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To: onyx eyes

Here it is:

http://www.vindy.com/


9 posted on 08/24/2004 8:16:36 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Graybeard58

Short article:

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown Mayor George M. McKelvey, who crossed party lines to support the re-election of President Bush, said he will attend next week's Republican National Convention, would deliver a speech if asked, and is willing to film commercials to help the campaign.

Wooed for months by Republicans to endorse Bush, McKelvey, a Democratic mayor of one of the state's most Democratic cities, officially did so Monday in the office of the Manchester, Bennett, Powers and Ullman law firm.

McKelvey had repeatedly stated that his endorsement for Bush would be rather meaningless, and he had no intention to endorse either Bush or Democrat John Kerry. When asked about that Monday, McKelvey said, "The only thing constant in life is change. I changed my mind."

The mayor of the eighth largest city in Ohio also said it remains to be seen if his endorsement will mean anything. But former Ohio House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson, Bush-Cheney's Ohio Valley regional chairwoman, said the campaign doesn't see McKelvey's support as a meaningless endorsement.

"It's a courageous thing for him to do," she said. "It's very exciting that he asked to help the campaign."


10 posted on 08/24/2004 8:17:48 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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