By all accounts it was an honest mistake, political party convention attendees said.Well, Dolan gave his Republican speech to a group of Democrats, and the story has a happy ending in that the parties involved in the situation remained civil with each other. Campaign politics in the US have strayed so far into the Bizarro World that the incident didn't surprise me at all, but it did give me a laugh. Cynic that I am, I think both political parties are bought, and it's not ordinary folks that paid for them. For me, it comes down to which party will screw the powerless the least, and I believe you know my answer.
Republican congressional candidate Dan Dolan of Muscatine arrived early at the Monroe County Courthouse for the Republican convention being held Saturday in Albia, Iowa.
Unfortunately, the county Democrats were holding their convention in the same building, and Dolan spoke to the wrong group of people.
“Nobody asked enough questions before he started speaking,” Monroe County Supervisor Denny Ryan said. “It finally got to the point in the speech where one of the people said, ‘Are you sure you’re at the right convention?’”
Dolan laughed Monday when he described the encounter.
“It was a crazy day,” Dolan said. “We had scheduled 10 speaking engagements through the district.”
Thanks to Paul (A.) for the laugh and the link.
