Amazing Flickr Photos of Massive Obama Portland Rally

[usregimechange]

[marlakay]

1. okay seeing this i am glad the primaries

have lasted this long. no way would all the states have got this much attention. i have always loved portland but you guys did us proud...

[bhikkhu]

2. Beautiful. Thanks.

[Scurrilous]

3. Great pics!

K & R :thumbsup:

[FrenchieCat]

4. I looked at these photos while listening to Barack's speech in the background.....

Boy, I almost felt like I was there!

[PretzelWarrior]

5. ME TOO! I was just listening to KGW news video of the speech

while this post came up. I WAS there....and this definitely gives you a sense of being there. they should show aerial shots of the lines around all the blocks. that was the craziest thing I've seen in awhile.

[FrenchieCat]

7. This one gives you a split screen.......

http://www.nwcn.com/video/index.html?nvid=246479&shu=1

I just can't figure out if I can make it "full" screen.....which is what I was trying to do before I gave up.

[democracy1st]

9. thanks for the link

[fujiyama]

8. It was truly spectacular

It was the perfect day. I am sunburnt and I fractured my rib a few days ago...but I was there. And it was worth it.

[Tinksrival]

6. MAJOR dial-up warning! lol!

These are great though, thanks!

[democracy1st]

10. incredible pictures

[Arrowhead2k1]

11. Portland rocks!

I'm gonna have to pay a visit there sometime.

[Norrin Radd]

13. Make sure you check out Powell's book store while you are there.

And the street signs are the names of characters from The Simpsons.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

32. And don't forget voodoo donuts.

And the Japanese gardens are nice.

[central scrutinizer]

29. come on the July 4 weekend

The same venue where Obama spoke is home to a major 4 day blues festival

http://www.waterfrontbluesfest.com/

[aaronbees]

12. Thank you, Portland!!

Good God almighty, I love that city. How truly beautiful to view that sea of people coming together!

[pnorman]

14. "Record Obama Crowd, the Size of a City"!!!

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/05/18/record_obama_crowd_the_size_of.html

and here's the thread that came from: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3314968

pnorman

[tridim]

15. This is history folks

And it's starting to feel like something really special.

[TexasObserver]

16. that's a lot of hard working white Americans!!

Didn't they get Miss Hilly's memo?!

[99th_Monkey]

18. Get this: the City of Portland's official slogan is "The City that Works"

and it is no secret that Oregon is whiter than many Liberals and Progressives are comfortable with.

This may be Oregon's unique contribution to the Dem Primary this time around, to put the lie to Hillary's
memo.

[rucky]

19. And I didn't see a single latte

in any of those photos.

[Arugula Latte]

31. Sometimes we just inject lattes directly into our veins.

You know, it saves time that way, and you don't have to carry a sloshing drink around in a milling crowd.

[OneAmerica]

17. Truly, the beginning of a movement...

[me b zola]

20. Great pics!

It was a great day. :)

[simmonsj811]

21. K&R WOW!!!! GREAT PICTURES

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[Thrill]

22. So what? Its just Blacks and Rich White folk

lol

[CalGator]

48. I see a lot of white guilt in the crowd. nt

[underpants]

23. Great pics

:wow:

[graywarrior]

24. It's a tsunami

Now I know why McCain is running. No other republican wanted to deal with this.

[Zachstar]

25. Wow!!! Nice Photos!!

Really knows how to use a Camera!!

[Blue_Roses]

26. WOW! This is amazing!

I worry about his security when crowds get this big.

[lebkuchen]

27. That policeman is really cute

These photos make me feel like maybe Americans haven't abandoned those on US bases and that there is a desire to turn this country's desperate situation around.

[Coexist]

28. wow -

so many white people. imagine that.

[NOLALady]

34. So.

They are probably not "hard working whites". :sarcasm:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

30. We had record temperatures this weekend in Oregon.

I could barely make it from my barcolounger to my fridge.

These people are real troopers.

That picture of the little girl should be in DU's monthly photo contest.

[BuyingThyme]

33. Gorgeous.

[HootieMcBoob]

35. Never seen so many black people in one place!

Oh, wait a second...on closer inspection it looks as if 95% of those people are white! Why is Clinton having such a hard time with the white vote these days?

[rgbecker]

36. OK, but where are all the white working class people? n/t

[thewiseguy]

41. They were busy working.

[boppers]

45. (Working on a Sunday, of course.)

:evilgrin:

[thewiseguy]

46. They are called the working class for a reason.

;)

[VolcanoJen]

37. Tonic for the Soul.

Stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tblue37]

38. I like this aerial view:

[smalll]

39. Honestly, they really do look like either just kids or latte liberals.

Except for maybe the 4th pic down, with the man and woman in the center of it who look a little too fond of the High Fructose Corn Syrup to be standard-issue latte liberals.

Especially as in almost all of those pics you see dotted around these beige, I don't know what you call them, traveller-type hats they advertise in the New Yorker. J. Peterman-type stuff.

[MzShellG]

44. They are democrats. Why stereotype people in your own party?

You are a democrat, right?

[thewiseguy]

47. So what does small stand for? The size of your brain?

[boppers]

49. The hats = local fashion.

Oregon has a tendency towards head coverings, due to this constant wet stuff coming down, or this weird fiery ball thing that tries to burn us when the wet stuff isn't coming down. If it's not a floppy hat, it's a hoodie, or a knit cap, or a scarf. Since it was a firey ball day, there's a lot more people whose heads could be seen.

Oh, and in relation to the "Corn Syrup" folks, Oregonians, as a whole, tend to do a lot of mass transit (lots of walking) and bicycling, so general body mass is a pretty poor way of gauging age, class, (etc.) here. In addition, a lot of our local chain restaurants and stores tend to "upsell" with higher quality ingredients, so it keeps the town in pretty slender shape.

One thing I had thought of, as well, is that while the park can hold that many, there's not a lot of parking/accessability, so the more mobile groups (in terms of health/ability) are over-represented.

[myrna minx]

40. Thank you Oregon. K&R n/t

[thewiseguy]

42. Those were amazing pictures. Thanks!

[Frank Booth]

43. These aren't all tofu-eating, Reed College graduates either.

I see a few pairs of Oakley sunglasses in that crowd.