How can the President be getting such large crowds compared to Lurch and not be ahead by 30 points?
Because the media has done so much damage to the President that people are voting against the President regardless of who else is running. Do they care if they see Kerry? Does he need to rally the Dem base? Nope.
Case in point. I have probably the most stoopid tenant of all time. Yesterday I happened to see him outside and the election came up. He said,"I was going to go see Bush when he was here but I refuse to have to sign a loyalty oath to anyone!" I told him that I had tickets to see the President 3 times that he was here and I never had to sign anything or declare my party...in fact, when I was in line someone came out to make it clear that everyone was welcome at the event! Well, this idiot insists that he heard on the tv otherwise so he didn't believe me! Sheesh! Then he tells me that Bush and Kerry both belonged to the same secret society and Kerry was as conservative as Bush! He tried to tell me that Kerry's voting record was the most conservative record in Congress! Then he tells he gets all teary eyed and told me that he has a relative in a wheelchair who will never be able to walk again because the President has banned stemcell research! Then he tells me that he will never be able to have healthcare and the economy is the worst ever! It did not matter what I said to convey facts to him....he would not believe it!
Later in the day I find (under my door) this ridiculous 4 page thing all about Terayza Kerry and what a wonderful person she was! Then a while later there was another paper under my door about the stem cell lines being contaminated with mouse cells. A while later there is a thing under my door how Bush is going to call for a draft!
These people are friggen nut cases! Do they care if they see Kerry? Not at all!