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Jeff Miller
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 Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:47 am Bush and Kerrys PDX visit |
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| Quote: | 10,000-plus expected for Kerry PDX rally; Bush visit more elusive
05:51 PM PDT on Wednesday, August 11, 2004
By kgw.com and AP Staff
When John Kerry rolls into Portland on Friday, anyone who wants to hear the Democratic presidential hopeful can head to downtown Portland's Waterfront Park.
Sen. John F. Kerry and President George W. Bush.
But those hoping to listen to President Bush on the same day in the Portland area will have to volunteer to work phone banks for the GOP campaign. Oregon Republicans said they want to reward their volunteers.
Rocker Jon Bon Jovi will perform and actor Leonardo DiCaprio also is scheduled to appear at Kerry's Waterfront Park rally that is expected to draw a crowd in the tens of thousands.
Kerry has been traveling across America since July 30, following the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Oregon will be the 21st and final state of his trip.
"It's the big finale," said campaign spokeswoman Lisa Sohn about the Portland rally. "We wanted to make the finale a big event that everyone could come to."
Prior to the Portland event on Friday, Kerry will hold a rally in Medford Thursday and make a stop in Eugene.
The Portland Kerry rally is open to the public and Sohn said Wednesday that tickets would no longer be required for admission. Tickets were still needed for Kerry's rally at the Jackson County Fairgrounds near Medford. The Eugene appearance will be a private event, Sohn said.
Kerry's visit to Portland will coincide with a same-day visit by President Bush to suburban Beaverton for a 12:30 p.m. campaign event being billed as a "town hall"-style meeting at Southridge High School's gymnasium.
�Oregon will be at the nexus of both Presidential campaigns this week," observed U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore.
Bush appearance not open to public
But unlike Kerry's downtown rally which is open to the public, getting tickets to the Bush appearance seemed much more elusive. The president's event is not open to the public.
"Want a ticket to see President Bush campaign in Oregon on Friday? You'll have to put in a few hours working on the campaign phone bank first," the New York Daily News first reported on Wednesday morning. "Callers to the Republican Party in Portland were told yesterday that the only way to get tickets was to volunteer to come in and make calls touting Bush to swing voters."
Dawn Phillips, spokeswoman for the Oregon Republican Party, said providing access to the Bush appearance is a way to reward "the volunteers who have been working so hard this summer."
According to Phillips, state and county GOP offices were given a limited number of Bush tickets to distribute, mostly to volunteers. People who have contributed their time and money to the Bush-Cheney campaign will get preferential treatment, she said.
Tim Trickey, political director of the Multnomah County Republican Party, said party offices have received hundreds of calls from people hoping to attend Friday's meeting with the president. They are asking those people to help identify other Bush supporters by calling registered Republican and independent voters and asking them for help.
"Every potential Republican supporter would most likely want to do some work, too," he said. "We're just trying to build our volunteer base."
The president's Portland appearance will be followed by a stop in the Seattle area for a $5,000 a couple fundraising dinner on Friday night.
Analysts say limited Bush access not suprising
Political analysts said the contrast between Republican and Democratic events probably results from Portland's reputation as a liberal city and its history of anti-Bush demonstrations.
By giving preferential treatment to volunteers, the Bush-Cheney campaign ensures that the president will have a safe, friendly audience, said Russ Dondero, a professor of politics and government at Pacific University in Forest Grove.
"What they're saying is, 'We want a good crowd but we want our crowd,'" Dondero said. "'We don't want hecklers, we don't want crazies in the street.'"
At the same time, he said, "It's rather extraordinary to have a rally for your candidate that's open to the public only if you're willing to sign on the dotted line."
The Bush camp has a logistical challenge if public outreach is important, added KGW political analyst Len Bergstein.
"They've got to take this controlled environment they've really tried to create around the president and make it seem like it's an interaction," Bergstein observed. "I don't know how well they'll pull it off, but it's their challenge." |
Awhile ago I made a joke about the way we get our next president is we put Kerry and Bush in a back alley and we just let them pummel eachother to a pulp the one to walk away is the new president. Well the pic that is shown here wouldn't that be a awesome pic for the fight just put a bloody Vs. inbetween them. 
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gilbert3729
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| Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:10 am |
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lol, the problem is that they are both so rich that they would probably pay people to fight for them. j/k 
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| Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:16 am |
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| gilbert3729 wrote: | | lol, the problem is that they are both so rich that they would probably pay people to fight for them. j/k |
Thanks to Theresa, if Kerry is elected he would be the RICHEST PRESIDENT EVER. He is much richer than Bush and Cheney both.
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Seven of Nine
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| Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:24 pm |
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One observation, that has nothing really to do with this topic:
Those pics make them both look so ugly 
The chances of a poor person becoming president? Almost zip
Hummm.... this doesn't look good for Bush really, but I'll watch and see what happens.
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