Hillary Clinton stumps for Kerry in South Florida

[JI7]

<FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton toured through South Florida Saturday, urging residents to vote early for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry at rallies for two groups in which she and her husband, former President Clinton, enjoy immense popularity - women and African Americans.

She challenged President Bush and Gov. Jeb Bush to make sure the Nov. 2 election is fair and that every vote counted in Florida, the state that decided the 2000 presidential election by 537 votes.

"If we were living in another country and we had the president of the country and his brother controlling one of the biggest provinces or states, we would ... have some doubts about whether, given their track record, they really believe in democracy," Clinton told about 300 cheering supporters in a theater in downtown West Palm Beach.

She noted that New York, the state she represents and the site of the World Trade Center attacks, is expected to cast its electoral votes for Kerry.

"We went through the horror, the tragedy, the loss ... Isn't it interesting that the people of New York, the ones who were attacked, have already figured out they can trust John Kerry?" Clinton said.>

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/special_packages/election2004/9998298.htm

[snowbear]

1. Nice..

..but I'll bet there were more than "300 cheering supporters" there. Unless of course they didn't have advance notice she was coming..

[napi21]

2. I agree. I doubt it would only be 300!

Is anyone here on DU who was there? Tell us please, how many do you think attenede?

[JI7]

3. it was probably a limited ticket event since it was focused

to help get women and minorities out. that's how it usually is when big name types are campaigning for someone who is not with them. they don't want it to turn into something about them. their goal is to just get their message out to the people to go out and vote for someone.

[KlatooBNikto]

4. Hillary Clinton is one of the genuine heroines to emerge out of the

moral and political wreckage of the 90's engineered by the VRWC.This country owes a debt of gratitude to her.