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Sat May-10-08 09:53 PM
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Obama has "Jam Packed" Rally |
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Edited on Sat May-10-08 09:53 PM by Texas Hill Country
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Sat May-10-08 09:55 PM
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1. North Carolina: Obama: 57% Clinton: 42% |
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Sat May-10-08 09:56 PM
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Sat May-10-08 09:56 PM
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3. Where was that post from a couple days ago saying Hillary couldnt fill 1,200 seats? |
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They had to fold them up so she could seat 600.
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Sat May-10-08 09:57 PM
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Just down the freeway from Eugene, where Obama drew 9,000 last night, where I couldn't get anywhere near the place it was so crazy.
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Sat May-10-08 10:42 PM
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21. Heard on NPR yesterday a.m. she only had about 1-2 dozen supporters to talk to and.. |
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Sat May-10-08 09:56 PM
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4. Larry Johnson sold his credibility for his candidate. |
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I doubt he will get it back.
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Sat May-10-08 09:57 PM
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6. The Obama campaign announced (before that rally took place) that Obama... |
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....was going to be speaking to smaller crowds.
Has Clinton ever made such a statement, or is she just a poor draw?
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Sat May-10-08 09:59 PM
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7. This was an intentional small town forum |
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And has already been posted several times. You guys are sick.
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Sat May-10-08 10:00 PM
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8. Has Clinton ever drawn over 20,000, as Obama has? (Seattle, etc). |
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Sat May-10-08 10:00 PM
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Sat May-10-08 10:00 PM
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10. Some bonehead already posted these right here the other day - |
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Obama isn't anywhere near the podium. No one is onstage....
Someone who was there said it was packed...
Is this all you have??
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Sat May-10-08 10:01 PM
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11. darn too bad you didnt post this earlier... havent you heard? |
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Edited on Sat May-10-08 10:04 PM by iamthebandfanman
hillary lost. please, lets focus on the GE.
oh, and btw...
when i went to see bill clinton speak it was done similarly... only part of the gym was open to people sitting (2/3rds of the gym was closed off) and cameras were set up looking a certain direction with banners hung to fit in the picture.
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Sat May-10-08 10:01 PM
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Someone else posted this here earlier, and explained that Obama's campaign expected North Carolina to be closer than it was and did not expect it to be called right away. They also did not expect Indiana to be so close (nobody did). Once North Carolina was called, they decided Obama should speak while he was still ahead, before Clinton was declared the winner in Indiana. So he spoke earlier than expected, when many people had just finished campaigning and hadn't yet arrived at the speech. That was just another DU'er's account, but it makes sense, since Obama spoke much earlier than he usually speaks on election nights (and he usually never speaks first, win or lose).
I know tickets for the speech got snatched up quickly, and it does not make sense that so many people would just not show up (that's never happened before, or since).
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Texas Hill Country
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Sat May-10-08 10:04 PM
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15. come on... this just feeds into the "need more white people" thing... the events are staged and |
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this show just how bad some of them are.
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Sat May-10-08 10:14 PM
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20. You know what's staged? You're staged and posts like this are staged. Quit it. |
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Sat May-10-08 10:54 PM
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24. It's a victory party for volunteers |
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Not a public rally. You're trying to make Obama look bad, but you're just making yourself look petty and small.
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Sat May-10-08 10:02 PM
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13. That's not a rally, that's the group gathered to celebrate the NC Primary results |
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NC was called for Obama before people who were working for him could get to this event, which was planned for later in the evening because they expected the results to come in slowly, not have the entire thing called for him by 8:00.
Some of our polls closed at 7:30 and they called it for him by 8:00 or so, they even said on the news in NC that they were taken so off guard that the announcement that he won the state was made to an almost empty coliseum, apparently even before these pictures were taken.
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Sat May-10-08 10:03 PM
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14. In Ohio we saw Obama hold townhalls with much less attendance than ther was demand -he wanted more |
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Edited on Sat May-10-08 10:03 PM by mod mom
I don't understand this except that he wanted a more intimate dialogue. We had so many people show up w/o tickets just to catch a glimpse and this was on a Sunday morning at 9 am.
Believe what you like, we could have filled a much larger venue.
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Sat May-10-08 10:52 PM
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23. Little known Obama fact. |
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He used to sneak into Iowa to meet with his activists. If word got around, there'd be huge crowds, so he kept it on the quiet.
He loves speaking to small groups and taking questions.
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Sat May-10-08 10:05 PM
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16. Isn't that just a reprint of that townhall article the other day? |
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Sat May-10-08 10:09 PM
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17. Hillary's Southern Oregon Visit a Bust |
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"With little more than half of the 1,200-capacity-arena occupied, campaign organizers removed seats as Clinton supporters waited for her arrival for a town hall meeting." http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080508/NEWS07/805080346
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Sat May-10-08 10:11 PM
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Sat May-10-08 10:14 PM
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19. What's your point with the question marks within blue boxes?.?.? |
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Are you trying to convince me of something?.?.?
I think you're just jealous that Barack can fill the house.
Barack filled up the Tarrant County Convention Center, I should know I was there. There was also a spill over crowd.
Nice try, tho.
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Sat May-10-08 10:43 PM
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22. So fucking jealous nt |
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Sat May-10-08 10:56 PM
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So fucking boring.
Have you become a NeoCon pro-lifer yet, so you can vote for McCain?
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