Iowa Insult

As a longtime Iowan, I can safely say this incident ain't gonna make Rudy popular in the rural areas of Iowa.  You just don't pull a stunt like this on the fine Hawkeyes... via TheNewsHole, the blog of Countdown with Keith Olbermann

'I'm Sorry, You Aren't Worth a Million Dollars'

It's apparently quite difficult to find small family farmers to use as "death tax" campaign props, when small family farmers aren't really effected by the "death tax" in the first place.  'The Official Newspaper of Anamosa, located in Jones County, Iowa' tells the story of Deb and Jerry VonSprecken, who were invited by the Giuliani campaign to host a rally at their small, 80-acre farm. They agreed and excitedly went about making arrangements, but little did the VonSpreckens know, they weren't rich enough to be suffering financially enough for the campaign. “Tony (Delgado, Guiliani campaign worker) said, ‘I’m sorry, [...]

UPDATE:  It appears Rudy has patched things up.  Big Time...

Giuliani Apologizes To 'Poor Farmers' For Canceling Fundraiser

The VonSpreckens are back on the Giuliani bandwagon.  The VonSpreckens, self-described poor farmers from the tiny eastern Iowa community of Olin, became big critics of presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani after his campaign snubbed them because [...]

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