Rick Santorum Draws A Crowd Of Four In Iowa
Rick Santorum’s first foray into Iowa isn’t going so well:
When just one Iowan showed up to Rick Santorum’s 2 p.m. campaign stop at a restaurant here Monday, the winner of the 2012 Iowa caucuses made a quick decision: Might as well order lunch.
“I haven’t eaten, actually, all day,” he said to his guest, Peggy Toft, an insurance agent and chair of the county’s Republican Party.
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“They’re known for their breaded tenderloins, but there’s a lot of good choices here,” Toft told Santorum as he eyed the menu.
Another woman, one of four photographers in the room, recommended the rhubarb pie.
“Rhubarb pie? Are you a reporter here?” Santorum asked.
“Local reporter,” she said, “and I work here part-time.”
Santorum settled on the tenderloin with a side of onion rings. By the time they showed up, three more Iowans had entered the restaurant and found their way to his table.
It can only go up from here, right?
(Giggle)
And totally OT, but has anyone seen the uproar about the last Game of Thrones episode? Sheesh, you’d think none of these people had ever heard of Iphegenia….
Sounds like one of my book tour stops.
I’m sure this is another reason we shouldn’t take Bernie Sanders seriously.
Rick should really apply for a job at the dinner — he obviously has no future in politics.
Geez, a missed opportunity for many! When’s the last time you got to sit down with the Next President of the United States???
My dad took me to the Rochester-Monroe County NY Airport when I was 12 years old in 1960 to see VP Richard Nixon on his campaign v. John Kennedy. Nixon was elected 8 years later in 1968. Does that count?
(I was 20 in 1968. Not old enough to vote. Cast my first President USA ballot for George McGovern in 1972.)
@ernieyeball: Good man.
Did you know McGovern was a war hero? (That’s actually a John McCain joke.)
Yes. I campaigned for him. Had McGovern bumperstickers ripped off the tailgate of my 1960 Ford F-100 all the time.
Great, now my Hoosier-in-New-Mexico self is totally jonesing for breaded tenderloin and rhubarb pie. Curse you, Doug! :shakes fist:
@Stress N. Strain:
Send me some roasted hatch chiles and I’ll send the pork.
Wow, I’m getting hopeful – it seems that Iowa is becoming the irrelevant campaign pit stop that I was hoping for. Is this a mirage or something?
Rick is a nice guy, but can’t get above the crowd. What he should have done was buy a free meal for everyone, but get the word out ahead of time.