News Sports Three-strikes law not Bowling for Fullerton: amended, state to proceed Titans striking up with stem cell research 3 success on the lanes 6 State University, Fullerto n Daily Titan We d n e s d a y, N o v e m b e r 3 , 2 0 0 4 www.dailytitan.com Volume 79, Issue 3 6 BUSH WINS? Bush holds the lead but Kerry campaign does not concede; dispute over Ohioʼs results draws similarities to the 2000 presidential election

By RUDY GHARIB and RYAN TOWNSEND Daily Titan Elections Coordinator and Asst. News Editor

As of early Wednesday morning, Bob Mulholland, California the American people were with- Democratic Party spokesman, was out an official winner of the 2004 confident on Tuesday afternoon. Presidential Election. “You can bank on this, talking While Bush led statistically, heads on the east coast will have Kerry refused to concede defeat to wait for Californiaʼs exit polls as both parties waited on the final to declare John Kerry the winner,” results in Ohio. he said. During the tumultuous closing Near midnight Tuesday, that opti- weeks of the campaign, much of the mism had faded but party leaders buzz focused on young voters and held fast. the possibility that they might swing Mary Gutierrez, communications the contest. director for California Democratic Despite efforts from celebrities Party, said, “We havenʼt given up and music television stations, the thatʼs for sure.” vaunted youth vote failed to mate- “Democrats tend to vote absentee rialize. and we tend to use most of the pro- Nationwide, the 18-29 turnout visional ballots,” she said. “Weʼre was roughly equal to the 2000 elec- staying firm and staying confident tion. that we could be the winner.” One in 10 voters cast ballots for Gutierrez said it could take sev- the first time and fewer than 10 eral days for the party to assess percent were young voters, contrary whether or not voters were disen- to what most experts had predicted. franchised in Ohio. Kerry was favored by both groups, “Itʼs too soon to tell, itʼs been so according to surveys conducted for chaotic and we need some time to The Associated Press by Edison find out,” she said. Media Research and Mitofsky Karen Hanretty, communica- International. tions director for the California The Associated Press CSUF communications professor Republican Party, was celebrating President Bush supporters Diana Watral, Sergio Domingues and Victoria Aleukhine listen as returns are discussed at an election rally early today at the Nancy Snow predicted last week at Sutton Place in Newport Beach. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington. that the largest youth voter turnout “Weʼre very excited and optimis- in history would push John Kerry to tic about President Bushʼs chances higher than the war on terror and Percent victory. It turns out she was wrong, for reelection and very pleased with the economy. Position Candidate at least about the youth vote. the hard work of our volunteers,” One man in particular wasnʼt won by “I was going to go out and kiss she said. buying that rhetoric, Independent and hug everyone under 30 tonight Hanretty said she believed that Candidate Ralph Nader, who The President of the U.S. To Be Announced ? (for voting),” she said. “So much the election was all but over. received less than one percent of for my prediction.” “I really believe Bush is going the vote, appeared on CNN to bash Snow wasnʼt entirely off; the to win with a solid lead and that Bush and the two-party system. U.S. Senate 58% youth vote in California rose from the Democrats are not going to be Naderʼs numbers dropped signifi- one in every seven voters to one in successful in derailing this election cantly from the 2000 election as he every five but the rest of the nation with their army of lawyers and their had to fight to get on the ballot in U.S. House of Rep. 47th Loretta Sanchez 59.6% failed to match that progress. strategy of litigation,” she said. 29 states. Congressional District Snow said the Democratic Party Election day was full of sur- “Heʼs just a big corporation dis- was buoyed by what they believed prises. guised as a human being,” Nader would be a massive youth move- Snow said Bushʼs moral values said about the president. State Assembly 72nd District Lynn Daucher 65.8% ment. platform benefited him greatly, CSUF student Richard Taylor Early Tuesday, the Democrats especially in rural America. She II, junior business and marketing State Senate 33rd District Dick Ackerman 68.6% believed that Kerry was headed for said, among the issues, moral val- Compiled from The California State Registrar as of 1:30 a.m. a clear victory based on exit polls. ues wound up rating as high or ELECTION 2 GOP Democrats rally at Disney Sanchez is bright Congressional District, the end of and itʼs good.” the night proved to be just that — a Joseph Dunn, state senator for spot in an otherwise fairy tale ending. the 34th District, also attended to parties gloomy day for party Sanchez spoke to her audience, show his support for the Democratic building their enthusiasm and thank- Party. By ASHLEE ANDRIDGE ing them for their support. Dunn said he hopes that after this Daily Titan Staff Sanchez said she enjoyed seeing election, things will begin to change, in OC so many Democrats in one room no matter what party people are Democrats hoped for a fairy and that with her re-election, she affiliating with. Republicans gather tale ending as they gathered at the hopes such gatherings will become “Weʼve got to stop this vicious Disneyland Hotel for an election a future trend. partisanship that has settled into the in Newport Beach for night party on Tuesday. “Orange County is changing,” nation at the federal and state level,” election night For U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, Sanchez said. “Itʼs becoming less the incumbent running for the 47th Republican and more even-handed DEMOCRAT 3 By CASEY RITTENHOUSE Daily Titan Staff SHANNON ANCHALEECHAMAIKORN/Daily Titan Emotions fill the Newport Beach Sutton Place Hotel as Republicans cheer Focus shifts from Florida to Ohio Local Republicans and GOP lead- for President George W. Bush in the tight race for the presidency Tuesday. ers gathered to mingle and show Presidential results The controversy stems from states. their support for President George “Iʼm too short, I canʼt see a hopes to show a different face of when Republican poll monitors Just as Al Gore contested Florida W. Bush last night at the Sutton thing,” said Margherita Underhill, the Republican Party. halted over dispute were banned by two federal district in 2000, Kerryʼs campaign could be Place Hotel in Newport Beach. a State Assembly candidate for “Itʼs a big deal to be a woman judges from observing voting sta- following the precedent in Ohio. The festivities began after the polls the 55th District, who stood on her nominee [as a Republican],” in Buckeye state tions in areas considered to favor Bush only had 537 votes more closed at 8 p.m. and a stretch of cars toes as she looked toward the large Underhill said. “I believe that the By ALI DORRI Democrats. than Gore when the U.S. Supreme lined the hotelʼs driveway while screen at the front of the ballroom. Republican Party reflects more Daily Titan Staff The monitors were later given Court voted 5-4 to give Florida to others walked across the street to Underhill said she attended the of the Latino values, unlike the the go-ahead early Tuesday morn- Bush. attend the party. Newport Beach party with her Democrats.” ing after an appeals court gave Kerry has steeper hills to climb, The chandelier-lit ballroom in volunteers from Long Beach after As she spoke, the crowd erupted In a year when every swing state them the green light to do so. over 100,000 of them. the hotel housed hundreds of Bush watching the polls earlier in the with cheers as the televisions dis- electorate was predicted to make In anticipation of dramatics, Even after 96 percent of votes supporters who watched a Fox day. played leading voter percentages in the difference, all eyes, including and a fear that monitors would act were counted in the state, Bush News Channel broadcast on a large Underhill, an attorney, said she Florida and Ohio around 9 p.m. Michael Mooreʼs cameras and John unjustly, Moore had camera crews enjoyed a lead of more than 100,000 projection screen as they awaited specializes in immigration cases, Kerryʼs legal council, converged in Ohio and Florida, the last pres- results from various states. adding that as a Latino woman, she REPUBLICAN 3 on Ohio. idential electionʼs most dramatic SWING 3 2 Wednesday, November 3, 2004 www.dailytitan.com [email protected] • (714) 278-4415 Decisions, decisions TodayNOV. 3, 2004

News Come eat “Pizza with the Presidents” in the Quad from noon IN RIEF to 1 p.m. B CSUF President Milton A. Gordon and ASI President Philip World Vasquez will be in attendance to answer questions and address Car bomb kills at least 12 Iraqis campus concerns. Pizza with the Presidents is a biannual outreach , — Car bombs killed at least a dozen people in Baghdad event that allows CSUF students and another major city Tuesday as pressure mounted on interim Prime and the campus community to Minister Ayad Allawi to avert a full-scale U.S. attack on the insurgent bring any questions or concerns stronghold . Meanwhile, the kidnappers of aid worker Margaret directly to both the university Hassan threatened to turn her over to an al-Qaida faction led by Jordanian president and ASI president. ASI militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi unless Britain agreed within 48 hours to pull will also be giving away T-shirts its troops from Iraq, Al-Jazeera television reported. to students who participate at the luncheon. Iraqi kidnappers threaten CARE worker For more information, contact the ASI Executive Offices at (714) BAGHDAD, Iraq — The kidnappers of aid worker Margaret Hassan 278-3295. are threatening to hand her over to al-Qaida-linked militants notorious for beheading hostages unless Britain agrees within 48 hours to pull its troops Free Concert: Phoenix and the from Iraq, an Arabic television station reports. Early Wednesday, Iraqi police Turtle in Becker Amphitheater said a Lebanese-American contractor who works for the U.S. Army in the from noon to 1 p.m. Phoenix and Green Zone was kidnapped from his home in Baghdadʼs Mansour neighbor- the Turtle is a four-piece mostly hood. Armed men knocked on his door and seized the contractor when he instrumental rock group out of answered, said Lt. Col. Maan Khalaf. the Inland Empire of Southern California. These lads are clearly literate, Nation having taken their name from a William Shakespeare poem. Scattered problems impede some voting Everyone’s favorite on-cam- Machines malfunctioned, tempers flared and edgy voters often waited pus event, Bowling Mania goes hours Tuesday to pick a president in a contentious race watched by thou- off the heezy in TSU Games and sands of monitors who expected the worst. But by the close of East Coast Recreation from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. polls, only scattered local snafus had been reported in an election turnout SIERRA F. WEBB/Daily Titan that was shaping up to be the heaviest in years. A look of contemplation crosses the face of Kelly Emerick, an undeclared freshman, as she prepares to fill Now that Halloween has come out the paperwork before she votes. The Golleher Alumni House served as a polling place for numerous and gone, Discovery Arts, a non- Republicans extend House control students at CSUF and Fullerton College, as well as local residents. profit organization that helps chil- dren with cancer and other seri- WASHINGTON — Republicans extended their decade-long hold on ous illnesses forget their condtion, the House for another two years and seemed likely to slightly expand their Sheham. of Tiran and reaches Suez Canal is asking for Halloween costume majority, knocking off four veteran Texas Democrats along the way. Among Events 1957: First titanium alloy mill Egypt. donations. The organization needs their few setbacks was the defeat of the longest serving GOP member of the opened in Toronto, Ohio. 1979: Five hundred Iranian “stu- new or nearly new, age-appropri- chamber, Rep. Phil Crane of Illinois. IN HISTORY 1962: John F. Kennedy announces dents” seize U.S. embassy, taking ate costumes in good conditions Cuban missile bases are being dis- 90 hostages.The stand-off lasts 444 for those in the infant to 13-year- GOP boosts Senate majority to 52 seats mantled. days. old age group. Donations can be Nov. 1 1984: Nicaragua holds its first free dropped off from now until Nov. 5 WASHINGTON — Republicans tightened their grip on the Senate 1955: Time bomb aboard United Nov. 3 elections in 56 years; Sandinistas at the following locations on cam- Wednesday, capturing a string of Democratic seats in the South. Democratic DC-6 kills 44 above Longmont, 1955: Alabama woman is bruised win 63 percent of the vote. pus: the TSU Information Desk, leader Tom Daschle struggled for political survival in South Dakota. Illinois Colo. after being hit by a meteor. 1981: Dr. George Nichopoulas is the Honors and Scholars Center in State Sen. , a Democratic political star in the making, easily 1977: President Carter raises min- 1986: Lebanese magazine Ash acquitted of over prescribing addic- PLN-120 or the Student Support won a seat formerly in Republican hands in Illinois, and will be the only imum wages of $2.30 to $3.35 for Shirra reveals secret U.S. arms sales tive drugs for Elvis Presley. Services in UH-179. The costume black among 100 senators when the new Congress convenes in January. Jan. 1, 1981. to Iran. drive is sponsored by the CSUF 1983: President Reagan estab- 1988: Talk-show host Geraldo Nov. 5 students of Communications 464. lishes the Dr. Martin Luther King Riveraʼs nose is broken as Roy Innis 1871: Susan B. Anthony is arrest- Local Jr. holiday. brawls with skinheads at TV taping. ed trying to vote in Rochester, N.Y. ASI presents the 13th annual 1990: Sandra Miller is awarded 1989: Lou Piniella is named 1912: Arizona, Kansas and Student Art Show. The TSU will Out-of-control motorist kills local teen $100 for Mike Tyson fondling her manager of the Reds, replacing the Wisconsin vote for female suffrage. host the show in the Center Gallery breasts. banned Pete Rose. 1940: Democratic President and the new Plaza Gallery until IRVINE – A teenager waiting curbside to be picked up from school was 1992: Carol Moseley Brown Franklin D. Roosevelt wins Nov. 12, open to currently enrolled struck and killed by an out-of-control car with an elderly woman at the Nov. 2 elected first black female in U.S. unprecedented third term, beating CSUF undergraduate and graduate wheel. Arturo “Alex” Alvarez, 15, of Santa Ana was studying next to a sign 1944: Nazis at a concentration Senate. Republican Wendell Willkie. students of all majors. Submissions pole outside Arnold O. Beckman High School when the Hyundai driven by camp in Auschwitz begin gassing 1997: California law ends affir- 1987: Supreme Court nominee are no longer being accepted, but Susan K. Oh, 73, jumped the curb, hit the pole and slammed into a school inmates. mative action. Douglas H. Ginsburg admits to those who didnʼt dilly-dally have wall Monday afternoon, investigators said. 1956: Hungary appeals for UN using marijuana. a chance to win cash prizes if their assistance against Soviet invasion. Nov. 4 1994: Space probe Ulysses com- work is in the top three. For more Reports compiled from The Associated Press 1956: Israel captures Gaza and 1956: Israel captures Straits pletes first passage behind the sun. information, contact Greg Hansen in TSU Graphic Services at (714) 278-3915. ELECTION war. Snow said that though over from page 1 “Thatʼs like me going after you 100,00 Iraqis have now died as a The Orange County Asian Pacific DAILY TITAN because your cousin stole my car, result of the conflict, war stayed on Islander Community Alliance will EDITORIAL major, voted for Kerry, but was theyʼre going after the wrong peo- the backburner in most Americans hold on-campus tutoring recrui- underwhelming in his support. ple,” he said. minds. ment for its after-school program Executive Editor Marti Longworth “I thought he was the lesser of Taylor said Tuesday evening that “People didnʼt vote on Iraq, that from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of Managing Editor Lynn Penkingcarn Titan Shops until Friday. News Editor Sarah Maxwell two evils,” he said. he thought Bush would win. war is far far away and we donʼt Asst. News Editor Ryan McKay Taylor said his most important “Itʼs going to be weird though,” see the body bags on the news,” Asst. 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Joe Dunn and not enough to move Scott Baugh, the Orange County Prop 1A Yes 83.6% Local Government Funds: young voters Republican chair, discussing the Reduces state control over tax money effects the election could have on By BRITTANY KUHN higher education. Prop 59 Yes 83.1% Public Records, Open Meetings. Legislative Constitutional Amendment: Daily Titan Staff Additionally, ASI publicized a Government officials and agencies must disclose information to the public secondary slogan on campus that Though the number of young vot- said, “Do it in the Voting Booth — Prop 60 Yes 67.1% Election Rights of Political Parties. Legislative Constitutional Amendment: ers increased since the last presiden- Nov. 2” on black and yellow shirts November ballot will include only the winning candidate from each party tial election, their votes didnʼt make and passed out condoms donated by Surplus Property. Legislative Constitutional Amendment: the impact some had hoped for. Planned Parenthood that had the Prop 60A Yes 73.5% Directs all money from sale of state property to pay off Proposition 57 bonds According to The Associated slogan “Protect Democracy, Protect Press, the 18- to 29-year-old vote Yourself” printed on the wrappers. Prop 61 Yes 57.3% Childrenʼs Hospital Projects. Grant Program. Bond Act. Iniative Statute: “supported Kerry by a 3-2 margin,” An important issue facing stu- Money will be used to build or expand childrenʼs hospitals in California as compared to the 2000 election dents, Patterson said, is that the when only half of the younger voters legislature ignores the student voice Prop 62 No 54% Primary Elections. Iniative Constitutional Amendment and Statute: favored Al Gore. because citizens aging from 18 to 24 Voters will continue to receive primary election ballots based on political party identification This year, more than one out of often do not vote. every five voters was in the 18 to 29 “If every student in the CSU and Prop 63 Yes 53.7% Tax for Mental Health Services. : age group. UC system voted, that would be Will tax those with more than a $1 million income for services for the mentally ill When the “CSUF Votes” cam- over one million votes in the state of paign failed to register 5,001 stu- California,” she said. Prop 64 Yes 58.8% Lawsuits About Unfair Business Practices: dents before its Oct. 18 deadline, vol- CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed Only government lawyers and people affected may file suit for unfair business practices unteers and mem- said he also firmly bers of Associated supports the recent Prop 65 No 62.4% Local Government Funds: “ Would have required voter approval reductions in money to local governments Student Inc. still If every student campaign for the considered it to be in the CSU and registration of young a huge success. UC system voted, voters. Prop 66 No 51.8% Changes to “Three-Strikes” Law: Despite low reg- that would be “It is important Would have limited “three-strikes” law to violent and/or serious felonies istration numbers, over one million that students regis- votes in the state Prop 67 No 71.6% Tax for Emergency Medical Services. Telephone Surcharge: Courtney Patterson, ter and vote,” Reed Would have added a 3% tax on in-state phone calls to go toward emergency medical services ASI director of of California said. “This is a part statewide affairs, of the studentsʼ Prop 68 No 83.8% Non-Tribal Commercial Gambling Expansion: said that most Courtney Patterson process of earning Would have authorized slot machines at 16 non-tribal establishments students, includ- ASI Director of Statewide Affairs a degree. Voting is ing almost 80 per- essential to learn- Prop 69 Yes 62.3% DNA Sample Collection: cent of students in ” ing.” People arrested for any felony could be required to give DNA samples freshman classes, Despite relatively were already regis- low student reg- Prop 70 No 76.5% Tribal Gaming Compact: tered when ASI made presentations istration numbers at CSUF, Reed Tribes would have given percentage of gaming income to state in exchange for expansion encouraging them to vote. said, the intention of the goal was “The fact that we did not reach achieved. Prop 71 Yes 58.9% Bonds for Stem Cell Research: our goal was actually refreshing, “I believe it was very successful,” Grants and loans will be created for stem cell research in California because it showed us that a large he said. “When you have students Health Care Coverage Requirements: percentage of our campus is reg- volunteer their time to improve Prop 72 No 51.6% Would have required certain employers to provide health care to their employees istered,” Patterson said. “We reg- democracy and citizenship, it is istered about 1,300 students, but nothing but successful. The students educated thousands.” who volunteer their time will be % of precincts reported Compiled by Laura Beyer/Daily Titan from the California State Registrar With the help of the Volunteer good citizens for the rest of their and Service Center and the Office of lives.” Government Mona Mohammadi, ASI vice SWING uncertainty of the situation. you just have to mobilize people on votes concluded he had a 5 percent Relations, ASI was able to pass president, said that the “CSUF from page 1 The political stage that had audi- your side. That is what it has come lead. out 5,000 voter pledge wristbands, Votes” campaign was not only about ences on edge for the last few down to,” he added. Initial exit polls favored Kerry, 3,000 easy voter guides, shirts and registration, but also about educa- votes and John Edwards conced- months in what has been called Democrats were counting on the but Bush took the lead and all but bookmarks to students on campus. tion and mobilization. She said the ed nothing, stating that every vote the most important, polarizing and youth vote to get them wins in the a few polls favored the president The California State Student campaign aimed to emphasize the must be counted. contested election of the time was swing states. despite his 3 percent lead. Association, consisting of 23 CSUs importance an informed vote. He was even introduced as the turning out to be disappointing for Craig Crawford, a political ana- With various pre-election polls that implemented similar campaigns, “I think this will be a very historic next vice president of the United some after the big two — Florida lyst on NBCʼs “Today Show,” said predicting various results within a has registered over 30,000 students election due to all the students who States before he made his only and Ohio — seemed to be swept he was expecting a youth turnout of tight spectrum of scenarios, a nota- this election, Patterson said. have registered,” Mohammadi said. speech of the evening. by Bush. 12 to 16 million. bly accurate poll was conducted by “This election, ASI has created “Thatʼs the constituency that will “Weʼve waited four years for this Phil Gianos, a Cal State Fullerton However, by 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Mason-Dixon from Oct. 26 through the most successful voter registra- make a difference in this election.” victory,” Edwards said. “We can political science professor, said that major news networks commenting Oct. 29, which, as of 2 a.m. this tion, education and mobilization Patterson said she is proud to have wait one more night.” whoever controlled those major on the situation said the youth vote morning, was only wrong on one campaign in CSU history,” Patterson reached out to as many students According to National Public states would most likely win the had stayed relatively stagnant in swing state. said. as possible through classroom pre- Radio, Kerry has no intentions of election. numbers. In 2000, the pollʼs projections for Beyond the 5,001 goal, the cam- sentations, voter education resource conceding the election at this time. However, Gianos also said the The Kerry campaign announced 22 out of 23 swing states came true, paign also aimed to provide students fairs and forums. To add to the hoopla, Boston Red smaller states could not be taken for that 250,000 provisional and absen- and this election the poll noted 14 with information that would help “I can only hope that the CSUF Sox owner John Henry said he is granted given the uncertainty lead- tee ballots still needed to be count- states as swing. them once inside the voting booth. students who went to the polls … ready to deploy all his attorneys to ing up to the situations. ed in Ohio. Not counting Ohio, it correct- CSUF held a Voter Education were more educated and more excit- aid Kerry in Ohio. “Itʼs going to be up to the turn- Results for Florida in 2000 had ly projected 12 out of 13, with Resource Fair that educated stu- ed due to our efforts,” Patterson Before the election, even know- out,” Gianos said. 27 electorates declared for Bush Minnesota going for Kerry instead dents about controversial proposi- said. it-all pundits succumbed to the “You get to a certain point where after a tally of 97 percent of its of Bush. DEMOCRAT from page 1 REPUBLICAN Thanksgiving. Freeman said she felt privileged from page 1 “He says some of his ʻBush- to perform at the momentous occa- he said. “Voters are sick of it.” ismsʼ from different speeches,” sion. More than anything, Dunn said Deborah Solum, a student from Williams said. “The English lan- “I was so excited to be invited he looks forward to people getting Golden West College, was among guage is not exactly what he has to sing with the band. It is such an together and compromising after those applauding the numbers she grasped too well. I sure did vote for honor,” she said, adding that she this election. saw. him, though.” voted for Bush because she trusts “Regardless of who wins local, Her shirt was adorned with Bush- Guests checked out the dolls and his leadership. state or federal races, we need to Cheney stickers and she held a pressed the buttons attached to the “I find him to be strong and com- finally shed this nonsense parti- plush elephant toy in her arms. passionate,” Freeman said. “I trust san stuff and work together as one “I came here to support George him, even with my children and nation,” Dunn said. W. Bush, but I do have a lot of “ grandchildren. I know heʼll take The English The Grand Ballroom of the hotel friends who are for Kerry,” Solum language is not care of the country.” was filled with local congressional said. exactly what Freeman said it was her first time candidates and others showing their “But Iʼve always [agreed] with [Bush] has singing at an election party. support for the Democratic Party. [Bushʼs] views on abortion and gay grasped too “I was bummed out that I couldnʼt The room filled with cheers at the marriage, as well as his views on well. I sure did be here last time,” she said. sight of a Sen. John Kerry cardboard foreign policy,” she added. vote for him, Freeman voted for Bush in the cutout and outbursts of excitement JAMES TU/Daily Titan Solum and two friends walked though. last election, but for others this followed each announcement of vic- A patron at the Orange County Democratic Party held at the Disneyland Hotel through the lobby, talking to people was their first time supporting their Dave Williams tory in various states. shows his support for presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry Tuesday night. who complimented them on their Republican candidate. Irvine resident According to Tim Bryant, patriotic outfits. As a small business owner, Disneyland Hotelʼs banquet captain, could watch the results. Isyair Ramirez, a CSUF gradu- In the lobby, Republican mer- ” Edward Tilbury of Irvine said he 700 to 800 people were in atten- Randall said it is important for ate student, said he attended the chandise cascaded the walkway decided to vote for Bush this year, dance for the event. Democrats to come together in celebration to show his support for where guests could purchase but- toys to listen to what they said. but in the last presidential election Democrats danced to live music Orange County. John Kerry and said this election is tons, stickers, jewelry and even “Weʼve sold a couple dozen dolls he did not make his way to a voterʼs provided by The Lost Boys and “Itʼs great for groups to get togeth- very important because his 19-year- dolls. tonight,” Williams said. “We could booth. enjoyed food donated from El er … to meet with local candidates old sister is in Iraq. Dave Williams of Irvine sold his still sell out at the end of the night. “I was too busy to vote last time, Adobe restaurant. Two TV screens and to talk about what went right and “She wouldnʼt have to be in Iraq “Talking Presidents” dolls that he [The company] sold them by the or perhaps just too lazy,” Tilbury lined each side of the stage and were what went wrong,” Randall said. if it wasnʼt for Bushʼs decision to go created. thousands on a monthly basis over said. “This time I absolutely had tuned into news stations featuring Ryan Shea, field coordinator for to war,” he said. “She was just tell- Bush, former President Ronald the Internet.” to.” election coverage. the Orange County Victory Fund, ing me the other day that there are Reagan and conservative author Talking dolls were not the only Tilbury said he was excited about In a corner, William Randall, a paid special attention to the plasma rumors they might extend her time Ann Coulter were a few of the figu- form of entertainment for the being at the hotel with other Bush Cal State Fullerton alumnus, ran the screen broadcasting local numbers. for another year.” rines being sold for $25 each. Republican mass. supporters. return central. From his monitor, he “A lot of interesting stuff [hap- Ramirez said his support goes to One doll depicted Bush posed in Tricia Freeman of Costa Mesa “I wanted to be here to see Bush watched different sources and their pens] on that screen,” Shea said, Kerry because he believes that Kerry a bomber jacket as he held a tur- was a guest singer with the rock ʼnʼ win,” he said. “Itʼs an exciting place returns from precincts and hooked describing how local politicians will work to bring troops home. key dinner, which represented the roll band Buddy-X, who performed to be. Iʼve never been here before, it up to a plasma screen so others affect daily lives. “[Kerry] understands that while time he visited troops in Iraq for for the crowd. but [the party] is awesome.”