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Calling all Mainiac Kossaks: Sarah Palin will rally at the Bangor Airport, Thursday, October 16. Whaddya say we give her a big welcome?
Tickets are required. You can RSVP to our beloved opposition here, and also find out the closest ticket pick-up location.
GoP organ Bangor Daily News has a very brief announcement. I expect that tomorrow's paper will feature a piece more in keeping with their glee. I also expect that "Our Senator" Susan Collins will make an appearance. It will be a dazzling duo of competing speech tics.
Following McCain's coitus interruptus (and in keeping with the vulgar tone announced in the headline to this diary) in Michigan, the babyRoves have targeted Maine's second congressional district for the split EV it may represent. Notwithstanding the excellent Obamican effort in the region, and the protestations of at least one 2CD Kossak, eastern Maine is McCain's best chance outside of New Hampshire to pick up a vote or two in New England.
I said in the opening 'graph that Susie may show her face, but the fact is that would be a bad idea. She's succeeding right now because people in Maine can distinguish her from Bush. Sharing the stage with the least popular candidate in recent Presidential political history might not be the best way for her to secure her image as a "moderate" in otherwise reliably Democratic Maine.
It would be fitting if the pine tree state could turn out a sea of blue and burnt orange to "welcome" Sarah to our humble maintenance hangar. Coming on the heels of the first Meathead Toddy (he of the truck stops, motorsports dealers and sporting goods stores--way to campaign Toddy!), I suppose that the biggest room in Bangor not intended for human occupancy is a step up. (Was the Bangor auditorium booked? It's all of 15 minutes from the airport--if you drive slow.)
I encourage everyone with a contact in the area and the ability to get there: Get a ticket, take the ride.
And bring a friend. Let's do Maine proud.