OMG! Packed house at NC Chelsea event!! Standing Room Only...They were Hanging from the Rafters!!!

[ballsalicious]

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080505/photos_wl_afp/f2ee160380ad4cd547eecd3ce3b5e6c6/



Chelsea Clinton speaks at a rally in support of her mother in North Carolina. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton promised wary Americans a new beginning as they stepped up their battle Monday, the eve of their next fateful date with primary voters
(AFP/Getty Images/Logan Mock-Bunting)

[Waya]

1. Damn, scared me there for a second............

.....LOL...

[meow mix]

2. Wow! what an electric crowd!!

:spray:
ok you had me for a sec

[Lochloosa]

102. Was that "electric" or "eclectic"?

:shrug:

[Nitrogenica]

3. Looks like people who watch FOX news were there.

[Texas Hill Country]

21. and why is that?

[scheming daemons]

4. Wow.... lots of 50+ year old white women in that picture.....

...got to be at least a dozen.

[YEM]

7. You people are making fun of Chelsea event?

You are pathetic and karma is a BITCH!!!!

[cali]

16. Karma has nothing to do with it. You've written quite a few unpleasant

posts yourself, and Chelsea is a grown woman, not some dem sacred cow, and she chose to put herself in the spotlight. The OP wasn't even nasty. It didn't make fun of Chelsea, just the low attendence.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

25. Um, she's not 12 anymore.

She's the 27 year old manager of a hedge fund. She is an operative in her mother's campaign. She's a grown ass woman.

[L0oniX]

30. Just so you know...

Do not post personal attacks or engage in name-calling against other individual members of this discussion board. Even very mild personal attacks are forbidden. DU Rules.

[DevonRex]

31. Isn't bitch always a sexist term?

And hey, it's the size of the crowd the OP is making fun of, not Chelsea herself. Quite a difference there. Chelsea is campaigning for her mother, as any good daughter would, and that is to her credit.

[Hepburn]

67. So, Hillbot....

...YOU describe that picture in favorable terms, OK? Have a run at it and make it look good.

Sheesh....:eyes:

[Darth_Kitten]

109. Geez, Obamabot, get a GRIP......

Oh, name calling is so much FUN! :sarcasm:

[comrade snarky]

90. Really? Pathetic???

She's not 14 anymore.
She chose to go out and promote her mothers run for office, that opens her to criticism just like all the other surrogates for the Clinton Campaign.

I thought it was a hot kitchen and those who couldn't take it had to get out. Or is that for one side only?

[roguevalley]

91. the event, not the girl. reread it. not a word against her. and Karma

doesn't work that way. check it out.

[TahitiNut]

11. Don't you see the diversity

... of hair color??? :rofl:

[KoKo]

49. .....and Hillary supporters are baaaaad?

:eyes:

[Darth_Kitten]

110. 90 percent of AA support Obama, oh right that's DIVERSITY, huh?

This is getting too easy.

[WA98296]

26. HEY! I'm an over 50 white woman...GoBama!

[DMorgan]

32. More power to you! ..nt

[DevonRex]

35. Me too! nt

[Windy]

40. 50 year old white obamamama here!! :0) n/t

[janet118]

65. Another "Over 50 White Woman For Obama" (OFWWFO)

Wow!!
It's a palindrome!!

OFWWFO Mission Statement:

Dedicated to the proposition that supporters of both Democratic candidates refrain from stereotyping voters just because the MSM pollsters and pundits do it. We mature white women do not like to be defined as typical Clinton supporters just because of our age, race and sex. We OFWWFOs are similary appalled when black voters are excluded from the "working class" and "regular people" demographic.

[roguevalley]

92. don't diss older women who support people. I'm one and I'm for

Obama. :)

[PoliticalAmazon]

74. Me too! I don't get the "older women voters want Hillary" mantra....

I think they must mean over 60.

[windbreeze]

122. hang on now just a second....

I am quite a bit over 60, and I don't consider HRC "my candidate"...wb

[onehandle]

44. Yeah. Who needs them?

Uh... Us in November?

[scheming daemons]

48. They will vote our way... they have "brand loyalty" to the Democrats....

...young people don't. They only have loyalty to Obama.

[onehandle]

69. This will be an interesting test.

Young people have Never showed up at the polls in a General Election.

If Obama is the nominee and they do, everything changes.

If like usual they don't, we have President McCain.

[tekisui]

94. Have you not realized the motivation of not just young voters this year,

but new voters and Independents as well as activists. Young voters aren't going anywhere. They will be casting votes in record numbers for Obama in November, just as they have across the country.

[Zodiak]

75. That might be because the Democratic party hasn't done anything in the lives

But roll over.

[roguevalley]

93. Baloney. They choose who they vote for just like anyone else. A

big load of us are for Obama. Your point is a stereotype against old and young.

[JuniperLea]

70. Is there something wrong with 50+ year old white women?

Please explain.

[YOY]

71. Hillary brings out the crazy cat lady crowd. Normal female Dems 50+ vote Obama.

n/t

[Darth_Kitten]

108. Beats a lot of stoned, lazy teenagers, eh?

:sarcasm:

[Texifornia]

5. Cold

Funny, but cold.

[ps1074]

6. LOL

:spank:

[NeedleCast]

8. What a diverse group of old white people

[DevonRex]

34. Blue hair, white hair, yellowish gray hair... nt

[NeedleCast]

38. And quite the array of Panama-style hats

[DevonRex]

52. Hee hee! I noticed that too! nt

[Darth_Kitten]

111. Do you hate older women in your own family, hon?

:eyes:

I bet you think anybody over 22 shouldn't be trusted, eh?

[jsamuel]

45. just to point out, there is an African American couple on the left side

man is wearing a white shirt and ball cap while the woman is wearing a blue colorful shirt and black pants

[Darth_Kitten]

113. GASP!!!

The shock of it all! ;)

[meow mix]

9. i like the one lady walking away.. rof

"oh nevermind" she must be thinking..

[Barack_America]

13. That's what drew my attention as well.

:evilgrin:

[nichomachus]

64. WHat was she thinking?

[onefreespiritedchick]

73. LOL!!! n/t

[cali]

doesn't seem Chelsea is much of a draw

there, but no one can say she hasn't worked her heart out for her mom.

[DAGDA56]

10. I read your headline, saw "hanging from the rafters" and

immediately thought "oh, the despair in that campaign." Glad to see it was just a figure of speech.

[NJSecularist]

12. Obama in Pennsylvania.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24251043/

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday won Pennsylvania’s presidential primary, a victory that analysts said she had to have if she were to remain a credible candidate for the Democratic nomination.
...

With nearly all the precincts reporting, Clinton led by 55 percent to 45 percent, and she told a raucously cheering crowd in Philadelphia that she had done the job.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[scheming daemons]

19. And Obama won Philly by a huge margin........

[AllentownJake]

22. He won Philadelphia

70-30.

Let me know how you carry PA in the fall without Philadelphia.

[MarjorieG]

29. Don't underestimate the Rendell machine to suppress the vote.

Which he boasted to do in Philly. Indiana may be the same machine politics with 40 leaders strong-armed to endorse Clinton. We'll see.

[The_Counsel]

50. Rendell Might Want To Re-Consider Suppressing The Vote In The General...

...if Obama is the nominee.

Actively campaigning against a member of your own party can't bode well for you the next time you run for office yourself. Just sayin'...

...or is Rendell not planning to run for re-election in 2010?

[habitual]

14. i love the woman on the bottom who is turned

and looking like she accidentally wandered over to see what was going on, then realized what it was and walked away.

[L0oniX]

15. Those were ding bats hanging from the rafters IMO

[SharonRB]

17. That's just sad n/t

[DevonRex]

18. LOL! I almost didn't click on your OP. Glad I did, tho. nt

[goclark]

20. Now let's see the vote tallies from that part of the state

Chelsea is adorable.
The Demographic grew up with Chelsea in the WH.

If HCBC gets an outpouring of votes, we will have a clue what happened.

[meow mix]

23. "vote for mommy"

:rofl:

[L0oniX]

42. LMAO

[berni_mccoy]

24. Looks like someone's backyard. Clinton can't afford anything more.

[newmajority]

27. Kinda reminds me of one of those "massive" Freeper rallies

Where are the "patriot porta potties"? :evilgrin:

[BlueIdaho]

28. This is a RARE photo - Why is it...

The MSM always show the size of the crowd when Obama speaks but never at an event where HRC or Bill are speaking? Are they trying to prop up the myth that this is a close contest?

[stillcool]

39. I don't watch television..

but it was my understanding from reading, that many of the video's on YouTube are not televised. Actually most of the 'crowd' pictures I've seen have come from members of DU.

[Ichingcarpenter]

33. It was a meeting with her Hedge Fund Supporters

For her future presidential run in 2016

[rodeodance]

36. More obama fans with demeaning comments. Figures!! gd-p has become freeperland or the lounge lately

[Lucky 13]

88. If you can't take the heat....

I forget how the rest goes... do you know it?

If you can't handle this criticism imagine how are you going to handle the general?

[Darth_Kitten]

120. This is DU..........a community.....oh, never mind.

The Obamabots think if they shout over everybody else that makes their candidate valid.
It's the Obamabots who can't handle dissension, like smug, spoiled, self-centred children with anger control issues.

[Darth_Kitten]

112. Well, they look at their own mothers, etc and don't seem to see much.

Sad and pathetic, huh?

[DMorgan]

37. I counted them all there's 25 !!! not counting

Not counting the woman who is walking away.

[Independent-Voter]

46. Hell, I'm a generous guy - count the lady walking away!

[rateyes]

41. Why the hell did they stand so far away from her? nt

[onehandle]

43. Is Chelsea running for President?

I must have missed that memo.

I believe that her mother is the candidate.

[SoonerPride]

53. As David Shuster would say, she's getting pimped out to shill for mommy.

That got him in hot water, if you might recall.

[tridim]

55. I think you mean David Shuster. ?

[SoonerPride]

60. oops, yep. My bad.

sorry.

[KoKo]

59. It's posted by "ballsalicious" who just joined on May 3rd. What can you expect...

:eyes:

[ronnykmarshall]

47. This place sucks ass.

[Hepburn]

68. Don't like the DU?

Then leave, OK?

So...go ahead...leave or quit your juvenile bitching. :eyes:

[ronnykmarshall]

83. In your dreams

[burythehatchet]

105. tell the clown that there's a site just for him, http://www.hillaryis44.org/

he's love it there.

[Nedsdag]

82. Who invited you in the first place?

Bye! Don't let the door hit you in the ass!

[Tarheel_Dem]

104. As a very wise old lady recently said, "if you can't stand the heat".......

[burythehatchet]

106. Revised: If you can't stand truth, go to Hillis44.org

[Tarheel_Dem]

119. Exactly. There are numerous sites devoted to Hillary worship. I know

I wouldn't stay around here, if I didn't feel welcome. :shrug:

[tridim]

51. LOL, that's pretty funny.

I feel sorry for Chelsea because I keep imagining if I were in her place. She didn't choose her parents.

[alphafemale]

54. And most of them don't have positive body language toward her... ie crossed arms, hands on hips.

Not even to mention walking away.

I've seen more receptive crowds at Ginsu Knife demonstrations.

[BlooInBloo]

56. Poor Chelsea. She realizes now that when she wants to run for office...

... she's gonna have to put a whole lotta distance between herself and her mother. Probably best for her to wait until mom is dead, even.

[Tarc]

57. Yeap, nothin like elitist O-Bots ridiculing the rural vote

:eyes:

[XtraProudDem]

95. And...

Nothing like one Democrat calling other Democrats "elitist."

Cut it out. That's what Republicans do.

[KoKo]

58. "ballsalicious" what's the matter? That other site still down for lack of funding?

:shrug:

[SoCalDem]

61. reminds me of...

[Froward69]

62. I suppoert Obama however

I would go see Chelsea if she were naked. for a minute thats what I thought had occurred.

[faithfulcitizen]

63. As an Obama supporter, I must say I feel bad for Chelsea here. That's tough.

IN is a tough state for any democrat to campaign in too.

[Hepburn]

66. Even worse than the very small turn out?

People walking away and the negative body posturing.

Chelsea is not winning this crowd over...to say the least.

[Darth_Kitten]

117. Honey, just because Obama won't condescend to talk in small towns....

and settings is no reason to get so jumpy. It's one picture.....don't politicians talk in town squares anymore?

[JNelson6563]

72. Wow! that's terrible!

While there's no doubt more Dems in my area support Obama a lot would come to see Chelsea just because of who she is.

Pretty sad to see this.

Julie

[Crewleader]

76. k&r for Chelsea

:applause:

[TheDonkey]

77. BLAAAAHAAHAHA!!!

When I read the topic I knew this had to be sarcastic. CLASSIC!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[mmonk]

78. .

:spank:

[TragedyandHope]

79. DON'T DO THAT!

I was really looking forward to seeing people swinging from rafters.

[Ian_rd]

89. Haha! Thanks for the laugh :)

[ballsalicious]

99. they are out of the shot... but they are definately hanging!

[greguganus]

80. She was blocking the entrance to a Cracker Barrel and people were hungry. n/t

[faithfulcitizen]

96. LOL!

[JackORoses]

81. I do declare! A Clinton in a Skirt...

Enjoy it while you can Chelsea.
Because as soon as your Presidential Campaign starts, it's all Pantsuits all the Time.

[DrFunkenstein]

84. They Look Fired Up and Ready to Go!

In fairness, everybody does these mini gatherings. I'm sure that there are bigger events. Pretty sure, at least.

[L0oniX]

85. The soup kitchen was closed?

[Darth_Kitten]

114. Not very funny or smart.

Geez......no wonder why nobody takes the Obamabots seriously.

[Lucky 13]

86. Damn you ballsalicious!

You had me worried for a second!

Chelsea does normally garner a good crowd. She did here in Vermont.

I love the woman walking away... she's my favorite.

[TexasObserver]

87. Omen III

The first two were only a warning.

[ballsalicious]

97. me no understando?

[TexasObserver]

100. From the film series, The Omen

There was an Omen I.

An Omen II.

And an Omen III.

I'm implying that Bill was Omen I, Hillary is Omen II, and Chelsea is Omen III.

The child in The Omen series was the spawn of Satan.

[peoli]

98. Looks like Hillmentum can not be stopped!

[BuyingThyme]

101. In all fairness, your pic doesn't even show the rafters.

It's quite possible that there were tens of thousands of people up there.

[shayes51]

103. She's a wonderful person and a loving daughter.

Why must you make fun of her?

[Tarheel_Dem]

107. where in the o.p. did he make fun of HER? nt

[NorthCarolina]

115. Wow, they had ALL the NC voters for Hillary there

No wonder they had to hold the rally outdoors. Here in Charlotte last Friday Obama Only filled Cricket Arena to the brim with a block and a half of overflow outside the arena. Tough break.

[DMorgan]

116. I always get frightened when this thread bumps up to the top again but then

I laugh again!

[AussieInCA]

118. OMG one of them is carrying a latte!!!

Elitist alert..run forest run!

[Darth_Kitten]

121. Was one of them eating an arugula salad and wondering which ballet.....

class to put her two daughters in? :sarcasm: Oh, the tragedy of it all!!!

[JBoy]

123. If I didn't know that was Chelsea I'd swear it was a photo of a mid-week plantation tour group.