Buddy Roemer Plans RV Tour Of Early Primary States

In presidential campaigns, candidates' favored mode of transportation can be the stuff of legend.

Think of Harry Truman busting Thomas E. Dewey's chops on the platform of the Ferdinand Magellan. Or John McCain's "Straight Talk Express."

Alternatively, you can also consider things like the "Ron Paul Blimp," or Donald Trump's FEC-flouting, registered-in-Bermuda jet.

And now, get ready to add the Buddy Roemer Winnebago to the list of famous campaign conveyances:

The former Louisiana governor said he plans to re-locate to New Hampshire and South Carolina full-time in the next few weeks as he explores a long-shot presidential bid.

Instead of an apartment in Charleston or a rental house on the shores of New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, Mr. Roemer said, "I'll live, literally, on some sort of little touring bus" while he drives - and walks - the length and breadth of the two early primary states.

Yep, that's right. Buddy Roemer is going to head up and down the Eastern Seaboard in his RV, dropping road science on GOP voters. He'll invite reporters on board for some scrapple and campfire coffee. In the evenings, he'll do some light, Scooby-gang mystery solving, and the Winnebago will obviously not be powered by corn-additives ("In his first visit to Iowa after announcing his exploratory committee, he challenged corn farmers there to abandon subsidies for ethanol.")

So there you have it. Roemer's roamer. Roemermentum. You get the idea.

[NOTE/CORRECTION: Due to an HTML error, the second sentence of the piece was inadvertently truncated, making it appear as if Harry Truman was associated with the "Straight Talk Express." The error has since been corrected so that all of you nice people don't think I took complete leave of my senses. Sorry about that!]

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Comments

[TraviswithaT]

01:55 PM on 04/05/2011

Can't say he's really "roughing it". I went and looked at RV's a little bit ago and most were better equipped than my house....of course they cost as much as well...check this one out http://www.charlottervcenter.com/view/501/2007-Tiffin-Allegro-Bus.html ...if I only had the money:(

[ambrecel]

08:32 PM on 03/19/2011

Intelligent move. I'm a we will see with this candidate. There are many that will look up his record and ask why he wants to run for President.

[ducksawce]

07:01 AM on 03/19/2011

Bill Clinton had a chocolate lab named Buddy - any relation ? Perhaps he could team up with Gingrich for the Newt and Buddy show. Can't make this stuff up ...

[DanBeach]

05:02 PM on 03/21/2011

Yeah first name Buddy strike one...I am sure other posters can point out strikes two and three

[DanBeach]

05:04 PM on 03/21/2011

oh and he's a banker

[Alexis Tanner]

12:02 AM on 03/19/2011

This isn't a first. Senator Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma used an RV to campaign across the country in the Democratic primaries of 1976. He actually did quite well early garnering a lot of attention with this mode of campaign travel (which could take him places airplanes couldn't). That campaign was one of the most truly 'populist' campaigns in modern political history. In the end, money was the problem and his motto became more than just a motto: "The Issue Is Privilege." The campaign poster:
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4143/fredharrispresidentphot.jpg

[Tara Hunkoff]

12:32 AM on 03/18/2011

An RV? Has he given this any thought whatsoever?

Where's his ball cap? I don't see a dashchund...no memory foam slippers...what about one of those one-piece gardening suits?

This man is simply not ready.

[Fuddpacker]

01:09 PM on 03/17/2011

Well, the first thing 'ya know, Buddy's a millionaire
Kinfolk said, Buddy, move away from there
Said "New Hampshire is the place 'ya oughtta be
So he stole a bunch of money and bought an RV

Politics..
Power...
Lobbists, that is..

Y'all come back now, y'hear?

[Norm]

01:06 PM on 03/17/2011

Given an anticipated billion dollars a candidate, they all should rev up the RV.

[Bude]

11:06 AM on 03/17/2011

I'd love to take my RV across the country and see the sights.

HeII, I'd love to have an RV.

[edtheengineer]

06:13 AM on 03/17/2011

Who says show business is dying? When you consider the new routines which appear each week from performers like Good Ole Little Buddy, Governor Boober, The Huckabuck and the Batcave Lady (not to mention Madame Mooseburger), the future looks promising for non-stop entertainment.

[nomobull]

02:32 AM on 03/17/2011

oh my goodness

[havana62]

02:30 AM on 03/17/2011

What would be even more uncoventional would be if he truthfully calculated his chances of winning and gave up now. Imagine all of the gas and time he would save. The GOP budget isn't exactly spilling over right now.

[CajunSpectre]

01:32 AM on 03/17/2011

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation II staring Buddy Roemer as Cousin Eddy touring the US in his RV.

[taddles]

12:50 AM on 03/17/2011

Isn't this the guy who switched form the Dem party to the Republican party and then took got beat in a 4 way election by David Duke the Klan guy?

[CajunSpectre]

01:19 AM on 03/17/2011

Yes he did switch parties and yes he did lose to Duke. His dad, who was a Commissioner of Administration (Louisiana's highest appointed public office) under the governor before Buddy was convicted and imprisoned by the Feds for BriLab.

[Contact1972]

10:54 AM on 03/17/2011

How does one lose to a white supremist? That's shocking and very scary.

[edtheengineer]

12:56 PM on 03/17/2011

He made the mistake of not having his white bedsheet washed and also the tip of his hood was not sufficiently pointed.

[ayisha]

09:04 PM on 03/16/2011

the extent to which these clowns will go to pander. guess you can expect to see him hitched up at every trailer park along the way, with a sign that says "i am you".

[Contact1972]

10:54 AM on 03/17/2011

HA-lol

[up2uamerica]

09:01 PM on 03/16/2011

What a doofus

[CajunSpectre]

09:51 PM on 03/16/2011

I agree.