{"id":9138,"date":"2016-02-05T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=9138"},"modified":"2016-01-28T16:14:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T22:14:54","slug":"a-fantastic-friday-iowa-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/a-fantastic-friday-iowa-who\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fantastic Friday Iowa Who"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/map_of_iowa.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9140\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9140\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/map_of_iowa.gif\" alt=\"The politicians &amp; media moguls wasted no time leaving our state after the Iowa caucuses. I'm feeling like a homecoming queen the day after graduation.\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a>Only one Gravel Road post cuts the mustard for the Fantastic Friday after the Iowa Caucuses. Here it is, as timely and true as it was eight years ago when it made it&#8217;s debut appearance on this blog.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Iowa Who?<\/h2>\n<p>I feel like a high school homecoming queen the day after graduation. Washed up, dated and insignificant. It\u2019s like I don\u2019t matter anymore. Don\u2019t get me wrong. I was never a homecoming queen. But today, the morning after the Iowa caucuses, I have a great deal of empathy for all of them.<\/p>\n<p>For the last couple of months, the citizens of our state were popular. Our phones rang nonstop. Everyone wanted our opinions on everything. Famous people called us daily &#8211; former presidents, senators, congressmen, family and friends of the wannabe movers and shakers of our country. Our mailboxes were stuffed with glossy flyers and Christmas cards from total strangers.\u00a0 Radio talk show hosts begged us to call in. Our state, not Idaho or Ohio but IOWA, was mentioned on the national news every night for weeks. Even out here on our icy gravel road, a few potential suitors braved tromped through the snow and rang my doorbell. We were important. We really mattered. The nation worshipped at the feet of little old Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Today I\u2019ve gotten one phone call. It was my Minnesota sister. \u201cIowa who?\u201d she kept saying. \u201cIowa who? I hear New Hampshire is the place to be.\u201d She gets so miffed when I get all the attention. But she made a valid point.<\/p>\n<p>Though my state\u2019s present tumble from the national throne has thrown me into the depths of despair, I\u2019m reaching out to the people of New Hampshire. They need to know that popularity is fleeting in our political system.\u00a0 It\u2019s pretty heady stuff for innocent country folk. It can kinda turn heads, all the attention from important people with their fancy hair, great dental work and tailored suits with matching shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t fall for it, New Hampshire. No matter how pretty the candidates are, don\u2019t dispense your political favors to every John, Mike or Hilary who sashays through the state. Come January 9, those sweet-talking, love \u2018em and leave \u2018em politicians will drop you like hot potatoes and move on.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want you to get hurt like we Iowans did. It\u2019s not worth it. Stay home. Turn off the TV. Throw away your mail. Bar the door. Save yourselves for the general election. It\u2019s the only way you\u2019ll be able to live with yourselves tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Three last words: New Hampshire who?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only one Gravel Road post cuts the mustard for the Fantastic Friday after the Iowa Caucuses. 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