The Sturgis Pool Report
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Not every reporter gets to attend every campaign event but many candidates allow a pool reporter to certain events in case something significant happens. The idea is that the audio/video/copy would then be shared among the entire press corps.
Most of the reports are boring but not the one from Sturgis! Here's a glimpse of what was seen and heard:
Your pool was kept company by a crew of bikers on a balcony above the temporary stores, shouting a host of things (some nice, some not). They threw a few strands of beads our way, encouraging the reporters to perform activity a lá Mardi Gras. ("Do it for Bill O'Reilly!" one person shouted.) They were joined by two scantily-clad women, one in a version of a bikini and the other in a too-small school girl uniform, who swung on poles off to the side. A larger-than-life stone sculpture stood in the middle of the large open field, depicting a woman lying horizontally over a bike in what looked like an uncomfortable position.
You can read the pool report from John McCain's Monday night speech here.
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