Today we drove to Ames, IA for the Iowa GOP Straw Poll. It was so much fun and so exciting to be a part of something so politically important. We went with the Romney campaign, but I learned something new about several of the other candidates and really feel like there are some strong options for a V.P. out there! :)
Seriously though, the Romney campaign really went all out. They handed out yellow Mitt Romney t-shirts on the buses so when we got there it looked like a big yellow Romney party. They had three different bands lined up, a tent for BBQ, a tent for eating the BBQ, a rock wall for people to climb, and those blow up bouncy things for kids. Party! Brownback was the only person who even came close to being that cool with BBQ and a snow cone machine. The snow cone machine was very tempting, but it just felt wrong to go take stuff from them when we weren't voting for him. Then again...I guess if he did become the Republican nominee I would probably vote for him (unless the dems came up with a surprise jewel of a candidate unknown right now), so then that would make it okay to have snagged a snow cone. Too bad my brain wasn't working earlier. It was crazy hot out there.
There were Ron Paul groupies everywhere marching around and trying to hand out Ron Paul literature. They were almost as aggressive as the guy at our mall who tries to tackle me with a flat iron for a demonstration every time I walk by. About every two minutes Brownback or Romney or Ron Paul people (usually college students) would parade through the event doing a chant of some sort and waving their signs. This alone was one of the best truly "Iowan" things we have done here. Here is a video of some dancing from earlier in the week and our trip today. Enjoy!
Oh, and the NRA pictures are for Brent! :)
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