Griffin with Senator John Kerry

Originally uploaded by marcn.

Tonight the Kids for Democracy, NH Chapter was invited to lead the Pledge of Allegiance at a Hillsborough County dinner featuring a talk by Senator John Kerry.

See the complete set of photos on flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcn/sets/72057594080059326/

John Kerry Rally, Manchester NH (31-Oct-2004)

Photos include:

* Granny D Haddock
* Red Sox management ( Red Sox co-owner John Henry, who was joined by partner Tom Werner and general manager Theo Epstein)
* Lou D’Alessandro
* Bunch of photos of John Kerry (natch)
* Couple of photos of Senator George Mitchell (here you go Juri of Harvard)
* Spencer in a clown suit with a sign “No more clowns in the White House”
* All the kids in halloween costume
* A photographer (from JK campaign?) taking pictures of the kids after the event (Who are you and where can I get copies?)
* Snipers on the Manchester City Hall Plaza clocktown and building (which Trevor thinks is such a cool job)

The ol’ digital camera decided it no longer liked the CF SanDisk (blinky ‘CF’) so I was forced to rely on the limited internal memory and take photos at the lowest quality. Fortunately I had the ol’ Minolta SLR, which was working and took three rolls, but those will have to wait until tomorrow.

At this rally I took some notes between keeping a eye on the kids — Wendy had a ‘pink ticket’ which means she got to stand up on stage with Kerry and a ton of other folks.

Right now most of the kids are our prowling the neighborhood so a writeup will have to wait unti later. There were a ton of people there!

Head over to flickr to see some kinda crappy photos from the event.

From the flyer:

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See John Kerry for the final New Hampshire Rally

Sunday, October 31st

Gates open at 12:00

City Hall Plaza, Manchester

900 Elm Street

Featuring:

* Musical Guests Bruce Hornsby
* Children’s Halloween Costume Content
* Candy and Free Kerry Gear

Please limit personal items

No Bags. No Signs. No Umbrellas.

For more information:

Manchester Democratic Headquarters

311 Lincoln Street

(603) 622-2549

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I strongly recommend that you call the headquarters and try to get tickets for the indoor portion.

Here are some directions to City Hall Plaza.

Directions to
900 Elm St
Manchester, NH 03101-2007

Check out some of these photos:

John Kerry rally in Dover, NH (25-Oct-2004)

He was on fire today!

[update 27-Oct-2004]

Check out this picture on JohnKerry.com — Wendy looks so serious. Here is a taste:

Thanks to Shannon for this picture:

Some other coverage of the event
can be found on Betsy Devine: Funny Ha-Ha or Funny Peculiar?

She knows the letters are L E 5 4 and E S 5 4 and that it says “John Kerry”.

Here is the press release for the event:
[Kerry Outlines Health Care Plan to Bring Down Costs for Families, Strengthen the Economy and Create Jobs](http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2004_0819a.html)

Wendy estimated there were a few hundred people there to listen. Apparently some of the neighbors were not Kerry supporters and had a bunch of W’04 posters on their lawns

Highlights:

* very good, but non-Atkins, chili
* Mostly middle age, middle/upper middle class income crowd
* warmed up the crowd with a couple of jokes
* rude female heckler interruped a few times (education, taxes, why
did you Kerry & Sheehen do more when in office) who left early
* mostly well rounded stump speech, number of promises if elected,
executive orders, fair tax code, health care for all, military,
jobs, jobs, jobs, oil dependancy -> fund hydrogen
research/development, etc.
* NH Voters for me because only I can beat Bush, don’t use your vote
to ‘make a point’
* our 12 yr old had the last question “What makes you different from
all the other candidates?” (a surprise to my wife and I who didn’t
prompt him)
* afterwards chatted up Kerry’s literal coat holder about Bush’s
immigration policy announcement (Kerry didn’t mention it) and that
our particular issues were public education/special education and
civil liberties. He also dragged Kerry over for a picture with the
family.

On the way home Wendy and I talked about whether ‘voting to make a
point’ is the right thing to do to have someone beat Bush, so I guess
Kerry did his job.

For the brave, here are my notes directly from the palm pilot…

—–

Kerry
jeane
cold - cheny
dont see to mulh  - comp conserj
fire fight
  $ in irhq - not in us
 not bush lite - not lite mil/fair midh
dress up bush
loss jobs
def
  $ unfair
lobby - polut - big Bus  - big Ag
money   - to  law
misson accomdlishe
pcc
lay off gwb
no pac $
money cink uotes
right to living wage
tyco - corporate mug ameaic
some on enaon in jail
tax code     -no ins to move overssas
vision
write exe order   no  lobby 5yr
all meetng - w lob official record
truman vision - health care for all - personal - prost cured
bro of teacher - #what have you done# - bush cut a deal
repub to vote
nice spin - this dem
bush no  $ in no child
will fullh fund no child (40 sped)
aud- mih age
no hostage youn die  to mid oil
more 500m jobs - hydrogen
war
lose nukes - global warm - book : new war - over extended mil  need work with o
thers
some want to raise tax
nat sec
who can beat gwb - dont just send mgg
jobs
harry sherr  from harvard center?
Q1- health care - salary - for profit
kids covere
q2  - dave -
tax on rich - fed pay catastric - 1000 tax cut
q3 - russian democacacy on decline trust russia
q4  how win? Buildinq momemti
fighter
gwb/rove  - standup to bush

The whole family will be there. Expect a write up and pictures later
this evening.

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John Kerry in Manchester, NH (8Nov2003)

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are some pictures of John Kerry at a resturant in Manchester, NH.