WOW what a DIFFERENCE!

[LynnTheDem]

Both presidential contenders found themselves crossing paths in Portland, Oregon late last week. How did the two visits compare?

Bush

Bush met with 300 small business owners Friday morning, and 2,300 supporters in a town hall-style gathering at a Beaverton school that also attracted a few hundred protesters to a police cordon a few hundred yards away.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/photos/O/ORPM10408132008.html?SITE=KGW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=POLITICSHEADS.html

A picture from that Beaverton school visit:



Kerry

Fire officials estimated the crowd at Kerry's rally in Waterfront Park at between 40,000 and 50,000 people, the largest turnout for a political speech in Portland in at least a decade.

http://gallery.johnkerry.com/viewphoto.aspx?category=Believe+In+America+Tour&photoId=2189c506-1750-4aa8-8537-38b5a253a7f7

A picture from that Portland rally:



Bit of a difference.

[mzmolly]

1. HOLY COW!

:toast:

[readmylips]

2. Love that Kerry crowd...

they are real patriots.

[Stephanie]

3. The NY Times print edition has the most amazing pix of Laura's ass

from that "town hall meeting." (How is it a town hall meeting if half the town is not invited?)

But it has been replaced on the web by a less revealing photo. I wonder why?

That is an amazing Kerry pix - beautiful! I pray for his safety.

[MajorFlaw]

4. Shrub could have drawn 50k people too, if he hadn't eliminated non-

supporters.

[shraby]

7. I seriously doubt that.

[amber dog democrat]

9. LOL !

good one. made me laugh.

so true.

[hippiegranny]

20. ya think?

i don't.

[eeyore]

5. There were so many more that you can't see in that photo!

I was there, and I'm here to tell you that the streets were literally filled with people who could not get in.

There was a line of people backed up all the way across the Hawthorne Bridge who could not get in.

Folks started showing up at 7:00 am and waited in the 95 degree heat until Kerry finally spoke at 1:30 or so.

I have never seen anything so politically unified in Portland - it just plain rocked! I was one of the many who did not get in, even after getting there at 10 am, but I was proud to be there cheering them on from across the street.

MY CITY ROCKS!!!

-eeyore

[Stephanie]

6. Beautiful!

Thanks for that report. We will win!

[joanne]

8. Awesome!

Chimpy is going to have to let Democrats attend his rallies or the crowds will continue to get sparser. :evilgrin:

And hiya there Lynn! :hi:

[LynnTheDem]

10. YEEEEEHAW!!!

I just can't stop looking at these 2 pics, LOL!

Hiya Joanne! :hi:

[joanne]

11. Same here

I get all warm and fuzzy seeing so many thousands out to hear John Kerry.... THE NEXT PRESIDENT.

[Pale_Rider]

12. As mentioned by Kos ...

... and you should post the original source.

http://www.dailykos.com/

[depakid]

13. What you can't see

is that there easily several thousand more people past that American flag at the far end-

The guys in the yellow t-shirts are firefighters for Kerry

[Stephanie]

15. Firefightes in NYC have not had a raise in three years

Nor have the cops or teachers. That's BushAmerica.

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. LOVELY comparison!

:toast: Bush's ass is grass in November!

[Cronus Protagonist]

16. And we're supposed to believe they're running neck and neck?

Makes a mockery of the polls, doesn't it?

SHOVE IT! - Drop Bush Not Bombs! - Hero Kerry AWOL Bush
http://brainbuttons.com/home.asp?stashid=13

[Lefty Pragmatist]

17. Fun comparison

but it's Portland. Imagine the difference if the two campaigned in LaGrande.

[joanne]

18. I think the Chimp is stalking Kerry

[BillZBubb]

19. That, or as someone else here said...

he's playing Follow the Leader!

[LWolf]

21. Here's a better pic from the Beaverton school visit

An unidentified supporter of President Bush tries to silence protester Kendra Lloyd-Knox (right) outside Southridge High School in Beaverton. Elsewhere in Portland, supporters of Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., rallied on the waterfront.

His supporters silence dissent for him when somebody escapes the free speech zone.

[JNelson6563]

22. Good thing that woman wasn't here

when the idiot usurper came to town. If anyone touched me like that they would be damn sorry. Damn sorry.

Julie

[LWolf]

23. Yep.

My lawyer and I would be having a field day.

I wondered about all of those people standing there watching; if I'd been in that crowd, I would have cut the woman's access to the girl off. I wouldn't have been standing there watching.