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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 11:16 AM Oct 2012

WOW! 11,200 people waited in 90-degree heat to see President Obama in Las Vegas Sept. 30th

Las Vegas Sun: About 11,200 people stood for hours in 90-degree heat Sunday for a chance to see a campaign rally for President Barack Obama (Desert Pines High School, September 30)

















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WOW! 11,200 people waited in 90-degree heat to see President Obama in Las Vegas Sept. 30th (Original Post) Playinghardball Oct 2012 OP
Crowd photos almost always give me chills, this one is no exception! nm nc4bo Oct 2012 #1
Pretty good crowd oswaldactedalone Oct 2012 #2
And a socialist, marxist communist to boot! treestar Oct 2012 #4
Contrast: Romney had to bus people in to be on TV. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #3
Lol Pamelajaynn Oct 2012 #11
Right, the coal miners! n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #12
probably all from the local Mormon church. nt Raine Oct 2012 #34
I LOVE LOVE LOVE seeing these pictures. Thanks onecent Oct 2012 #5
Wow. BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #6
I love these photos. gademocrat7 Oct 2012 #7
DAMN!!!!!! now thats what America looks like bigdarryl Oct 2012 #8
For us desert folk nichomachus Oct 2012 #9
Have you ever noticed in the crowds they show around Romney that onecent Oct 2012 #10
Not only are they not interested, but anyone holding up a camera would be tossed. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #14
People in most Romney "crowds" (like McCain's 4 years ago) tblue37 Oct 2012 #25
To be fair, wickerwoman Oct 2012 #32
What are the lead time for these events? I don't see how anyone could think of a enthusiam gap seein uponit7771 Oct 2012 #13
And yet there is bullshitters trying to tell us this is a horse race madokie Oct 2012 #15
Mitt is in bidness with the vote counting crooks, like in 2004. Hubert Flottz Oct 2012 #17
K&R Hubert Flottz Oct 2012 #16
But... but... but... the enthusiam gap!!! TheDonkey Oct 2012 #18
Have you noticed.... KauaiK Oct 2012 #19
How did the local news report it? savalez Oct 2012 #20
Love it! SoapBox Oct 2012 #21
I used to live in Vegas MiaCulpa Oct 2012 #22
So? I hear that once "several" people waitied a half hour for Rmoney. valerief Oct 2012 #23
Eat your hearts out lillypaddle Oct 2012 #24
Romney is the type to see over 10,000 people,.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #26
More like: "11,200 people waited in 90-degree cool" ...... meti57b Oct 2012 #27
I HEAR YOU Skittles Oct 2012 #30
It makes me wonder how the secret service can ensure Obama's safety at events like this BlueStreak Oct 2012 #28
K & R Scurrilous Oct 2012 #29
Yes we do love our President! goclark Oct 2012 #31
When I saw those crowds yesterday..I wondered Cha Oct 2012 #33
Wow! Thank you for sharing DesertRat Oct 2012 #35

oswaldactedalone

(3,491 posts)
2. Pretty good crowd
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 11:34 AM
Oct 2012

for a Kenyan usurper bent on destroying America and replacing it with Muslins practicing Sharia Law!!

onecent

(6,096 posts)
10. Have you ever noticed in the crowds they show around Romney that
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 11:45 AM
Oct 2012

there are no phones up in the air taking pictures

(In the above pictures only the last one shows it) but ALL of Obama's pictures that I see
with big crowds people are shooting pictures with their phones...

NEVER for Romney (cuz his crowds are not excited....nor willingly there (like the poor military
guys that stand behind Romney and look like they want to be ANYWHERE BUT where they are)...LOL

Indpndnt

(2,391 posts)
14. Not only are they not interested, but anyone holding up a camera would be tossed.
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 12:28 PM
Oct 2012

They don't want anymore video of Willard that isn't officially sanctioned.

tblue37

(65,377 posts)
25. People in most Romney "crowds" (like McCain's 4 years ago)
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 01:38 PM
Oct 2012

are slouched in chairs with their arms crossed over their chest (many of his rallies are indoors, so the "crowd" will seem denser).

wickerwoman

(5,662 posts)
32. To be fair,
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 02:39 AM
Oct 2012

the average person in the Romney crowd is about 40 years older than the average person in the Obama crowd and probably doesn't know how to use a cellphone.

uponit7771

(90,344 posts)
13. What are the lead time for these events? I don't see how anyone could think of a enthusiam gap seein
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 12:11 PM
Oct 2012

...these pictures

madokie

(51,076 posts)
15. And yet there is bullshitters trying to tell us this is a horse race
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 12:31 PM
Oct 2012

this is going to be a blow out if you ask me.
GOBAMA

Hubert Flottz

(37,726 posts)
17. Mitt is in bidness with the vote counting crooks, like in 2004.
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 12:54 PM
Oct 2012

So watch for a probable steal in several states. Ohio may be in play in this race like in 2004.

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2012/4725

Hubert Flottz

(37,726 posts)
16. K&R
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 12:47 PM
Oct 2012

Mitt is probably in his magic undies, on his bus praying like mad...that the president gets lock jaw before the first debate.

Mister Obama could whip Mitt with half his mind tied behind his back.

Mitt Will be like, "WARNING, DANGER, WARNING!11!!111!" Wednesday night and the President will be like, "Quiet You Bubble Headed Booby."

TheDonkey

(8,911 posts)
18. But... but... but... the enthusiam gap!!!
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 12:58 PM
Oct 2012

Obama and his hencemen must be using CGI graphics or holograms to make his rallies look more robust then they actually are. I think we need an unskewed rally tracker that crops these photos so we can reduce the oversampling of Democrats that are showing up to support our President!

savalez

(3,517 posts)
20. How did the local news report it?
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 01:05 PM
Oct 2012

Over here, just before the last midterms, we had 60,000+ people show up and the local news didn't even report it. Instead they spoke to a guy who got kicked of the stage building crew for wearing a Bush hat.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
23. So? I hear that once "several" people waitied a half hour for Rmoney.
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 01:21 PM
Oct 2012

People wait on both sides. What's the big deal? Both sides do it.



Way, way, cool! I mean, hot!

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
26. Romney is the type to see over 10,000 people,....
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 01:48 PM
Oct 2012

.....and drool over the idea of charging them for parking.

meti57b

(3,584 posts)
27. More like: "11,200 people waited in 90-degree cool" ......
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 02:10 PM
Oct 2012

90 degrees is a cool day, these days, out here in the West.

(If it were romney, there wouldn't be 11,200 folks out to greet him in hot or cool).

 

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)
28. It makes me wonder how the secret service can ensure Obama's safety at events like this
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 02:19 PM
Oct 2012

I don't really want to know. I'm sure they are good at their jobs, but that must be quite an undertaking.

Cha

(297,254 posts)
33. When I saw those crowds yesterday..I wondered
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 02:54 AM
Oct 2012

how hot is was there in Las Vegas..I was hoping it was cooler than here on Kaua'i which has been unrelenting Heat for Months!

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