Posted on 10/09/2004 7:12:38 PM PDT by keyesguy
I attended the Bush rally in Chanhassen, MN today and wanted to report back that it rocked! Easily 10,000, probably closer to 15,000 in a suburban Minneapolis park. President Bush spoke for about 30 minutes and was fired up. Expect to hear "he can run but he cant hide" a whole lot more the next 3 weeks. The crowd loved it. A great fall day and a big step to making Minnesota a red state for the first time since '72.
ull them or bus them in too. The more people that see him the better , Bush is great in person.
We need Pictures!
I went to the Twins game instead of that...what a heartbreaker that was
This should be the theme from now until election day (barring some event). Every bad vote of Kerry's career should be offered up in hard hitting speeches by President Bush and others.
"Bush is great in person."
Yes he is. I've seen him twice here in WI in the last 5 weeks. You get a greater appreciation for him in person.
He really connected with the crowd, kind of like Clinton only better because he is genuine, not a sociopath.
Just like the Yanks....
Went to the Iowa rally today in Waterloo...Dubya was fantastic!!!
There were around 7,000 according to the local news reports...I'd have to put it closer to 10,000 myself, the infield of the ball diamond and the stands were packed!
The crowd went nuts when AirForce One flew overhead and that was nothing compared to when Dubya and Laura stepped out onto the podium!!
When Bush mentioned Kerry's "Global Test" someone hollared out "Give him an "F"!!" Nice way to determine what the "F" in John F'n Kerry stands for!!!
The "He Can Run...But...He Cannot Hide" line was chorused by most of the people in the crowd when Bush started repeating the line...it was very cool!!
The President took Kerry to the woodshed Friday night and he looks to be back in top form out on the campaign trail too!!!
How can Bush consistently draw 10,000-30,000 EVERYWHERE, while Kerry is drawing, what, 300-500 union people per appearance?
HOW CAN THIS ELECTION EVEN BE CLOSE? WHY DID THEY KILL THE AOL STRAW POLL (1 AOL member, 1 vote, showed Bush carrying EVERYTHING except DC)
The only way I can conceive of this election being to the wire, is through massive fraud being factored in. What do you think?
Not if you're a Yankee fan. (sorry)
If the media wasn't campaigning for Kerry, Bush would be 20 points ahead.
I was there today too and it was a fantastic rally!
The President is great with a crowd. His opener, 'I had an interesting time last night,' had people hooting and hollering.
When he talked about how he could barely contain a smirk (I'm probably misquoting) when Kerry said at the debates, that he has always had one position on Iraq was hilarious.
He hit all the right points when it came to serious issues with incredible conviction and passion.
President Bush is truly the man for our times!
God bless you W!
As a bonus, he promised he'd be back in MN before the election.
Time to sign up for the final 72-hour phone bank marathon MN freepers!
We need EVERY Republican to vote this time around. One of the speakers (Ebensteiner?) said that if just 2 more voters in each precinct would've voted for President Bush in 2000, this state would've been in the red.
That's stunning to me and very motivating.
Let's put MN in the GW column!
It was live on C-Span. He is so much more a positive person than the Lurchenmeister.
There were about 100 or so Kerry supporters holding signs outside the main entrance. As our bus pulled away to take us back to the park and ride location, my wife yelled "get a job" at a few of them. God I love her.
There are still a lot of Democrats, many of whom don't like Bush, however that does not translate to excitement about Kerry.
Saw part of it on CSPAN. Huge crowd. I've never seen anything like that for a Kerry rally.
It was a heartbreaker.. the Yankees remind us all of Kerry and the Dim's, Always "fahhbulous". "Darlings of the Media" etc.. The kid who pitched the 9 th deserves a "Profile In Courage"
Give my Big Red Sox Butt an "air kiss"!!!!
PPPPSSSS. I am Not Happy about this, it's yours to win!
Bush is very engaging in person and I had the pleasure to see him here in Las Vegas back in August.
Here is my firsthand report of it, which I posted to FR the next day!
http://www.geocities.com/sctvman/lasvegaspresident.htm
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