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Blame Canada.

It's a pre-emptive strike -- It's always the quiet ones you have to worry about.

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At last! The certified list of candidates for Governor of California (a PDF file): http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/2003_cert_list.pdf

Among the candidates:
*A surprising number of business-men/-women and a surprising lack of lawyers
*A retired meat packer
*A railroad switchman/brakeman
*An adult film actress
*A custom denture manufacturer
*A golf professional
*A marijuana legalization attorney
*A used car dealer
*A prizefighter
*A psychologist/farmer
*A middleweight sumo wrestler

Also included are folks who *sound* like they are someone else:
* Robert "Butch" Dole (Bob Dole the small business owner, not the Kansas senator)
* Michael Jackson (The satellite project manager, not the species-ambiguous entertainer)
* Edward "Ed" Kennedy (The businessman/educator, no apparent relation to the dynasty)
* Richard J. Simmons (The attorney/businessperson, not the manic diet czar)