Reid Mocks Lowden's Chickens
Senate Maj. Leader Harry Reid's campaign is employing a novel way to collect email addresses while simultaneously mocking one of his potential opponents for suggesting constituents barter with chickens for their health care.
Reid's camp has launched a new Facebook game to poke fun at ex-NV GOP chair/ex-state Sen. Sue Lowden (R), who suggested early last month that bartering for health care was a common practice.
"I think that bartering is really good. Those doctors who you pay cash, you can barter, and that would get prices down in a hurry. And I would say go out, go ahead out and pay cash for whatever your medical needs are, and go ahead and barter with your doctor," Lowden said at a candidates' forum.
Later, she defended her comments and brought poultry into the discussion. "Before we all started having health care, in the olden days, our grandparents, they would bring a chicken to the doctor," Lowden told Nevada Newsmakers in an April 19 interview.
The new Facebook game, "Sue Lowden's Chicken Clinic," awards chickens to those who sign up to play. Invite a friend and get one chicken. Join Reid's Facebook page and earn 3 chickens. Sign up with your name and email address on Reid's website and get 5 chickens. Chickens can be used for hospital visits to cure "diseases" a character might contract.
Lowden's campaign team sent out newspaper clips backing up her point, but it hasn't stopped Dems from mocking the suggestion -- and GOPers from quietly worrying about the campaign's message discipline.
Meanwhile, Dems will do their best to keep the, well, fowl storyline going. Lowden is in DC for a fundraiser today, and the DSCC will send a staffer in a chicken suit to hang around outside Charlie Palmer Steak, the fancy DC restaurant where Lowden will raise cash.
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