John Kerry Country Barbeque

July 26, 2003

Des Moines, Iowa

“I want to thank Iowa for it's very personal politics. I love it.

It is an amazing thing to be able to go into people's living rooms and small

meetings, to talk to our fellow Americans about the future of our great nation.”

“I'm asking you to help join me in an effort to recapture the grassroots politics

of our nation...To bring it back to the American people, where it belongs.”