The mighty chair of the House Armed Services committee oversees a $600 billion+ defense budget, is among Washington's biggest hawks, and makes national and even global headlines when he speaks, but he wants to have a scoop of ice cream with you.
From a campaign email:
It's almost a new take on the old Roman idea of bread and circuses. Only it's much sweeter, and stickier.
Readers write in: What's McKeon's favorite ice cream flavor? I'm betting he's a vanilla man like myself. Nothing exotic, and definitely not sugar-free or vegan, only pure high fructose corn syrup will suffice. Maybe with a bit of Hershey's syrup and a Maraschino cherry on top, but that's it!
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Get Sticky with Buck McKeon
From a campaign email:
Show Your Support And Have Ice Cream With Buck!
With just 36 days to go until the election, I need your help to get the wordout. To make it fun, we have come up with a little contest. I need you toshow your support for my campaign by simply recording a 10-15 second videoof you saying I'm Voting for Buck!You can email your videos to me atBuck@BuckMcKeon.com!Get creative and have some fun! We will feature the clips in our localadvertising campaign until the election, and out of all those who submitvideos by October 5th, we'll invite three participating supporters to cometo an ice cream party with me!
What a country. Is there any place else in the world where such a powerful man is reduced to begging for cheesy home movies on the promise that he'll share a scoop of Rocky Road with you?
It's almost a new take on the old Roman idea of bread and circuses. Only it's much sweeter, and stickier.
Readers write in: What's McKeon's favorite ice cream flavor? I'm betting he's a vanilla man like myself. Nothing exotic, and definitely not sugar-free or vegan, only pure high fructose corn syrup will suffice. Maybe with a bit of Hershey's syrup and a Maraschino cherry on top, but that's it!
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