Video: Silky’s campaign HQ becoming nuisance to neighbors
posted at 9:56 am on July 13, 2007 by Allahpundit
Five different people have sent this to me but I’m not sure what you want me to do with it. They occasionally get mysterious packages, the bomb squad has to be called, and the security cordon forces nearby businesses to close. It’s a shame but it could have happened to any candidate. Especially a candidate who’s so desperately concerned about Americans’ economic hardships that he doesn’t have time to move his campaign’s mail center off site so that these scares don’t put his neighbors in the poorhouse.
How about sending out one of those fundraising e-mails he’s famous for and handing the proceeds to the businesses that had to shut down? “By donating now, you’re striking a blow against the evil conservative who threatened me with that package. Or who would have threatened me with that package had anything dangerous been found in it.” Etc.
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I think you should restrict your blogposts to 1st tier candidates. :)
JayHaw Phrenzie on July 13, 2007 at 10:01 AM
The Breck Girl can’t keep making the “Two Americas” argument without first proving it to be true. Nothing new under the sun.
Freelancer on July 13, 2007 at 10:05 AM
Ah, how ’bout what you did with it… Was that an entrance versus an exit question?
No iPhone for AP yet I guess.
aqvik on July 13, 2007 at 10:11 AM
Those complaining Business Owners are obviously just more of those selfish Haves trying to squelch the success of the only candidate willing to fight for The Little People.
eeyore on July 13, 2007 at 10:12 AM
THERE IS NO TERRORIST THREAT!!!
He’s playing on our fears.
We need to understand why they hate him.
He needs to pull his office out of that neighborhood NOW.
saint kansas on July 13, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Things I’d like to hear about today:
The John Doe Protection issue.
Border Enforcement.
Fairness Doctrine (which desperately needs rebranding because drive-by readers will think we’re against something good).
Silky Pony? nope.
aqvik on July 13, 2007 at 10:17 AM
I think Edwards should start a Fundraising campaign about this issue.
JayHaw Phrenzie on July 13, 2007 at 10:18 AM
Why does John Edwards hate black people? Or at least the black person pictured from the Town Hall Grill. He is black, right?
Jaibones on July 13, 2007 at 10:20 AM
Guess it sucks to be a distant third for your party’s nomination…I wonder if his supporter’s are as obnoxious as Mitt$?
DCJeff on July 13, 2007 at 10:26 AM
I hadn’t heard anyone mention the OBVIOUS solution in the news coverage.
I think Edwards was hoping to be the #2 candidate before Obama started sucking all the oxygen out. Now he’s pulling these publicity stunts to get attention. I suspect it’s starting to piss off the big H.
Did you see the clip where the mike caught Edwards begging Hillary to kick the “2nd-tier” candidates out of the debates? She said her staff was “working on it.” Yeah, right.
Hillary wants as many fruitcakes as possible (including Edwards) on the stage to make herself look like the least crazy Democrat – to bolster her “moderate” image.
logis on July 13, 2007 at 10:40 AM
Be thankful there isn’t a barber shop next door.
right2bright on July 13, 2007 at 10:47 AM
Good call. He is probably begging Coulter to diss him. This is the extent of his marketing and promotion.
right2bright on July 13, 2007 at 10:49 AM
It was just a couple of cases of hairspray for cryin’ out loud. Aerosol cans hardly a bomb do make. Don’t you know it’s all just a ploy by Rove to derail the Silky Express?
Alden Pyle on July 13, 2007 at 11:04 AM
Curious. At the end of the story, the news guy said the FBI doesn’t know who sent the package.
Earlier, the story said it was a couple of watches and literature. Is sending a watch thru the mail illegal?
lorien1973 on July 13, 2007 at 11:14 AM
I wonder why Silky Pony can’t move his HQ to his 100 acre plantation, just south of Chapel Hill. With over 27,000 sq.ft. of space, should be plenty of room. Just rent a few tailors and but on the back 40 for the staff and Silky Pony will be good to go.
Wuptdo on July 13, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Watch it turn out to be that the package was from Revlon sending a few free samples of hair spray.
Least we forget:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AE847UXu3Q
Is that Julie Andrews singing?
Wuptdo on July 13, 2007 at 12:17 PM
I was 1 of the 5…yay! Edwards is a loser in every way possible. If he really cared about the little guy, he’d have moved at least the mail room. It would not surprise me in the slightest if he or Lizzy were sending themselves the packages just for the headlines! They really are that trashy!
SouthernGent on July 13, 2007 at 12:22 PM
Gift Bags from Breck, I think.
dbdiva on July 13, 2007 at 1:55 PM
I’d sue the landlord. Obviously, a campaign office is going to be disruptive compared to other tenants. Lots of people coming and going, working all hours, and presumably Secret Service protection should Edwards be there.
highhopes on July 13, 2007 at 1:55 PM
Is it just me, or is that Ken Smith reporter guy sending secret messages to Pelosi with his rapid eye-blinking?
StaticElectricityMan on July 13, 2007 at 3:39 PM
Supposedly the packages were beeping. I bet it was actually the forklift carrying Edward’s weekly supply grooming products that was beeping as it backed into the room.
Hollowpoint on July 13, 2007 at 4:12 PM
Only his hairdresser knows for sure
PowWow on July 13, 2007 at 9:34 PM