February 14, 2006

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For The Record

RubiTuesdayBR (12:21:00 AM): was that you who sent that email?
BrianGULC (12:36:45 AM): How long did that email take you to write?
crazyginny (12:52:34 AM): are you concerned GULC?
Wooster24 (1:13:44 AM): yo.. do you know who sent this SBA email about corruption

I did not write, assist in the writing of, edit, approve, send, or advise anyone regarding the "ConcernedGULC" email.

I've saved the email into a text file, and am hosting it for reference.

1. If I'd have written it, I would have signed it. I'm all about honesty, transparency, and openness. Consider this and this, for instance. People know that I answer any question posed about myself. I would not miss the irony of sending out an email claiming to be the principled side and claiming to run a campaign about honesty, transparency, and reform, while hiding behind an anonymous email account.
2. I would not have used the ridiculous word "torpedo" once, let alone multiple times. I generally avoid such uses of overdramatic action words. I assure you that I could not read or hear someone use the word "torpedo" without at the very least rolling my eyes.
3. I, unlike some people, know that an em dash is supposed to be used without spaces on its sides--like this--instead of the way it was used in that email.
4. The em dashes and other characters were not plain text--they were HTML character entities. That means it was likely composed in Microsoft Word, then pasted into an email. I do not compose my emails in Word. I write them directly into a browser window's textarea 95% of the time, and compose in Notepad all the rest of the time. I love Notepad. This site, for instance, was created entirely in Notepad (except the graphics, which were of course created in Photoshop).
5. I would not have called my own video improper.
6. I would not have said that the Elections Committee "was forced to disqualify" Zeeshan. I think the Elections Committee was where most of the blame lies in this whole thing. They had a choice, and they made the wrong one (and not just about Zeeshan, they also screwed Frank and Lisa's campaign by taking away their privileges to email), because they got too caught up in The Rules to remember their purpose: ensuring a fair election.
7. I actually liked Beau's campaign (as distinguished from Kristin's) quite a bit. He would have easily been my top choice if Zeeshan weren't running. I definitely supported Lisa from the start, as she is a good friend of mine, and she's awesome and on top of shit. But I don't really blame Beau at all. He stood up in the Judiciary hearing and said he thought the disqualification was improper and that he didn't object to a revote, just like Frank did. In fact, Beau spoke first. In any case, I certainly don't think that Beau is running merely to pad his resume, and I think it's laughable that anyone would accuse him, of all people, of having undue deference to parliamentary procedure.
8. The email said, "History has always shown that the petty and corrupt are the least capable of enacting change and reform." I am always very reluctant to make sweeping generalizations about history, mostly because I know absolutely nothing about history.
9. I would not have called on "concerned students," and then referred in the next sentence to the candidates I was trying to smear as "concerned" with their resumes.
10. I've never used Google groups.
11. "There is no opting out of the truth!" would be pretty funny if it were meant tongue-in-cheek. In this case though, I'm pretty sure it was meant in earnest. That's absurd.
12. Although the writer managed not to split any infinitives, or end sentences with a preposition where it isn't necessary, rules about which I am quite strict, the style does not otherwise match my own. I never skip multiple lines between paragraphs. And I never sign anything "Yours sincerely." I just put, at the bottom, "David" or "David Barzelay," or in extreme cases, "Thanks,/ David Barzelay."
13. I would have addressed everything in a more humorous way. I'm never that dry.

So yeah, I really didn't write it. I'd tell everyone if I did. I think the writer exaggerates the role Beau played in the whole thing. As I said, most of the blame is with the elections committee itself. Frank filed complaints against Beau, too.

So vote for whichever one of them you want to vote for. I think they're both great candidates. All that's really certain is that Lisa Keels should be Vice President. So vote for her.

Posted at February 14, 2006 12:40 AM | Comments (10)

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