Comments on: A Helpful Hint For Our Candidates http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/04/a-helpful-hint-for-our-candidates Loaning brain cells to those in need since 2003 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:58:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Dustin http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/04/a-helpful-hint-for-our-candidates#comment-28416 Dustin Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:17:26 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/04/a-helpful-hint-for-our-candidates#comment-28416 You two are welcome to your Philly steaks, I'll stick with my good old Wisconsin cheddar burger w/ sauerkraut & bacon. The way I see it if you don't like the local food in an area <strong>don't</strong> make diners and other places for food a focal point of your campaign. It's useless trivia but the media loves it at the expense of everything else. If you screw up and "look bad"? All the better. You could be 100% about every issue that matters but if you for one second look like an out-of-touch tourist during a campaign stop you'll get crucified by the media. You two are welcome to your Philly steaks, I’ll stick with my good old Wisconsin cheddar burger w/ sauerkraut & bacon.

The way I see it if you don’t like the local food in an area don’t make diners and other places for food a focal point of your campaign. It’s useless trivia but the media loves it at the expense of everything else. If you screw up and “look bad”? All the better.

You could be 100% about every issue that matters but if you for one second look like an out-of-touch tourist during a campaign stop you’ll get crucified by the media.

]]> By: Kyle E. Moore http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/04/a-helpful-hint-for-our-candidates#comment-28399 Kyle E. Moore Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:31:06 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/04/a-helpful-hint-for-our-candidates#comment-28399 MARK!!!!!! Thanks for the update. Actually, I had Kerry in mind when I wrote this because I knew he did gaffe on his order, I just couldn't remember what that gaffe was specifically. Actually, I only been once. My friend had a bachelor's party up in Atlantic City, and on the way back down to Virginia we stopped in Philly to get us some 'steaks. We ate at both places, and really, I did like Pat's better. I think I've heard about your other one, I got a coworker who's from there and says he always gets his from another place, but I'm not sure what the name was. MARK!!!!!! Thanks for the update. Actually, I had Kerry in mind when I wrote this because I knew he did gaffe on his order, I just couldn’t remember what that gaffe was specifically.

Actually, I only been once. My friend had a bachelor’s party up in Atlantic City, and on the way back down to Virginia we stopped in Philly to get us some ’steaks. We ate at both places, and really, I did like Pat’s better.

I think I’ve heard about your other one, I got a coworker who’s from there and says he always gets his from another place, but I’m not sure what the name was.

]]> By: Mark http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/04/a-helpful-hint-for-our-candidates#comment-28397 Mark Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:24:34 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/04/a-helpful-hint-for-our-candidates#comment-28397 Being married to a lifelong Philly girl, I need to add a few corrections/additions to this post: 1. There are, in fact, three places to order a proper 'Steak. A large number of in-the-know Philadelphians will tell you that the greasiest, most delicious cheese steak can be had at Jim's on South Street. Most days, the line at Jim's is just as long as the lines at Pat's and Geno's. Depending on your viewpoint, the media's long-standing ignorance of Jim's is either the grossest oversight in the history of food journalism or a complete godsend that is the only thing keeping the line at Jim's tolerable. 2. Lest we forget, John Kerry committed the gravest cheese steak - related sin in American political history in 2004 when he ordered his cheese steak with lettuce, tomatoes and mayonnaise, and swiss cheese. Although all Philly cheese steaks are officially made to order (contrary to popular belief, one need not have peppers and onions to make a Philly cheese steak), it is commonly understood that one's order must be limited to "Provie" or "Whiz" for the cheese and that the only permissible vegetables are peppers, onions, and - if you're really good and lucky - mushrooms. While Kerry held on to the state of Pennsylvania, it is plausible that his grievous affront to cheese steak etiquette cost him the votes of several thousand transplanted Philadelphians in Ohio. Being married to a lifelong Philly girl, I need to add a few corrections/additions to this post:
1. There are, in fact, three places to order a proper ‘Steak. A large number of in-the-know Philadelphians will tell you that the greasiest, most delicious cheese steak can be had at Jim’s on South Street. Most days, the line at Jim’s is just as long as the lines at Pat’s and Geno’s. Depending on your viewpoint, the media’s long-standing ignorance of Jim’s is either the grossest oversight in the history of food journalism or a complete godsend that is the only thing keeping the line at Jim’s tolerable.
2. Lest we forget, John Kerry committed the gravest cheese steak - related sin in American political history in 2004 when he ordered his cheese steak with lettuce, tomatoes and mayonnaise, and swiss cheese. Although all Philly cheese steaks are officially made to order (contrary to popular belief, one need not have peppers and onions to make a Philly cheese steak), it is commonly understood that one’s order must be limited to “Provie” or “Whiz” for the cheese and that the only permissible vegetables are peppers, onions, and - if you’re really good and lucky - mushrooms. While Kerry held on to the state of Pennsylvania, it is plausible that his grievous affront to cheese steak etiquette cost him the votes of several thousand transplanted Philadelphians in Ohio.

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