Oh no, Lon, it's never political. Politics, I'm sure never enters into an election unless, well, it's political. Let's get one thing straight here and now Lon: Legume is my friend, has been for quite a while now. When he mentioned that he was in the running for artist of the year, I actually looked at the work of his competition before I committed my LEGITIMATE vote. I saw a lot of really good artwork that stood up very well and deserved to be in the running. Codini, also a friend, was in the running as well. The bottom line though was that Legume's art, whether you like it or not, always evokes an emotion. Legume has managed to make the message his medium. Yes, often his work is satirical and I would suppose if you imagine yourself to be the target of this, you'd find it uncomfortable. However, I can't deny that I always find his work interesting, provocative and razor sharp. If you can't see the art in that then maybe you should take a night class.