OBAMA’S IOWA PHOTO OPS BACKFIRE REPEATEDLY
| Day 1: Des Moines.
Obama visited the Iowa State Fair so he could see the fairgrounds’ famous Bud Tent for beers. A great photo-op was set up; Obama buys a round for beer-drinking buddies who can chortle “four more beers!” But wait; Mike Cunningham II, the third-generation owner, was not happy; the tent had to undergo a full Secret Service sweep of the area, which meant he was out of business for two hours, costing him roughly $25,000 in revenue, which Cunningham called making a “campaign contribution against my will. I wouldn’t have voted for him before. I won’t again.” Obama wasting other people’s money for a photo-op? Who’d dream of such a thing? Day 2: A wind farm in central Iowa. Obama wanted to highlight his support for tax credits for the wind energy industry, which Mitt Romney opposes. Another great photo-op? Well… Jeff Heil, the owner of the farm, and his son Jarret, who is a registered Republican and former staffer for Sen. Chuck Grassley, quietly stated they weren’t voting for Obama either: “It is important to not get caught up in the president’s glamorous re-election words and remember President Obama’s first term record and rhetoric do not represent Middle America, entrepreneurs, small business owners and farmers,” Jarret Heil said. Day 3: Davenport. At the Obama event, which was catered by the Village Corner Deli, the Deli’s owner, Ross Murty, wore a black T-shirt with big, bold white letters that read, “Government didn’t build my business. I did.” |
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