A Clear Choice
Casey ·
Jun 6, 2011 at 5:10pm
"I could give a speech and tell you I was running for president. I could have a podium with my campaign logo on it. I could have balloons, red ones, white ones and blue ones,"
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Santorum, a favorite among his party's social conservatives, chose to confirm his plans during an appearance Monday morning on ABC's "Good Morning America" at the balloon-draped site he chose in the western Pennsylvania coalfields for his formal announcement.
Pro-Balloon? Anti-Balloon? Who was the last Presidential Candidate to go an entire campaign sans balloon? Can a balloonless candidate win in 2012?
Tell me where you stand, Ricochet.
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Aug '10
Re: A Clear Choice
Balloons are a clear sign of pettifoggery, moral turpitude, and flim-flammery. An ounce of substance and pounds of hot air! Reject ballonery, my fellow citizens!
Mar '11
Re: A Clear Choice
Uh, oh. Balloongate 2011.....
Aug '10
Re: A Clear Choice
Hey man, have you not heard of Peak Helium? At free-market rates, a helium balloon would cost $100!!!
;-)
Aug '10
Re: A Clear Choice
Misthiocracy: Hey man, have you not heard of Peak Helium? At free-market rates, a helium balloon would cost $100!!!
;-) · Jun 6 at 2:40pm
Wait. Campaign balloons are filled with helium? I thought it was hot air.
May '10
Re: A Clear Choice
I'll vote for the candidate with the guts to campaign on hydrogen balloons.
Mar '11
Re: A Clear Choice
This thread has the potential to get all blown out of proportion.
Apr '11
Re: A Clear Choice
You could say William Howard Taft was the last candidate to campaign as a balloon.
May '10
Re: A Clear Choice
Meh, they're all full of gas.
Oct '10
Re: A Clear Choice
Now there is a wise choice to get the Green vote.. Balloons are evil, so are the clowns that twist them into unnatural shapes..
Apr '11
Re: A Clear Choice
CriminETly, Cutlass! You stole my thunder, man! Pops, er...that's Props to you!
Apr '11
Re: A Clear Choice
Gen. Ball, gotta be quick around here. What happened? Get stuck in the bathtub?
Speaking of balloons and vintage campaigns, here's a classic ballon related cartoon from the 1890s (Is there a way to post an image in the comment itself?):
http://epeoplesofkanas.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/000870811.jpg?w=500&h=655
Might be due for an update.
Edited on Jun 6, 2011 at 11:24pm