I’ll add my take.
McCain and Palin’s speeches were typical stump speeches, most of which I had heard before - but it did not dampen the enthusiam. The crowd was pumped and the women were over the top excited - myself included.
When McCain and Palin were leaving the park in the Straight Talk Express and when the traffic stopped them they got out of the bus and shook handed, people were running and going crazy! I can imagine it was a Secret Service Nightmare. I didn’t get up there in time to see them, but some people I met got some great pictures of Sarah, TOdd and McCain.
The logistics of the event were the best they could be given the circustances surrounding the FFX HS venue fiasco. They had less than 48 hours to get 23,000 people to and from an outdoor venue in the middle of a congested, traffic challenged town. For anyone that knows the City of Fairfax, it is hard to navigate in a car on a good day. The buses taking people back to the shopping center were late and clogged in traffic so I decided to walk, it was about 2 miles and was a nice day. There were plenty of people walking and everyone was holding their signs up and getting honks from traffic. No one was complaining about the walk - they were still on a high from the event.
I navigated the day alone and talked to many people - it was refreshing and there is a real excitement out there.
When these two get into office, maybe there will be some Freeper events planned in DC again--this time to back the president, not get rid of him--LOL! How fun that could be!
Thanks for adding your personal story. And it was right after my ping, so it will get read.
[Mr] T