I might as well write a post about it for the record, since Jim Galloway didn’t seem to believe me:

  • Yes, that was me.
  • No, I am not affiliated with any campaign. I can’t even vote in the Georgia tenth.
  • I wish I got paid to sweat like a “former Bulldog offensive lineman” (yeah, right), but I did this to demonstrate three simple things:
    1. People running for Congress should actually engage the other candidates and address the public, rather than skip two major debates in Athens and Atlanta.
    2. As ridiculous as it is, a chickensuit is an effective political tool. I bought the thing not for kink, Jim, but for the Young Democrats of Atlanta & Georgia — because the MSM, while they love to make fun of us bloggers, still can’t resist a picture of something stupid, like a guy in a chicken suit or Paris Hilton in a police car. Pictures, pictures, pictures: get your message on the air whatever it takes. (The purchase itself was to demonstrate the utility of an online flash-based fundraising widget for social networks. I sure as hell hope this thing can be dry-cleaned, though, ’cause no other Young Dem is gonna wanna wear it after today’s sweat-a-thon.)
    3. There is such a thing as new media, and we are making it. Thanks to Grayson Daughters of the Spacey Gracey Review for taking the footage.
  • I’m weird, but I’m not that weird. And at least I’m not Jim Whitehead. :-)

If any of you reading this are local media who packed up your camera before you noticed the giant poultry, feel free to download the following clip for your news-making pleasure.


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Update: MSM coverage from Fox 5 Atlanta, Athens Banner-Herald.

Update 2: Grayson has a nice debate overview.



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