Posted on 08/19/2007 9:22:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Chuck Emblen of Des Moines was surprised to find a Ron Paul bumper sticker inside the mail slot of the U.S. Postal Service mailbox outside the Dahl's store on Merle Hay Road.
"At the least, it's inappropriate," he said in an e-mail that included a photo of the errant sticker.
We checked with the U.S. Postal Service's Des Moines office and spokeswoman Jeanie McReynolds sent someone right out to check.
"If it's there, it will be torn down, because it's not supposed to be there," she said. "We certainly don't advertise for any political candidate. We are a government agency, so we stay neutral."
McReynolds called back to say no sticker was found on the box. She wasn't aware of any other reports of stickers on mailboxes.
Nobody's blaming Paul, a Texas GOP congressman whose long-shot presidential campaign has attracted a rather free-spirited following. But it's not the first time a Paul campaign sign has shown up in a place that is, shall we say, not strictly legal for posting bills.
Before the ABC News debate Aug. 5 at Drake University, "Ron Paul Revolution" signs appeared hanging from at least two overpasses on Interstate Highways 235 and 35.
McCain's tax query draws show of hand
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, at the Iowa State Fair on Tuesday, asked an audience how many would like to have their taxes raised.
A teenage boy who happened to be walking past raised his hand.
McCain's response: "You're not paying any, kid, so don't say that you are."
A hot time in Iowa
Comedian Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central, had quite a good time with the Iowa Straw Poll last week.
In a report titled "Children of the Corn," he ran a clip of second-place finisher Mike Huckabee reporting that it was 150 degrees in Ames during Saturday's poll. "Even worse," Stewart quipped, "the straw poll was held in Iowa's famed Jiffy-Pop dome. That stadium smells great!"
Watch the whole thing at www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/videos/most_recent/index.jhtml.
You can also find Stewart making fun of Republican Mitt Romney, who seemed to portray his sons' work for his campaign as service to their country in lieu of military service. After a clip about the brothers joining the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, Stewart interjected: "It's like the Bataan bike march! The horror - of the chafing!"
After 26-year-old Craig Romney said he ate strawberry-rhubarb pie (a RAGBRAI favorite), Stewart said: "You heard right. That boy had to eat strawberry-rhubarb - the Agent Orange of pie fillings."
Am I missing something with this Ron Paul thing?
Explain yourselves Ronulans!
I can’t believe it...a Ron Paul thread with less than 200 posts! Quick get your quips in before the Paulestinians attack!
Big deal. In their quest to annoy everyone on earth, they’ll barge in on your honeymoon suite.
They make a killer breakfast at Dahl’s luncheon counter. Maybe the Paulestinians should’ve posted their sign inside the Dahls on the bulletin board.
They’d drive Gandhi to wantin’ their heads in a vise and their eyes popped out.
Why don’t you send it to him?
Good idea.
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