RENO, Nev. — Voters dressed in chicken costumes won't be allowed inside Nevada polling places this year.
State election officials on Friday added chicken suits to the list of banned items after weeks of ridicule directed at Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden.
There's no word on female bondage gear yet but it's not looking too promising. I guess those of us who wake up in the mornings and put on our chicken suits to start the day will have to find some other type of attire that day.
Clearly Nevada was anticipating people showing up in droves to make a political point about Sue Lowden. But it appears that these activists decided to count their chickens before they hatched and now they're left with a rule preventing their political speech.
"I think voters will be spared the Harry Reid carnival and that's a good thing," he told The Associated Press. "I think most voters are going to the polls thinking about far greater things than Harry Reid's chickens."
I think the Republicans would rather voters think about their quack doctors and how foul their prices are. Not that Republicans have had any sort of strategy beyond flailing around like a chicken with its head cut off.
We just don't know what they're up to.
Lowden's campaign is happy with the decision to add chicken suits to the list of banned items. Clearly without it Lowden didn't have many options left beyond flying the coop and she wants to prove she's not chickenshit enough to back out now. After pecking around a little bit this is how they decided to fix this situation.
The Democrats released a statement with a reference plucked directly from the headlines:
"Maintaining fair elections is an important thing and we respect the decision that has been made by election officials," he said. "I certainly can understand why that would be a sensitive issue for her since she has been called out on her concept of bartering chickens for checkups."