macleans.ca Blog: Waiting for McGodot (i.e. McCain)

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An amusing live-blog on-the-fly account (with typos) of a John McCain pep rally this afternoon (by a Canadian journalist with macleans.ca)


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Waiting for McGodot
Kady O'Malley | January 7, 2008 | 15:01:23 | Permalink
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1:55:57 PM
We're at the state capitol awaiting McCain's arrival amid democracy at its most crazy. The man carrying the McCain Amnesty sign just appooached a TV crew claiming to have been "assaulted" bu a McCain supporter, who claimed to have been 'punched repeatedly.' Alas, it fell on cynical ears. "Do you have video," one asked. "If you don't, it didn't happen."

2:04:35 PM
I don't know quite how this happened, but someone just told us that Ron Paul is here at the McCain rally. I mean, not in spirit - although his people are out in force - the actual *guy* is here. According to someone woman decked out in McCain gear. There's also a full contingent of protesters, reporters, onlookers and - dog walkers.

2:18:09 PM I'm hanging by the McCain Amnesty guys, who are Ron Paulites, I believe. The one who claims to have been assaulted is explaining in a loud voice that he wants his alleged assailant charged "to teach him a lesson." Now they've gotten onto the federal reserve, and how 'no one will talk about it'. Except Ron Paul. He's the champion of the conspiracy theorists.

2:23:44 PM
Sportsmen for McCain - best sticker yet.

2:24:35 PM
Whoo! The candidate must be arriving momentarily; they've just asked everyone to drop the signs so the cameras can get a clear shot. About time.

2:25:28 PM
A self-proclaimed sign-carrier is on stage, revving up the crowd with a story about a little boy who stopped to ask him why he was voting for McCain.

2:27:10 PM
I notice the Ron Paul and assorted other extracampaign protesters didn't follow the advice and lower their signs. Tsk tsk.

2:28:59 PM
We were promised Scottish dancers, but we got Right Here, Right Now. I knew it was too much to hope I could make it through an election without hearing Right Here, Right Now. A song that includes the lyric "What are waiting for" is probably a bad choice when a rally is half an hour late.

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