4,000 SCHOOL KIDS????????????? hmmmmmmm. what if they didn't WANT to go? does that mean they had to get 4,000 permission slips signed? not sure i'm actually buying this story. that's a LOT of kids and a LOT of slips to sign. if it is indeed true, it's one hell of a sad tale for juan mccain
McCain Busses in 4,000 School Kids to Fill Crowd
Posted by Sam Stein, Huffington Post
The most cringe-worthy political moment of the day, so far, came when Sen. John McCain called out for his new buddy Joe the Plumber to stand up at a rally in Ohio, only to be greeted with confused silence. Joe the Plumber wasn't there.
But that rally featured another embarrassing moment, one that illustrates a far more troubling dynamic for the Republican ticket. The McCain campaign actually had to bus in school kids from the surrounding area in order to fill the event. As reported by MSNBC:
A local school district official confirmed after the event that of the 6,000 people estimated by the fire marshal to be in attendance this morning, more than 4,000 were bused in from schools in the area. The entire 2,500-student Defiance School District was in attendance, the official said, in addition to at least three other schools from neighboring districts, one of which sent 14 buses...............
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