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10/25/2004 Kerry Campaign Rally (Ed Goppelt)
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John Kerry asks to be our President
2004/10/25 Supporters of Presidential Candidate John Kerry turned out in droves today for Philadelphia's biggest political event of the year. Around 90,000 people lined the Parkway to listen to a succession of local big-wigs and then finally President Clinton and John Kerry make their case for a Democratic White House. National and international press were present for the event and all the attention seemed to unhinge some of the local politicians. Congressman Bob Brady ("we're on national TV!") did a jig with the City Controller. Earlier, Councilman Michael Nutter, normally the most reserved and punctilious of men, became a fiery preacher to the Democratic choir: "Are you ready for change? Tell me who you want again!"
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Button Vendor
2004/10/25 "I have both Kerry and Anti-Bush. Very balanced."
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Duran Goodyear
2004/10/25 Goodyear is one of the many footsoldiers in the effort to get out the vote for this year's Presidential contest. He's volunteered for the past 3 weeks for America Coming Together (ACT). ACT is in charge of marshalling voters for John Kerry. When not politicking, Goodyear works as a freelance web designer.
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Kerry supporters
2004/10/25 Police estimated the crowd at between 80,000-100,000 according to Channel Six Action News.
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Lynne Abraham: "We are going to get out the vote in record numbers"
2004/10/25 Abraham is Philadelphia's District Attorney.
"We are going to get out the vote in record numbers. Pennsylvania is not going to have what Florida had. There will be no hanging chards, no disputes. The plurality will be so convincing."
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Pat Gillespie: "God tells him [President Bush] what to do. That scares the shit out of me."
2004/10/25 Gillespie is a union official. He heads the Building and Construction Trades Council.
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Republicans for John Kerry
2004/10/25 Who would have thought? Click here to see the web site.
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Vincent Fumo: "This election is about getting our Country back and giving it back to the people."
2004/10/25 Fumo is State Senator for the 1st district of Pennsyvlania.
Hallwatch ran into a little difficulty getting up-to-date information from the Philadelphia City Commissioners for its Polling Place Locator. Fumo was the only official who responded to Hallwatch's requests for help. Ultimately, Hallwatch had to sue to get the information it needed.
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John Dougherty
2004/10/25 Dougherty is head of the Electricians' union in Philadelphia and Treasurer of the local Democratic party. A fundraiser was held recently seeking to convince him to run for the 2007 Mayoral race.
"They [the Republicans] have tried to make us look unpatriotic because we questioned [the war in Iraq]. After 9-11 day after day we were donating blood and setting up communications systems in New York. We'll prove we're democratic when we vote and get rid of the Bushes."
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City Controller Jonathan Saidel & Congressman Bob Brady do a jig
2004/10/25 Saidel and Brady were killing time. All the local pols got their 2-5 minutes in the national TV sun, but someone seemed to have miscalculated, and it was about 20 minutes between the end of the local pols' speeches and the time Kerry showed up.
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President Bill Clinton
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John Kerry: "Just as I fought for this nation as a young man, I will fight as President of the United States"
2004/10/25 "We need a President who can do more than one job at a time."
"Every single thing that makes a difference to your life is on the ballot this November."
"During the debate, the President kept saying 'that's hard work.' I am impatient to relieve the President of that hard work."
"We're not going to take anyone's hope away."
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