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Edwards urges Floridians to vote early
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2004/10/17/a13a_edwards_1017.html

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Everyone's going to vote Monday, right?" he asked, and the crowd answered with a resounding yes. He told them about his favorite moment in the debates: "It was when George Bush asked a question. It was something very important to us and to the future of our country. His question was: 'Is my time up yet?' Come Nov. 2 you are going to answer George Bush's question for him: 'Yes, your time is up. You are going back to Texas and John Kerry is moving into the White House!' "

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Many in the audience said this was their first political rally, and frustration with the war in Iraq had sparked their renewed interest in politics. Several said they intended to head out to another park in Pembroke Pines today for Kerry's rally — one of the luxuries of being a voter in a hotly contested state.

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Some in the crowd had followed the campaign through the country. Suzanne Smith, from the Washington area, sold $5 T-shirts emblazoned with a rocket ship, an array of planets, and the words "Send Bush to Mars!", an homage to the president's plan to send a man to Mars, she said. Smith handed out bumper stickers with an unprintable phrase for free.

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"It's time for a change," said Miami Gardens resident Lydia Bryan, 34, who brought her son Sydney, 11. "I'm tired of being lied to."
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