Posted on 07/15/2009 9:13:34 AM PDT by MaxCUA
We thought St. Louis liked Barack Obama, but the audio tells a different tale. Much different.
We're not sure what the unemployment rate is in the city (it is 9.7% nationally), but from the sounds of things, it might be relatively higher in Missouri than in other parts of the USA.
What makes this reaction so shocking is that St. Louis was one of the crucial urban centers which Obama carried in 2008 that enabled him to closely contest the state of Missouri against John McCain.
Obama won only about five counties in the entire state, but one was St. Louis' Independent City.
Further, St. Louis was the site of the president's largest domestic campaign rally, drawing and estimated 100,000 gatherers.
It appears that James Carville's "It's the economy, stupid" pronouncement is as prophetic as ever. As the nation struggles to regain its financial footing, it appears the skeptics have found their collective voice.
Here's Politico's write-up of the First Pitch ceremony:
"Obama's first pitch a success"
“Did he bounce the pitch? I am guessing because the catch wasnt shown.
The catcher was squating on the plate rather than behind it and still had to lean forward to catch it. It looked to be about a 57 or 58 foot pitch. And that was after a high, arcing throw that had no speed on it....”
Yeah, even Fox covered for this POS. On the Fox video, you can see the camera follow the pitch for a sec until they realized its a girly whimp pitch and they pull the camera back....
He’s a metrosexual/bi-sexual girly man
“because the *allegedly American* Idol president was going to be there”
Fixed that for ya....:)
They weren’t booing, they were saying “boo-rack”.
Let’s ask some Cleveland “demographically correct” churches about buses and votes, shall we......
It will happen by the end of the year
Yep. He short-hopped the plate after throwing like a sissy. I had seen video of his pitch at the Sox game earlier this year. I just had to watch his throwing “style” live.
Replay during the game showed the result of his “throw”.
Even though we hear about how much Opossum likes to play basketball, we have absolutely no video of him playing. I speculate that his handlers (and media) are covering for his lack of athletic coordination.
I’m betting I could take him in 1:1 followed by a game of HORSE. And I’m 5’8” and over 50.
How about Jimma Cattta’s first pitch.He looked like a retarded circus monkey.B.O.’s pitch was pretty gay.W was throwing heat in 2001.
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