Politics Overheard at the Pedersen Party
There’s not much drinking going on at the Pedersen party, which is being held in a huge 1909 craftsman near the 15th Avenue business district on Captiol Hill. Instead there’s lots of soda, cookies, and earnest conversation.
But over in the corner of the kitchen, where the wine is stashed, I met up with a gossipy Pedersen supporter who was ready to dish dirt. After asking me what Dan Savage would think about my having just poured myself a glass of white on the job (and after Stranger publisher Tim Keck told him exactly what Dan would think), the gossipy man told me that Pedersen had never been to a gay bar in Seattle until a recent campaign bar hop. Then the man corrected himself. He said Jamie had been to one gay bar before the recent campaign event: the Timberline, back when it still existed, to buy a ski ticket.
So much for the gay candidate. Or, as my chatty friend put it: “Jamie’s the least gay candidate in the race.”
Jamie Pedersen is gay like Clarence Thomas is black.