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Crunchy Frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-04 10:46 PM
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Who all went to see Kerry in Denver today?
Edited on Mon Jun-21-04 10:53 PM by crunchyfrog
If you went, what did you think of it?

I got there pretty late, close to 4pm, but Kerry still hadn't spoken yet. I even had enough time to heckle a guy with a huge poster of an aborted fetus, and heckle a group of Republican hecklers.:)

I thought the speech was pretty good. I couldn't see anything though, because there was another huge poster of an aborted fetus right up front of where I was, blocking the view.

I did manage to catch a few glimpses of him after the speech, when most of the crowd had left.

It was a very impressive sized crowd, and I'm glad that he decided to come out here.
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-04 11:00 PM
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1. I wanted to, but had to work.
Glad to hear there was a good crowd. Considering how cold and rainy it was, I thought they'd have to cancel.
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Metrix Donating Member (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-04 11:24 PM
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2. I got there at 1 p.m.
and it rained for at least the next two hours. Thought I had a good place picked out so I'd get to shake hands afterwards (like I did Clinton in `92) but Kerry stayed in the crowd up front. The organizers sent some of my section up there before he started to speak, but I stayed put -- wrong choice. Much tighter security now than when Clinton was in Denver.

Mayor Hickenlooper, Bill Ritter, and Cole Finegan were in the crowd near me. Pena, Fitz-Gerald, Romanoff, and Hart were all good. Kerry's speech was okay. He got there late and I was mostly feeling cold and wet by that time. Walking out, it looked like there was a good crowd in back.
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Crunchy Frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 12:04 AM
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3. I was way in the back, behind the barricades
I'm really glad that I got there so late, so I didn't end up standing in the rain for a couple of hours. The rain had finally stopped by the time I got there.

I missed all the other speeches, but I was really there to hear Kerry, so I didn't mind.

I guess the security was necessary. There was a good sized group of Pukes with bullhorns in the outer area. Who knows what type of nutcase could show up in the current political climate.
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 01:47 AM
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4. Up in front.
Got to see him speak. Got to shake his hand and got a free shirt a pompom and a couple of signs. He came off well.
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