Busted Bus
Posted on 01/02/2008 6:20:53 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
Oops!
To cap off his four-year campaign to win Iowa's Democratic caucus Thursday night, John Edwards planned a 36-hour marathon bus tour through 15 of the crucial state's 99 counties with a whole series of policy announcements to garner publicity and caucus votes.
But 12 hours into the political odyssey -- billed as Edwards' "Marathon for the Middle Class" -- his Main Street Express bus began making very disturbing noises in western Iowa. In darkness, the bus with the entire Edwards entourage pulled over at a service station and was abandoned.
Oh, the awful symbolism for a political campaign struggling to overcome a new Des Moines Register poll showing him behind Hillary Clinton and way behind -- like eight points -- this senatorial upstart Barack Obama in what everyone admits is a make-or-break contest for Edwards presidential hopes in the Hawkeye state, where he finished second to John Kerry in 2004.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...
Edwards' worried staff assured reporters that the main Main Street Express bus really hadn't broken down. They said the troubled vehicle was left behind in Council Bluffs out of "an abundance of caution."
Looks like the 36-hour bus tour might get to at least 40.
( same article)
Sometimes God votes.
Busted Bus
Or maybe Hillary intervened.
Anyone catch Lenzner buying a bag of sugar lately?
Uh, I didn’t do it.
Poor bus probably couldn’t handle the strain of carrying a half a dozen barrels of hair spray and mousse.
“Marathon for the Middle Class”
Sounds like something Napoleon (Animal Farm) would say.
Who’s Edwards going to sue for this?
All your bus are belong to us.
There are disturbing noises coming from Edwards also.
Is the bus diesel fueled?
2 Degrees in Des Moines , Iowa at the moment, high expected of 13 degrees.
Too bad the jerk didn’t go for cheaper haircuts; he could have put the savings into bus maintenance!!
A metaphor for his campaign?
This is tacky (because I would be angry if anyone said it about my candidate) but what is an extremely ill woman doing on a trek like this? And what are the small children they tried so hard to have doing?
His carbon allotment meter ran down to zero for the month. He can thank Al Gore. A diesel bus churns out a lot of carbon ya know.
Metaphor? I will be so relieved if he doesn’t win in Iowa.
Go Obama!!!
4 friggan years? Tells me this idiot hasnt the foggiest.
The one and only issue he has is his attack against BIG CORP interests. He isnt that far off with this issue but, he has and will be the fattest pig at the feeder when he was in the Senate and would be if elected..which aint gonna happen.
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