When The Candidates Come To Town

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In only a week it will not matter how many coffee cups you bought at 7-11 to weight the USA Today polls, the real winner of the election is going to be chosen by the people and if you don't like I don't know what to tell you my friend. In what was perhaps the final push to swing the voters of our fair state, both presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin stopped in our state and screwed a few things up along the way. Begging the question, does Joe Biden have something against us or did he really just like us enough to leave us alone? Here is what went down:

• Saturday, October 18 - In a show of support for presidential candidate Barack Obama, an estimated 100,000 people came to the Arch grounds for a rally, forcing the local homeless population to wake up far too early. When asked about his thoughts on Obama, one of the park's residents said, "We moved from cardboard signs to viral emails and you are still asking me that?"


• Monday, October 20 - Not to be outdone, presidential candidate John McCain stopped in New Town and gathered the largest crowd the township had ever seen... after everyone figured out where the crap New Town was. Local resident and ToastedRav correspondent Chris Files had this to say about the event.


• Saturday, October 24 - Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin stopped by the Arena-Kiel-Scottrade Center to drop the puck at the Blues game. This was the second team Palin dropped the puck for and when asked about the possibility that she may have triggered a loosing streak for the Flyer's, the Blues replied, "Meh, have you been to a game in the last few years?" The Blues were swept by the Kings, but not before Blues goalie Manny Legace tripped over the carpet laid out for Palin and injured his hip... no, really, that happened.

At first it may have appeared that Biden was snubbing our fair city, but after all of that... do we really want another candidate visit?