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The delightful Boston-area gun-nuts at mASS BACKWARDS pointed out a story in the Herald: to reassure the public of the safety of the subway system, Gov. Mitt Romney rode the Red Line from Park Street to Downtown Crossing. (For those who’ve never had the pleasure, those two (adjacent) stops are about 200 meters apart – there’s even an underground pedestrian walkway connecting them, for those who’d rather not wait for a train.)
In the midst of the journey of two thousand decimeters, he bumbled the price of a ride ($1.25) and managed to get harassed by a cat house owner – this despite his employment of a $350k/yr team to prep him for public appearances.
Of course, you could have read that in the article and on mASS BACKWARDS. I just wanted to note that Michael Bloomberg rides the subway to work daily.
Update: Oops. That was Gov. Romney, not Mayor Menino. Even worse.