From the Campaign Trail: John Drury Makes A Splash in Britt

The Parade Crew lines up and readies to hand out
10,000 Jolly Ranchers…and they still ran out! 
That's John Drury in the blue shirt.

This was a huge parade and John had two pickups decorated, covered with
Drury, Johnson, Edwards and Kerry signs.  The Hancock County
Democrats added a couple vehicles of their own.  The entire
Democratic contingent covered a full block.  Later in the day a
tourist from Wisconsin commented that it was one of the best Democrat
showings he had seen in a parade and he didn't even see the
Republicans.  Rumor has it that [Drury opponent] Gaskill was in
the parade, but the only place we saw his car was sitting on a side
street.



Our
booth was right in the middle of the action in downtown Britt…right
in the middle between the carnival on one side, flea market to the
other direction and food booths and pony rides down either side
street.  Later in the afternoon, Paul Johnson joined us at our booth to talk with people.

Hobo Bill from Joplin, MO (left)
with Dean Dozen pick John Drury

We gave
out approximately 20 gallons of ice water as the day ended up being
comparatively warm after the cool weather of this past week.  It
was obvious many of the older folks and parents of young kids
appreciated being able to get a free cold glass of water.  We're
not sure that the vendors selling water much appreciated us…but
having to buy water still just doesn't quite seem right in Iowa.



In
addition to handing our John's literature and stickers, we also
distributed Kerry/Edwards buttons and bumper stickers…and we ran
out.  Hope someone with the Kerry campaign is reading this and
sends more…we can't get enough!  It is simply amazing how many
people come up and admit they are Republicans but say that it's time
for a change.