There's something happening here

And what it is, IS exactly clear.




August 2, 2004 - Grand Rapids, Michigan




August 1, 2004 - Bowling Green, Ohio




July 31, 2004 - Wheeling, WV




July 31, 2004 - Greensburg, PA




July 30, 2004 - Harrisburg, PA




July 30, 2004 - Scranton, PA


Tell Gallop to go stick their polls. No one's home because they're all out supporting Kerry.

Nov 2, 2004 - KERRY IN A LANDSLIDE

60% Kerry 40% Bush

encouraging. Great numbers. Polls? Hmmmmm.

phenomenal. I don't remember Clinton's being that huge.

Thanks for posting!

She da bomb.

:yourock:

...and I'm hoping I can go to be one among many.

in the Bowling Green pic is the line that went around the corner, approx. a mile. Lots couldn't get in.

says Kerry hits trail with thud!I think I like thids!

They've getting that many everywhere they go.

Mix by Murad, copyright released from the record company and all interested parties. ENJOY!!!

http://www.johnkerry.com/audio/whatitsworth.mp3

I'll have to drive home with tears of joy in my eyes.

This is soooooooooooooooo fanfuckingtastic!!!!

Looking at all those crowds, listening to the audio and the words of Kerry and Kennedy and knowing, in the deepest part of me, that we can do this and we will do this and the booshies will be gone, gone, gone.


Thanks, DUers, for making the end of my really crummy work day sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!


Tansy Gold, hittin' the road

Thanks.

Ok, this is now my second post! Still trying to figure things out. I just wanted to give everyone a first hand impression of the rally I was at on Friday.

Hello everyone-
My very first post. I attended the Kerry-Edwards rally in Scranton PA on Friday. WOW!! A long, hot, sweaty day---worth every second. The crowd was huge, supportive, and enthusiastic. This was my first ever political rally and one I will never forget. I was a little disappointed with our location, would have liked to have been closer but it seems that everyone else felt the same way. This team seems to draw people to them. We were lucky enough to weasel our way closer to the action after the speeches. Elizabeth and Teresa were feet away and very much involved with the crowd. They were wonderful. The Johns were a little farther away but took the time to sign autos and shake hands. I actually got chills even in the sweltering heat. How anyone can say John Kerry is aloof is beyond me! He was warm, funny, and quite the silver fox!

The crowd was quite a mix of people. One thing that my friend and noticed was a large amount of younger people. They were pumped to be there. That is great sign because this area has a population of about 20% 65+. A lot of vets, a lot of union folks, a lot of people who strongly want Kerry-Edwards to win in Nov.

Huge hand-made signs were posted on the interstate overpass. The campaign must have been thrilled. Estimates of the crowd numbers range from 15,000-20,000. Local news going with the number of 17,000. From some locals who have been around, "numbers like this not seen since Kennedy in the 60's"

Just thought I would pass this info along from my part of the world.

My next step-I believe I will voluntary.

And welcome to DU! :hi: :toast:

I like your screenname, too.

It's great to finally come aboard and join in!

I'm south of you near Hazleton. Welcome to DU. :)

didn't translate into a winning the Primaries, so do these large crowds bode well for Kerry?

But it doesn't always translate into getting the most votes.

In the mid-West!!!!!
Of course that bodes well for Kerry...they should have made the news!!!!

that don't come out for W.

less than 0.13% of the state population. We need
a huge turnout on election day to actually vote.
It is both boring and tedious, hardly the party atmosphere
at a typical rally, on election day.

Grand Rapids is also just one tiny part of the very large and populous state of Michigan. Did you expect 50%+1 of the entire population of the state to show up? Sheesh.

This rally was in the middle of the work day, not on a week-end. In the middle of the day in the middle of a midwestern summer. Hot. Humid. Sticky. Miserable. ("Sultry," I think is the word I'm looking for.) No refreshments, no seats, no shade. This is support. This is unity. This is solidarity.

Do I take this to mean we can just quit and go home now, with the election victory in the bag? No, not at all. But it's good to see thousands upon thousands of people coming out to show their support. We do them a disservice by not acknowledging that. We do them a further disservice if we don't support them in turn.

I don't hear Howard Dean saying, "Well, I had big crowds at my pre-primary rallies, too, but I didn't win." I think the former Dean supporters who may or may not be fueling this so-called "caution" ought to take a cue from their candidate, who seems to have thrown his support fully and enthusiastically behind the nominee.

so while most of us will hold our nose and vote for Kerry, we'll put our energy and money with candidates we can support at the local, state, and Congressional level. Dean did tell his supporters that if they can't support Kerry the way we did him to find a candidate that we can support. Dean understands his supporters and accepts that many of us will not be enthusiastic about Kerry, so Kerry fanatics get use to it.

Some of the less mature are having difficulty with reality, but, a few were GOP operatives here to foster dissent and work against Kerry. Much like the media. The media created much hype around Dean, but, internal state polls showed he never had the higher poll numbers that the media reported.

Did they admit this to you?

What a joke!

Really? So what's your point? It may be 0.13% of the state's population, but it's only 0.0000000000001% of the world population. should we only be impressed if more than 50% of the state's population turns up?

I think 0.13% of the state's population turning up at a campaign rally is pretty good actually. It might be more meaningful to talk about the relationship between rally turnout and election turnouts, but you're simply confusing the two. If you want to do that, you should atleast use the population of the city. The way you do it is pretty negative.

1948. We have the polls(except Gallup) and the crowds on our side.

But translating these crowds into electoral success is as you suggest...iffy. But they are certainly a better sign than sparse crowds ;-)

chowing down on Twinkies by the carton these days.

like seeing that crowd in Bowling Green, OH!! Go Buckeyes!

August 2 - Milwaukee, WI




Aug. 2, 2004 - Miami, FL

is Secret Service?

And check out the expression on the face of the young lady underneath Edwards's left arm where his shirt cuff ends. She looks like she's seen Elvis. :bounce:

I wanted to let you all know about a new petition website we just started. We're trying to build it up as much as possible to let the press know how many working people like us are against George W. Bush. I hope you stop by www.peopleagainstw.com and give us some feedback. thanks!