Reply #5: he is a personal charismatic. it is REMARKABLE...i called him "john"! [View All]

[frank frankly]

Teresa Heinz spoke about how when she went to college in South Africa and how it was wonderfully integrated and then two weeks before graduation they arrested Mandela and segregated the school. she was amazing on all points.

Kerry was awesome. Called Bush a misleader and also took time to explain that he was not just going to point out bushco, but that he was going to offer progress, but that it was important to show how bushco was destroying the planet.

he talked about viet nam and so many things in such a brilliant and easy and passionate manner. he talked about how cheney and co. had never served in the military and there was a lull and i screamed "chickenhawks", to my delight. it was at the university of pittsburgh, lots of carnegie mellon university students there, too. all walks of life. the firefighters worked the entrances. everybody happy and serious.

i was with friends and one has a ten year old genius daughter. i was waiting to shake his hand in a huge group and she found me, i picked her up and held her. he saw her and beamed, shook her hands and then mine, looked at me with full attention, i swear to the trees full attention, and i said "thank you, john." he moved on. it was AMAZING.

i will post pictures and more details. it was a sunny brilliant day and the crowd was ENORMOUS. people still waiting blocks to see him but it was outside and magnificent and people could see and hear for distances. bon jovi played and there were tons of teenage girls, but NONE left. everybody was given great kerry signs and big foam hands and inflatable bushwacker thingees. it was a thrilling event. i will never forget it.