"Edwards Gives Impromptu Truck-Bed Address"

[GreenPartyVoter]

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) - Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards climbed aboard the back of a pickup truck for an impromptu rally Thursday after hundreds of supporters showed up in the parking lot of the motel where he stayed overnight.

Encouraged by the turnout, Edwards staffers passed out signs that read "America Can Do Better" and "Help is on the Way." They even bought two large boxes of doughnuts and passed them out among people at the Victorian Inn in this southeast Missouri town.

Edwards had planned to spend just a few minutes shaking hands with supporters before heading to St. Louis, where he and John Kerry will board a westbound campaign train. Instead, he delivered a short speech in which he pledged a Kerry administration would work to create jobs, improve health care, fight terrorism and protect veterans.

"We need you," Edwards told the crowd. "We can do great things for this country together with your help."

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040805/D8495NF81.html

[SheepyMcSheepster]

1. excellent!

way to go Edwards!

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Yep, that's the way to do it.

[lunarboy13]

3. This is great...

This is why Edwards is on the ticket.

[annxburns]

4. Amen,

he is an awesome campaigner