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REJECTED: Obama, Biden Play to Half-Full Arena in Last 2010 Campaign Stop
Sunday, October 31, 2010 | Kristinn

Posted on 10/31/2010 12:43:37 PM PDT by kristinn

Brack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden made their last campaign rally appearance in a nearly half-empty college arena in Cleveland today.

CBS News' Mark Knoller Tweeted that the Democrat National Committtee says that the 13,600 seat arena had about 8,000 in attendance for the rally held at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center.

Before the rally, the Associated Press speculated that the crowd was not going to fill the arena.

Obama's (sic) was expected to appear about 2:30 p.m. at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center. A crowd was trickling in about an hour before the president was expected, raising questions whether the arena, which can hold up to 14,000 people, would be filled.

At 1:30 p.m., only the lower bowl was full, though hundreds of people had crowded onto a portion of the floor before the stage.

Knoller's Tweet:

DNC says there were 8,000 people at the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State Univ. Full capacity is about 13,600.
19 minutes ago via web


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 2010midterms; biden; clevelandstate; democrats; elections; fail; obama; oh; oh2010
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To: kristinn

If the DNC says there were 8,000 people, there weren’t.


81 posted on 10/31/2010 2:47:00 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Class warfare is Obama's thing.)
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To: kabar
"Blame the NFL."

Browns are on the bye week so it wasn't because of a Browns Home Game...

Besides during the 08 Campaign Obama had a huge rally in Cleveland during a Browns Home Game and it was SRO at the Obama Rally then...

82 posted on 10/31/2010 2:50:33 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: jazusamo

It looks half-empty to me.


83 posted on 10/31/2010 3:08:50 PM PDT by Hoodat ( .For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.d)
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To: Cobra64
How about, in addition to things mentioned above, the Secret Service?

Does anyone see any? At every Bush rally I've been to or watched there were guys in dark suits with folded hands, looking serious and looking through the crowd.

Anyone see any in this photo? I can't.

84 posted on 10/31/2010 3:11:18 PM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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To: Cobra64
Sarah Palin, and a flag.

Cheers!

85 posted on 10/31/2010 3:12:58 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: jazusamo

ROFL!


86 posted on 10/31/2010 3:14:41 PM PDT by onyx (If you truly support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: ohioWfan

BTTT

I am LOL


87 posted on 10/31/2010 3:15:32 PM PDT by onyx (If you truly support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: Cobra64
Question: Besides the absence of people filling seats, what is missing from this picture?

An 18 inch high model of Stonehenge and dancing dwarfs.
88 posted on 10/31/2010 3:20:51 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Worst. Post-Racial. And Post-Partisan. Agent Of Hope And Change. EVER.)
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To: kristinn
Obama's (sic) was expected to appear about 2:30 p.m. at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center.

In this case, "sic" stands for "sorry butt."

89 posted on 10/31/2010 3:27:33 PM PDT by Rocky (REPEAL IT!)
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To: onyx
Howdy stranger!

Funny how the 'unpopular President sells out his appearances within minutes of the tickets going on sale and the 'Messiah' can't fill the cheap seats, even with the ever- amusing VP in tow.

Life is good. :)

90 posted on 10/31/2010 3:31:42 PM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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To: smokingfrog

Every president has the right and responsibility to showcase the presidential seal of office in any public forum, whether it is partisan politics or not.

Like him or not, Obama is the President of the United States. I am sure that you would want Presidents Reagan, Bush, Nixon or Eisenhower to have the same right. As they did.

It is part of our reverance for the office.


91 posted on 10/31/2010 3:38:51 PM PDT by mwl8787
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To: ohioWfan

I counted 23 “other than white” and the rest came mainly from a local assisted living facility. Maybe the folks from the assisted living facility thought they were going to a Bingo marathon when they were loaded on to the bus?

I wonder how many were local yokels and how many were shills (paid for by the unions at a non union rate) brought in from maybe Canada?


92 posted on 10/31/2010 3:41:51 PM PDT by libertyhoundusnr
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To: chilltherats

No, Obama is not coming to DE on Monday. This was another stunt peddled by Christine O’Donnell’s people.

Biden is having a rally in Wilminton on Monday afternoon, which has been scheduled for some time.


93 posted on 10/31/2010 3:42:21 PM PDT by mwl8787
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To: mwl8787

Isn’t Wilmington in DE?


94 posted on 10/31/2010 3:43:49 PM PDT by chilltherats (He was born with a roaring voice, and it had the trick of inflaming half-wits against their betters)
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To: libertyhoundusnr
I'm sure they dragged a few people off the streets when they realized that they were giving a party and no one showed up, and even that was obviously not successful.

And this is in CLEVELAND!

We Ohioans find this delicious!

95 posted on 10/31/2010 3:45:43 PM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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To: Libloather
HELLO CLEVELAND!

LOL...they musta made a wrong turn at the jog.

96 posted on 10/31/2010 3:47:34 PM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: ohioWfan

LOL. I am always here.! I’m just busy with our FReep-a-Thon thread and Sarah Palin’s Ping List, plus trying to not miss a minute of TEA PARTY EXPRESS. I feel guilty for not posting my thanks and appreciation to everyone on the DOSE! Thankfully, I am pinged so I get to see the wonderful photos and posts on my ping page.

Your state is going back to mostly RED on Tuesday!
Life *is* good particularly when a lot of the Marxists and anti-Americans are being voted OUT on Tuesday!

God bless all patriot Americans!


97 posted on 10/31/2010 3:51:26 PM PDT by onyx (If you truly support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: jazusamo

my, how “THE GREAT I WON” has fallen.

big time.


98 posted on 10/31/2010 3:51:31 PM PDT by a real Sheila (REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER! REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER! REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!)
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To: grey_whiskers
Sarah Palin, and a flag.

Yup/ A few thousand of these are missing from that photo:

.

99 posted on 10/31/2010 3:54:09 PM PDT by Cobra64
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To: onyx
Amen!

It's going to be SO sweet to watch my state get back on track starting Tuesday.

(Actually, I'm not going to watch......I'm going to keep working to make sure it happens!)

100 posted on 10/31/2010 3:54:18 PM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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