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W&L Mock Convention Nominates Kerry [Edwards for VP]
The News-Gazette. ^
| January 31, 2004
| B. Lynn DiBiase
Posted on 01/31/2004 1:01:56 PM PST by aculeus
Sen. John Kerry will be the next Democratic nominee for president if Washington and Lee University's prediction record holds true.
Kerry received 2,431 delegate votes in the 2004 Mock Convention held Friday and Saturday.
Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean trailed by more than half for second place with 944 votes.
Sen. John Edwards earned 719 delegate votes and the convention's nomination for vice president.
The quadrennial event featured keynote speaker James Carville, who lamented the younger generation's loss of a president they, and the world, can trust and admire.
He rallied the historically conservative students, who at times had difficulty playing the role of Democratic delegates and displayed signs supporting a George W. Bush re-election.
Perhaps the most boisterous support came from the Ohio delegation which, throughout all three sessions, cheered raucously for Rep. Dennis Kucinich. Still, that state handed only 10 of their 91 votes to the Cleveland native.
Read more about the 2004 Mock Convention in the Feb. 4 issue of The News-Gazette.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2004; kerry; lexingtonva; mockconvention; washingtonandlee
Every four years W&L holds a mock convention of the party out of power.
Actually, the Republican Party is well represented in the student body.
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posted on
01/31/2004 1:01:56 PM PST
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
Well Edwards said NO to the VP job on Fox News last week. Lets see if he holds to that promise. Kerry will get nominated with the liberal media's help. If they could lick his boots right now they would.
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posted on
01/31/2004 1:07:37 PM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: aculeus
The quadrennial event featured keynote speaker James Carville, who lamented the younger generation's loss of a president they, and the world, can trust and admire. I never would have guessed that Carville misses having Reagan as President.
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posted on
01/31/2004 1:37:23 PM PST
by
sharktrager
(The last rebel without a cause in a world full of causes without a rebel.)
To: aculeus
In 1988 then Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton made an appearance at the W&L Mock convention, gave a speech -- then appeared later that night at a popular drinking spot favored by the underclassmen and coeds. Bill brought his sax -- and cornered a young undergrad coed, and had sex with her.
This story has circlulated for years since at W&L, and I'm quite certain its true.
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posted on
01/31/2004 3:15:56 PM PST
by
WL-law
To: WL-law
Bill Clinton made an appearance at the W&L Mock convention, gave a speech -- then appeared later that night at a popular drinking spot favored by the underclassmen and coeds. The Palms?
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posted on
01/31/2004 5:25:38 PM PST
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
No,VMI
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posted on
01/31/2004 6:50:25 PM PST
by
hillyes
To: aculeus; hillyes; All
The Palms?No, Zollman's Pavillion, outside of town -- the original "loveshack".
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posted on
02/01/2004 7:17:17 AM PST
by
WL-law
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