Closure: Campaign Edition

[firedupdem]

During a historic election, their stories captivated us for a moment—then they vanished. We revisit them to bring you the next chapter.

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Samuel Wurzelbacher
Starting point: After grilling Barack Obama about his tax plan during an Ohio rally, "Joe the Plumber" comes up 25 times in the final debate and becomes a John McCain mascot. Turns out his name isn't Joe, he's not a licensed plumber and he owes taxes.

Present day: He has a publicist, a book ("Fighting for the American Dream," sold online only) and, he claims, a possible radio-hosting gig. "It's all very surreal," he tells NEWSWEEK, though he acknowledges it might not be for much longer. —Sarah Kliff

Levi Johnston
Starting point: Days after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin becomes McCain's veep pick, she reveals that her daughter Bristol, 17, is pregnant by Johnston, 18, a high-school hockey player who calls himself "a f–––ing redneck" on his MySpace page. He joins the Palin family onstage, chewing gum, at the GOP convention.


Present day: The baby is due any minute; the wedding is reportedly still on. But Johnston has quit school and left Wasilla for a job on Alaska's remote North Slope oilfields. —Jesse Ellison


**I must add here that Levi's mom was just busted for dealing drugs.

Gail Quinnell
Starting point: At a McCain rally in Minnesota on Oct. 10, Quinnell, 75, says she "can't trust Obama" because "he's an Arab." The video goes viral, and she's dubbed "Crazy McCain Lady" and played by Kristen Wiig in a "Saturday Night Live" sketch.

Present day: Quinnell is back to supervising mentally disabled kids on schoolbus rides. She tells NEWSWEEK that she found the "SNL" sketch "hilarious." Originally a Hillary voter, she now tentatively backs Obama. "I hope and pray that he can live up to his promises. It'd be wonderful if he could do all that." —Katie Paul


**I must add here that she shouldn't be near any children. Jeez!

http://www.newsweek.com/id/176412

[IndianaGreen]

1. Three losers!

Joe the Plumber got his 15-minutes of fame. Now that he is no longer useful to GOP, he will be quickly forgotten. Any doubts, ask Paula Jones or Linda Tripp. Where are they now?

Where is Bristol's baby? She was due last Saturday? Any news? Levi would have gotten a nice tidy sum of money to keep quiet, had McCain won. He didn't, so now there is no pressure for Levi to marry Bristol.

Gail Quinnell, an absolute idiot! I wouldn't let her around children either!

[firedupdem]

2. Poster Blue in AK

said the rumor in Alaska was the baby was to be born on Christmas Day...LOL!!

Losers! All of them!

[snowbear]

3. To be fair to Blue now... It's only 10:33 p.m. in Alaska right now.. she still has time..

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And besides.. Blue was only relaying what she heard.. she's not one to start rumors.

In other rumors.. With the "First Dude" (Todd Palin) back up on the north slope at his job, we hear that Joe from Ohio has been seen hanging around Wasilla.



............. -- What's up with that!?

edit.. Oops. I accidently called Joe "Bob" for some reason...

[firedupdem]

5. I should have worded that differently...I wasn't saying she started

a rumor...she actually posted a link about the baby being born on Christmas. I love Blue...I wasn't being snarky to her or accusing her of starting a rumor.

The Joe being in Wasilla rumor and that picture is hilarious!!

[IndianaGreen]

6. What a disturbing picture! And where is Sarah going to ram that plunger?

The Bible says that it is better to give than to receive.

:P

[IndianaGreen]

4. I just check the Anchorage Daily News. Nothing about Bristol's baby.

But they had this story about Levi Johnston's mom and her dealing 'hillbilly heroin' (OxyContin) during the Presidential campaign.


http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/crime/story/633751.html

[firedupdem]

7. I saw that! What a piece of trash! She hated every minute of that

boy being in the spotlight! It was definitely cramping her high!

[snowbear]

8. Just a guess... But I have a hunch they'll have the baby at Mat-Su Medical Center out by Wasilla...

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The only time Sarah stays in Anchorage is when she has some kind of event, when she's working in her downtown office, or when she's getting ready to ship out from the Anchorage Airport.

With the weather we have right now (snow/blizzards).. I'm guessing they'll take her to the hospital that's just outside of Wasilla where they can be close to home.

If that's the case.. they could be slower to release info to the Anchorage media about when the baby is actually born.


Mat-Su Regional Medical Center

[Clio the Leo]

9. Awww man, I was hoping for that too....

... because listening to them revel in a "sanctified birth" was gonna be superfun! Shucks!