A big THANK YOU

[Democrafty]

to Tay Tay and whometense for helping out the welovejohnkerry.com blog this week!

Yesterday's post was made possible by Tay, who sent me a lovely, lovely stump speech picture, and I just posted an interview with whometese so we could profile her and the awesome work she does over at ToughEnough.org

Thanks are also due to those of you who read and comment and generally help us to spread the Kerrylove :loveya:

So thanks again, and Kerry On!

[TayTay]

1. aw, blush, blush

tweren't nothing, really. It was my pleasure.

Hey, we are all in this together, after all.

[Democrafty]

2. Yeah, I know, but

not everybody can be in it at the right place and the right time with a camera, so, seriously, thanks.

[TayTay]

4. That speech was a lot of fun

If it is any indication of what mood Sen. Kerry is in for the fall elections, then run, don't walk to any event that you hear he might be appearing at. He is in fine form for 'giving 'em hell' this fall and he was having a good time doing it on Sunday.

It kills me too! I saw a real stump speech. LOL! (Honest, it was on a tree stump and everything.) This may be one of my top 3 or 4 Kerry appearances. It rocked. He dismissed my idiot Gov and his shallow knowledge of foreign affairs with just a couple of sentences. He had a lot of fun with the setting, the hosts, the crowd and so forth. He was serious when he needed to be, and had fun with the topics as he could, which these days, isn't that often.

(Ahm, oh geez, ahm, I get to have top 3 or 4 appearances out of the one I have seen. GV is definitely going to think I'm all spoiled now. Ahm, an effort shall be made to move heaven and earth and Senator Kerry to Pennsylvania, so you can see him give a stump speech in support of Casey. There, now I feel better.)

All kidding aside, there were a lot of people at this event who have been 'with' Senator Kerry for a long, long time. I think he was so relaxed and loose because he was home, at an event for Mass Dems, (who are, after all, his base) and among friends. That was the feel of the event. A nice summer afternoon raising funds for good Democrats, with some local pols there and Sen. Kerry dropping by to say Hi! to the group. It was not a formal event and I don't want to make more than it was. (And yeah, it was still a Kerry speech, but it wasn't a 'Kerry Speech' like what we report on at Faneuil Hall.) It was a fun cookout. I ate a hamburger, had some potato salad, heard the good Senator call for Mass Dems to sign up to be precinct Captains and to rebuild the ground operation in Mass and then he talked about Iraq and national security and stuff. A good time was had by all. (I think this is what the Iowa events are like, politics and potato salad.)

[nolies32fouettes]

3. that was a great picture!

[TayTay]

9. That one and this one, cropped but not edited

are my favs of that day.



I love the hands on heart pics. He makes that gesture a lot. the pleated pants though, gee, ahm.....

[Island Blue]

10. You're killing me with that photo Tay Tay!

Damn the man has some big hands!

[TayTay]

11. I didn't do anything with the pic

except crop it and post it. Damn, that man has big hands. I really like that pic. (I even got him with his eyes open. What a miracle. There might just be hope for me yet as a picture taker!)

[Island Blue]

12. Yeah, I know. I loved the uncropped version too.

Kerry, hand over heart, pants (pleats and all) - what's not to love? I'd pay to be you and one of these events, I swear I would.

[whometense]

5. It was fun, so thank YOU!

And now I'm just waiting for my 15 minutes of fame....;-)

[Democrafty]

6. Your interview was picked up by Blog Curry today!

It's not on the front page anymore, but your 15 minutes are definitely around the corner :)

[whometense]

7. Cool!!

Um, not to seem totally uncool, but what's Blog Curry??

Nevermind - found it!

[Democrafty]

8. To be honest,

I don't actually read it, because I'd rather keep up with sites I like, but it was still a cool thing to have happen.