Sex, Drugs and Political Polls
During campaigns, passion and the urge to mate is strong. Emotions and adrenaline run at super-human levels. There needs to be an outlet for the adrenaline and emotions: sex, drugs and political polls. The last campaign for which I worked, my team mostly drank and became obsessed with the latest poll. It didn't matter what the poll was, we had to know. Bush - Kerry. Bowles-Burr. Sheriff. Dog-Catcher. Student Council. We had to know!
Along with managing to keep polling data in order in our head, we managed to become functional alcoholics over a three week span. Not healthy, but normal for the campaign life
Other people, however, had more devious ways of letting out their tension. One senior staffer male on the campaign hooked up with at least three fellow staff members. At least two of those encounters involved sex. These staff members were older volunteers on the campaign, so it was not quite as scandalous as it could have been. All parties were willing.
There were also random hook-ups and sex with local people - non-campaign affiliated. I thought people only had bar sex in the movies. Chances are that if you meet someone in a bar and they are willing to sleep with you, they are totally sleazy.
On a more disturbing note, the Field Director, unbeknownst to Washington, slept with the 18 year old paid local workers. Slept may be too nice of a term. I'm tempted to use a stronger word, but I wasn't a fly on the wall. He is in his late thirties, had a pregnant girlfriend (8 months pregnant) who lived out of town. Yet he lured an 18 year old drug user/campaign worker (many of the workers were high school students or drop outs that were paid by the hour) to bed with him by offering her drugs. She was so high, that she laid there while the Dickless Bastard had sex with her. I really really want to use the "R" word. It's so disgusting that I would like to throw-up as I write this.

- posted by CosmoChica @ 7:49 AM