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Greetings from your Rocky Mountain Collegian's Iowa Crew!
Pay attention: Above, you can see Mike Gravel, ex-senator and current nominee for President of the United States of America. Much like Gravel, we five at The Collegian look to, in a proverbial sense, “throw the rock into the lake.” We’re here to stir things up, make some ripples. Though we, like the good yet decrepit ex-senator, might just be a spot in the floating fortress that is Iowa in early January, we’re just another weird speck that’ll be worth watching for at least someone.
Weird is the buzzword of this year’s election; truly, there has been no election as bizarre as the one we are witnessing right now. Seriously; come next year we could have a woman, an African-American, or even a Mormon as our great leader. Just let that settle for a bit, and realize that those candidates are front runners in their parties, meaning they’ve got a pretty good shot. Then remember that YouTube AND Univision hosted presidential debates.
And frighteningly enough, there’s much more to watch in these strange times.
The hottest boy on the nominee block, Mike Huckabee, is as radical a Christian as he is a guitarist.
It's been reported that the tough guy, Chris Dodd, was last seen smiling in the early 1990s. The man has the biggest jowls in the race, and will likely do his share of flexing when he starts talking about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and how he isn't that bad of a guy.
The class clown, Dennis Kucinich, has seen UFOs, but still wants to take away our guns. And, in a long time first for a candidate, his wife is actually kind of hot.
And as hard as he may try, Kucinich will never out odd the sensitive one, the die-hard libertarian (whose heart is literally 5% gold) known as Dr. Ron Paul. He’s fighting the war on the War on Terror alongside the war on the War on Drugs. Conspiracy theorist or not, the fine doctor just might surprise everyone and snatch a first place spot in Iowa, a charge fueled by a million YouTube videos.
Yes, 2008 will be the year of the weird, and the Collegian’s Iowa Crew plans to do little but bring it to your computer monitor, with updates every day, starting December 30th!
Stay tuned, all you students, faculty, and unemployed 45-year-olds! We here at The Collegian are here to serve you!