According to a local school official, and reported in the Huffington Post, 2/3 of the 6,000 folks at the rally were bussed in by the school district.  If this sounds familiar, it's just like the bad old days in Russia (nee. Soviet Union) when workers were bussed in to make impressive backdrops to political rallies.  Dozens of buses, thousands of students and staff out of their classrooms.

A local school district official confirmed after the event that of the 6,000 people estimated by the fire marshal to be in attendance this morning, more than 4,000 were bused in from schools in the area. The entire 2,500-student Defiance School District was in attendance, the official said, in addition to at least three other schools from neighboring districts, one of which sent 14 buses.

What I want to know, was this on the taxpayer's dime?

One person that McCain thought was there was a no-show.  Poor John:



We expect this man to co-ordinate the running of the United States and he can't even co-ordinate a rally?