Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden's proving to be a suitable replacement for the late U.S. Sen. Chic Hecht, R-Nev., who is memorialized with several entries in "The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said."
Lowden, it seems, lives in the 1930s, when unemployed families and other impoverished Americans turned to barter in lieu of cash. I'd try the "chicken for medical care" idea, except for the fact that my medical guy would fall over laughing, hit his head and have to go to the E.R. for stitches.
Or, maybe she's stuck in the 1870s. Hard to tell.
There used to be a right-wing political party in Nevada that demanded a return to the barter system. Oddly, Nevadans, who rarely exhibit such smarts, turned away from the idea.
Side note: The polls showing Lowden leading Harry Reid undoubtedly include some of the three-quarters of a million people who haven't lived in Nevada much longer than 15 years. Tightwad Orange County Californians sold their cheap houses for zillions and moved to no-state-income-tax Nevada. Sadly, they have little to do in their lives except vote to prevent people who aren't them from getting help.
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I'm no fan of big airlines, but I hope they tell the passengers demanding compensation for being stranded by Iceland's volcano to go pluck a chicken.
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