Posted on 07/14/2004 12:11:30 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
MARQUETTE, Mich. -- President Bush yesterday kicked off a two-day campaign swing through three Midwest battleground states, challenging Sen. John Kerry's claim to be the one presidential candidate on the November ballot with "conservative values."
"Senator Kerry is rated as the most liberal member of the United States Senate, and he chose a fellow lawyer, who is the fourth most liberal member of the United States Senate," the president told more than 10,000 supporters packed into a sweltering football arena at Northern Michigan University.
"Back in Massachusetts, that's what they call balancing the ticket," he said to laughter and cheers from the crowd, many waving American flags.
He said the Republican ticket has the values that rural voters embrace.
"We are strong because of the values we try to live by: courage and compassion, reverence and integrity. We're strong because of the institutions that help give us direction and purpose: our families, our schools and our religious congregations. These values and institutions are fundamental to our lives," he said to applause.
Mr. Bush, accompanied by one of his twin daughters, Barbara, visited this iron-mining town on the shores of Lake Superior -- the first sitting president to do so since President Taft in 1911 -- with an eye on picking up votes on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Although he beat former Vice President Al Gore to win 12 of the 15 counties on the Upper Peninsula in 2000, he lost Marquette County by a vote of 53 percent to 43 percent (15,503 to 12,577) and lost the state 51 percent to 46 percent.
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"Give 'em hell, W!"
We had the privelege yesterday of being part of the 11,000+ crowd in the hot Superior Dome in Marquette, where we screamed our lungs out in support of our president. A day I'll remember forever!
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