Posted on 03/16/2008 9:18:07 PM PDT by vrwc54
Since 1962, Scranton, Pennsylvania has hosted the second largest Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in the country. This year was no exception! Thousands of people lined the streets, watching the 9,000 participants of all ages!
The Obama campaign was present in all parts of the parade as surrogate speaker Max Kennedy met parade watchers and encouraged them to vote for Barack Obama.
Scranton residents rallied for Obama by wearing special Saint Patrick’s Day Obama stickers, holding signs and carrying around balloons.
Jennifer, Marissa and Debbie are excited to vote on April 22 for Barack. Jennifer, a teacher, supports Barack’s education policy. Debbie likes to see the younger generations get involved in politics and the grassroots movement behind the campaign.
During and after the parade, Obama volunteers registered Pennsylvanians to vote in the primary election on April 22.
The March 24 deadline to register to vote is coming up quickly—have you registered yet? Download the registration form here.
If you don't live in Pennsylvania, make calls to Pennsylvanians reminding them to register to vote!
Is he Irish on his mother’s side?
*sigh* yes
Every election we hear about both parties registering new voters by the thousands. Sorry, but to me something doesn’t smell right here. There can’t be that many un-registered voters out there, can there? I would think that the flow would become a trickle at some point.
let me see.
A white leftist hater is visiting the ST Pats parade to sucker honkies to vote for him ?
every day that i grow older; children appear younger.
He can probably register more voters for himself from daughters of Hillary supporters there than anywhere else. ;-)
ABC and CNN are spinning this as OBAMA a victim of the unfair media.
and more stupid
because Anything Goes. (Song - thanks to Cole Porter)
Good grief....
“Change, change, change, we want change,” Boston comedian Steve Sweeney yesterday told the gathering of 800-plus at the Boston Convention Center, in a spoof on the presidential race. “These guys are starting to sound like homeless people on Boylston Street.”.....
Scranton people have always been wierd. No big deal.
Great. He registered some 12 year olds. Typical Chicago politician. His racist nutjob church and his racist nutjob wife and his racist nutjob preacher have assured he will NEVER be a president of the United States, and we should all thank God for that.
give it time. He’s TOAST.
That's it. They've convinced me.
bump myself :)
Oh, yeah, and I am sure the Republicans were out in full force doing the same....NOOOOTTTTTT!!!!
I think it’s good that these kids are looking forward to voting...it’s just very sad that they’ve been victimized by the public school system into not being able to think rationally.
Personally, I think they should raise the voting age and take back women’s right to vote. (It’s OK for me to say that. I’m an older woman :)
Jennifer Garner is yummy-licious but clearly dumb as a rock. I mean, Ben Affleck?? Obama???
Whew... That's two strikes and yer stupid.
Ben Affleck couldn’t act his way out of a paper bag. (Old expression)
I agree with you, but currently they are legally allowed to vote, so I appreciate their enthusiasm, although lament their ignorance...but that is because of the poorness of our schools. Ironically, when my daughter was in school (homeschooled now) the vast majority of the class voted republican in the last presidential election. I know there are some very liberal educators there, it must have really bugged them. BTW, some dems have advocated LOWERING the voting age.
On and on....
I said if you want CHANGE, vote for Obama.
He said I'm voting for Hillary.
The guest speaker at the annual Society of Irish Women dinner was welcomed by Evie Rafalko McNulty, the county recorder of deeds, who told him, "This is Lackawanna County's lipstick jungle here."
Judging from the tepid applause in some pockets of the room as Obama walked to the lectern, plenty of Hillary Clinton supporters were in his midst. Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, including Barack "O'Bama," as the green signs read outside the hotel, where supporters waged a spirited chanting battle with the local Clinton crowd. Obama has traced one of his ancestors to Moneygall in County Offaly; apparently, the Illinois senator comes from shoemaking stock. "It never hurts to be a little Irish when you're running for the presidency," Obama said, departing after 10 minutes to notably louder applause.
Julie Judge, a local Obama supporter who was attending the dinner, conceded that the Scranton area "is much more for Hillary." In her phone calls to voters, "I won't say I haven't had some negative reactions." But she added, "He needs to come here. He needs to go to these smaller cities, and if he does, people can see him for themselves
Sad, isn’t it?
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