Kay Henderson Makes Scotchies; Shops At Wal-Mart

Kay Henderson has an interesting Radio Iowa blog post about going to Mount Pleasant to attend Vilsack's official launch for his presidential candidacy.

The thing that kills me is that the event is a potluck. Vilsack's a guy who has spent the past couple of years raising zillions with his PAC, but asks everybody attending the event to bring some food. How quaint.

Here's the snarky part:

[Todd Dorman and I] stopped at the Wal-Mart to buy a mouse so I wouldn't have to use the touchpad on this laptop to edit my sound. There were no protesters from the Wake-Up Wal-Mart movement Vilsack has joined in other rallies in other places. There was a brave soul standing by a red kettle ringing a bell, soliciting Salvation Army donations from shoppers dashing into the store to escape the steady stream of cold rain that was later to turn to sleety stuff.

It's always nice to see a jab about Wal-Mart and Tom Vilsack, the guy who shit all over one of the major employers in Mount Pleasant after helping them out for decades when it was politically expedient for him.

Now for the food:

Upon arrival at the middle school where the Vilsack potluck was planned, reporters were greeted by two Vilsack staffers. One of them was Dusky Terry, the Sec of Ag candidate who used to be an aide in the governor's office and who is now working on Vilsack's campaign staff. Dusky spied the plastic container I was holding, learned that it was my famous "Scotchies" (hey, a girl who grew up in Lenox, IA knows you take something to share when you're invited to a potluck), and I opened the container so he could have the first one.

What did Dorman bring? A big bag of Tostitos purchased at the last minute from Wal-Mart? I'm just joking.