[Leica] It's NOT politics as usual. Or maybe it is ....

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 2:51 PM -0500 3/1/07, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>It's time for Philadelphia's mayor, John Street, to step down. There's a
>wide range of contenders to fill his shoes. One of them is Milton Street
>-- the mayors own brother.
>
>Despite being under federal inditement and not even living in the state,
>Milton's the media's favorite because -- well, he's so incredibly odd.
>
>He had a noon rally today threatening to pull out of the race if 5,000
>people didn't show up. 150 showed up, and 40 reporters. True to form, he
>had a piano player tickling the ivories while he spoke, then he hauled a
>coffin out on stage with him, then he started preaching (quoting the
>bible, waving his arms), then he'd lean on the coffin for a while, and
>then, overcome by the spirit -- he burst into song. After the rally he
>did a duet with some guy from WIP radio. Oh yeah.
>
>My photos:
>
>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/2007/2007%2D03%2D01%2Dms/images.html
>

Great shots, Kyle. 5888 copy copy.jpg is especially good. The idea of 
voting for the guy might be a bit scary, but he photographs well - by 
you, anyway.

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