Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Like a true nature's child
we were born, born to be wild:
The story of McCain's campaign visit with his wife & daughter to the Sturgis rally winds around the world. Old style Harley bikers are an aging demographic, & one wonders what small percentage of them give a crap about politics or are registered to vote. John got a weak reception of bike engine reving, so he offered up his wife Cindy to the Buffalo Chip Campground beauty contest, which by various accounts is topless, bottomless, & features pickle-licking demonstrations. There's probably a good deal of pickle-licking at Sturgis, not all of it by women.
When Obama spoke to 75,000 in Oregon in May, I must have read 10 news reports before one mentioned that The Decemberists, a popular Portland band, had opened for him, nobody venturing a guess as to how much of the crowd they drew. In Sturgis, McCain was the warmup for Kid Rock & the lickable Kellie Pickler from American Idol.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
Sturgis SD. “It will be a good day on election day if there are a lot of bikes parked outside polling places,” Mr. McCain said, at a tribute to veterans and those who serve in the military held in the midst of the ongoing party that locals says consumes this part of the country for several weeks.Especially parked outside the polls in minority neighborhoods.
The story of McCain's campaign visit with his wife & daughter to the Sturgis rally winds around the world. Old style Harley bikers are an aging demographic, & one wonders what small percentage of them give a crap about politics or are registered to vote. John got a weak reception of bike engine reving, so he offered up his wife Cindy to the Buffalo Chip Campground beauty contest, which by various accounts is topless, bottomless, & features pickle-licking demonstrations. There's probably a good deal of pickle-licking at Sturgis, not all of it by women.
When Obama spoke to 75,000 in Oregon in May, I must have read 10 news reports before one mentioned that The Decemberists, a popular Portland band, had opened for him, nobody venturing a guess as to how much of the crowd they drew. In Sturgis, McCain was the warmup for Kid Rock & the lickable Kellie Pickler from American Idol.
Labels: culture, THE election
