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I hadn’t heard, after the last SAG <\/a>election brouhaha back in November, that the election for president, treasurer and secretary <\/a>was going to be re-run (how appropriate). Well, it is, on 15 March. And the campaigning is just as entertaining as the first go-around.<\/p>\n

So, on the one side running as president, we have Melissa Gilbert<\/a>, who would like you to think of her as that cute little girl on Little House on the Prairie<\/i>, but is, of course, actually Anna Sheridan, a soul-possessed tool of the Evil Shadows from Babylon 5<\/i>. Sheridan won the original, contested election, and has been serving for the past three months.<\/p>\n

On the other side is Valerie Harper<\/a>, everyone’s favorite insecure Jewish next-door neighbor, Rhoda, from the Mary Tyler Moore <\/i>show.<\/p>\n

Sheridan has, lined up on her side, the man who won the VP election, BJ Hunnicut (Mike Farrell<\/a>) as a spokesperson, who definitely adds to the likeability factor, especially versus Rhoda’s grungy movie Trapper John (Elliott Gould<\/a>), who is running for . On the other hand, Rhoda has callow-but-trustworthy Officer Reed (Kent McCord<\/a>) on her side, agaist Anna’s doctor friend (Amy Aquino<\/a>). Rhoda has the support <\/a>of young Wesley Crusher, as well as Moses, Marshall McCloud, John Adams, Kate (The Real) McCoy, and, of course, Mary’s old boss, Lou Grant. <\/p>\n

Gilbert, on the other hand, is supported <\/a>by Spider-Man, Grace (of Wil and), and Elizabeth Taylor.<\/p>\n

There have been all sorts of shenanigans regarding SAG e-mail<\/a> from individuals that turned out to be paid political announcements. Plus, both candidates have bandied accusations of, “Well I am certainly in favor of a public debate, but my opponent keeps ducking away from it.”<\/p>\n

There are other candidates<\/a>, of course. But they’re not nearly as famous.<\/p>\n

More as it happens …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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