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Obama: The Woody Boyd Candidate

Obama: The Woody Boyd Candidate Posted By Matt Patterson On November 14, 2009 @ 6:10 pm In Featured Story, Political Humor, Politics Earlier this year, I rented and re-watched the entire series run of Cheers. Towards the end of the series, the hayseed junior bartender Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson) decides to run for city council. He is encouraged in this endeavor by psychiatrist Fraser Crane (Kelsey Grammer), the bar’s resident elite, who acts as Woody’s campaign manager. Fraser masterminds Woody’s campaign as a social experiment: He is convinced that anyone, even a bumpkin, can get elected, simply by spouting vague...