Posted on 10/29/2004 10:18:33 AM PDT by flashbunny
Just heard this bit news on WTMJ 620 AM about the kerry rally in Madison, WI. There is no print version to reference, so for right now you'll just have to trust what I heard. First, a little background:
Kerry appeared in a big rally in Madison, Wisconsin yesterday. This itself is odd because Madison is known as the Berkeley of the midwest. It's an area Kerry should have sewn up by now.
They brought in Bruce Springsteen and Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters / Nirvana) to draw the crowds. They even brought in busloads of people from Iowa and Minnesota. Combine those factors with the fact that the state's largest teacher's convention (WEAC) was being held in Madison this week, you have a built in crowd. The 'official' estimate was 80,000 people, but Internet reports dispute that number.
The big controversy was that the Madison city clerk's office was being held open an extra 3 hours, until 8 pm, to allow people who attended the event to vote absentee. There reportedly was a march planned for after the event, where they would lead throngs of Kerry supporters to vote absentee at the clerk's office.
This is where we get to the news story on the radio. They contacted the clerk's office to see how things went. The office said there was no need for all the controversy, because fewer people voted absentee the day of the big rally than voted the day before.
That's right. They brought in free musical acts. They brought in busloads of people. They had the built in audience from the teacher's union. They had loads of university students milling around. They claimed 80,000 people were there for Kerry. The clerks office was open an extra 3 hours to make sure they all could vote.
And they actually saw a reduction in absentee voters from the day before, when nothing was going on.
Does this sounds like Kerry has 'momentum' going into the final days of the election???
this morning on Fox they were all saying what a BIG BIG DEAL this was and a big success....
Im so sick of double talk...which is right do you think??
the dem talking points and actual events never equate to the same thing.
Thanks for the report. I had read something silmilar somewhere else. See my tagline...
They were there for "The boss" not Kerry. Hope they all enjoyed the concert and vote Bush.
I trust the local reports, because they actually contacted the city clerks office and got the facts.
Fox is likely judging just by how many people they drew. They obviously didn't account for all the busloads of out of staters, union members, teachers already in madison, and students standign around for something free.
The net result is they thought they could lead throngs of people to vote. They failed.
I wouldn't believe any statement coming out of that corrupt office, especially their numbers . Reporters there after the rally counted 1,300 absentee voters voting after the normal 4:30 PM closing time.
Thanks for taking the time to write this all down for us!
Frauds!
ping for later
At least the buildup on media may push Republicans to the polls faster. This crowd was probably just there to see the concert. This young demographic just doesn't vote. Kerry wasted the day. Good!
Saw the video on NBC news last night. There was a big crowd there - for "the Boss". Was it 80,000? Don't know but it looked like a bunch.
Stoned voters don't usually vote and when they do, they vote LP.
There was a talk show from the area televised on C-SPAN yesterday. Their news segment reported that there were miles of cars & buses backed up with Illinois license plates, bringing in the union folks and others from Illinois to make up the crowd.
i hope your eyes go --- shame on you for the tasteful picture of a REAL American heroine.
That sounds like a lot less that '80,000' to me.
The MSM is up to its usual lies & deceit!
The average Dim is like the average Dim politician - once they get the free and easy stuff, they lose interest. Remember how Zell said he was disgusted because Dims were making lots of campaign promises and even starting Bills toget elected; then, once they were back in, they let the Bills die. I find it refreshing to know that their base is just as honorable as they are...
thanks for the post.
sounds like a case of fraud to me.
LOL!!!!! should have taken a picture of 30 years ago.
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