companies.
NV: Especially since the UAW local endorsed Paul Hackett.
Bob: Paul who? In what race?
Liz: Wait, the 2nd District IS the only race. Are we running against him?
NV: Not yet. (under breath) If ever.....uh, Hackett's a Democrat.
Bob and Liz: (looking at each other knowingly and overconfidently) Oh. (pause)
Bob: That's okay. We'll go and visit the Corning Precision Lens Plant west of Amelia. Betcha thought I was going to call it U.S. Precision Lens, didn't you, NV? But I know they changed their name to Corning Precision Lens in in 2000, because I keep up with what's going on in myyyyy district.
NV: Well--
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