ANTHONY, Texas – Democrat John Kerry briefly relaxed on rival President Bush’s home turf Saturday, but apparently wasn’t even aware of it.
Kerry stopped by the Red Rooster Cafe, just a few yards over the state line into Texas. He had just finished a rally in Las Cruses, N.M., and sat down for an iced tea with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Lt. Gov. Diane Denish before heading to evening Mass on the New Mexico side of town.
The Texas-New Mexico border runs right through Anthony. When asked which side of the line they were on, Kerry looked at Richardson, who said with a nod that they were in New Mexico.
But their waitress and the police keeping watch outside the restaurant said it is in Anthony, Texas, not Anthony, N.M. An officer pointed to the Brown Derby Pub just up the street and said the line runs right through it.
He explained that many years ago, the pub had a dance floor on the New Mexico side, and the bar on the Texas side because the state’s more lenient alcohol laws then allowed 18-year-olds to drink.
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