Iowa Chicken

The Iowa Chicken was a person in a chicken suit who followed John McCain[1] and Rudy Giuliani[2] around Iowa during the 2008 American presidential race, carrying a sign that read "You 'Bawk'ed at the Straw Poll!" This was done to both protest and bring attention to the fact that neither candidate competed in the Iowa Straw Poll.[3][4] In the past, all Republican candidates have competed in the Straw Poll, and McCain and Giuliani's decisions not to attend represented a break from tradition.

The identity of the Iowa Chicken has not been revealed, but he or she follows an American campaign tradition, including such precedents as 2000's Corn Man.

References
  1. "McCain defends decision to skip Iowa straw poll Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine". Associated Press, June 11, 2007.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-06-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Chickens, bunnies, felons and other candidate stalkers Archived 2007-06-24 at the Wayback Machine". Scripps News, June 2007.
  4. "ALL-POINTS BULLETIN". Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2007-06-21.


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