So I’m on my couch watching the sold out Hobo Day game on ESPN with a Bloody Mary.. What a morning! So many people and so many missed connections! Sorry if I missed you at the parade and tailgating as apparently I missed a lot of people, including my own sister. I didn’t get an Erin Tobin koozie (but she is saving me one), and I have lost count of the people who I didn’t get a chance to say “hi” to.
And I missed Toby Doeden? I certainly didn’t see him, but I’m told he was there. As he might have discovered, Hobo Day was not about him. It was not about his stupid bus being in the parade as he was demanding. It was not about him trying to wedge it into tailgating as he was demanding.
The rules were the same for him as they as always have been; you participate as a guest of the College Republicans and that’s it. Period. If he wanted to walk, he could walk.
So, who was there to cheer on the Jacks?
He wasn’t walking, but Governor Larry Rhoden and First Lady Sandy Rhoden were in the parade to support the Jacks!
State Senator Tim Reed was also in the parade throwing koozies out. He got one heading my way, even though I was on the wrong side of the road for that.
Democrats were there early on…
..And that was it for politicians until the trail end of the parade with the College Republican group.
Marty Jackley for Congress had a big crew walking with him, and Casey Crabtree was also represented. Doeden’s latest lackey Cole Heisey looked rather disengaged as he threw out candy a piece at a time. Must be a tough way to pay the rent.
Supposedly Doeden was there, but we did not see him where I was towards the end of Main Street.
Hansen for Governor had a smattering, but for some reason, he quickly crossed from my side of the street to the other when he approached where I was. Hmph.
Big crew for team Dusty walking with the College Republicans..
And the man himself gave us a shout out as he was working the crowd and stopped for a quick picture with my daughter.
The college Republicans were towards the end of the parade, so about then we tapped out to reset for tailgating.
Left the camera at home (because it was tailgating), and had an quick opportunity to talk with a few friends, but as I noted early on in this post, it was impossible to see everybody.
Who didn’t leave the camera at home? Jon Hansen was walking around tailgating followed by his camera-boy & Doeden’s former PAC lackey Brian Lewis. Because nothing speaks more to authenticity than walking around people’s various tailgating events with your cameraman.
Between Doeden and Hansen, it made me glad I brought the bagful of my test t-shirts to a friend’s tailgating to give away.
Handed them off.. and they were literally gone in 60 seconds. (Sorry BB.. I will fire up my heat press and get you one).
The final for the game had SDSU victorious over UNI, 31-3. And it appears they beat at least one self-important politician at the same time as well.
Pat, Toby actually was there, I saw him in the parade line up. I cannot confirm he actually walked in the parade, but he was there in Brookings
Did Rounds have a big crowd?
Rounds had a fair crew.
He was there. I saw him “camped” on a float as walking would have been too much!
Toby Doughboy.
Well, Toby was certainly there. Not sure how you missed him, he’s a large man
I do now see a picture of him in the early part of the parade. But he wasn’t working both sides of the street by the time it hit Cook’s kitchen, that’s for sure.
Mr. Doeden is a mythical beast. grudznick has never seen him breakfasting in Rapid City.
Kudos to the kids running today’s events at State who stood up to Doeden and didn’t let him push them around.
College students aren’t “kids”.
They still kind of are…
Not according to the law.
Hansen is a great guy but no one has ever won a campaign by having a big crowd in a parade 8 months before the election. No one will remember who walked in the parade come June.
It seems like the majority of Hansen’s crowds aren’t old enough to vote.
Let’s call the race for governor. Hansen had a bunch of parade walkers. The race is now over.
That old light blue Bronco is sweet!