Bush Legacy Tour

 

Day 5 DNC Thursday-

Today was our best day yet with foot traffic. The bus was packed constantly. There was a line to get in the door. People were coming out of the convention center next to us and came through the bus in droves.

Once again we had people from all over the country and the world come through the bus.  We had quite a few Europeans who were there for the convention that attested to the fact that the US’s image abroad has suffered during this administration. They commented on how inspiring the convention was for someone from a foreign country with all of the diverse groups and people in attendance. They stressed how they do not feel anything against the American people but just do not like the policies of the current administration. The foreigners who came through the bus were incredibly familiar with the policies we feature on the bus. It is amazing that people from across the pond know about SCHIP and that McCain voted against it.  The fascination by foreigners for American politics was evidenced by the three foreign documentary film crews that came through the bus .  We had a Slovenian, Japanese and British crew come through the bus all filming movies about Bush and/or the 2008 race.

There were numerous teachers from all over the country who made it out to the convention. I met quite a few teachers that were there for the convention that had a lot of problems with the Bush Administrations educational policies including No Child Left Behind. They feel the program has made their jobs more difficult without actually increasing the quality of the education their students received. I spoke to one-long time teacher who was never involved in politics until No Child Left Behind was enacted and now she is working constantly to get an administration in place that will make the necessary changes to No Child Left Behind or replace it with a program that makes sense and is properly funded.

We left our spot in front of the convention center early to catch the MSNBC live filming. The bus ended up being featured in the background three times. We then took the bus to its evening resting place and headed to Invesco field for the big event.