This fundraising concert was jointly organized by Gore's campaign committee's Pennsylvania office and the Allegheny County office. As the second largest city in Pennsylvania and the 21st largest metropolitan area in the United States, Pittsburgh's importance There is no doubt about it.
Pennsylvania is a traditional swing state, while Pittsburgh is dominated by the Democratic Party. Although the Democratic primary will not be held until early next year, Gore has not yet won within the party. Pittsburgh¡¯s Democratic Committee and party officials, such as Mayor Thomas Murphy and others did not express their support for Gore, but the backbone of Gore's campaign office were still Democrats, who were familiar with Barbara and Aroni Saeki. .
Barbara, Yaroni and others quickly participated in the on-site organization work. Wang Lei took the initiative to sign up to join the volunteer group and was then sent to the door to maintain order.
Because Al Gore may be coming, the security check at the entrance of the club is relatively strict. There are professional security guards holding metal detectors to check everyone. There are also people responsible for checking admission tickets. Wang Lei and two other volunteers guide everyone to enter in order. Discourage behavior that disrupts order on site.
The queue at the venue has already stretched dozens of meters away. A total of one thousand tickets have been distributed for this concert. The target audience is mainly college students and ordinary citizens. The fundraising goal is not very high, at least twenty-five dollars per person. , and only twenty-five thousand US dollars.
Of course, most of the people who can get the tickets are Gore supporters. The final number may exceed it, but it will not exceed it by a lot.
The team was neatly lined up and orderly, but outside the team, there were some supporters of other candidates or opponents of Gore openly "making trouble".
Someone hung a sign on his chest that said "Bill, not Gore."
The Democratic presidential candidate is mainly competing between Al Gore and Bradley. The latter, like Clinton, is named Bill. Although Clinton had a sexual harassment scandal, the economy was prosperous and the unemployment rate was low during his term, which can be called the golden age of the United States. , although he is about to leave office, his support rate among the people is still very high.
This slogan is obviously taking advantage of everyone's support for Clinton, hoping that another Bill can take charge of the White House and continue to bring prosperity to everyone.
As Clinton¡¯s deputy, most of Gore¡¯s supporters are also Clinton supporters, so this sign made them very depressed, and they could only shout the name ¡°Gore¡± together in protest.
¡°Be conservative and don¡¯t sexually harass.¡±
"Only people with integrity can lead the United States."
The people holding these signs must be supporters of the Republican Party. They are satirizing Clinton's sex scandal. The Republican Party has always claimed to be a moral conservatism, while the Democratic Party believes that individuals have freedom in their own affairs without the need for other people and the government to dictate.
This time, the protesters were greeted with boos and boos. Some people couldn't help but stepped forward to refute: "Gore is an honest man."
"George Bush is a lothario and an alcoholic."
The two sides will inevitably engage in a war of words.
It took more than half an hour for the queue outside to gradually shorten and eventually disappear, but there were still some supporters standing at the door and confronting the opponents.
Wang Lei returned to the club. This club usually can only accommodate five to six hundred people. Today, it was almost double the number, so it seemed particularly crowded. Most people were crowded in the main ballroom. There was a band performing on the stage. Wang Lei was far away. It was relatively far away, and he didn't even know who was performing, and he couldn't find Wang Yang who had already entered the dance hall.
The band was not singing rock, but hip-hop. Many people were twisting to the music. Wang Lei also twisted for a while. It felt pretty good, but it was too crowded. As he twisted, he moved to the side, intending to go to the small restaurant next door. Check out the hall.
After taking only a few steps, he felt he stepped on someone else's foot. When he wanted to take it back, he was hit by the person next to him and stepped on for the second time.
"oh¡ª¡ª"
Wang Lei heard someone scream in pain. He quickly stepped out of the way and apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I was pushed"
"**, there are so many people, why are you squeezing?" the other party said angrily, with a very clear voice.
Wang Lei also saw the other party's appearance clearly at this time, and he almost couldn't help but whistle.
This is a tall girl, maybe over 1.8 meters tall, almost as tall as him. She should be young, in her early twenties.
She has sexy and charming wavy long hair, an oval face, big eyes, and full lips. Under the flashing lights of the ballroom, she gives people a particularly stunning feeling.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." Wang Lei raised his hands to express his innocence.
The other party is obviously very dissatisfiedSatisfied, he glared at him angrily and said, "You did it on purpose."
"Hey, man, this is an event for Al Gore supporters, put away your clumsy methods of picking up girls." A tall white young man next to him came over and waved his fist at Wang Lei.
"I really didn't mean it." Wang Lei glared at him. In order to prove his innocence, he should leave immediately and never have any interaction with this girl again, but the girl was really beautiful and looked familiar.
He asked out of nowhere: "Well, what's your name? You look familiar. I can buy you a drink to express my apology."
¡°Man, I used this trick of yours when I was seven years old.¡± The white young man stepped in front of Wang Lei roughly and reached out to grab Wang Lei¡¯s shoulders.
Wang Lei reached out and grabbed his wrist, preventing him from coming closer, and not daring to make any more moves. He could only turn his head and glance at the girl again: "I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it, I just thought about it. Go, you must have misunderstood."
"Oh, you're Liv Taylor, right?" Wang Lei suddenly shouted. He finally knew why this girl looked familiar. She was Liv Taylor, the actress in "The Secret" and "The End of the World". That is indeed a beautiful girl.
This discovery made Wang Lei a little excited. Liv up close seemed to be more moving than in the movie.
Liv Tyler is not one of those big stars who are very popular, but she is still quite famous. Her performance in "Stolen" is eye-catching. Although "War of the Worlds" is a bad movie with bad reviews, Bruce .Willis even won a Razzie Award, but it only boosted Liv's fame.
The white young man was also surprised. He turned his head to take a look at Liv, but the happy Wang Lei forgot to control the strength and movement of his hands and twisted him, causing him to scream in pain.
Liv Taylor glared at Wang Lei fiercely, as if she was afraid of causing trouble, turned around and left. The tall figure disappeared in the twisting crowd in the blink of an eye.
"Hey, man, I really didn't mean it." Wang Lei glanced at the direction where Liv disappeared with some reluctance, then pulled up the bent young man and apologized repeatedly.
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