Politics, pop culture and a healthy dose of Obie enthusiasm came together in West Lecture Hall last Saturday when a celebrity-packed bus of Kerry supporters rolled through town to charge up the base in anticipation of the election.

Leading the pack was Chris Heinz, stepson of Senator John Kerry, who told the crowd he expected Kerry’s margin of victory to be greater than anyone anticipated.

“I don’t just want to win — I want to humiliate the bastard,” he said.

Also present was Jake Gyllenhall, the star of such the films as Donnie Darko, The Day After Tomorrow and the upcoming Proof.

“I’m voting for John Kerry because I think he’s sexy,” he told the crowd.

The youngest member of the contingent was David Gallagher, who stars as Simon Camden on the WB show Seventh Heaven.

Former Party of Five cast member Scott Wolf spoke about meeting Kerry.

“I first met him at a fundraiser,” he said. “He seemed so warm and genuine that for half an hour I didn’t even realize he was a senator.”

The sole female speaker was Allison Munn, a regular guest star on the Fox series That 70’s Show.

“I’ve been on a bus with a bunch of guys all week, so I can talk to you all about women’s issues,” she said. Such rights include a woman’s right to choose abortion.

The highlight of the event, however, was not a speech but a musical performance. Max Weinberg, drummer for Bruce Springsteen’s legendary E Street Band and musical director for Late Night With Conan O’Brian, came on stage to perform an energy-packed jam with the student band Tony and the Predators.

“I think I might be giddy,” said the band’s front man junior Freddrick Effinger before the performance began.

The band burned through a rendition of the Allman Brothers’ “Tied to the Whipping Post” before a crowd of dancing Obies and their celebrity guests.

The event reached its emotional high point when Effinger was grinding on stage with Munn and Gyllenhall.

After the performance, many members of the capacity crowd filed out to begin a day of canvassing in Lorain County.