{"id":116,"date":"2015-12-15T11:10:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T19:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com.previewc40.carrierzone.com\/?p=116"},"modified":"2015-12-15T11:10:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T19:10:33","slug":"blast-from-the-past-harmon-leon-at-newsoms-election-party-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/?p=116","title":{"rendered":"Blast From the Past : Harmon Leon at Newsom&#8217;s Election Party (2003)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leon later lost his job for fictionalizing his account, so this may not be very accurate.<\/p>\n<p>It remains, however, hilarious. Read it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/Billionaire-Khosla-suggests-land-swap-in-fight-6698310.php\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My cousin would kill me if he finds out,&#8221; proclaims Gavin Newsom&#8217;s first cousin as she relays myriad stories about family gatherings with Gavin and the Gettys.<\/p>\n<p>The Gonzalez supporters are still at it. A punk industrial band is now playing onstage. The Tamale Lady is here. The open bar has been drunk nearly dry. Gonzalez casually mingles among his beloved supporters &#8212; the atmosphere is sentimental, like the last night of summer camp.<\/p>\n<p>Just shortly after arriving, Gavin Newsom&#8217;s first cousin asks to go back to my car so she can put on more makeup. She then tries to tear down a poster depicting Bush, Schwarzenegger and her first cousin that reads &#8220;The Holy Untrinity!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Will you mention my name in your article?&#8221; asks Gavin Newsom&#8217;s first cousin when we return to Gonzalez headquarters. &#8220;I want to be like Paris Hilton<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leon later lost his job for fictionalizing his account, so this may not be very accurate. It remains, however, hilarious. Read it here Excerpt: &#8220;My cousin would kill me if he finds out,&#8221; proclaims Gavin Newsom&#8217;s first cousin as she relays myriad stories about family gatherings with Gavin and the Gettys. The Gonzalez supporters are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117,"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}