Jon has always enjoyed politics. Thus, I have always been on the fringes; sort of paying attention. But, when we moved to Iowa, we were thrust into a total awareness of the political arena. Even if you don't read up on all the candidates or study out their ideas, living in Iowa, you hear all about them (NON-STOP). Today was no exception. Mitt Romney had a rally out in BFE Van Meter and Jon and I went. It was actually pretty fun. Not as cold as I was expecting and kind of exciting to hear the crowd get excited. There were some speakers before Mitt made an appearance. His son Josh being one of them, was one of the better speakers of the "pre-show". We enjoyed ourselves at least. Unfortunately, Julianne was ready to leave before it even started. Poor kid. She gets picked on a little as she gets dragged around....
At the end of the rally, this plane started circling with a banner that read "Crack down on Wall St. not Sesame St." (or something to that effect), which I thought was kind of funny. People are so crazy! They grab on to an idea and run with it, most of the time not really understanding what they are protesting. It just makes me shake my head in wonder. In all honesty, I cannot wait for November to come so the political ads will cut down to one every 15 minutes instead of one in every 15 seconds; but until then, we'll take advantage of the opportunities that would not be available elsewhere. Even if Big Bird suddenly has to be at every political rally.....
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