Kerry/Edwards Draws 20,000 crowd at Union Station in Kansas City last PM!

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http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/9341338.htm

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Kerry-Edwards draw 20,000 at KC rally

By STEVE KRASKE and KEVIN MURPHY
The Kansas City Star

“Hello, Kansas City, how are you? What I should say — ‘Hi, may I help you?'”

John Kerry

RICH SUGG/The Kansas City Star

AARON SHOWALTER/The Kansas City Star

Missouri Democrats saved the best for last Friday night, giving John Kerry a huge Kansas City send-off on his post-convention trip.

A crowd the Secret Service estimated at 20,000 — aides called it the biggest Kerry has seen along the campaign trail in his quest for the presidency — filled the parking lots and the Liberty Memorial slope in front of Union Station where Kerry and his running mate, John Edwards, rallied the party faithful.

Kerry, flanked by the two candidates' wives and some of their children, began his talk at about 10:15 p.m. — more than two hours after some had arrived — calling out: “Hello, Kansas City, how are you? What I should say — ‘Hi, may I help you?'” using the well-known salutation at a well-known barbecue establishment.

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[Guava Jelly]

1. I was there

it was freaken crowded.
the protesters were probaly less then 40 including some retard in a waffle outfit..All it did for we was make me want to go to IHOP.

I never dreamed it would be so packed and everyone was nice and polite.Only assholes were registerd retardlicans.

[Frances]

2. That was an objective article IMO

The farmers were asking real questions and there was a real exchange of ideas.

[WI_DEM]

3. the biggest?

I thought he got a crowd of 20-25,000 in Grand Rapids, Michigan or someplace else along the route? still excellent crowd in KC and Kerry has beaten Bush crowds almost everywhere.