FL: Ryan's Attendance "Much" Weaker Than Palin's: "Paul Ryan keep your hands off our Medicare."

[kpete]

SAT AUG 18, 2012 AT 01:14 PM PDT
The Villages Headcount: Ryan's Attendance "Much" Weaker Than Palin's
by joelgp

"A plane flew overhead with a sign: "Paul Ryan keep your hands off our Medicare."

The Villages is a massive retirement community about 50 miles northwest of Orlando, and one of the biggest Republican strongholds in Florida. A fire marshal estimated 10,000 people attended the event, though the crowd appeared smaller than that. Four years ago, newly minted vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin came to The Villages after the Republican national convention, drawing a crowd estimated at 25,000 to 60,000."

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/paul-ryan-talks-entitlement-reform-during-campaign-stop-in-the-villages/1246561
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/18/1121620/-The-Villages-Headcount-Ryan-s-Attendance-Much-Weaker-Than-Palin-s

[nolabear]

1. I was wondering what those people were looking at.

Now and then everyone would stare off to the upper left as if they were watching something. I thought it was either a heckler or the person telling them when to clap.

[lunatica]

2. Palin was an original sensation. Ryan is just a repeat.

And he's no Palin.