I love Oakland. There’s not much of an identifiable skyline and the Raiders have seen better days, but the people can still get excited over the politics of change.
Change is what Oakland is all about. Think of Jerry Brown and Al Davis. They’re both over the hill but still capable of change in a world that hasn’t learned to embrace the dynamics of change.
Take Al Davis. Please. He’s living crust.
Al owns the Oakland Raiders. He’s the same guy who brought John Madden and John Gruden to professional football coaching ranks. Both were too young to coach. Both did well. Al takes risks to manage change. His newest head coach (he gets a new one every couple of years) is Lane Kiffin. He’s about Chelsea’s age. At least he doesn’t look like Chucky Gruden.
Sunday night we had over 10,000 people show up for a Club 44 event. At least the voters in Oakland understand the significance of the “44.” San Francisco gets it. They don’t get it back in Cleveland. No wonder Ohio is so red these days. They think I’m 44 years old. I wish.
I had to call Irma Henderson in Oakland tonight and apologize. She got stuck beyond the $20 donation area with the rest of the crowd and was miffed at me. Irma’s money quote: “It’s not good. With all this public fundraising scandal, it’s like she just wants the money.”
Duh.
I called Kathleen Crandall in Berkeley right after I called Irma. Irma was a downer. I don’t like to end the day on a downer. Kathleen was a Republican until four years ago. See how uplifting politics can be? Embrace change, honey. It’s good. Now Kathleen says, Clinton is “our best shot.”
You go girl.
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