Comments on: Do Parades Help Politically? Who Cares, They’re Fun http://iowaindependent.com/2556/do-parades-help-politically-who-cares-theyre-fun-2 Iowa politics, news, and commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:46:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: desmoinesdem http://iowaindependent.com/2556/do-parades-help-politically-who-cares-theyre-fun-2/comment-page-1#comment-7691 desmoinesdem Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:03:43 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/2556/do-parades-help-politically-who-cares-theyre-fun-2#comment-7691 <strong>Jerry Sullivan's campaign volunteers</strong> did NOT run out of candy during the Windsor Heights parade yesterday. I kept telling everyone not to throw too much early in the route, because last year the Edwards people ran out of candy to throw.<p><br>Anyway, we rationed things well yesterday and had plenty for the kids at the very end of the route.</p><p><br>I think it helped that the crowd was smaller than usual. My theory is that more people went out of town for the weekend, since July 4 fell on a Friday.</p> Jerry Sullivan's campaign volunteers did NOT run out of candy during the Windsor Heights parade yesterday. I kept telling everyone not to throw too much early in the route, because last year the Edwards people ran out of candy to throw.

Anyway, we rationed things well yesterday and had plenty for the kids at the very end of the route.

I think it helped that the crowd was smaller than usual. My theory is that more people went out of town for the weekend, since July 4 fell on a Friday.

]]> By: desmoinesdem http://iowaindependent.com/2556/do-parades-help-politically-who-cares-theyre-fun-2/comment-page-1#comment-5594 desmoinesdem Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/2556/do-parades-help-politically-who-cares-theyre-fun-2#comment-5594 <strong>Jerry Sullivan's campaign volunteers</strong> did NOT run out of candy during the Windsor Heights parade yesterday. I kept telling everyone not to throw too much early in the route, because last year the Edwards people ran out of candy to throw.<p> Anyway, we rationed things well yesterday and had plenty for the kids at the very end of the route.<p> I think it helped that the crowd was smaller than usual. My theory is that more people went out of town for the weekend, since July 4 fell on a Friday. Jerry Sullivan’s campaign volunteers did NOT run out of candy during the Windsor Heights parade yesterday. I kept telling everyone not to throw too much early in the route, because last year the Edwards people ran out of candy to throw.

Anyway, we rationed things well yesterday and had plenty for the kids at the very end of the route.

I think it helped that the crowd was smaller than usual. My theory is that more people went out of town for the weekend, since July 4 fell on a Friday.

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