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The Amazing Campaign Of Anasha Cummings For Troy City Council
All of this really happened.
Anasha Cummings is a giant ginger mensch. In 2015, he ran for an at-large seat on the Troy, New York City Council. Some say it was the best thing to happen to politics since Billy Possum. Here are twenty-some of the most memorable moments.
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1) That time when all the statues in town — and Kareem, and some trees — all mysteriously sprouted red beards. It all started with that time.
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2) And that time Rocco and Laban, yep that's Laban, and a whole bunch of other people helped Anasha announce his campaign.
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4) That time The Record put four photographs of Anasha's red-bearded face in one article.
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5) That time there were four Sound Offs about how there were four photos of Anasha's bearded face in one article in The Record.
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6) The time when this was the most popular baseball card among kids in Troy.
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7) The time Kevin McCashion made this #TroyCrazy tweet.
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8) That time Anasha invited us to his first political fundraiser while levitating over a river in front of a waterfall.
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9) That time Anasha first started running in slow motion through water.
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10) That time Anasha ran through a rainbow in slow motion.
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11) That time Anasha ran slow motion through a rainbow in Duncan's hand and then jumped inside of his own head while talking to Molly.
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12) That time people were dancing to DJ Trumastr in the Takk house in front of a giant video projection of Anasha running in slow motion through a rainbow in Duncan's hand and then jumped inside of his own head while talking to Molly.
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13) That time Anasha and campaign volunteers went door-to-door, collecting more than 450 signatures from registered voters to create a Red Beard ballot line for the Nov. 3 general election in Troy.
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14) That time 1000s of wearable red beard campaign masks were on faces all over Troy.
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15) That time when Eric drank an RC Cola through a wearable red beard campaign mask at Famous Lunch.
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16) That time the wearable red beard campaign mask gave an on-air interview at WAMC Northeast Public Radio.
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17) That time Franco's mom endorsed Anasha.
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18) That time Anasha made public information available to the public through the Internet. Mmmmm. Yeah.
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19) The time Anasha lost the Democratic primary and became the first Troy politician to openly campaign in the cemetery (with Robert Ross backing him).
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20) That time Anasha made a music video for his campaign jingle to raise money to "robo-call" his jingle to 6,000 registered voters in Troy.
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21) That time when Anasha only raised $25 to "robo-call" his Jingle. And he "robo-called" it anyway. While the other campaigns were making robo-calls with stolen 911 tapes and phony push polls attacking each other.
22) That time it got a little beardy on Halloween just before the election.
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23) That time Anasha lost his race in the general election and hosted a "Campaign Hangover Brunch" to keep the people engaged.
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