John Kerry in Madison,WI 9/15
Before You read any further, I must state that I went to the Kerry rally today as one of the converted, so this report may be biased. Okay, it will be biased!
We arrived at the "Alliant Energy" center a bit later than we had planned, due to the heavy traffic. It was nice to see all of these cars going to hear Mr. Kerry speak. After waiting in line and walking for around a half hour we arrived at the rally to the sounds of Sheryl Crow just coming on stage. Ms. Crow sang four songs:
A Change is Gonna Do You Good
Soak Up the Sun
Every Day is a Winding Road
All I Wanna Do
After a brief break Governor Jim Doyle was introduced. Doyle hit hard on the new campaign tone of how Bush has made the wrong choices for our country time after time. Governor Doyle strongly emphasized the ban on stem cell research as one of Bush's more grievous mistakes. Doyle also pushed for support for Democractic candidates in the state of Wisconsin. He then introduced John Kerry to the approximately 8000 strong crowd.
Kerry came out strong with the message that the current administration is on the wrong course for our country. He cited many bad decisions. Among these decisions were energy policy, the Medicare bill, the ban on stem cell research, and what he called the worst decision, going into Iraq without listening to the rest of the world, referring to this as arrogance on the part of the administration. He then spoke of how the Bush administration gave our country the worst deficit in history and wasted $200 billion in Iraq that could have been spent more wisely here at home.
Among the proposals forwarded by Kerry was a $4000 tax credit for higher education and a health care plan more affordable for Americans. He also promised to send the Medicare bill back to congress to make us able to buy prescription drugs in bulk, negotiate prices, and allow importation of drugs from Canada. It would appear that John Kerry will be highlighting health care in the closing weeks of the campaign. He also emphasized that all of his proposals can be reviewed on his campaign web site
http://www.johnkerry.com .
Senator Kerry seemed to be more forceful then he has been in recent weeks regarding the differences between he and Bush.
We arrived at the "Alliant Energy" center a bit later than we had planned, due to the heavy traffic. It was nice to see all of these cars going to hear Mr. Kerry speak. After waiting in line and walking for around a half hour we arrived at the rally to the sounds of Sheryl Crow just coming on stage. Ms. Crow sang four songs:
A Change is Gonna Do You Good
Soak Up the Sun
Every Day is a Winding Road
All I Wanna Do
After a brief break Governor Jim Doyle was introduced. Doyle hit hard on the new campaign tone of how Bush has made the wrong choices for our country time after time. Governor Doyle strongly emphasized the ban on stem cell research as one of Bush's more grievous mistakes. Doyle also pushed for support for Democractic candidates in the state of Wisconsin. He then introduced John Kerry to the approximately 8000 strong crowd.
Kerry came out strong with the message that the current administration is on the wrong course for our country. He cited many bad decisions. Among these decisions were energy policy, the Medicare bill, the ban on stem cell research, and what he called the worst decision, going into Iraq without listening to the rest of the world, referring to this as arrogance on the part of the administration. He then spoke of how the Bush administration gave our country the worst deficit in history and wasted $200 billion in Iraq that could have been spent more wisely here at home.
Among the proposals forwarded by Kerry was a $4000 tax credit for higher education and a health care plan more affordable for Americans. He also promised to send the Medicare bill back to congress to make us able to buy prescription drugs in bulk, negotiate prices, and allow importation of drugs from Canada. It would appear that John Kerry will be highlighting health care in the closing weeks of the campaign. He also emphasized that all of his proposals can be reviewed on his campaign web site
http://www.johnkerry.com .
Senator Kerry seemed to be more forceful then he has been in recent weeks regarding the differences between he and Bush.
