Where The Streets Have No Name

I couldn't help but be stunned by the opening paragraph of a recent Los Angeles Times story about Herman Cain.

Reporting from Story City, Iowa— Herman Cain, a retired businessman who rescued the Godfather's Pizza chain from peril in the late '80s, was holding his final meet-and-greet of the day at the Royal Cafe, a modest restaurant with a retirement home on its second floor. Earlier that day, he'd visited a firehouse in Iowa Falls and a "tea party" gathering in Marshallville.

Marshallville?

Iowa?

The writer, Robin Abcarian, either didn't go to the "tea party gathering", or Iowa doesn't matter to the left coast.

I'm betting both and the scientific community is united in that fact.

By checking the Candidate Calendar at the Des Moines Register's 2012 Iowa Caucuses page, the Liter learned that Cain was in Story City, Iowa Falls and Marshalltown on June 22.






Also note, the date of the story was July 7.

The time difference between Los Angeles and Iowa is two hours, not two weeks.