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Posted on 08/05/2008 5:52:25 AM PDT by JDoutrider
Used to religiously go every other year, but have cut it down to every five since the 50th Rally...
Yo! Martin! Please Ping the list!
Looks like everyone partied hardy with McCain last night, not much action this early! Give it till about 11am and the action should be getting hot!
Here’s YOUR Ping!
Too early I guess!
Great event. Glad McCain went.
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So when are you going to put that gorgeous wife of yours on the back of one of those Milwaukee Vibrators and join us on the Sturgis Pilgrimage?
bttt
Snap-On “Ultra” is the giveaway. >:-}
bttt and ping
There’s always the new Trikes!
Soon to be the roar of over 500,000 Harleys (and assorted other bikes!)
Candidate McCain pumps energy policy at the Chip
By Kevin Woster, Journal staff
http://www.sturgisrallydaily.com/sturgis_rally_news/news/2008_rally_news.php?news_story=doc4897d94106dca717274020
STURGIS — In his first-ever stop at the always-raucous Buffalo Chip Campground, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain had thousands of boisterous supporters — and more than a few loud motorcycles — rocking and rumbling Monday night as he slammed his Democratic opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, for being weak on energy and national defense.
Joined on stage at the well-known Sturgis rally venue by his wife, Cindy, daughter, Meghan, Sen. John Thune and Gov. Mike Rounds, as well as military veterans, McCain argued that Obama’s energy plan was based on weak conservation premises rather than needed oil exploration drilling.
Referring to recent comments by Obama that properly inflated tires and well-tuned cars can help reduce the need for more oil production, McCain continued the “drill now-drill here” message that has become a focus of his energy plan.
“I’ll tell you that when I’m president, we’re not going to be paying $4 for gas. We’re going to drill offshore, and we’re going to drill now,” McCain said. “My opponent doesn’t want to drill. He doesn’t want nuclear power. He wants you to inflate your tires.”
McCain spoke for only about seven minutes, focusing on the two issues he discussed in more detail with a few local journalists during a bus ride from Rapid City — where he was to spend the night at the Hotel Alex Johnson — to the Buffalo Chip, by way of Interstate 90 and a circuitous sidetrack on dusty gravel roads. During the ride, the Arizona Republican predicted a rousing response to his energy points, and wasn’t disappointed. The crowd reacted with cheers and the roar of strategically placed Harley-Davidson motorcycles in the audience.
McCain got a similar response when he criticized Obama for wanting to set time lines for withdrawing troops from Iraq.
“My opponent wants to set a date to come home,” McCain said. “I want us to come home with victory and honor, so we’ll never have to go back again.”
Believers in the crowd included Jerry Duffy, a 47-year-old software engineer from Newcastle, Ind., who is attending his seventh Sturgis rally and predicted a McCain win in November.
“He’s going to rock and roll, because he’s all about heart. He’s all about America,” Duffy said. “His heart’s with the American people, the common people.”
McCain returned the compliment, by the thousands, telling the crowd that the rumble of motorcycles was “the sound of freedom.” He also gave Obama a dig for the exuberant welcome the Illinois Democrat recently received in Europe.
“As you know, not long ago a couple hundred thousand Berliners made a lot of noise for my opponent,” McCain said. “I’ll take the roar of 50,000 Harleys every day.”
He might not have gotten quite that many Monday night. But at times, it sounded like it.
Contact Kevin Woster at 394-8413 or kevin.woster@rapidcityjournal.com
bttt
This is one of the reasons I’ll be voting for the old warrior!
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