Three Terms, Four Supporters. Pathetic.

by: blue7thpac

Sat Nov 04, 2006 at 01:34:55 PM EST

UPDATE II: Apparently Ferguson is getting a little gun shy on his little tour of the district, and was too scared to show up at the Scotchwood Diner as scheduled today. He was supposed to show up at the diner around the corner from Linda Stender's office, but after we've been posting these pics of his pathetic rallies all day and the Stender people were there he sped right on by.

UPDATE: Ferguson's visit to Cranford was the same -- few people other than the staffers. And we've got the Cranford pics!

Last week in NJ7 there was a debate between incumbent Mike Ferguson (R) and Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D), and the crowd was manifestly pro-Stender by the end of the debate. Ferguson's people tried to play this off as Stender's campaign "coaching" the crowd, but the fact was that it was an open room and Stender got her supporters out. Mike didn't, and we suggested at the time that it was because he didn't have that many serious supporters to come out and back him.

Now we have more evidence. Earlier today we got ahold of Ferguson's weekend schedule for his "bus tour" and sent it out to our list and put it on Dump Mike, Daily Kos and Blue Jersey. We asked folks to go out to these "rallies" and get us photographic evidence of the incredible support Ferguson enjoys in the district.

Blue 7th member Steve J. went to what was billed as a "Rally in Roselle Park" at 11 a.m. this morning and got some great pics. They are after the jump, but essentially they show that all of four Ferguson supporters were waiting to greet his bus, and about a dozen staff from the campaign rolled off the bus. The paid employees of the campaign far outnumbers the grassroots supporters for Ferguson. Anyway, here are the pics, which you can click to see the larger images in all their glory.

Here is the crowd of four supporters waiting for Mike Ferguson's bus to arrive. Steve J. wrote, "I had a hard time hiding in the huge crowd."

blue7thpac :: Three Terms, Four Supporters. Pathetic.

Mike Ferguson's staff gets off the bus and increases the size of the crowd by 400 percent at the Roselle Park Rally

This looks like an OK crowd, but it is made up of four supporters and the rest are people who got off Ferguson's bus. The campaign is ferrying around a crowd off staffers for their "bus tour" around the district in case disasters – like this four person rally – occur.

Three terms in Congress, and when you add Mike Ferguson's supports and paid staff you can barely fill a bandbox. That's really kind of sad. For him. For Linda Stender it's good news!

Please contribute $25 or more for Linda today to keep Linda's ads on the air through election day and to fund the GOTV effort.

If you can't afford to give, please volunteer for this weekend and for election day. It's not hard, and there are things to do in every county and every town of the 7th district. Just call 908-322-1996 and ask how you can help.

Cranford's Blow-Out Ferguson Rally Pic

These pics were taken after the bus arrived, so it seems that there were even fewer supporters in Cranford than in Roselle Park.

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Three Terms, Four Supporters. Pathetic. | 3 comments

I saw them in Garwood (0.00 / 0)

Purely by accident. I had to go to Home Depot, and as I went by, there were about 6 people holding Ferguson signs. I bought what I needed, and came back out just as Ferguson's bus was rolling in.

I couldn't resist....as I drove by their little group, I rolled down my window and yelled, "Throw the bum out!" They looked appalled. And my son in the back seat thought I was crazy. But boy, did that feel good.

And I'll be canvassing tomorrow. Go Linda!

by: Westfielddem @ Sat Nov 04, 2006 at 14:23:44 PM CST

This is great (0.00 / 0)

I actually heard people talking earlier today about this post and Ferguson's bus-tour flop - but the photos really make it priceless. Thanks for a great laugh. Go Linda!

by: Jeff Gardner @ Sat Nov 04, 2006 at 21:18:37 PM CST

the great turnout for Fergie...rip it to shreds. (0.00 / 0)

These pics blew my mind! Had to look at them twice. Then again, I am beginning to think that the Repugs are demoralized. There may be a Repug GOTV push. But I'm not sure that that would do the trick for them.

Yesterday at work, I heard my Repug supervisor comment that she thought that turnout would be really low on Tuesday. Yeah, she wishes that the only people who would come out to vote are those who were in the photos posted here. I didn't answer her sort of at-large comment, though. For all I know, she could easily be working on a GOTV for the Repugs.)

It seems that people have been more positive in general about the Democrats, or at least more unhappy with the Repugs. There have been those who are fed up with ALL the candidates...I regard them as being overwhelmed by the crappy results from the WCE (Worst. Congress. Ever.)

No point in taking anything for granted, but those pics definitely boost MY morale!

I hope that Fergie gets his butt handed to him in shreds on Tuesday. Interesting how NO endorsements from the papers may have affected perception of him.

Let's keep working!

by: laur @ Sun Nov 05, 2006 at 00:53:38 AM CST