Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Nungesser, Vitter plan Election Eve state blitz
Posted by Kevin Allman on Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:39 PM
Lieutenant governor hopeful Billy Nungesser and his Senate champion, David Vitter, are planning a seven-city blitz of the state that will take them from Shreveport and Monroe all the way down to New Orleans in 10 1/2 hours. The duo (along with entertainer and former lieutenant governor candidate Sammy Kershaw) will begin at 8 a.m. in Shreveport ("Corner of Bert Kouns and Youree Dr. [look for the giant elephant with Nungesser signs on it]") before hitting Monroe, Alexandria, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge and finally "New Orleans" (actually, Metairie).
(Interestingly, both the Monroe and Baton Rouge stops have the instruction: "Look for the statue of Drew Brees." Huh? There's a statue of #9 in Monroe??? A quick call to the campaign cleared it up: Nungesser, Vitter, Kershaw, et al. will be traveling with a Drew Brees statue. No word on whether the "statue" is an inflatable, or one of those car-dealership giant stick figures that flails around due to a fan at the bottom. Also no word as to what the steadfastly non-political Mr. Brees thinks of all this; to my knowledge, he hasn't endorsed anything more controversial than NyQuil.)
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It's an ambitious schedule, particularly in regards to Baton Rouge, where the meet-and-greet is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m., meaning they'll hit Red Stick rush hour traffic on their way to Metairie.
Full schedule and details under the jump.
8:00am — Shreveport
Corner of Bert Kouns and Youree Dr. (look for the giant elephant with Nungesser signs on it)
9:30 — Monroe
Milhaven Rd in front of Target/Home Depot/Best Buy (look for the statue of Drew Brees)
11:00 — Alexandria
Corner of MacArthur Dr. and Jackson St. (look for the giant elephant with Nungesser signs on it)
12:30 — Lake Charles
Nelson Road across from WalMart and Chik-Fil-A
2:30 — Lafayette
Corner of Kaliste Saloom and Pinhook (look for the giant elephant with Nungesser signs on it)
4:30 — Baton Rouge
Corner of Corporate Blvd and Jefferson (look for the statue of Drew Brees)
6:30 — New Orleans
Corner of Veterans Blvd and Causeway in Metairie (the neutral ground in front of the Macy's parking garage)
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Nungesser knows that Brees doesn't like having his image associated with political campaigns, right?
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?i…
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"to my knowledge, he hasn't endorsed anything more controversial than NyQuil"
Brees implicitly endorses Ellen DeGeneres' decision to come out of the closet when he cites her as an example of overcoming adversity. You think Nungesser might take from inspiration from that?
They're going to make it from the southern end of Shreveport to the far eastern edge of Monroe in an hour and a half? What the heck are they driving? They won't have any time to spend in Shreveport, if they plan to stick to this schedule. Then, from Monroe to Alexandria in an hour and a half is also about impossible. They must be planning nothing more than a drive-by and wave at the crowd.
