Kerry makes swing into Michigan (protestors allowed) [View All]

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Try to get that close to a Bush event. Good luck.

http://www.detnews.com/2004/politics/0408/02/c01-229563.htm

Monday, August 2, 2004

Kerry makes swing into Michigan

Thousands wait to hear Democrat nominee tout his plan for jobs in Taylor appearance

By George Hunter / The Detroit News


TAYLOR — John Kerry speared a line drive, hit a single and scored with several thousand people who crammed into Heritage Park on Sunday evening for a picnic, politics and softball.

“This is about putting Americans back to work at jobs that pay more than jobs overseas,” Kerry told the largely blue-collar, UAW crowd.

It was the message that they waited — and waited — to hear. Parking spaces at Heritage’s lots were gone hours before Kerry’s “Believe in America” bus convoy arrived around 9 p.m. People who couldn’t drive into the park parked a mile away and hiked back.

Not everyone was there to cheer his presidential candidacy, however; about 40 of the president’s supporters hoisted pro-Bush signs at the park’s entrance. President Bush gets his next turn in Michigan on Thursday, when he’s scheduled to campaign in Saginaw.

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