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McCain to roar into motorcycle haven in South Dakota
news.trendaz.com ^ | 08/04/08 | news.trendaz.com

Posted on 08/03/2008 7:00:03 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3

(dpa) - Senator John McCain, 71, heads to the unlikely town of Sturgis, South Dakota, on Monday to rub elbows with the rowdy tattooed rebels of the American roads at a campground rock concert.

With a population of 780,000, South Dakota on the Great Plains is hardly an election-day prize for either McCain's Republican Party or rival Democrats.

But the state doubles in population during the annual August motorcycle rally in Sturgis, at the foot of the Black Hills, that draws an estimated 500,000 to 600,000 out-of-state "wild hogs" who roar cross country to celebrate their bike culture.

McCain plans to maximize on the crowds by providing the opening act at an annual concert that honours American military veterans at the Buffalo Chip campground, his campaign said Sunday.

McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will warm up the crowd for performances by American Idol country music singer Kelly Pickler and the mercurial Kid Rock, according to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader newspaper online.

The annual motorcycle rally - from August 4-10 this year - is one of the country's largest, with a reputation for notorious and outrageous behaviour.

A novelty draw to the Buffalo Chip campground this year will be a firing range for cyclists to try out automatic rifles, including vintage World War I machine guns, camp owner Rod Woodruff told the Argus Leader.

It was not known if McCain would take a turn at the firing range - or if he would draw a crowd as large as the 200,000 who flocked to hear Democratic presumptive nominee Barack Obama in Berlin recently.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: bikervote; mccain; mccainlist; motorcycle; rino; sd; sturgis; veteransvote; vietnamvets
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To: LdSentinal
Now imagine Obama on a Harley.


21 posted on 08/03/2008 7:40:18 PM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: TornadoAlley3; tet68; martin_fierro
HOOLIGAN PING!
22 posted on 08/03/2008 7:43:09 PM PDT by uglybiker (I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
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To: WorkingClassFilth

Can you imagine Obama wading into a huge crowd of bikers with SS in tow? Can you imagine that McCain will have any concern at all?
How will he start his talk?
“Any of you all been to Berlin?”
“Hope you all got your tires inflated?”
“We’re all here to save the planet”
Any other suggestions?


23 posted on 08/03/2008 7:43:25 PM PDT by Oldexpat (Drill Here, Drill There..we must drill everywhere.)
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To: TornadoAlley3
...draws an estimated 500,000 to 600,000 out-of-state "wild hogs" who roar trailer their driveway jewelry cross country to celebrate their bike culturefashion statements.

Sorry. Couldn't resist. :-P
Yes. I know plenty of bikers who ride to Sturgis. I also know plenty who don't.

24 posted on 08/03/2008 7:46:56 PM PDT by uglybiker (I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Now if McCain would take part in the shooting that would be really cool.

The fact he is going to sturgis which is attended by people of all walks of life from across the USA is a smart move.
It also keeps Obama in the nanny state category.


25 posted on 08/03/2008 7:47:12 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: pnh102

Bicycle helmet..check...tire reflecter..check...homie in car with windows down...check.

Obama on a fatboy, well, you decide.

FTW.


26 posted on 08/03/2008 7:49:38 PM PDT by Hilltop (Control the high ground. Control the battlefield.)
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To: Enchante; All

Note to MSM

McCain attends biker rally where MOST MOTORCYCLISTS VOTE.

Obama attends a German rally which has to have people bribed with a rock show and the GERMANS DON’T VOTE!

This is going to be a COOL MOVE.

SOMEBODY TAKE PICTURES FOR POSTING HERE!!!!!

WE NEED TO BYPASS THE DINOSAUR MEDIA CENSORS!


27 posted on 08/03/2008 7:49:45 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: uglybiker

Rat bikes will have a presence.

Screw the “wannabes.”


28 posted on 08/03/2008 7:53:13 PM PDT by Hilltop (Control the high ground. Control the battlefield.)
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To: longtermmemmory

“McCain attends biker rally where MOST MOTORCYCLISTS VOTE.” .... conservative


29 posted on 08/03/2008 7:54:04 PM PDT by clamper1797 (Nobama loves America like OJ loved Nicole)
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To: uglybiker

http://www.sturgismotorcyclerally.com/rally-gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6

photos


30 posted on 08/03/2008 7:54:55 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ('GOP' : Get Our Petroleum)
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To: pnh102

Bet he would do well in the wienie bite contest


31 posted on 08/03/2008 7:55:22 PM PDT by clamper1797 (Nobama loves America like OJ loved Nicole)
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To: TornadoAlley3
I know some of those roads. ;-)

32 posted on 08/03/2008 8:00:30 PM PDT by uglybiker (I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

I don’t know what’s wrong with McCain’s arms/shoulders, but personally, it doesn’t look to me like he’d be able to shoulder a rifle and fire it without some kind of complication.


33 posted on 08/03/2008 8:05:15 PM PDT by wastedyears (Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)
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To: Oldexpat
'Hello, Fellows! Who here remembers that old tune 'Born to be Wild?' What say we sing a chorus or two? You folks over by the bar sing the verses with me - karoke style - and the fellows over by the pool tables join us in the refrain. Whaddya' say, guys? Everybody now . . . Head out on the highway, lookin' for adventure . . .
34 posted on 08/03/2008 8:07:05 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Don't cheer for Obama too hard - the krinton syndicate is moving back into the WH.)
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To: TornadoAlley3
It was not known if McCain would take a turn at the firing range - or if he would draw a crowd as large as the 200,000 who flocked to hear Democratic presumptive nominee Barack Obama in Berlin recently.

That's a rather smarmy little poke at McCain, isn't it?
35 posted on 08/03/2008 8:07:21 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic ("And how can this be? For I am the Kwisatz Haderach! " - Barack Obama)
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To: tet68

Prediction:

Somehow the MSM will turn this into McCain playing the race card.


36 posted on 08/03/2008 8:09:46 PM PDT by rdax
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To: reagan_fanatic

I am sure the media will play it down, “not as many people attended this year due to higher gas prices, the fault of the Republicans, blah blah...”


37 posted on 08/03/2008 8:09:54 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ('GOP' : Get Our Petroleum)
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To: Global2010

Nope, you name the profession, it will probably be represented at Sturgis.

Well, maybe excepting the liberal professions, like diversity coordinator or some such.


38 posted on 08/03/2008 8:12:19 PM PDT by Hawk1976 (It is better to die in battle than it is to live as a slave.)
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To: Hawk1976
Well, maybe excepting the liberal professions...

That's because there are local laws against showing twits.

39 posted on 08/03/2008 8:16:53 PM PDT by uglybiker (I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
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To: Oldexpat
“Can you imagine Obama wading into a huge crowd of bikers with SS in tow? Can you imagine that McCain will have any concern at all?
How will he start his talk?
“Any of you all been to Berlin?”
“Hope you all got your tires inflated?””

The Obama campaign will now need to take action:

Inside a Obama campaign strategy meeting, a lean 23 year old staffer who is sipping his wheat juice drink, speaks:

“That darn McCain; he one upped us again with his appearance to those bikers out in flyover country.”
Obama campaign staffer is thinking, thinking; and then shouts “I've got it!! We will go to Sturgis also, I have the perfect plan. We said earlier that proper tire inflation is important. Right?? Well what is at Sturgis????Right. Tires, and lots of them. We will print the Obama logo on 400,000 tire pressure gages and hand them out to those biker people, along with bottles of organic tea”

40 posted on 08/03/2008 8:17:03 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland ("We have to drain the swamp" George Bush, September 2001)
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