DUer Kukesa made the FRONT PAGE of the Cincinnati Enquirer!!!

[VolcanoJen]

Hey everyone!!

First of all... here is my account of our experience at the Kerry-Edwards Rally in Dayton, Ohio yesterday, July 7, 2004. I didn't ask my mom for permission to post this photo, so if she's mad, I hope she forgives me later. :D Isn't her home-made hat the coolest?? Isn't she GORGEOUS??


Volunteer Carolyn T. of Centerville during the campaign stop by Presidential candidate Senator John Kerry.

This photo made the FRONT PAGE of the Cincinnati Enquirer today! That's right, a DUer on the FRONT PAGE of the right-wing conservative rag known as the Enquirer! My phone has been ringing off the hook all day... "Hey JenJen!! Isn't that your MOM????"

Just had to share my pride, not only in my sweet, wonderful, passionate mother, but in DUers everywhere!

Stand up LOUD AND PROUD for Kerry-Edwards!!

[DoveTurnedHawk]

1. Awesome!

That is just fantastic! Congratulations, Kukesa! What a great photo!

DTH

[patdem]

2. EVERYONE should have such a beautiful, creative mother!!!

No wonder you are so smart and informed!!! :bounce: for the hat and another :bounce: for you and your mom!!!

[VolcanoJen]

4. She was the ONLY supporter shown on the front page!

Isn't it just the coolest?????

Thanks for the kudos, patdem. I just got lucky, I guess, in the genetic crap shoot, eh?

:D :D :D

[MrBenchley]

3. Good for her! Good for you!

Congratulations!

[VolcanoJen]

21. You're the sweetest, MrBenchley!

Another kick for my mom!

[KC21304]

5. How proud you must be !

Loved your report too. Let's give em hell !

[seabeyond]

6. appluading right back to her

yea, i love the hat and she is gorgeous..........just bee u tee full.

thank you for sharing, the best

[Blue-Jay]

7. Yay for Mom!

I'll pick it up after work today.

BTW Jen - I'm still jealous of you about your experience yesterday. I couldn't get the afternoon off, so I had to tell Ron (County Clerk) to give my ticket to someone else. grrr.

[VolcanoJen]

8. Oh, sweetie! Don't worry! THEY'LL BE BACK!!!!

We have four wonderful representatives of our common goals... John, John, Teresa and Elizabeth!

They'll be criss-crossing our cruicial state between now and November and YOU KNOW THIS! Let's stay on top of things in our beautiful home state, and greet them with the same kind of enthusiasm every time they come to earn our votes!!!

[Kukesa]

9. I am so embarrassed I could just die! n/t

[Bluebear]

10. Stop that! You're a freedom fighter, young lady!

[VolcanoJen]

11. THANK YOU, plastic_turkeys!!

Hey, the editors of the Cincy Enquirer had their choice of photos, and they chose the photo of MY MOTHER to put smack-dab on the front page for all of the Ohio River Valley to see!!!

:bounce:

[anarchy1999]

13. Please don't be embarassed! You look great and I'm modifying my

straw hat, it's just like yours. I'm also adding a DU sticker to the back. I envy you both for getting to be volunteers at a special moment in time.

[TrustingDog]

22. wohoooo for Carolyn!

wouldn't you be more embarrassed if that bushthing is around for another 4 years? :)

[AirAmFan]

23. Cool shades, Mom!

Combining the sunglasses with the hat made you irresistibly photogenic.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

31. Go on with your bad, awesome self, Kukesa!! You make us proud!

[LizW]

12. Yay Kukesa!

Wonderful picture! Fabulous hat!

:yourock:

[faithnotgreed]

14. fantastic! take the message far and wide with this beautiful mom!

[ParanoidPat]

15. They got the photo from the Secret Service!

They can always spot the evilest DUers in the crowd! :evilgrin:

Congrats! :toast:

[VolcanoJen]

16. LMAO!!!

You know what's interesting... the Secret Service eyed that Bushie crowd more than any other persons in the general admission area. An agent parked himself right across from them, eyeing them and speaking into his wrist rather constantly.

You're so paranoid, Pat! :+ :+ :+

:loveya:

[InkAddict]

25. That was just a ruse, lookin Bushies' way;

I was near the back of the corral and that agent was really talking about me, I just know it!

Maybe "security" picked on people in hats - I wore one because I wanted Edwards to think he had some Southern belles out there LOL!

Anyway, I thought those Bushies had no stamina, SITTING DOWN ON THE GRASSY KNOLL and leaving early - They could have stayed for a little edumacation! I hope they all went home with chigger bites in unmentionable places!

[VolcanoJen]

17. A little kick for my sweetly-embarrassed mom.

Please, don't let her disown me, DU Crew!! :D

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

18. Nice to know there are Dems here in Centerville !

good pix, too!

[VolcanoJen]

19. NFW!! You're in Centervillle?

I'm a West Carrollton grad myself, but my mom is "movin' on up" and now lives in Centre-ville (snooty accent assumed).

:D

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

24. Washington Township, actually

....no, Im not a native. Spent most of my life in Chicago, Louisville, & California before I moved here. This (the entire area,,,not just my suburb) is easily the most conservative area Ive ever lived in.

[SharonAnn]

30. OMG, Hello! Sorry we had to move but we lived in Washington

Township until 2000. We're Democrats!

Now we're in East Tennessee, also Repuke territory, but we're loud and we're proud!

[VolcanoJen]

20. Enough with the "DU IS DEPRESSING" threads.

:dem:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

26. Well, obviously she brought you up right!

:thumbsup:

[anarchy1999]

27. A kick back to the top for VolcanoJen and her mom!

n/t For the evening crowd!

[Zomby Woof]

28. you both are so damn cute

:loveya:

[NNN0LHI]

29. Thank you for sharing VJ. Really neat n/t