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Many gathered for Palin rally in Omaha(watch live!!)
omaha.com ^

Posted on 10/05/2008 5:29:57 PM PDT by maccaca

The more criticism heaped on Sarah Palin, the more her Nebraska fans said Sunday they would rally around the Republican vice presidential candidate with the folksy demeanor.

Palin, several Republicans said, has been unfairly maligned by Democratic critics and "gotcha" journalists who don't like the Alaska governor because she's a political outsider with down-home roots.

"She's one of us. She has a family and she has a job," said Carolyn Gigstad, a Republican from Syracuse, Neb., who was a working mother until a couple of years ago.

"I think she has a lot more on the ball than a lot of people give her credit for," Gigstad said.

She was among those who waited in line Sunday afternoon for several hours to get a good seat to listen to Palin speak at the Omaha Civic Auditorium, 18th Street and Capitol Avenue.

Sarah Palin rally in Omaha Many had to hire babysitters and cancel family dinners to make time for Palin's last-minute visit to Nebraska.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: ne2008; palin; rallyreport; swingstates
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To: maccaca

Nebraska? I gotta ask...6 points down in the polls why is she in a safe state? Didn’t Obama pull out of the state already? Shouldn’t she be in Colorado or Nevada or Ohio? Just asking. Nothing against NE, just seems silly to waste valuable time.


21 posted on 10/05/2008 5:49:48 PM PDT by The Hound Passer
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To: scottinoc

American Exceptionalism!


22 posted on 10/05/2008 5:50:51 PM PDT by 50cal Smokepole (John Gard for Congress; WI 8th CD)
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To: maccaca

It’s already started! Click on the link!!!


23 posted on 10/05/2008 5:50:57 PM PDT by maccaca (puma)
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To: 50cal Smokepole

Love the boots too!


24 posted on 10/05/2008 5:51:14 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: The Hound Passer

Shoring up red states doesn’t hurt. She will be living in FL tomorrow.


25 posted on 10/05/2008 5:52:19 PM PDT by flyfree (Biden is no Palin and Obama is no McCain)
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To: The Hound Passer
NE’s electoral votes are by district, one district there I heard was not so safe, thus the trip to NE. If a close election, that one EV could make a difference.
26 posted on 10/05/2008 5:52:19 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Lipstick wearing Okie Moosehead!)
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To: The Hound Passer

Nebraska isn’t winner take all. They have to ensure that they win all districts


27 posted on 10/05/2008 5:52:22 PM PDT by wiseprince
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To: The Hound Passer
A brief, in transit stop? Fund raiser? She was a hit, for sure!
28 posted on 10/05/2008 5:52:30 PM PDT by 50cal Smokepole (John Gard for Congress; WI 8th CD)
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To: maccaca

She’s the Rock Star, not Nobama. Man, the crowd just LOVES her.

And so do I. :)


29 posted on 10/05/2008 5:53:25 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: forYourChildrenVote4Bush

I just love hearing Sarah, and seeing how the crowd reacts to her and how they react to her.. Sarah is superstar!


30 posted on 10/05/2008 5:53:55 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ( Our Mamma beats your Obama)
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To: maccaca

Thank you again.


31 posted on 10/05/2008 5:54:48 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ( Our Mamma beats your Obama)
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To: 50cal Smokepole

I like the hugs - initiated by a couple of the gals she met. At first I thought it was her daughter!


32 posted on 10/05/2008 5:55:30 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant, Never Fearful)
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To: maccaca

Sarah is just great.


33 posted on 10/05/2008 5:55:30 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: flyfree

I would feel much better if they would do something similar in VA and NC soon


34 posted on 10/05/2008 5:55:42 PM PDT by wiseprince
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To: CE2949BB

Thanks for posting the video link.

The more I see of Sarah Palin, the more completely blown away I am. She completely grips the crowd; she knows “how to work an audience,” as they say in show business.

I thought it was just great when she owned up to weak interviews with Katie Couric by claiming that she was trying to give Tina Fey more material — “job security at Saturday Night Live” — as she called it. Hilarious!

Note to Sarah: MORE! WE WANT MORE!


35 posted on 10/05/2008 5:58:31 PM PDT by GoodDay (McCain-Palin '08)
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To: maccaca

I find it strange that the Omaha World Herald IS live-casting an Event that they failed to Announce or plug {as coming soon, to OUR City}.

I worked until 6, this evening and copuldn’t have attended. But my spouse would have liked to attend.


36 posted on 10/05/2008 6:00:03 PM PDT by PizzaDriver (an heinleinian/libertarian)
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To: maccaca
Another day of unparalleled awesomeness for Governor Sarah.

She is the real deal, the biggest political rock star of the 21st century.

37 posted on 10/05/2008 6:00:16 PM PDT by TheFourthMagi
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To: wiseprince

Road to Victory Rally: Tuesday October 7th in Greenville, NC
Please join Governor Sarah Palin for a Road to Victory Rally in Greenville, NC on Tuesday October 7th.

http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Calendar/Detail.aspx?guid=1c34c474-569d-4d7e-8387-d2881767d334


38 posted on 10/05/2008 6:01:02 PM PDT by flyfree (Biden is no Palin and Obama is no McCain)
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To: flyfree

7:49: Palin ended her speech with a rousing call to support McCain: “There is only one man in this campaign who has ever really fought for you,” she said to cheers. “That man is John McCain. Thank you, Nebraska, God bless you and God bless America.”

* * *

7:46 p.m.: Palin took a swipe at the mainstream media for not questioning Obama about his plan to cut taxes.

She also described a “less than successful interview” with “someone in the mainstream media,” to a chorus of audience boos.

She then said she wanted to give Tina Fey “more material.”

“Job security for Saturday Night Live,” she said, referencing the former SNL writer and Emmy-winning star.

She referenced the Katie Couric question: “What do you read?”

When Palin said she was reading yesterday’s New York Times, the people shouted “Boo!”

* * *

7:43 p.m.: Palin began to discuss her plan for energy independence and was interrupted by the familiar chant, “drill baby drill!”

“High gas prices make a full tank of gas feel like a luxury,” she said. “Everything is going up but the value of your paycheck is going down. And that’s because of your energy costs.”

She went on to reiterate the McCain theme of arriving at energy independence through an “all-of-the-above approach.”

“Also, and it does mean, we need to drill here and drill now,” she said as the room that erupted by screams.

* * *

7:34 p.m.: Palin said the pundits have cast her appearance in Omaha as a signal that Republicans are afraid.

She said she “so wanted to reach into that TV and say, ‘No. I’m going to Nebraska because I want to go to Nebraska.”

She said good things have come from Omaha and highlighted UNO’s hockey team, the Mavericks.

“Maybe it’s just the name of the team . . . I love that cheer, ‘Go Mavericks!’”

* * *

7:25 p.m.: Cheers and applause rang out over the crowd as Gov. Sarah Palin took the stage.

- Elizabeth Ahlin


39 posted on 10/05/2008 6:03:00 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Lipstick wearing Okie Moosehead!)
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To: GoodDay

More:

McCain Campaign Calendar:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098332/posts


40 posted on 10/05/2008 6:03:34 PM PDT by flyfree (Biden is no Palin and Obama is no McCain)
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