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Tuesday, August 16
Ed Fallon Places 2nd At State Fair
by
Chad Thompson
on Tue 16 Aug 2005 12:59 PM CDT
 Ed Fallon Places 2nd At State Fair
As
August rolls on, we turn the "Candidate Watch" to the State Fair.
Many times you'll see just staged photo ops and a few recycled stump
speeches. One thing I don't recall: seeing a candidate
enter a Fair contest.
Ed Fallon did just that by entering (not for the first time) the State Fair Accordion competition - and placing 2nd.
Via Radio Iowa:
Ed
Fallon, a Democratic candidate for governor, did a little squeeze play
at the Iowa State Fair on Monday afternoon. Fallon won second place in
the 2005 Iowa State Fair accordion competition. He's been fair champion
twice before and finished third once, too. "My grandmother taught me
when I was about seven or eight, and I've been at it ever since,"
Fallon says.
...
If
the political speeches are good and the accordion music is good, I
think they'll probably settle for either," Fallon says. "I think Iowans
demand quality and hopefully I can deliver both on the accordion and at
the political stump."
A self-identified "conservative blogger" posted a live report of the accordion competition, along with a few impressions of her meeting with Fallon.
Another Fair Note: Garrison Keillor noted that Iowa's State Fair is something to be proud of:
"This fair is such a classic fair, where others tend to be more like amusement parks," he said.
Thursday, August 11
Late Night Political Humor
by
Linda Thieman
on Thu 11 Aug 2005 04:03 AM CDT
 Late Night Political Humor
Woodbury County Democrats
It is time once again for Blog for Iowa to present the work of Rick Mullin over at the Woodbury County Dems website, where he has compiled (and graciously allowed us to steal) some late-night political humor. If only it weren't so true.
"The White House has changed their slogan from the war on terror to the
global struggle against violent extremism. Well that just rolls off the
tongue. Is that a good idea, giving [Bush] more syllables to
pronounce?"
--Jay Leno
"Pennsylvania Republican family values congressman Don Sherwood, who is
married, has admitted he had an affair for five years with a young
women. But he said it is a five-year affair he deeply regrets. That's
something - these guys only regret the affair after they've been
caught. They never regret it when the pants are going down - only when
they're coming back up. Before he got elected to Congress he was
a used car dealer. So he's married, a Congressman, and a used-car
salesman. That's like the trifecta of lying."
--Jay Leno
"John Roberts could be the newest member of the Supreme Court and I
gotta tell you - I haven't seen this much charisma since the Oreck
vacuum guy. He's everywhere. Now he's doing a lot of interviews hoping
to get nominated. Earlier today he was jumping up and down on Oprah's
couch."
--David Letterman
"Today in Scotland, [Bush] was riding his bike when he collided with a
police officer and fell off.... He could have avoided the collision
but, you know, he refuses to go left."
--Jay Leno
"Bush had a minor bike accident today. The White House physician said he should be fine and back on his Big Wheel in no time."
--Conan O'Brien
"Governor Schwarzenegger spoke about the dangers of global warming. Schwarzenegger's exact words were: fire, hot, bad."
--Conan O'Brien
Saturday, August 6
We have now officially seen everything. Introducing . . . the Tom Harkin Blog!
by
Linda Thieman
on Sat 06 Aug 2005 04:00 AM CDT
 We have now officially seen everything. Introducing... the Tom Harkin Blog!
by Danny Glover, Beltway Blogroll
[Editor's Note: Now, if Grassley
starts blogging, I'm pretty sure THAT will be one of the signs that the
Apocalypse is at hand. I'm just sayin'. Take cover.]
CapitolLink: On The Road With Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin is traveling through his home state of Iowa during the August congressional recess, and the Democratic senator is blogging about his experiences, with the help of his staff. [Do
you remember that picture of Harkin "blogging" from the steak fry
during the Dean campaign? It looked like he was using the hunt
and peck method.]
The blog is the focus of Harkin's Senate Web site,
which now consists primarily of a map to chart his travels, a list of
events he will hold and blog postings about those events.... Allison
Dobson, Harkin's communications director, said Harkin writes the
material himself from the road, then sends it to staffers who post it
online. [Cutting edge, I tell ya.]
Harkin
has not had any new content since [Wednesday]. "We're working out the bugs
today," Dobson said. And so far he's not exactly offering profound
insights into the top policy issues of the day. His first post from
Monday includes photos of Harkin at a Dairy Queen.... [Um, how IOWA. I wonder if he got one of those new cheesecake blizzards?]
The
blogging is a first for Harkin, though Dobson said the Web site earlier
this year included a one-time interactive feature during the Senate
floor debate over the "nuclear option" for filibusters of judicial
nominations. People sent more than 1,000 comments to Harkin's office
that night, and many of them were posted online. [Such an impact! I'm proud of all of us comment senders!]
As for
the blog, Dobson said reader feedback is welcome and even encouraged.
But comments cannot be posted online because of restrictions that
govern content on Senate Web sites. Any comments would have to be
screened for content before they were posted, she said, and the office
does not have the resources for such screening. "There's certain rules
we have to live with in the Senate," Dobson said. [Of course. Free speech and all that. Can't have THAT on a government website.]
(Click here to read the complete article.)
"Beltway
Blogroll" is K. Daniel Glover's bi-weekly look at the growing number of
policy blogs shaping Washington debates. It publishes every other
Monday, although additional updates will be made when events warrant.
Glover is the managing editor of National Journal's Technology Daily.
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