Kerry Breaks Records At Grand Rapids Rally
John and Teresa Kerry visited Grand Rapids, Michigan, home of Gerald Ford and a strong Republican area. By campaigning in such GOP strong holds, Kerry is showing his strength in going after previous GOP voters. Following the town hall meeting with fire fighters and other supporters, Kerry held a public rally in downtown Grand Rapids. Estimates of the crowd size were as high as 20,000 with many more people on nearby streets outside of the rally. For comparison, when George Bush came to Grand Rapids a few days ago, only around 4000 came to see him. Al Gore had about 10,000 come out to see him in Grand Rapids in 2000, suggesting increased interest in the Democratic candidate this year.
Besides discussing the proposals readers of this blog are most likely already familiar with, John Kerry announced today the publication of his new book detailing his proposals, "Our Plan for America: Stronger at home, Respected in the World."
Here's some pictures of the Grand Rapids Rally:
Besides discussing the proposals readers of this blog are most likely already familiar with, John Kerry announced today the publication of his new book detailing his proposals, "Our Plan for America: Stronger at home, Respected in the World."
Here's some pictures of the Grand Rapids Rally:
posted by Ron Chusid at 9:46 PM
6 Comments:
Awesome photos Ron! Sounds like a great day for the Kerry/Edwards campaign and you!
Ron
Thanks for the photos. Are you sure you weren't at a rock festival?
;->
aimzz from JK blog
It did have a "rock concert" feeling. There was even a band playing near, but separate from, the main stage.
We also had fun afterwards. I met some friends at Charlies Crab, an upscale restaurant which I normaly would never go to in a t-shirt. Fortunately everyone in the restaurant was wearing Kerry shirts and pins. The waiter said we were a much more fun group than the Bush people who were there--many of them looking like they would fall asleep. Obviously Kerry was better able to energize the crowd than Bush.
After eating, we ran into a guy in the parking lot who owns a company which makes politi cal material. He gave us some t-shirts and a bunch of Kerry flags. We also picked up lots of signs at the rally, and I bought my daughter a Teresa Rocks badge. Of course she is one of the few people wearing that badge who actually has met Teresa, as we met her during a visit to Grand Rapids i nJanuary.
By the way, I emailed Dick about the pictures late last night. He copied two of them for a blog entry this morning:
http://blog.johnkerry.com/blog/archives/002316.html#002316
It's pretty sad when you have to bus people in and then brag about the numbers at the rally. How many people from Detroit were there?? More than half. Keep trying Kerry but you will still be Bush-wacked in the end.
It's pretty sad when his opponents have to resort to such accusations. They must be afraid of the crowds Kerry is bringing in.
The people from Detroit saw Kerry when he was closer to their area. I saw lots of cars with Kerry stickers driving towards downtown Grand Rapids, but no signs of any busses bringing people to the rally. Nor were there any busses around to pick people up after the rally--just lots of people walking to the packed car lots around the site.
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