The week before the Republican Convention in Saint Paul invites a different sort of freakish crowd via the annual Minnesota State Fair. The political storm of the upcoming election affected everything from booth placement to crop art themes. This is part 2 of 2 - see yesterday for part 1.
It wouldn't be the Minnesota State Fair without politics. All of the state candidates and parties have booths handing out literature, buttons, and signing up volunteers for the campaign. I usually bypass the GOP booths, but this year I couldn't help but laugh at the McCain and Coleman booths.
First, for John McCain, it was a very small booth but well decorated to announce the arrival of his campaign in MN. As if to further advance the belief that McCain is too old to be President, the booth was enticing potential voters with the lure of a FREE TIRE GAUGE! I guess there is something about knowing your audience, but still...
Norm's booth was fine, but I thought it appropriate that his booth was blocked by a garbage truck and was across the street from Monty's Traveling Reptile Show (you make up your own jokes, I'll start you off - where are the snakes? Right there across from Monty's! Now you...)
The Democrat Booth was involving supporters with a wall of Top Reasons to Dump Norm Coleman. My favorites is below. The Savoy parking reference relates to Norm's father getting a blowjob in the parking lot of this pizza place in downtown Saint Paul.
The best part of the Minnesota State Fair is the food, but if I listed all the food I ate it would read more like a confessional. I'll keep the list to myself, but let me tell you the "Pig Licker" is something that should not be missed!