The Sturgis Pool Report

Posted at 1:28 PM on August 5, 2008 by Tom Scheck (2 Comments)

Not every reporter gets to attend every campaign event but many candidates allow a pool reporter to certain events in case something significant happens. The idea is that the audio/video/copy would then be shared among the entire press corps.

Most of the reports are boring but not the one from Sturgis! Here's a glimpse of what was seen and heard:

Your pool was kept company by a crew of bikers on a balcony above the temporary stores, shouting a host of things (some nice, some not). They threw a few strands of beads our way, encouraging the reporters to perform activity a lá Mardi Gras. ("Do it for Bill O'Reilly!" one person shouted.) They were joined by two scantily-clad women, one in a version of a bikini and the other in a too-small school girl uniform, who swung on poles off to the side. A larger-than-life stone sculpture stood in the middle of the large open field, depicting a woman lying horizontally over a bike in what looked like an uncomfortable position.

You can read the pool report from John McCain's Monday night speech here.

Comments (2)

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/Topless_in_Sturgis.html

McCain is pimping is wife out to a topless beauty contest! Cover it!
DNC! Use it in an ad to get Clinton supporters strongly behind you.

Posted by Josh | August 5, 2008 1:53 PM

Did McCain refer to his wife as a part of the female anatomy as he's done before? It probably would have gone over great with this crowd.

Posted by George Hayduke | August 5, 2008 3:30 PM

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