http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20040801/ap_on_el_pr/bush_10On a dreary day, the convoy rolled on, at 40 mph and slower, through cities such as North Royalton, where people waved flags with one hand and held umbrellas with the other. In Canton, Bush supporters lined the streets, but protesters were present, too. "Where are the jobs, George," one sign said. "Protect my future, vote Kerry," said a second.
Thousands of people, overwhelmingly supporters of the president, lined the streets of Dover when the buses came through town. One woman raised a sign that said, "Dover apologizes for the idiots ahead." It was a reference to demonstrators a few blocks ahead where Kerry supporters chanted "No more Bush!" and held signs that said "War is not healthy."
At a candy store in downtown Dover, Bush bought six chocolate-covered caramels — "150 calories a bite," he joked — six marshmallow candies and a bag of caramel corn. Total bill: $1.50. He stopped later in the day at Cabela's, a super-sized outfitter's store in Triadelphia, W.Va. "I've come by because first I love to hunt and fish," Bush told several hundred employees. "Secondly, because I heard you're expanding the job base here."
At an evening rally at a convention center in Pittsburgh, Bush asked: "Why, why why should the American people give me the great privilege of serving four more years? We've accomplished a great deal ... We have so much more to do to move this country forward." As evidence of the conflicted race for the White House, a man at the counter told the president, "Four more years." Earlier, in Canton, a boy held up a sign along the bus route that said, "Bush's last tour."
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