Well, not exactly the butter cow, but the former long-time sculptor of the state fair’s popular full-size buttery bovine, is backing Democrat Barack Obama in the November 2008 presidential election.
In election years, the Iowa State Fair attracts candidates like bees to honey for an opportunity to mingle with Iowa voters and be seen eating unusual treats like deep-fried cookies or a pork chop on a stick.
An Iowa dairy farmer, Duffy Lyon, sculpted the butter cow for 46 years until giving way to a successor in 2006. The cow is made out of 600 pounds of pure cream Iowa butter sculpted over a wood, metal, wire and steel mesh frame.
In a radio ad released by Obama’s presidential campaign, Lyon throws her support to the Illinois senator, citing his plans for helping rural America.
“You know, you see a lot of manure in our line of work,” Lyon says. “It’s a lot like politics. You got to know what’s bull and what’s for real.”
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