Using Todd P. to woo rural Mainers

Published Oct 29 2008, 10:54 AM by Deirdre Fulton

Todd Palin shows up in a GOP mailer sent to rural Maine...making Al Diamon's October 22 column even more relevant.

Jeff Inglis adds:

While the flier suggests that the next president will have control over whether snowmobiling is allowed in national parks, it's certainly difficult to argue that snowmobile access is the most important decision the next president will make.

And McCain and Palin seem unfamiliar with Maine's landscape. There's only one national park in Maine, and while snowmobiling is allowed there, it's pretty limited. There aren't any in New Hampshire or Vermont, either, so any Mainer who wanted to snowmobile in a national park would have to haul the machine rather a long way...

So the question the McCain campaign and the Maine GOP appear to be asking is whether Mainers are more concerned about preserving their legal right to drive a snowmobile at no more than 35 mph on somewhat less than 50 miles of road in Acadia National Park, or about getting their loved ones home from Iraq to go snowmobiling, whether they'll have a home to return to from that snowmobiling trip, or whether they'll have a job that might pay for a snowmobile or its gas.

Filed Under: elections, McCain, National Politics, John McCain, Barack Obama

One more school committee candidate

Hear Jeff on NPR

Follow the Portland Phoenix

All Blogs

On The Download (2,163)
Laser Orgy (33)
Dont Quote Me (518)
Talking Politics (1,523)
Outside The Frame (305)
Phlog (1,419)

Filed Under: elections, McCain, National Politics, John McCain, Barack Obama, Obama, snowmobiles

Boston Phoenix
More on Tuesday's election
Published 11/5/2009 by Deirdre Fulton
A pretty comprehensive round-up of some of the political philosophies around same-sex marriage votes.

Boston Phoenix
This man today
Published 10/27/2009 by Deirdre Fulton
Out and about snapping photos for our election issue (hitting the streets tomorrow) this morning, I encountered this man in Deering Oaks Park. I didn't...

more by Deirdre Fulton

Camera crazy | November 27, 2009

Youth to power | November 27, 2009

Taking gay rights to Obama | November 20, 2009

After the Question 1 vote | November 13, 2009

Conservation in Copenhagen | November 06, 2009

See all articles by: Deirdre Fulton

Latest Comments

Lee Ranaldo picks his favorite albums of the decade - why is the camera facing the interviewer the whole time?

By mike on 11-26-2009 in On The Download

Khazei Sneaking Up? - As voters learn more about Alan Khazei, they will want to vote him in. He is an extraordinary public...

By vicki kennedy on 11-25-2009 in Talking Politics

Khazei Sneaking Up? - ****Updated Nov 25** with copies of letters from Privacy Commissioner of Canada and an audio. Suppressed...

By Mar on 11-25-2009 in Talking Politics

PODCAST: David Plouffe on the early days of the Obama campaign - **Updated Nov 25** with copies of letters from Privacy Commissioner of Canada and an audio. Suppressed...

By Mar on 11-25-2009 in Phlog

Phoenix meets the Phoenix: hugely awesome band to perform intimate gig for lucky Boston Phoenix readers - Christian Louboutin replica shoes are available at attractive rates in all outlets across the world....

By Gucci Sneakers on 11-25-2009 in On The Download

Latest Comments from About Town

Using Todd P. to woo rural Mainers

Leave a Comment