Three sisters came together to show their support for Bush among the crowd. Justine Schmiesing, Laura Sirilla and Anna Franzonello, all of Steubenville, brought their families totalling 13 protesters.
"We don't support him on many different issues, not just the pro-life issue," said Franzonello. "The government is responsible to the people, not the people to the government just like Arnold Schwarzenegger said at the Republican National Convention."
"What has Kerry done for steel in the Senate? The environmental lobby is much more just like Bill Clinton with tariffs on steel," said Mike Sirilla.
Michael Hernon, the city's councilman at large, provided his political preference by passing out Bush-Cheney signs to those waiting in line.
"If you look at the record, Kerry is not good for this area," he said. "He is not in sync with steel. This is the largest counter-rally protest during a Kerry rally in the nation."
Ron Trimmer of Steubenville is a union worker belonging to AFSCME. He went along with fellow union workers to the event and was given a T-shirt expressing union support for Kerry. Since he pays his dues in the union, he decided he will keep the shirt because it was free. "I'll wax my car with it," Trimmer said.
Matt's Chat
This is what I like to see... Apparently, there were equal numbers of Bush and Kerry supporters at this Kerry rally. And apparently, as usual, the Kerry campaign tried to shout down the protestors. Love that tolerance and inclusion...Mark's Remarks
It is about time that the press actually report the number of people in the anti-Kerry crowd. The media has joygasms whenever they see anti-Bush folks at a Bush rally, so finally it is good to see some more factual stories about the level of anti-Kerry folks...Of course, be careful, or Johnny will use his magic hat to transport you to Cambodia with VC the wonder dog!
