WP: On Campaign Stop, Bush Rallies Loyalists: First rally this campaign season

On Campaign Stop, Bush Rallies Loyalists
Indiana Event Kicks Off Stretch-Run Appearances for Embattled GOP Candidates
By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 29, 2006; Page A07

SELLERSBURG, Ind., Oct. 28 -- After months of fundraising, President Bush plunged into retail politicking for the first time this campaign season, telling a raucous crowd of several thousand Republican partisans on Saturday that the Democrats would raise taxes and retreat from Iraq if they win control of Congress next week.

The cheers were deafening inside the packed gymnasium at Silver Creek High School here when Bush emerged beaming, with his blue shirt-sleeves rolled up, alongside endangered Rep. Michael E. Sodrel (R-Ind.).

The crowd interrupted the president repeatedly with loud applause and chants of "USA! USA!" as he cast the Nov. 7 midterm elections as a decisive turning point in the affairs of the country.

"The outcome of this election will determine how much money you have in your pocket," Bush shouted, his voice seeming to crack at points. "The outcome of this election will determine whether this government does its most fundamental job, and that is to protect the American people."

Bush has devoted considerable time and energy raising money for GOP candidates around the country, but Saturday's event represented the first time he has tried to rally grass-roots Republican voters. White House officials have said the new campaign finance law restricting the use of unregulated campaign contributions for such events has made it harder for candidates to stage such rallies....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/28/AR2006102800866.html

The chimp is cheerleading for himself
(cause no one else will)

Pretty limp effort.

a couple hundred maybe? a thousand?

color me totally unimpressed :boring:

As these days pass one by one I now understand that there were probably Germans like us....trying to stop the radicallism that overtook their country....

We have a chance to stop this path next week...if we don't the America as we know itwill no longer exist....