July 20, 2003 - Harley-hopping senator campaigns at motorocyle museum
Sunday July 20, 2003

By Mike Hlas - The Cedar Rapids Gazette

ANAMOSA -- Motorcyclists are the most common of sights here, with riders from coast to coast pulling up to the National Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame.
Saturday, however, a presidential candidate took a 2003 100th Anniversary Edition Harley-Davidson V-Rod for a spin through town.

Sen. John Kerry hopped on the Harley after his campaign event in the museum Saturday afternoon. The 59-year-old Massachusetts Democrat gunned the engine and then rumbled down Main Street, pulling out of sight for a few minutes.

But rather than roar into the Iowa countryside by himself, Kerry returned the $18,000 motorcycle to the museum.

"I felt a responsibility, so I came back," quipped Kerry, who owns a Harley.

Earlier, Kerry was no easy rider when it came to discussing President Bush's policies on education, the economy and health care...





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