Posted on 09/21/2008 7:39:14 PM PDT by radar101
LADY LAKE, Florida (CNN) – The Villages, which bills itself as “Florida’s premier active adult retirement community,” is a regular stopover for presidential candidates hunting for votes in this quadrennial electoral battleground.
Sarah Palin chose this sprawling golf haven as the place to make her Florida debut on Saturday, just her fifth campaign event apart from John McCain since becoming the vice presidential nominee. It may have been a wise choice, if only for the optics — on the same day Barack Obama drew over 20,000 voters to an outdoor rally in North Carolina, Palin attracted tens of thousands of her own sun-baked supporters.
Though the audience was one of the Palin’s largest to date, the actual size of the crowd could not be verified. According Mike Tucker, the fire chief of The Villages who was made available to the press by the McCain campaign, 60,000 people crammed into the streets to see Palin speak.
“There were people down the side streets, people down in the parking areas, people who couldn't quite make it around to the main areas,” Tucker said, adding that many people were let into the rally without tickets, making the crowd count impossible to verify.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Have you sent this to Newsbusters ?
She has yet to be accused of being the anti-Christ. Maybe that's the October Surprise.
That Biden picture was taken at a rally not too far from his Delaware hometown too. Snickers....sorry just can’t help it.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/palin-flies-solo-in-florida/
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The electricity – and the heat – was palpable as Mrs. Palin beamed in front of the enormous crowd, most of whom had spent the entire afternoon standing in the sweltering 90-degree temperatures in a plaza at a retirement complex here.
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No mention of crowd estimates in the article.
LOL. Great shots.
You might send those two pics to poor Jack Cafferty who is wondering if Sarah’s “fifteen minutes” might be over:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/09/21/jack-cafferty-sarah-palins-15-minutes-fame-over
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Yeah...and best of all a GREAT speach from Sarah...really zinged into 0bambi....biden will be toast...no..make that CARBONATED. :-)
LOL! Great pictures!
I was at the Palin rally and filed my report here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2087306/posts?page=368#368
Apparently Florida has a lot of Hockey Moms!
Yeah, when the Florida Panters played in the Stanley Cup, people were throwing RATS into the rink every time they scored!!!
20,000 sounds larger than tens of thousands. It would have hurt the anointed one if they’d said he drew 20,000 and she drew in excess of 50,000. All the media is taking the tact of not reporting the size of her crowd and playing up his crowd.
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