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Wow! What a day! First of all, I have had a migraine headache since the moment I woke up. I don't know why, but as the day went on it just got worse and worse, despite the fact that the day just kept getting better and better...first, as I reported in another thread, I went to vote on the first day of early voting right after work. I had to wait 1 1/2 hours in line to finally vote! AWESOME turnout! Just absolutely incredible. I was smiling from ear to ear, even with my splitting headache, from the shear number of people. Everyone seemed to be democratic too. People were commenting to each other how never did they think when they were younger that there would come a time where they would legitimately question the outcome of the Presidential election and how outraged they were about this. There was one old guy behind me that made some comment that there were people saying that they were going to go to people's houses with ballots and take their ballots to the polls for them so they didn't have to leave their house to vote (which of course is impossible - you can't possibly verify that the person collecting these ballots is actually turning in valid votes instead of just a stack of ballots he/she filled out to their liking). We all just laughed and said we heard no such thing. He then said "Oh yeah, its some Kerry thing - the democrats are doing it". We all just laughed and pretty much ignored the ignorant fool the rest of the time in line.
As I left, a guy that was just walking up asked me how it looked in there. I told him about an hour wait and he was like "Ohh no!". I smiled and said "It's a good thing! Its a great thing! You should be happy!". He laughed and said I was right. lol
So then, I came home real quick and got ready to go to the Kerry rally in Barnett Park in Orlando. The weirdest thing was happening at the entrance. There was a group of people with signs, which at first I thought were Kerry supporters. Upon closer inspection, they were signs saying "Support your Police" and "He's not OUR Buddy" (referring to Dem. Buddy Dyer - Orlando's mayor, who, btw introduced Kerry). There was a HUGE traffic jam going in and there was NO ONE directing traffic. So I got a little bold. I started yelling at the pigs saying "Maybe if you did your jobs and directed traffic, you would get more support!!". They apparently heard me, because they started shouting back at me, though I couldn't understand them. It was insane. 10,000 people are trying to file into ONE....thats it ONE entrance to this little park, most of which has to cross S.R. 50, a MAJOR street in downtown Orlando, with NO traffic signal and NO traffic Guard, And they want support. HA!
Anyways, before I was able to get to the entrance, two cops came up and blocked off the entrance..so I hopped the median, found a little opening in the fence and found a (illegal) way in. After finally getting a spot, I made my way to the park.
Thousands of happy people...young old, black, white, Christian, Jew, Muslim. lol. there was this one lady, probably in her 60's climbing the wall to get a better view. When a cop told her to get down, she got in a bit of a shouting match with him...they eventually kissed and made up, but it was great to see such spunk out of what appeared to be a harmless older lady. lol. I was right behind this family - a mother with her daughter and son. The son was so cute - probably about 12 or 13 and had this Uncle Sam hat on. It was adorable. And the little girl was the first to shout out NO! when the Congresswoman from California asked if we can afford 4 more years of *(Barbara (?) sorry, I should be shot for forgetting the last name - but you know her - the only one with the kahunas to vote against giving * authority to wage war anywhere terrorists are right after 9/11). We then heard from someone, who I was unfamiliar with, but he was a good speaker that helped pump up the crowd. Then Buddy Dyer introduced Kerry.
Kerry basically said nothing new - it was the typical rally up the die hard supporters type rally - a going over of key points...however, he did say one thing that absolutely STUNNED me. I had never heard this stat before, and it brought tears to my eyes and a gasp out of my mouth. Four years ago, CEO's made an average of 40 times what the regular wage earners in their company made. TODAY, CEO's make 500 TIMES, thats right 500 TIMES what their regular wage earners make. That is just stunning. That, to me, is absolute proof that the big wigs at the companies we work for are pocketing every dime while they scale back our wages. It just made me sick.
But anyways, the crowd was in a great mood. He was frequently interrupted with chants of KERRY KERRY...after his speech, he wandered around almost in a circle around the crown, talking and shaking hands. I got about 10 feet from him, and it made my day. I could just see in his eyes that he really does have a heart. He really does care. He really does want to expose the truth (though at present time he is a bit restricted in the midst of a close race). I saw, first hand, the eyes of a man that wants to change this country for the better. A man that wants to even the playing field and make this a great place for everybody, not just the rich. I really did get chills, and I am someone who in the beginning only supported Kerry to get * out of there. Now I want him in there because he is going to be the next GREAT President of the United States.
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