Posted on 10/30/2008 4:31:30 PM PDT by LiveFreepOrDie
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big honkin' flag to scare away marxists
it was a tad breezy, but a good time was had by all
behind the stage in shallow center, looking toward home plate
ditto
our fellow VIPers (lol)
the beautiful lady sitting below me 
young republicans and new Sarah fans
bleacher rocking made the entrance shots blurry, but here she's just started speaking
Todd & Sarah, upon hearing I was in attendance
this is but a small portion of the crowd !
a great sign to mark their departure ...
From your mouth to God’s ears!!!
forgot this little cutie !
I really think/hope PA's about to turn red again !
( and god how i loathe the color switch the presstitutes foisted on us ! )
Wonderful photos! You must have a very good camera.
I can attest to everyone having a good time, from the toddlers and kids clapping together their red and blue sticks, to the senior citizens cheering and waving signs, to the marvelous Montoursville H.S. marching band, band front, and exceptional cheerleaders...even the Secret Service guys seemed to be enjoying it all.
Sarah stopped at the yellow sign and talked to the kids who made it. She signed it for them, and I have a pic of it with her autograph that I’ll post tomorrow.
A more patriotic audience I have not seen in a long time.
I love your comment on the “big honking flag to scare away Marxists.”
This was our Gettysburg tonight. The tide has turned in Pennsylvania. McCain and Palin are surging ahead. I felt the electricity; the momentum; the forward march towards victory.
This election is a moment in time which decides whether or not we will go on as a great nation dedicated to liberty, or not. We are at a crucial turning point in American history. Our whole future as a free nation depends on this election.
Everyone—get out and VOTE for McCain and Palin!
Williamsport Sun-Gazette Endorses McCain
Oct 29, 2008
The next president of the United States must be a consensus builder to lead this nation through the treacherous terrain of our times economic struggle, bloated, debt-ridden government, Social Security, energy and health care crises and daunting foreign policy decisions on a nearly daily basis.
Sen. John McCain carries a 25-year record of compromise and consensus building, acknowledged foreign policy acumen and a lifetime record of military heroism. It is the ideal resume to qualify him as the next president of the United States. We endorse McCain for president based not on campaign trail excellence but on his record, which is the best indicator of what someone would do as our next leader.
The president is, first and foremost, the nation’s commander in chief. McCain’s record as a Navy aviator in the Vietnam War is a stirring story of patriotism and selflessness and his behavior as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam demonstrated his care values of duty, honor and country above all else.
It’s one thing to say national security is McCain’s strength. It’s quite another to have it on record. McCain was an early critic of the failed strategy in Iraq - and took heat from leaders of his own Republican Party for it. He was a proponent of new “surge,” was willing to put conviction and knowledge over the easier, more popular sentiment, and has been proven correct as the new Iraqi government has gained control of its destiny with the help of that surge.
McCain’s opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, was willing to promise a pullout date to our enemies and has openly talked of working with rogue dictators who possess weaponry that threatens our country’s very existence.
Had Congress reacted properly to an initiative McCain helped lead in 2005, the current financial crisis probably would not be occurring. McCain was co-sponsor of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, which would have reined in many of the abuses involving “subprime” mortgages.
These actions are a matter of record. When examining Obama, there is almost no record and what there is suggests someone who would govern much too far to the left at a time when the country desperately needs centrist solutions to solve the problems listed above.
Obama’s historic nomination should be a source of pride to all Americans, for it says much about where we have come as a nation. His oratory is often inspiring and he is clearly the more polished campaigner. But these strengths should not be allowed to obscure troubling questions about his experience and character. He was elected to the Senate only because of efforts by the Chicago political machine. His associations closer than he admits include William Ayers, a leader of the 1960s Weather Underground terrorist organization, and anti-American Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
While candidates should not be painted into a corner over everyone they have ever known, these are associations just too hard to ignore except by a national media obsessed with getting Obama elected and far too eager to inaccurately portray McCain as four more years of President Bush.
From a policy standpoint, Obama’s tax cut plan is a thinly disguised transfer of wealth that borders on socialism and would do critical harm to the small businesses that employ most Americans. His promise to cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans makes great campaign oratory, but it simply can’t be done since about 40 percent of Americans don’t pay federal taxes.
He promises change. Candidates have been promising that for decades. Just because he does it more eloquently than most doesn’t separate him from all the others who have done so, especially when his record suggests he would not be able to garner consensus needed to effect such change.
We endorse McCain for a lifetime record of dedication to this country and a proven ability to build consensus.
It's a Canon SD400 .. takes nice shots but it's only 5MP and not so great with zoom over ~50'. Also agree re the SecServ guys .. they usually look pretty grim at the detectors, but saw a couple of 'em actually crack a smile !
Dunno what she had in it that she was nervous about, but the SS guy told the woman ahead of me in line to not worry at all about what was in her purse .. as long as it wasn't a weapon they didn't much care, and (w/emphasis) 'they'd seen it all'.
I bet .. LOL
That yellow sign girl was sitting just to our right, but bolted when S/T started leaving, so she must've headed to the exit ramp with a pen.
Before it all started, one of the campaign geeks told her she couldn't hold it up during the speech, because of the live CNN feed I guess .. I told her 'that blows' and her group of girlfriends heartily agreed, but seems she got it some 'air time' toward the end after all.
All in all a fine evening to lead into winning this state back in spite of the voting dead and derelict in Philly.
Great photos, thanks so much for posting them for us who live real far away from there. :)
Wow Sarah had five rallies on Saturday.
What happened to Sunday?
PA is very winnable.
It’s almost always the same MO with the trolls. They make what they think is a definitive statement in their own MSM twisted minds, and then when they are called out on it, they disappear.
C’mon Maria, usted se puede... respond, logically respond to your allegations that PA is “over”.
Hmm, we’re listening.....oh my, the lib silence is once again deafening.
Washington state is getting no love.....
I should have been more accurate. Attending VIPs mentioned in beginning of her speech:
Palin on the Stump in Erie, Pennsylvania
By Sarah Palin
Thank you. It’s good to be in Erie, Pennsylvania, and I appreciate the hospitality of Penn State. I’m grateful as well to our distinguished guests: Governor Tom Ridge, former CIA Director Jim Woolsey, John Lehman, the 17th secretary of the Navy, Ambassador Rich Williamson, Admiral Marsha Evans and retired three-star General Carol Mutter of the United States Marine Corps: I thank all of you for joining us.
Transcript of entire speech here:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/10/palin_on_the_stump_in_erie_pen.html
Yes, I was fortunate enough to be there. We arrived at 4:30 and were in Bowman Field by 5:30. We had a good time in the stands chatting with like-minded people, some of them Democrats. There was a real feeling of camaraderie, and much patriotism.
I was the first one to spot the motorcade approaching the place, and I stood up and pointed to where it was. People were so excited. They stood up and gave rousing cheers even before Sarah was inside the stadium. Two Phillipino women next to me were in tears. They chanted “We Love Sarah”.
The field was aglow with good cheer and what I can only call REAL Americanism.
Not what the other guy represents, with his loser commie buddies Ayers, Dohrn, Jeremiah Wright, Father Pfleger, Rezko, Mayor Daly, etc. And the leftist cowards of the lying mainstream media who fawn over him like the syrupy sycophants that they are.
Sarah and John are THE REAL THING...true Americans from the word “GO!”
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