Good local coverage of the Kerry rally in St. Pete last night. Video.

[madfloridian]

This is what Howard Dean means when he says the local coverage is pretty good, while national may not be. Here is an article, with pictures of a few freepers, VERY few. There is a link to the video from last night on the top right. Good coverage.

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/07/08/Tampabay/Two_sides_of_the_stre.shtml

I love this guy!



SNIP..."In the midst of the rants and raves, 48-year old Dan Craig of St. Petersburg held up his own, letter-sized placard. It was a simple brown paper that read "My Pet Goat" in handwritten black marker.

Craig said his "peaceful protest of what's going on" was a reminder of how inefficient government communication was during the Sept. 11 terrorist tragedies.

"While our nation was being attacked, our president was in Sarasota. There were 11 minutes between the time of the attacks and the time they notified the president, and he was reading 'My Pet Goat,' " Craig said.

[faithnotgreed]

1. thanks for the video link. it was great to hear

[madfloridian]

2. I think our Rebellious Republican is on one video!

RR, check out the one that says Republicans banter,..... You have to switch to it because the other one defaults. There are two of them.

Sounds like you in the cap and with your sign, and if so...you rock!

[Rebellious Republican]

3. Yep, that be me! I got the last word, I was actually pushed up

to the front by people who kept looking up at my sign. If you look at the very beginning of the video you will see my sign in the back ground. People kept looking up and said you need to get closer. I didn't ask, they just kept passing me up until I ended up right behind the reporter. He turned around expecting some else who had been standing there with a little hand made sign. He saw me standing there and looked kinda startled, they were on a commercial break while all this was taking place. He stepped sideways so the cameraman could get a full view of my sign, what a class act this guy was, he must be a Dem! The cameraman started to countdown and lights, camera, action. The rest is history, the real heroes are the people that were way in front of me that kept putting me in front of them. They all wanted a Vet to speak up for Kerry, Kudos to all of these good folks for allowing me to be the one in front of the camera when it started rolling! My wife says I look like Fidel Castro, I told her that I was a revolutionary for Kerry!

[madfloridian]

4. Can someone video capture the part with our Rebellious Republican?

It is near the end of the video at my link that says Republicans banter with Kerry supporters.

He is holding a sign that says Kerry Edwards and has a military cap on. He sounds great.