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Cold and overcast at Daley Plaza, Chicago today. A German-themed Christmas Bazaar set up in the plaza with a small biergarten and food, gift kiosks. A nativity scene(I don't know how they get away with that these days, no ACLU yet?)We had about 1/2 the number as last week, 30-40 people, brave, enthusiastic patriots. In the belly of Democrat machine beast, we got plenty of "go Bush", lots of people amused by us, and a few screaming at us, one young woman with a 7 or 8 year old child was bizarre.Hope this gore nightmare is over soon, but if ...

Hey freepers, I just returned from a Bush rally in NW suburban Chicago at Thomas Junior high school and it was a hot time in a small gym(about 85 degrees)! Several local congressmen and women were there, several running for federal congress, our former Governor, Jim Edgar. Lots of local political activists, and of course, lots of students.Crowd was happy, exited, pumped up and then Gov. Edgar gave a little speech about how important the Governors are and how power should be taken out of DC and then introduced the 3 Gov's. that are traveling with Bush, I'm sorry I ...

This morning my daughter and I went to Naperville, Ill. to a Bush-Cheney rally and Labor Day parade. Weather was cool and overcast, a welcome relief.Crowds were large(sorry I can't make an intelligent estimate), happy, not really too boisterous. Lots of children and babies along with their parents.Cheney introduced "W" to the crowd and he spoke for about 15 minutes, a PEP talk of sorts.When they left the stage, they went into the crowds and shook hands for 30-40 minutes! And then joined into the Labor Day parade, WALKING!(this surprised me because of security concerns).