Posted by
Fred of the Great Mojave on Monday, August 13, 2007 6:57:36 PM
O.K. Am I just stupid (a good possibility) or is this Iowa Straw Poll about the most meaningless bunch of foolishness since the last Star Trek convention.
Let me get the facts straight. The presidential candidates all travel to Iowa 15 months before the real election. Everyone sends out busses to bring in voters and then pays them $35 to vote. All-in-all, only about 14,000 people in the whole country participate.
First of all, let me say that bussing people in to vote and then paying them money is something the Democrats are a lot better at. They have been carrying on like this for decades.
Next, with only 14,000 voters at this whole clambake, I could have gotten my Homeowner’s Association together and swung the victory to a different candidate. There were probably more members of the media on hand than voters, which gives a whole new meaning to the term slow news day (or month).
The most amazing result of this whole “event” is that Tommy Thompson did so poorly that he has dropped out of the presidential race. I am sort of embarrassed to admit this, but I was not even aware that he was running for President. Possibly, another busload or two could have kept him going?
Maybe he drew the short straw? I don't know. I don't get it.