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11. Press passes are sweet. Mike Metzger, who came up with some dymanite pictures of the event, cooked up some media credentials for all of us, and even though they were bona fide, it strikes me as funny that people like us had access to the same rafters as big media like AP and CNN.
10. The Kerry campiagn must have struck a deal with U2. Four of their songs were played during the rally (out of about 10 songs I heard). "Pride," "Beautiful Day," "Elevation" and "Where the Streets Have No Name" were blasted to the public. (But the streets did have names—Main and Court. Odd.)
9. A few times Kerry would say, "Let me just say this," as if someone in the crowd was gonna say "No, you had your turn! Let someone else speak!"
8. The stage was put on the intersection of Main and Court (BG Library, Pisanello's). The protestors were on Prospect and Wooster—just a block away.
7. I got some sunburn on my pointy nose. Go fig.
6. Ben Affleck was nowhere to be seen—most likely filming the sequel to "Jersey Girl."
5. Sen. John Glenn made an apperance, and was the first speaker. He went up to space and brought back Dennis Kucinich, who was also in attendance.
4. He may not be flaunting Christianity, but isn't the usage of phrases like "hope," "dreams," "believe," "together," "honor thy father and mother," "values" and "top of the mountain" depict a more secular version of this apparently hypocritical right-wing faith?
3. Kerry's speech was very rehashed—the man is not saying anything new compared to last week's Democratic National Convention, save that of a few references to the BG Falcons and the UT Rockets. But he did have a very supportive and enthusiastic crowd waiting for him. It does say a lot that he feels Northwest Ohio is an important trip to make right after the DNC, since Ohio is a very valued state to control. He's a tall man, and he speaks well, and that might be enough trivial reasons for people to like him.
2. The temperature must have reached at least 85ºF. Water bottles were going everywhere, the EMS had their hands full with a bunch of wimps who wouldn't take the heat. I say this as someone who has suffered from heat stroke and became gravely ill with a 104ºF fever and hallucinated that Metallica was in my bedroom.
1. Freedom? Health insurance? Hope? Help? Dreams? Values? Nope—confetti reigns supreme. Confetti and decorative campaign signs

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