Clinton: Bush Trying to Scare Voters

[Ahriman]

PHILADELPHIA - A smiling, energetic former President Clinton campaigned for Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Monday just seven weeks after undergoing heart surgery, telling a crowd of thousands that President Bush and Republicans are trying to "scare the undecided voters" away from the Democratic nominee.

"If this isn't good for my heart, I don't know what is," Clinton said of the enthusiastic response from the lunchtime crowd.

Democratic strategists hoped Clinton's appearance in the final days of the campaign would provide a jolt of excitement that would help energize the Democratic base and attract undecided voters who had supported Clinton.

"From time to time, I have been called the comeback kid. In eight days, John Kerry is going to make America the comeback country," Clinton said to cheers. The former two-term president said he recognized that "no one's presence can change a single vote, but I hope my reasons can affect a few votes."


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[Sinnerman]

1. The Best President in History Scaring Repukes

[flordehinojos]

2. I was amazed that C-Span nor C-Span 2 carried this even live.

I was also further amazed that MSNBC chose to have Andrea Mitchell and Chris Jansen (sp?) talking over Kerry's live speech for most of the time that they had the event in the air AND that Andrea Mitchell Greenspan had the temerity to say that, (1) crowds were so large in Philadephia today because it was a paid event to which trade unions had SENT (as in forced) their people to go. (2) That the people at the Kerry rally were not suburban (or was it urban) people. (3) That the people at the Kerry rally were just "people out on their lunch break". ALL OF THAT FLIES IN THE FACE OF A LATER REPORT BY THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE DEPARTMENT ESTIMATING THE PRESENCE OF THE CROWD AT THE KERRY SPEECH AT ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM 100,000 to 120,000.