(excerpt from) SFGate.com
Guess jeans founder wants bigger britches
by Carla Marinucci
Georges Marciano has covered the asses of the masses — and now he wants to go on to another, even tougher CYA assignment, becoming governor of California.
Marciano, 62, is a co-founder of Guess Jeans — the brand perhaps most famous for turning the late Anna Nicole Smith’s tush into an advertising icon.
But the former fashion mogul, who’s now in various real estate interests, has a passion for politics, we’re told by his campaign aide and publicist, Rod Harrell, who says his boss will launch a campaign [as] an independent candidate for governor…
He’s forming his committees and putting together his positions on issues, Harrell said, adding that Marciano will soon be presenting his views on the measures on the May 19 special election ballot.
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1 Kimberly Wilder // Apr 11, 2009 at 6:54 am
Quasi related news (and something that seemed too sketchy, and not definitely third party enough to write a story about):
Politics1 reports:
MONTEL. TV talk show host Montel Williams told Politico he will most likely run for political office sometime soon. Williams — a Baltimore native and graduate of the US Naval Academy — launches a new radio show on the liberal Air America network this week.
2 Kimberly Wilder // Apr 11, 2009 at 6:59 am
Hope everyone here is having a wonderful Spring, Easter, Passover, Solstice, and or whatever you honor or celebrate.
I see that some of the other political sites have slowed down a bit.
Since one side of my family is Christian and one side Jewish I can’t take all the days off. So, I often wind up taking none. So, don’t know about anyone else around here, but expect a couple of updates from me even through the weekend.
(I also have this great sense that while the powerful are busy vacationing, it is a great time for the non-violent, third party revolution to catch up on them with extra work, planning and discussions…)
3 Donald Raymond Lake // Apr 11, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Former Lt Montel Williams has all kinds of ethics problems from the 1990s. [Will he be able to 'hydro plane' like 1960s teen killer Mass Senator Ted Kennedy?]
—Citizens For A Better Veterans Home
4 PTK // Apr 11, 2009 at 7:18 pm
I wish good luck to Mr. Marciano’s campaign.
5 Michael Seebeck // Apr 12, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Great. Another wannabe who thinks he can do better while being the same.
He wants to run as an independent. Good luck on getting the signatures for that!
6 John C Jackson // Apr 12, 2009 at 6:13 pm
I don’t know what problems Montel Williams has, but I would like to see him push medical marijuana.
7 John C Jackson // Apr 12, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Did he kill a lady in the 90s? I didn’t hear that one.
8 paulie // Apr 12, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Who?
9 Andy // Apr 12, 2009 at 7:32 pm
“He wants to run as an independent. Good luck on getting the signatures for that!”
Yeah, he’ll need around 167,000 valid petition signatures to be on the ballot for Governor of Calfironia as an independent. Considering that this guy is one of the founders of Guess Jeans, I assume that he’s got lot’s of money so he’s probably got a good chance of making it assuming that he’s willing to put a bunch of his own money in the race.
10 paulie // Apr 12, 2009 at 7:40 pm
I’d say that would be somewhere between half a million to a million for ballot access, plus whatever advertising is done after getting on the ballot (even more expensive for a big state).
11 Donald Raymond Lake // Apr 12, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Even B4 this specific event, Mister Williams has apologized time and time again on his show, including snafus of a personal [marital] nature!
……Montel threatens to ‘blow up’ teen reporter
Image: Montel Williams
Jason Decrow / AP
Montel Williams later apologized for his outburst in a statement that read, “I mistakenly thought the reporter and photographer in question were at the hotel to confront me about some earlier comments. I was wrong, and I apologize for my overreaction.”
A thoughtful query caused Montel Williams to cancel an interview and later threaten the high school newspaper intern who asked the question, reports the Associated Press.
“I’m trying to figure out exactly why you are here and what the interview is about,” Montel snapped at Savannah Morning-News intern Courtney Scott.
The talk show host, in town to promote a free prescription drug program for low-income patients, ended the press event after Courtney asked if he thought that pharmaceutical companies would be discouraged from research and development if profits were restricted.
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“I’m here as a patient advocate talking about the fact that medications available today are saving people’s lives, that’s what’s saving mine and after that, this interview is done,” the multiple sclerosis-afflicted Montel said before storming out.
Later, Montel confronted Courtney and crew at his hotel, while they were covering another story.
“As we were preparing to film, Montel walked up with his bodyguard and got in Courtney Scott’s face pointing his finger telling her ‘Don’t look at me like that. Do you know who I am? I’m a big star, and I can look you up, find where you live and blow you up’,” said Joseph Cosey, a Web content producer for the newspaper. “At this time he was randomly pointing at all of us.”
“I’m not sure if he meant ‘blow me up’ and ruin my career or really blow us up, but it was threatening,” Courtney added.
Montel later apologized for his outburst in a statement that read, “I mistakenly thought the reporter and photographer in question were at the hotel to confront me about some earlier comments. I was wrong, and I apologize for my overreaction.”…………
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