John Edwards Gets 800% Crowd Turnout in Rural Kentucky

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59934, John Edwards Gets 800% Crowd Turnout in Rural Kentucky
Posted by jsamuel on Fri Oct-05-07 09:17 AM

As kossack decider06 said last night on Air America:

Columbus, Kentucky is so rural, it is an hour away from the nearest McDonald's.

In a town of 229, John Edwards drew a crowd of 1800 people. Now, remember this is one of the most rural areas of the country. That is a 800% turnout. While other candidates have boasted their turnouts in cities like Atlanta and New York, you cannot deny the fact that John Edwards is a Democrat that is appealing to rural voters in a way no other Democratic presidential candidate has in a very long time.


For more go here: http://jsamuelirregular.blogspot.com/2007/10/kossack-from-kentucky-gets-visit-from.html

http://www.actblue.com/page/4edwards4progress

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1. Kos diary by Shawn Dixon who won the event for JE

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/5/1790/32660

Columbus, KY, Rural America Thanks You!
by decider06
Fri Oct 05, 2007 at 05:16:28 PM EDT
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

I was moved by the nearly 2000 people who drove to Columbus, KY -- in some cases people drove more than 50, 60 and even 70 miles -- to participate in the political process and engage on the issues important to rural Americans.

Edwards was inspiring, personal, convincing. He and won over a lot of people yesterday -- people all political stripes.

I hope yesterday’s event sent a message to politicians everywhere that Americans from all walks of life are ready to take back the politics of this country for values we believe in and the values we know are right.

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