Thursday, October 30, 2008

From the Huffington Post:

The most cringe-worthy political moment of the day, so far, came when Sen. John McCain called out for his new buddy Joe the Plumber to stand up at a rally in Ohio, only to be greeted with confused silence. Joe the Plumber wasn't there.

But that rally featured another embarrassing moment, one that illustrates a far more troubling dynamic for the Republican ticket. The McCain campaign actually had to bus in school kids from the surrounding area in order to fill the event. As reported by MSNBC:

A local school district official confirmed after the event that of the 6,000 people estimated by the fire marshal to be in attendance this morning, more than 4,000 were bused in from schools in the area. The entire 2,500-student Defiance School District was in attendance, the official said, in addition to at least three other schools from neighboring districts, one of which sent 14 buses.
This happened -- as if a reminder were needed -- less than a week out from the election, when the heat of the campaign should be drawing record crowds.


Sounds like getting people to attend a McCain rally is like getting people to attend a poetry reading. HAHAHAHA.

4 comments:

Kelli Russell Agodon - Book of Kells said...

Peter--

I saw that Joe the Plumber moment...hilariously awkward. And I was amused by his response, "You're all Joe-the-Plumber."

Do you know how annoyed I would have been if my child would have been bussed to a McCain rally? Yikes.

Martha Silano said...

Yeah, and I'm Rosie the Riveter.

I'll tell you what: that trip to Defiance left this Obama Mama pleased as a pig.

T. said...

Except that a poetry reading would be worth going to.

Collin Kelley said...

Pathetic. Oh, and Joe the Opportunist is too busy cutting his country album to show up to support McPalin. You can only be a Republican shill for so long.