Iowa Chicken
The Iowa Chicken was a person in a chicken suit who followed John McCain[1] and Rudy Giuliani[2] around Iowa during the 2008 American presidential race, carrying a sign that read "You 'Bawk'ed at the Straw Poll!" This was done to both protest and bring attention to the fact that neither candidate competed in the Iowa Straw Poll.[3][4] In the past, all Republican candidates have competed in the Straw Poll, and McCain and Giuliani's decisions not to attend represented a break from tradition.
The identity of the Iowa Chicken has not been revealed, but he or she follows an American campaign tradition, including such precedents as 2000's Corn Man.
References
- ↑ "McCain defends decision to skip Iowa straw poll Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine". Associated Press, June 11, 2007.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-06-21. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Chickens, bunnies, felons and other candidate stalkers Archived 2007-06-24 at the Wayback Machine". Scripps News, June 2007.
- ↑ "ALL-POINTS BULLETIN". Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2007-06-21. Unknown parameter
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