Posted on 09/16/2008 5:22:29 PM PDT by curth
7,000 cheer McCain, Palin near Youngstown
Senator says he would shape up Wall Street
By Stephanie Warsmith Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 06:38 p.m. EDT, Sep 16, 2008
VIENNA: Sen. John McCain promised a crowd of more than 7,000 Tuesday near Youngstown that he would get tough on Wall Street.
''Government has the responsibility to act in the public interests,'' he told the boisterous audience that filled an expansive hangar at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. ''That's exactly what I intend to do.''
The crowd was eager to hear McCain and running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who made their first joint Northeast Ohio appearance.
Palin was clearly a big draw for many, including a few women who waved their lipsticks in the air — a reference to a quip Palin made during the Republican National Convention.
Many wore McCain-Palin T-shirts and buttons and waved signs in the air.
McCain and Palin were both joined by their spouses.
Palin had been in Canton on Monday, where she attended a $2,500-a-plate fundraiser at the Brookside Country Club that raised nearly $1 million for the Republican National Committee, W.J. ''Tim'' Timken Jr., the Timken Co. chairman, told the Canton Repository.
Prior to the Tuesday rally, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign held a conference call taking aim at a remark McCain made Monday that ''the fundamentals of our economy are strong.''
Sen. Sherrod Brown and U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan said this comment shows how McCain is out of touch with people in Ohio and across the country who are struggling.
''This week, the contrast is clearer than ever,'' Brown said. ''Barack Obama will fight for the middle class.''
VIENNA: Sen. John McCain promised a crowd of more than 7,000 Tuesday near Youngstown that he would get tough on Wall Street.
''Government has the responsibility to act in the public interests,'' he told the boisterous audience that filled an expansive hangar at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. ''That's exactly what I intend to do.''
The crowd was eager to hear McCain and running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who made their first joint Northeast Ohio appearance.
Palin was clearly a big draw for many, including a few women who waved their lipsticks in the air — a reference to a quip Palin made during the Republican National Convention.
Many wore McCain-Palin T-shirts and buttons and waved signs in the air.
McCain and Palin were both joined by their spouses.
Palin had been in Canton on Monday, where she attended a $2,500-a-plate fundraiser at the Brookside Country Club that raised nearly $1 million for the Republican National Committee, W.J. ''Tim'' Timken Jr., the Timken Co. chairman, told the Canton Repository.
Prior to the Tuesday rally, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign held a conference call taking aim at a remark McCain made Monday that ''the fundamentals of our economy are strong.''
Sen. Sherrod Brown and U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan said this comment shows how McCain is out of touch with people in Ohio and across the country who are struggling.
''This week, the contrast is clearer than ever,'' Brown said. ''Barack Obama will fight for the middle class.''
It would be awesome. I went to college in Youngstown. I knew there must have been some Republicans there! LOL
Great pic of Todd!
Yeah, yeah.
Rub it in! Ya gonna get the Lincoln Bedroom next?
(Cheesy political insiders alert!) 8<)
Bttt
PBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTT!
Yes I am jealous, what of it? :) Seriously, Congrats!
There’s one more “B” ...
(But I usually use the nominative future perfect predictative object PBBBBBBBBBBBBBTTTTTTTTTTTTTPPPPPPPPPP!!! form - at least in public.)
Am I supposed to put it back up? I don’’t know how to do that?
Ooooh! Thanks for the idea! Wait, on second thought... I trust GWB, but I bet if I took a blue light to that carpet, there would still be remnants of Clinton there. No thanks!
LOL!
I’m hoping we get great seats. There are 1000 tickets or the inner circle, so it may turn into a cat fight. At the very least, hoping for some great pics.
I liked your response to the picture.
bttt just means bump to the top.
ROFLMAO! Thanks, oh wise one.
The first thing my wife said to me when she saw Todd Palin...”He looks like Trevor Hoffman”.
He's a great guy (Trevor) by the way. Coaches in the local little league, always enjoys interacting with the kids. Just like Todd Palin seems to be. And about the same age. Maybe they were separated at birth?
barf!
Thud!
Presidue? :-0
dvwjr
They haven't been within 500 miles. They are campaigning in battleground states only, and Barack is following them around.
There is plenty of time yet. They have time to swing through the South, and better now than later. Later they can come back and concentrate on the battleground states.
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