Stealing the Mayor’s Underpants
A Gay Political Novel
by Paul Crumrine
Copyright © 2008 by Paul Crumrine
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to reproduce this story or portions thereof, in any form.
This book is a work of fiction and bears no resemblance to any actual mayoral election or candidates in Portland, Oregon, or anywhere else. Portland mayors are elected in May, not in the November general election as this novel depicts, though run-off elections may continue until the general election.
Chapters
2: Cruising the Pancake Breakfast
3: A Pair of Cowpoke Politicos
4: We Beat the Opposition to the Graveyard
6: Lance Hancock’s Slinky Underpants
8: The Dexterous Art of Dissimulation
9: Of Masters, Ponyboys, and Pet Humans
10: The Precious Virtuous Decency League
11: A Punch in the Kisser Excites Me
12: Do Not Disturb a Sleeping Policeman
14: The Trick-or-Treat Panty Raid
Note to Publishers: Thus far, Stealing the Mayor's Underpants has not appeared in print format. I am interested in finding a publisher for this novel, so if you believe it merits publication please e-mail me at purple-prose@hotmail.com.
Confessions of a Political Hack
Not all of Mike Dodger’s antics and anecdotes spring from his creator’s own involvement in political races (only those covered by the statute of limitations). He retells—and being Mike frequently embellishes—confessions and reminiscences from a wide variety of sources including The American Heritage History of the 20’s & 30’s, Jack Bass and Marilyn Thompson’s Ol’ Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond, Ronald Kessler’s Inside the White House, Jack Mitchell’s How to Get Elected: An Anecdotal History of Mud-Slinging, Red-Baiting, Vote-Stealing, and Dirty Tricks in American Politics, Kathleen Hall Jamieson’s Dirty Politics, Cormac O’Brien’s Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents, Gerald Schomp’s Birchism Was My Business, and Bruce L. Felknor’s Dirty Politics. Edward Schwartzman’s Campaign Craftsmanship: A Professional’s Guide to Campaigning for Elective Office provided additional information about national politics, while Robert E. Burton’s Democrats of Oregon: The Pattern of Minority Politics, 1900-1956 and Jewel Lansing’s Portland: People, Politics, and Power, 1851-2001 assisted with local information.
Photographs used to illustrate this story are not copyrighted by me.
I swiped them fromThey popped into this narrative from a variety of web sources. I havestolenaccessed images that can be found on a number of sites, and appear to lie within the public domain. If I have inadvertently snagged a photograph or a caption which has proprietary properties, I am sorrythat I got caught: please let me know so I can remedy the error. Refrain from the impulse to "get bitter," and "cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like [you] or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain [your] frustration.""Mike Dodger"
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