Rally Today in Boston: Carville, Clark, Cleland

[Justice]

Heard it was packed.

Best line was Carville's - rallying the troops - remember the alamo, remember the maine, remember maxcleland.

[DaveFL99]

1. Carville always has the best lines.

He should be running Kerry's campaign.

[FrenchieCat]

2. Here is a Salon article about that rally....

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/07/26/veterans/

That flag is our flag"
Veterans, led by war heroes Wesley Clark and Max Cleland, charge out of the trenches in Boston for John Kerry.

July 26, 2004 | BOSTON -- As John Kerry positions himself as a viable alternative to George W. Bush in a time of war abroad and amid fears of terrorism at home, he's wrapping his party in imagery that might fit more comfortably at the Republican National Convention next month. There are Americans flags almost everywhere in Boston, and veterans for Kerry everywhere else.

The big-ticket daytime event Monday was the Democrats' first-ever Veterans Caucus. Minutes after the Black Caucus wrapped up in the Grand Ballroom at the Sheraton Hotel, a sea of red, white and blue patriots filled -- and overfilled -- the room for a salute to those who have served. It began with white-gloved firefighters singing "America the Beautiful" and "God Bless America," segued into a long, flag-draped video montage of veterans, including shots of Kerry in Vietnam, and then continued with the introduction of former Clinton advisor Jim Carville -- that's "former Marine Corporal James Carville" to you -- who in turn introduced a panel of Kerry's Swift boat crew mates.

Then came the national anthem. And then came the Pledge of Allegiance.

>snip

Clark's fiery performance knocked the GOP-style stuffing out of the veterans' event, turning it into a Bush-bashing barnburner. By the time Carville reclaimed the stage he was in full sputtering ragin' Cajun mode. "I know the Kerry people back there are having a heart attack," Carville said. "They're saying, 'There goes Carville, the mad dog, the pit bull.'"

[DaveFL99]

5. That's what we need

We were 10+ points ahead during the primaries when the Bush bashing was going on. The happy shinny people approach just doesn't do it. Someone needs to shine a light on Bush

[FrenchieCat]

6. and this article on Yahoo....needs help though....

Please rate up this yahoo article...Freepers stationed at the Rove NeoCon war room are rating it down:
http://tinyurl.com/5bn8y

[VolcanoJen]

3. Fantastic Play-by-Play at Truthout, by Will Pitt

http://www.truthout.org/dnc04.shtml

[blm]

4. Kerry/Edwards 2004 = Max Cleland Revenge Tour 2004.

This has been the case since the early primaries. Cleland traveled the country to every vet hall he could to share his thoughts of the Bush gang and promote Kerry. That is one of the big reasons Kerry jumped ahead...veterans and firefighters. That is why he'll win in November.