Bush bus rolls through friendly terrain

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ^ | July 14, 2004 | ALAN J. BORSUK

[cyncooper]

Showing a strong offense against his opponents, a strong defense of his record and a flair for spectacle, President Bush took his re-election campaign more than 100 miles by bus across eastern Wisconsin on Wednesday.

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To thousands of Wisconsinites not at the rallies, Bush's visit meant a caravan of buses and support vehicles traveling along main streets of Menomonee Falls, Sussex, West Bend, Kewaskum, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Neenah, Menasha, Appleton and Grand Chute like an unexpected, brief but remarkable reprise of the Fourth of July.

Thousands of people lined the way, many waving flags or pro-Bush signs. Although clearly outnumbered, a notable number of people along the way showed their support for Kerry. Larger gatherings of anti-Bush and pro-Kerry people occurred outside both the Waukesha and Green Bay-area events but within clear view of those in the Bush caravan.

But as the vehicles rolled northward, the overall reception was clearly friendly. In the front yard of a farmhouse near Kewaskum, for example, two men stood proudly holding a large American flag.

While Bush's bus is nearly windowless, it has a spot near the front for him to see and be seen as he rides.

~snip~

Throw in a few high-profile guests for the tour - his daughter Barbara; his chief political adviser, Karl Rove; Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson; and, in Green Bay, entertainers Dennis Miller and Wayne Newton - and stops at a candy store in West Bend and a custard stand in Oshkosh, and you had more than 10 hours of high-profile, almost non-stop campaigning by the incumbent Republican president.

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[I-53]

I heard Larry Sabato on Fox and Friends this morning say "how Wisconsin goes, so goes the election". I usually hear Ohio as THE state to win. According to Sabato it's Wisconsin.

Wow! That's news to me! Thanks for the information. There is definitely a lot of Republican organization here that I have not seen ever before. They're going for it.

[1Old Pro]

People "want" to support Bush. people aren't at all excited and really don't like Kerry. Bush 53, Kerry 47.

[joesnuffy]

Wish he woulda come over to the south west side....he won a few counties over here
He is well like in the real rural areas....than that phony Kerry...with his stone washed props..

Sheesh...what a wimpy gimpy effete phony sob Kerry is compared to W

Kerry cannot connect with those whose work gets them dirty....no matter what kind of props he uses trying to con his way in...

W actually worked a rig and connects with working class folks....Yes he is from an elite family
but he isnt an effete snob...

Kerry is the effeminate metrosexual who doesnt fit or belong among those who work with their hands for a living....Kerry isa round pig in a square hole...or something like that...


imo

[I-53]

People "want" to support Bush. people aren't at all excited and really don't like Kerry. Bush 53, Kerry 47.

logical and possible.

[I-53]

People "want" to support Bush. people aren't at all excited and really don't like Kerry. Bush 53, Kerry 47.

logical and possible, but there are quite a few kooks here--won't nadir get a few?

[joesnuffy]

Anybody know....

Which 'Custard' stand W stopped at in Oshkosh...Culvers? or that one down by the lake on Hwy 45 by Stoney Beach the one with the roller skating waitresses?

[MotleyGirl70]

Yes it is. :)

[Wolfstar]

From all accounts President Bush was greeted enthusiastically and warmly in The Dairy State.

Does this Dem-weary Californian's heart good to hear about the large, friendly crowds in The Dairy State.

 


My tagline until the election:
A vote for Kerry-Edwards is a vote for Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Jacques Chirac, the UN, International Criminal Court, and Hollyweirdos.
Failure to vote, or a vote for a minority party, is a vote for Kerry-Edwards (unless you’re a liberal/Leftist who’ll vote Nader, a minority party, or stay home).

[cyncooper]

I read yesterday it was Leon's. I could go for a cone now.

[anoldafvet]

You are absolutely right. I just got back from a week's vacation in Neenah, visiting my wife's sister. She is a hardcore RAT, but can't stand Kerry or Edwards and will be voting for Bush. This is four more Wisconsin votes for GWB (her entire family voted for Gore in 2000).

[McGavin999]

I hope President Bush wins Wisconsin in a landslide, but I have a gut feeling it's going to be a nail-biter, IMHO.

It wouldn't be a nail biter if all these good folks in small town America would register and then actually get out and vote. You'd be amazed at the difference that would make.

[I-53]

You are absolutely right. I just got back from a week's vacation in Neenah, visiting my wife's sister. She is a hardcore RAT, but can't stand Kerry or Edwards and will be voting for Bush.

No doubt about it, Kerry isn't Wisconsin's type (he's more John Edwards' type.) If Wisconsin is a must-have for the 'rats, they could be in a peck of trouble.