Giving the Elephant a Pink Manicure: A Night Out With Mindy
Meyer, the Internet&#39;s Candidate for SenateS  On Monday
night, Mindy Meyer, the 22-year-old New York state senate
candidate with a very pink website, hosted her first political
fundraiser at Long Island's expansive Inwood Country Club. "It's
a pink tie affair!" cried the conservative campaign's invitation
to the $500-a-plate dinner a few weeks back. "Come rub elbowes
[sic] with politicians and members of the press." By last
Thursday, though, Mindy's Twitter account offered a kind of
clearance special: $150 for dinner and a "mind blowing
surprise!"  The evening held many surprises. For one, the plural
promise of "politicians" was fulfilled by the singular Mindy.
For two, the media consisted of two female reporters from the
New York Post (one in pink heels), an NYU grad student working
on an "election story" for class, and me. For three, there were
approximately 20 other guests, most of whom were the candidate's
high-school friends, neighbors, and i