Kerry rallies St. Paul crowd on health care for children (Strib)

http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5384071.html
Kerry rallies St. Paul crowd on health care for children
Sharon Schmickle, Star Tribune
May 4, 2005 KERR0504

In his first visit to Minnesota since the November election, Sen. John Kerry rallied supporters in St. Paul on Tuesday for a national policy battle that would pit President Bush's tax cuts against health coverage for 11 million uninsured children.

"We've got to get mad," said the Massachusetts Democrat, who won Minnesota but lost the national presidential race. "We've got to get organized and go out there and do what's right for the children in America."

The policy themes and the fervor among some 250 supporters at the morning rally echoed last year's campaign. Shelley Madore of Apple Valley was one of many in the crowd who pleaded for relief from the struggle of rearing children with serious medical problems and little or no health coverage.

Kerry made no mention of his political ambitions but spurred the crowd to help make a difference in the 2006 congressional races. Later, during an interview, he did not rule out running for president in 2008 but said his goal for now is to keep alive the momentum behind the policy agenda that helped him win 59 million votes last year.

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This was published in the Minneapolis paper and is a more accurate portrayal of the town forum.:-) The St. Paul Pioneer Press ran an EXTREMELY cynical article that side-stepped the important issue of the lack of health care in favor of more divisive political drivel.

Here's a link if you want to compare. It will raise your blood pressure, though, so be forewarned.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press (Knight-Ridder) http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/politics/11556338.htm

I would love to see Kerry again. Im on his mailing list and stuff. Is there something I am missing.

Oh well. Kerry rules.

I wish I would have posted something.

Have you signed the petition thingy on www.johnkerry.com? Maybe that's the list they used.

edit to add link to co-sponsor kidsfirst
http://www.johnkerry.com/features/kidsfirst.html?source=503