Three More Months!!!
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| Fri, 08-06-2004 - 1:47pm |
BTW - I prefer the one about it taking two Johns to flush Bush out of the White House better.
Kerry, Edwards Swap One-Liners with Hecklers
Fri Aug 6, 4:11 AM ET Add Politics - Reuters to My Yahoo!
SEDALIA, Mo. (Reuters) - From the platform of the same train car from which U.S. President Harry Truman gave Republicans "hell" in 1948, John Kerry (news - web sites) and John Edwards (news - web sites) caught fresh jeers.
"Four more years," chanted dozens of backers of President Bush (news - web sites) as the Democratic ticket emerged from their train late on Thursday and waved to hundreds of supporters.
"Flush the Johns," one man shouted.
Fans of presidential nominee Kerry and running mate Edwards outnumbered taunters, yet the scene was reminiscent of a rowdy hockey crowd.
As Bush backers again chanted, "Four more years," Kerry drew cheers by predicting the end of the Bush presidency on election day. "Let them chant because they have only three more months to chant," Kerry said.
"Harry Truman came through here in 1948," Kerry said. "And when Harry was talking, people would say, 'Give 'em hell Harry,' and Harry would say, 'I just tell them the truth and they think it's hell."'
Edwards maintained a smile but at one point asked: "I just want to say to those folks who don't want to hear from us: My children are on this train. Show them some good Missouri manners."
As the train pulled away, Edwards gushed: "That was great. That was fun. When they were booing 'hope' and 'optimism,' I knew it was an interesting crowd."

Bring on the debates, bring on the debates, bring on the debates!!
And yeah, place a time delay on the VP one, children might be watching.
Fulton is not far from here. Here's a little of it's history:
The internationally known Winston Churchill Memorial and Library in the United States invites visitors to investigate this noted statesman and his famous Iron Curtain speech. The 1946 address built a legacy enticing such world leaders as Lech Walesa, Margaret Thatcher, Harry S. Truman, Gerald R. Ford, Ronald W. Reagan, George W. Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev and NATO representatives to Westminster College.
With the removal of the Berlin Wall, Churchill's granddaughter acquired a section of it to create a sculpture, entitled "Break Through" to commemorate the Iron Curtain speech. Visitors view it on the quadrangle at Westminster College. The Memorial includes the Church of St. Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury. With the utmost attention to detail craftsmen, dismantled this magnificent structure in London, England and rebuilt it on Westminster campus to revere the Sir Winston Churchill visit. Today, this architectural masterpiece provides an impressive setting for worship services, weddings and special celebrations.
Curiourly missing from the list of speakers here is Dick Chaney. Chaney's people claimed that he had an important policy speech to make and asked if he could make it at Westminster College. Since the Iron Curtain speech was given here, as well as the end of the Cold War speech by Gorbachev, everyone expected hear some sort of major policy speech about the war on terror by the Vice President. Instead, Chaney spent fourty-five minutes tell the audiance, to quote from our local newspaper cartoonist, "that Senator Kerry is a poop-poop head."
He has not been invited back.