Good job my fellow Buckeye!
I was at the Ohio State Fair this past Saturday. It was extremely crowded with great weather. What I observed at the Bricker building was fantastic. I stopped by the Bush table and there were folks lined up to talk, purchase signs, T-Shirts, register to vote and etc. I bought my "W"/Bush Cheney t-shirt. Then my hubby and I spotted the scary kerry table...NOT one person was at their table!!!!! hehe! We walked by there several times over a period of about an hour and we still did not see a person visiting their table. As we were walking by we overheard a young voting age female say to her Mother "Should we ask the kerry people where the Bush table is?" It was so funny. It sounded like something I would do! :) Moreover, people young and old were buying Bush signs and t-shirts at a rapid pace. Everywhere we looked people was carring their Bush signs. It was awsome! The media and their polls are full of sh*t! THIS IS BUSH COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW, while I was there I got to see "Grand Funk Railroad!" They were awsome! When they sang "American Band" the croud went nuts!
oops...sorry about my spelling. It's early and I guess I am not awake yet!
Good job, Buckeyes!
I have been active here in Chillicothe, working the phone banks for President Bush's re-election campaign.
My daughter and son in law, both avid President Bush supporters, bought BUSH/CHENEY (in huge letters, front and back) longsleeve t-shirts online. They live in UA in Columbus, and had been dismayed to see a few Kerry bumperstickers in the area. So my daughter decided to wear her shirt to the grocery to see what kind of responses she would get.
Glad to report, they were all positive! Several people commented and asked where she got her shirt, and she got a few thumbs up as well. Sounds like Columbus is Bush country to me!
Thanks for the GREAT inside infor, from gound-zero..I caught Hardball a few times last week, David Shuster did several reports from inside the state fair, same place you were..from his comments, and tape, ..you'd think that all the crowds and interest were at the Kerry booth...the favoerite linn, repeated ad nauseum, is that he's found many 2000 Bush voters whoa re now voting for Kerry, but not ONE 2000 Gore voter who now supports Bush..
Hubby and I went to our county fair a couple of weeks ago and witnessed the exact same thing. The ratio of Bush to Kerry balloons/stickers/etc (balloons were the hot item) was probably 15:1. It was so great! Later on in the evening there was a rodeo. They presented the colors and played the national anthem. Everyone in the stands started singing along. Quietly at first, then louder when people started realizing that everyone else was singing, too. It brought tears to my eyes.
We attended the County Fair this weekend. The republicans were there, and so were the Kerry supports, right across the aisle. The boyfriend wanted a Kerry button so he could put the red diagonal line through it, so he headed over. I RAN to the fudge line knowing that he would NOT be silent, and I wanted a good seat. The Kerry Clone grabbed him and said, "are you registered to vote?" He said, "yeah, I'm registered. Registered Republican when I was 18 years old and I'm still a registered Republican at 50." She turned all sorts of red and said, oh good, good.
Turns out the Kerry table was charging a buck for the buttons. Boyfriend didn't need the joke so bad he'd part with a hard earned dollar...... As he was walking away he yelled over to me "DO YOU BELIEVE IT? THEY'RE CHARGING A BUCK FOR THE KERRY BUTTONS! HOW CHEAP CAN YOU GET? WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THAT DISNEY MONEY?"
Can't take him anywhere.....
The Ohio State fair is Bush country. But we can not ignore our urban support either which is where Gallery Hop is located. I also saw Grand Funk Railroad. They were good.