Little love for Bush in street-packed Kerry rally with Clinton

[UpInArms]

http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=2477869

PHILADELPHIA Elsewhere in Pennsylvania, he's known as "Mr. President." At a rally today in the battleground state's largest city, George W. Bush was derided loudly as a "bum."

Philadelphia showed little love for Bush when thousands turned out to cheer Democrat John Kerry and former President Bill Clinton going into the final week of the presidential campaign.The head of the city's powerful labor union Building Trades Council was one of those warming up the shoulder-to-shoulder noontime crowd. Pat Gillespie said, "I think we're in dire straits here with four more years of that bum."

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[Craig Roberts]

1. "If this isn't good for my heart, I don't know what is!"

Gotta love the Big Dog.

[koopie57]

2. I was expecting a big crowd to show up

but I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the actual size of that crowd. It went on as far as the eye could see.

[byronm]

4. makes you feel good

in your heart to americans come together like that.

First time i've seen the town live & breath the "brotherly love" in a while :)

[BlueMole]

5. The Local News

"estimated" 100,000!

Cool!

:beer:

[Laelth]

3. All I gotta say is ...

George Bush is the weakest link ... goodbye!

-Laelth

[pfitz59]

6. The BFEE is on the ropes!

I hope PRESIDENT Kerry RICO's the lot of them! Their crimes cannot go unpunished.

[lefty_WOHM]

7. The crowd

[flordehinojos]

8. Andrea Mitchell Greenspan talking with Chris Jansen over Kerry's voice

said, in an attempt to minimize the energy and the number of the crowd, that the event was a paid event. She added that the people from the Trades were mandated to attend (if not the exact word,"mandated" she used a word which meant "mandated"). She also said the crowd was just an "out to lunch crowd"... Now ... Andrea, really? Does Philadephia have an "out to lunch crowd" estimated anywhere from 100,000 to 120,000 on one of its regular days? I don't think so! Shame on You.

[Furity]

9. It was absolutely disgusting

She said that the union and city workers were "required" to be there. Get a grip you.......

~Furity

[lefty_WOHM]

10. That is such bullshit

Mr. Lefty and I were there. We were not paid. All the people on the train with us were not paid. The students, the elderly, the families... they were not paid. And yeah, 100,000 people took a 4-hr lunch today, of all days.

:grr:

[TexasChick]

11. KERRY: I asked the president what he had in common with George W.

Bush and he thought for a minute and responded "In eight days, we'll both be former presidents of the United States!" - - Classic, just classic!

Love my Kerry!!


Jennifer

[Erika]

12. The People Were Thrilled To Be There!

That excitement wasn't caused by mandates.