July 31, 2004
BABBLE ON BY BUS:
'Believe' tour off to a bumpy start: Kerry's 21-state trip gets a mixed reception during its first day out (JULIE MASON, 7/31/04, Houston Chronicle)
A sparse crowd showed up at a morning rally in Boston to begin the 21-state tour. On board were the Kerry family, the Edwards family and an entourage.Kerry admitted he was dragging. "I am longing to have my head hit a pillow," he said.
Highways were blocked from Boston to Scranton as the campaign's 10 buses and support vehicles lumbered westward.
In Newburg, N.Y., they made an unscheduled stop to celebrate John and Elizabeth Edwards' 27th anniversary.
The couple observed their anniversary tradition of a meal at Wendy's, a nod to their early married days when it was all they could afford.
Kerry joined them inside and spied a table of Marines. But when he struck up a conversation, the Marines answered tersely and expressed irritation.
"He imposed on us and I disagree with him coming over here to shake our hands," said one, who did not give his name.
The John-John tour may look like the Bataan Death March by the end of October. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 31, 2004 10:48 AM
In a related note, Tradesports.com's contract on the re-election of Bush is at 52.1/53.5 Bid/Ask, up nearly a point from yesterday.
Posted by: jd watson at July 31, 2004 12:07 PMFor what it's worth, Rasmussen has Kerry leading by one point. A week ago, he had Kerry by two points.
Rasmussen was way off in 2000, so I'm not sure I trust his numbers.
Not the Bataan Death March. More like the band's tour in "This is Spinal Tap".
Maybe their campaign will come full circle with the two of them on 02 November accosting some poor slobs in the pre-dawn hours at some donut shop in Keokuk, Iowa.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at July 31, 2004 1:26 PMIf I've told them once, I've told them a hundred times to put "Kerry-Edwards" first, and "Puppet Show" last.
Posted by: Tom L at July 31, 2004 1:44 PMWow Orrin:
I see you've arrived in the big leagues of the blogsworld with a link from the InstaFather. Has your server suffered an Instalanche yet?
At least the Titanic had a band.
Posted by: genecis at July 31, 2004 8:15 PMI believe Orrin's been Instalanched several times before.
Posted by: Chris at July 31, 2004 8:18 PMOur dear Mr. Judd is on Instapundit's blogroll. I personally believe Instapundit's just trying to get some of the glory to rub off on him ("Oh, he reads Brothers Judd! He must be one of the Cool People.") but I can hardly complain since I do the same thing.
Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at July 31, 2004 9:11 PMjd:
Here's a pretty amusing argument with Mr. Reynolds:
http://www.brothersjudd.com/webpage/shortstories.htm#thebirthmark
Posted by: at July 31, 2004 10:55 PM