Bob lives in Philadelphia, where Vietnamese sandwiches are called
"Vietnamese hoagies" but still cost just $2.75 each. (They're great
with Pepsi.)

His real name is Ted, a pseudonym.

Bob's inclination would be to vote Green, but he votes mainstream
Democrat every time. He dreams, though, of a gun-free, multiethnic
America connected by bicycle trails and solar-powered monorails,
where gay people make out on park lawns while Baptist ministers
(silently) congratulate them on their happiness.