Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Kerry/Dean rock our world
John Kerry and Howard Dean had a
well-attended rallyin Portland, OR last evening.
Kevin and I made plans to attend the rally. We met up downtown after work and walked to Pioneer Courthouse Square where the rally was being held. We arrived only to find that the line to get into the Square was wrapping around the block and the Square was already pretty full. Apparently the fire marshall cut off allowing more of the crowd to come in when the number in the Square reached 4,000. There was at least as many outside the Square as there was inside. Needless to say, we didn't make it inside.
When it became clear to us that we weren't going to get in we decided to walk around and find a place to stand outside where we could at least hear what they were saying if not see them. The best place we found to stand just happened to be in front of the 20-25 Bush protesters that were in attendance.
Now I will admit my bias against Bush...but these protesters were truely lame. Besides the regular Bush/Cheney signs, they had some homemade signs as well. Several examples:
"Have you ever been to Taxachusetts"?
(Like Kerry has control of the state taxes in Massachusetts...not to mention the governor of Mass has been Republican for at least a decade. And the guy holding the sign didn't even know that the Governor of Mass is a GOPer. Lordy.)
"Who would Osama vote for"?
(LOL he'd vote for Bush cuz he's the greatest recruiting posterboy for Al Qaida imaginable)
"Kerry is a flip-flopper held by a guy in a dolphin suit (which was funny, I'll admit)
(But when you give examples of Bush flip flopping on stuff...they just shrug their shoulders).
Kevin noted to me how interesting it was that these guys have nothing to say about Bush's record when you talk to them. It's all about how Kerry is just so very bad. Further the stuff they say about Kerry is either distortions or outright lies. They haven't got any material. We talked with them and disputed what they were saying right to their faces. Kevin got a special kick out of shouting them down when they said, "Four more years!". Kevin and the crowd were yelling "Six more months!". It was a riot.
After I debate with them tho..I always offer my hand to shake hands with them. One guy in particular that I did this with pulled his hand back when I offered mine. But I took it anyway and made him shake hands with me. I think it's important to remember that even though we don't agree...we're all Americans.
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well-attended rallyin Portland, OR last evening.
Kevin and I made plans to attend the rally. We met up downtown after work and walked to Pioneer Courthouse Square where the rally was being held. We arrived only to find that the line to get into the Square was wrapping around the block and the Square was already pretty full. Apparently the fire marshall cut off allowing more of the crowd to come in when the number in the Square reached 4,000. There was at least as many outside the Square as there was inside. Needless to say, we didn't make it inside.
When it became clear to us that we weren't going to get in we decided to walk around and find a place to stand outside where we could at least hear what they were saying if not see them. The best place we found to stand just happened to be in front of the 20-25 Bush protesters that were in attendance.
Now I will admit my bias against Bush...but these protesters were truely lame. Besides the regular Bush/Cheney signs, they had some homemade signs as well. Several examples:
"Have you ever been to Taxachusetts"?
(Like Kerry has control of the state taxes in Massachusetts...not to mention the governor of Mass has been Republican for at least a decade. And the guy holding the sign didn't even know that the Governor of Mass is a GOPer. Lordy.)
"Who would Osama vote for"?
(LOL he'd vote for Bush cuz he's the greatest recruiting posterboy for Al Qaida imaginable)
"Kerry is a flip-flopper held by a guy in a dolphin suit (which was funny, I'll admit)
(But when you give examples of Bush flip flopping on stuff...they just shrug their shoulders).
Kevin noted to me how interesting it was that these guys have nothing to say about Bush's record when you talk to them. It's all about how Kerry is just so very bad. Further the stuff they say about Kerry is either distortions or outright lies. They haven't got any material. We talked with them and disputed what they were saying right to their faces. Kevin got a special kick out of shouting them down when they said, "Four more years!". Kevin and the crowd were yelling "Six more months!". It was a riot.
After I debate with them tho..I always offer my hand to shake hands with them. One guy in particular that I did this with pulled his hand back when I offered mine. But I took it anyway and made him shake hands with me. I think it's important to remember that even though we don't agree...we're all Americans.
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