A bust of Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Barack Obama made of butter is on display at a campaign stop at South Tama County Middle School in Toledo, Iowa December 27, 2007
Posted on 12/31/2007 3:44:42 AM PST by Libloather
Iowa voter butters up Obama
Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:03pm ET
By Carey Gillam
A bust of Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Barack Obama made of butter is on display at a campaign stop at South Tama County Middle School in Toledo, Iowa December 27, 2007
TOLEDO, Iowa (Reuters) - While presidential hopefuls were trying to butter up supporters ahead of the January 3 Iowa caucus, one would-be voter was literally buttering up her favorite candidate, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.
Norma Lyon, 78, a dairy farmer from Toledo, Iowa, used 23 pounds of butter to sculpt a life-sized bust of Obama, who is seeking to become the first black U.S. president.
The butter bust was on display at an Obama speech in a middle school auditorium Thursday night, melting only a little under the hot overhead lights. Following the speech, the sculpture was headed back to the freezer until its next scheduled appearance on January 3 at one of the caucuses that will help determine the Democratic and Republican nominees for the November presidential election.
Obama thanked Lyon for her support and her skills in molding dairy products. He also gave her a hug following a speech in which he pledged to end the war in Iraq, strengthen Social Security and reform the U.S. health-care system.
The senator fretted only slightly over whether or not the sculpture made his ears too big. Lyon said that as much as she liked Obama, she had to be honest in her art.
Obama was among 10 Democratic and Republican candidates who spent the day in Iowa, where next Thursday voters in both parties kick off the state-by-state battle to choose candidates for the November 4 election to replace Republican President George W. Bush.
Not a bad likeness.
Still not as slippery as the real Obama however.
Buttery Obama-———signalling he’s toast?
We will know in a few days if the Senator from Illinois can effect a tigress melt down.
I do hope so.
B. Hussein Obama: whipped and soft on terror, too!
That don’t look like him - the color’s off ...
High Yellow.
Looks like OJ to me.
Or as greasy.
Lyrics from a Blue Oyster Cult tune Cities on Flame; “My ears will melt. And then my eyes”.
The SF Freakfest wants that for their S&M street parade in 2008. They have something in mind...
Now THAT was funny!
The Living Dead: Return of The Body Snatcher.
The ears need to be bigger!
It was not finished yet!
LOL!! PERFECT!!
Who says Iowans aren’t putting their billions of dollars in subsidies to good use.
And then some fool turned on the heat lamp...
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