‘Stay out of the Bushes’ Ker r y supporters hold rally to swing votes in Philadelphia

LAUREN REILLY NEWS EDITOR LMR722@CABRINI EDU

Senator John Kerry and former President Bill Clinton spoke in Philadelphia’s Love Park as nearly 100,000 on-lookers chanted and cheered in support.

“If this isn’t good for my heart, I don’t know what is,” Clinton said to the diverse crowd before him on Mon. Oct., 25.

Clinton’s return to the campaign trail, just seven weeks after a quadruple bi-pass surgery, induced immense fervency throughout the masses that inundated the streets of Center City.

With practically every Democrat in the commonwealth behind him, Kerry’s speech was preceded by several officials including Gov. Ed Rendell, Mayor John Street and U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah. One speaker, Bishop Ernest

C. Morris, the head of the Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity as well as the founding pastor of over 400 churches that endorse Kerry, offered some words of advice to the attendees. “I cannot tell you who to vote for, but I can tell you that my mamma always told me to stay out of the Bushes,” Morris said.

While discussing the issues of war, education and the economy, Kerry reminisced a backstage conversation between himself and Clinton, proving their camaraderie and likeness. Kerry said, “‘Mr. President, can you tell me anything that you have in common with George W. Bush?’And he thought for a moment and he said, ‘In eight days and 12 hours, we will both be former presidents.’”