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organizers did little if any preparation to warm the crowd up, to have it ready to cheer on a presidential candidate.

He needs "crowd prep" to get a cheer? I'll bet GWB doesn't need it.

At the rally for the President in La Crosse, WI on May 7, there was an eager crowd ready to cheer the POTUS. We did get prepped,for a couple of hours, but we didn't need or want it. We wanted Dubya and Laura, but they were late.

However, the press was there and so we yelled and cheered until we were limp. I was afraid people were *prepped out*, but when the POTUS finally appeared, it was a frenzy. In my section, we were up front and got to shake hands w/Dubya. Everyone was glowing afterward. My husband had to work and met us later. On the way home told me that our friends and I were looking radiant.

One older lady couldn't get into the rally because her ID showed she was from Iowa and not Wisconsin. She drove to a nearby small town in Iowa to stand on the roadside w/her *Welcome* sign. Dubya stopped the bus and got out and gave her a hug! We were all jealous! This is someone who wasn't a volunteer and isn't all that political. She can't stop telling the story.