No Joe-king. Biden in PA!
Many familiar Pennsylvanians and ONE members came out to Bucks County to see the Bidens at an Obama Campaign rally at Maple Point Middle School. ONE volunteer Ashley Miller was seated on the stage behind the podium and her brother texted her during the forum saying he had seen her on CNN wearing her ONE t-shirt!
After hearing from PA Congressman Patrick Murphy, PA Governor Ed Rendell, PA native Jill Biden, and Senator Biden himself, the crowd was able to ask questions – and the first was asked by ONE member Mary Day Kent! She asked how an Obama-Biden administration would regain America’s standing in a world with one billion people living on less than $1 a day.
When answering, Senator Biden emphasized that humanitarian aid is in the United States’ national security interest and said the passage of bills like PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) have saved millions of lives and improved America’s relationship with developing countries.
At the end of the event, PA Governor Rendell and Senator Biden stayed to take pictures and talk about ONE with volunteers after the forum. Check some of them out below.
-Lauren Conn, Pennsylvania ONE Member
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September 10, 2008 at 2:38 am
awesome! so cool for you all to turn out and to get the pics, and for Mary to get her question in. this is an important state and having the issues put on the front burner and on the current record, you did well everyone. kudos, and great photos too!
staying close,
sammi =)