I spent the last few days in our nation's capital, and spotted Obama measuring the White House drapes! I also spotted McCain walking around aimlessly by the Lincoln Memorial and pointed him up the stairs where a few Palin impersonators were performing an elaborate juggling act. At the end of my journey, I rode the train back up the east coast, dropped Joe Biden off in Delaware, and returned to New York. It was a good time!
Other than that, and here is the truth --- I was in DC for work and didn't spend much time in the city at all. But in my time there, I could tell the city was shoring up their economy by introducing more election swag than you ever imagined. If you have slogan to put on a t-shirt, bumper sticker, button, candy bar wrapper, shot glass, or back scratcher, I guarantee, they're already selling it in DC. It looks like they opened extra stands in the train station to accommodate all the merch.
Of course the election is the first topic on everyone's mind there too -- and with pretty much every single sentence the candidates say printed on something, there's no shortage on opportunities for one to express themselves. My cab driver for example had a sticker that said "Ask me how many houses I have." Unfortunately, when my coworker did that, he just laughed. Damn those rhetorical questions. Except... I wonder if the red and blue cab drivers get along...
Save for a few Joe the Plumber jokes and maverick references, Obama pleas and pre-Election Day jitters, the election vibe was pretty much the typical fare. Of course I'm speaking from the vantage point of someone holed up in a convention center for 3 days so there' s a margin of error there.
And finally, while I did not ride the train with Joe Biden, I did ride an Amtrak train roundtrip that stopped at Wilmington Delaware. And on my way back to NY, I met the acquaintance of a chatty gentlemen that acted the way I'd imagine Joe Biden would have. Said Chatty Gent also informed me that he has travelled to Delaware for business on a fairly regular basis and has seen Joe Biden on the train or platform 3 times --- each time all by himself. Joe Biden = Average Joe. (Except for the time he spilled coffee on himself -- that time he was Sloppy Joe.)
SIGNING OFF FROM WASHINGTON DC, THIS IS LEFT HANDED MAVERICK BACK IN NY!
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