[lit-ideas] Re: Campaigns
- From: John McCreery <mccreery@xxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 18:13:02 +0900
That is so totally cool. The size of the crowds K&E are attracting is
truly heartening.
John McCreery
On 2004/08/13, at 21:18, Robert Paul wrote:
> An outdoor Kerry rally in a downtown riverside park in Portland,
> earlier today,
> drew 50,000 souls, official estimate. Beautiful, warm afternoon. Crowd
> was the
> largest since the convention (according to the news; I have no idea
> how large
> the convention crowd was). Everybody welcome, but bags, etc. were
> inspected.
>
> Bush was here at the same time, a deliberate ploy by his campaign
> managers. No
> public appearance, just an invitation only event at a suburban high
> school. (Not
> sure how a public school can be used that way.)
>
> Bush was here once before this year, but came nowhere near the city.
> He held a
> fundraiser at a hotel near the airport, met only Republican donors.
> (The media
> count this as Bush's visiting Portland.) Bush I used to refer to
> Portland as
> 'Little Beirut' because of the protests he attracted here when he was
> in office.
>
> Robert Paul
> Reed College
>
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