Blog Guy, my neighbor told me that both presidential candidates have a lot of phony versions of themselves out there on the campaign trail. Could that be true?
Oh, grow up. Of course. Do you really think anybody could keep up a demanding nonstop schedule like that for so long?
Practically anybody who shows you a photo of himself with Barack Obama is really just posing with one of 42,000 cutouts. If you can see the side of him, it may be real. If not, it’s laminated plywood.
As for McCain, he uses several expensive animatronic puppets that can wave, give thumbs up, and do that quick smile that almost seems human. If you look carefully at this photo sequence from today, you can see his wife, Cindy, operating the lever to make him wave. Had you fooled, huh?
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Above: Claudette Maury takes a picture with a cutout of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama at a polling station on election day in Washington, DC, November 4, 2008. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Below: Republican presidential nominee John McCain waves to people gathered outside his polling place after he and his wife Cindy cast their ballots in Phoenix, Arizona, November 4, 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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BTW, My vote is for the cut-out. Not the flesh-and-blood candidate.
- Posted by MarkWe’ll have to see if the cut-out has the job really cut-out for him, no he’s got it!
- Posted by M