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Kerry Campaign Train In Lawrence KS. Who Goofed?
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If one is to believe NPR (and I do, even if they are, um, slightly liberal) the story is that Kerry was giving Kansas a pass. The reason is because Kansas is considered solidly Republican, and right now the campaigns are concentrating on winning the so called "swing states." <br /> <br />When the Kerry campaign found out that they had missed a crowd of college students in Lawrence, they sent John Edwards back to talk to them. <br /> <br />Transporting candidates for public office makes for great TV and a fouled up transit system. Given the numerous articles in TRAINS about AMTRAK on time performance and equipment shortages, I wonder how much the Kerry campaign train has thrown off the AMTRAK schedule. I can also imagine the joy and excitment a dispatcher in Fort Worth has when his major Transcon line gets blocked by an "extra" passenger train. <br /> <br />I have no opinion one way or the other on the candidates. But to be non partisan, I have also been stuck on a runway for two hours at Sky Harbor International Airport waiting for Dan Quayle to land. In the summer. In Phoenix, Arizona. Druther ride the train. <br /> <br />Oh, I forgot. The trains don't stop in Phoenix anymore! Thanks, John McCain! <br /> <br />Erik <br />
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