[mountaineer]

The West Virginia side of the Ohio River has a great deal of respect for Ohio's Republican congressman, Bob Ney. He has stood by the steelworkers during the dark Clinton years. He may be the one Republican to whom they will listen. He was at the Kerry thing today. Our little group cheered him mightily, and I was glad to see him interviewed by some of the local newsies. He has issued a statement about why Kerry is bad for W.Va. steel and coal, and I hope that many union guys see the light and go for Bush, just as they did in 2000, rather than blindly obeying their fatcat union bosses.

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Great Freep report! Wouldn't we have fun if only the entire Guild could come together for one big KerryFreep?!

Look at daisyscarlet's picture of Kerry-in-the-coal-miner-hat. I saw it on TV. They've wrapped some little red/white/blue bunting around the lamp! It looked really dorky on TV. Almost as dorky as this:

Note the metrosexual color coordination with bike/shirt/helmet!