samsloan wrote:


At the end, I beat the most heavily financed candidate (which is why I
finished 8th out of 9) and came close to beating several of the other
losers.

Sam Sloan

The last-place finisher in 2005 was George John. I take it this means
Sam thinks he was "more heavily financed" than Joel Channing. If you
believe that, you'll believe anything. Come to think of it, Sam
probably does. Let's take up a collection to send him some tinfoil
hats.