Name: Timothy Adkins* (Image is of Ned Flanders from "The Simpsons")
Age: 47
Job: Manages Christian radio station in Burlington, Iowa.
Politics: Very Conservative
Voting for: Sarah Palin.....oh doodly do....I meant John McCain
*-Timothy is a fictitious person and any resemblances to a real Timothy Adkins are yada, yada, yada.....
The city has a population of circa 27,000, and the mayor is Mike Edwards, who could perhaps also be a vice-presidential candidate some day.
Burlington is the home of Snake Alley, the crookedest alley in the world (pictured above). The city is 91.6 percent white. It's sister city is Barbacena, Brazil, and it is home to the Burlington Bees, a Class A minor league baseball team in the Midwest League.
The Hawkeye State is important in determining the presidential candidates with the Iowa Caucus, which Barack Obama won. But, it is also vital with the presidential election itself.
Iowa is leaning blue this time around, but there is a heavy evangelical base which the likes of Timothy Adkins is firmly entrenched in. His likes helped Mike Huckabee win the caucus on the Republican side. But, the state is also represented by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) who is considered to be one of the most progressive members of Congress.
Ned Flanders first appeared in the series premiere of "The Simpsons" in 1989.
He is a devout, overbearing Christian neighbor of The Simpson family, and he is despised by Homer Simpson.
Ned is considered to be a pillar of the Springfield community, and he owns the Leftorium, a store which sells supplies for left-handed people, like Flanders. He also follows the Bible as literally as possible, and he is a timid push-over. But, according to Wikipedia, Ned is also well-endowed. (Yes, I was surprised by this too!)
The character who frequently uses the term 'dooodly' was recognized at The Greenbelt Fest, a British Christian music festival, in 2001 and 2002. The event featured a tribute band named (gotta love this!) Ned Zeppelin. I imagine they performed a "Stairway to Heaven."
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Nevada is a definitive swing state again this year, but it is Elko not Las Vegas which will be the deciding factor in whether Nevada goes blue or stays red this election cycle.
Name: Mrs. Marisa Paredes*
"The New York Times" has cited Las Cruces as a major swing city along with Elko, Nev., and Fairfax, Va.
Image: Mayor Joe Quimby from "The Simpsons."
Photo: The Real Tomas J. Carlson
Springfield is also where Wild Bill Hickok killed a man in the first quick-draw duel of The Old West in 1865 (hence the reason we're using an image of '60s cartoon character Quickdraw McGraw here).
After years of living in the UK, Hynde now lives in her native Akron, Ohio. The city's minor league baseball team is the Akron Aeros, who have Orbit (pictured) here as the team mascot. It is a swing city in a swing state, and it was once known as the rubber capital of the world until hard times hit the rust belt.
"The New York Times" has it listed as a 'yellow state' along with Virginia, New Hampshire, Ohio, Nevada and Colorado. But, Obama has gained momentum in The Sunshine State as he has done in poll after poll while the devastating economic collapse of Wall Street last week.
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