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Politically Topped Pies
A WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and running mate John Edwards have been working crowds and shaking hands all over Ohio recently, trying to boost their rating in a state that could go either way this fall. They have been eating lots of that fine state's pizza, too.
John Kerry likes pizza. John Edwards, too. They must, they've been eating a lot of it lately while traveling around the Midwest to pump up the vote. They've eaten slices in Cleveland (which, we hear, rocks) and grabbed 'za in Zanesville. Still don't believe it? Listen to NPR's Scott Horsley tell it in his radio report on the pie-eating presidential contestants. A transcripted excerpt from that report:
Over the last 3 days, John Kerry has traveled 1206 miles by bus, shaken the hands of countless voters, and, to hear him tell it, eaten a lot of pizza—from Wheeling, West Virginia, [Kerry speaking] "The home of DeCarlo's Pizza!" to Zanesville, Ohio, [Kerry speaking again], "The home of Adornetto's Pizza." It's all part of a cross-country campaign tour designed to keep Kerry and running mate John Edwards in the news now that the convention is over.
And lest you think Mr. Kerry is the only one trying to make political hay by trading on the good name of pizza, President Bush has been linked with pizza a couple of times within recent memory.
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