Thursday, October 21, 2004
OU student gets Kerry to back off assertion
The Enquirer
DRAFT DAY: Nick Juliano, a senior journalism major at Ohio University in Athens, may be the only student journalist in the country to get an interview with either presidential candidate, campaign officials say.
Juliano sat down with Sen. John Kerry aboard his campaign bus traveling through southern Ohio Saturday. He pressed Kerry on an issue of particular interest to college students: the draft.
Under questioning from Juliano, Kerry backed off his recent assertion that there was a "great potential" that President Bush would reinstate the draft if re-elected, but denied that he was exploiting the fear of young men.
"What I said was it's possible because I don't know what he's going to do," Kerry said in an interview published in Monday's Ohio University Post.
"It's not fear; it's a legitimate question mark."
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Today's campaign calendar
• Kerry to hunt ducks and geese outside Youngstown, morning.
• Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell to speak to the Loveland Area Chamber of Commerce at RSVP at Wards Corner, 8 a.m.
• University of Cincinnati's Institute for Policy Research to release Ohio Poll results on voter views on campaign issues, 10 a.m.
• The Rev. Al Sharpton and musicians Wyclef Jean and Foxy Brown to attend Rock the Vote rally, Wilberforce and Central State universities, Wilberforce, 11:30 a.m.
• Actress Sarah Jessica Parker to campaign for Kerry at Alchemize in Main Street district, Over-the-Rhine, 12:30 p.m.
• Kerry to give "major policy speech" on technology, Columbus Athenaeum, 1:30 p.m.
• Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean to rally America Votes volunteers, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 212, East Walnut Hills.
• Dean to headline rally for Kerry and Greg Harris for Congress, Integrity Hall, Bond Hill, 4 p.m.
• Former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., to debate Dean at Miami University's Millett Hall, 8 p.m.
• Candidate night sponsored by West End Community Council, St. Joseph's Church, West End, 7 p.m.
• Former Cincinnati Mayor Jerry Springer to speak at "Sound Off for Kerry" event, Southgate House, Newport, 10 p.m.
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