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Obama campaign says it will fill football stadium for convention’s finale
The Hill ^ | 09/01/2012 | Amie Parnes

Posted on 09/01/2012 7:31:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Team Obama promises it will fill every one of the seats in Charlotte’s mammoth football stadium Thursday night when President Obama closes the Democratic National Convention with a speech accepting his party’s nomination.

For weeks, Democrats have been concerned about filling Bank of America Stadium, home to the NFL’s Carolina Panthers. They feared a devastating image of an enthusiasm gap if Obama spoke to empty upper decks at the venue.

But the Obama campaign says it’s got it covered, and that all 73,778 of the stadium’s seats will be spoken for. The campaign also insists this success will showcase a ground operation that will help Obama win North Carolina for a second cycle in a row this November. “We’re confident we’ll be full,” Jen Psaki, the traveling Obama press secretary, told The Hill late last week. “We have a great ground operation in North Carolina and we’ve registered more voters than any other state.

“Our goal is to leave North Carolina better than we came in,” Psaki added.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: campaign; convention; dnc; northcarolina; obama
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To: SeekAndFind

They’ll be bussing them in from Chicago to Miami to New York and Boston to do it.


21 posted on 09/01/2012 7:43:20 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free, never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: SeekAndFind

They could bus in inmates from all federal prisons on the east coast.


22 posted on 09/01/2012 7:43:34 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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23 posted on 09/01/2012 7:44:16 PM PDT by tapatio (In memory of my Dad 5-27-26 2-4-2010)
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To: bunster

I hope at least one freeper with a phone cam gets in to take pictues of the empty seats that the MSM won’t show.


24 posted on 09/01/2012 7:44:43 PM PDT by IM2MAD
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To: SeekAndFind
That statue is f-in weird and creepy. Commissioned by his “humbleness” I'm sure.
25 posted on 09/01/2012 7:45:07 PM PDT by liberty or death
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To: SeekAndFind

Too funny...in the replies a commenter suggests that he will pay attendees and count it as a “job created”.


26 posted on 09/01/2012 7:45:40 PM PDT by lovesdogs (Nevermind what I post...I have clothespins handy and will vote for Mitt.)
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27 posted on 09/01/2012 7:46:27 PM PDT by Emperor Palpatine (I need a good stiff drink. How 'bout you?)
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To: SeekAndFind
We’re confident we’ll be full,”

They're full of something alright!

Unfortunately they forgot to put it correctly in this article.

28 posted on 09/01/2012 7:48:10 PM PDT by tapatio (In memory of my Dad 5-27-26 2-4-2010)
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To: liberty or death

they’re dropping free tickets from helicopters and tossing them out in front of welfare offices, bus stations and abortion clinics in a three state radius.

They’ll fill it up or force the owners to close sections of it (behind the camera) down..


29 posted on 09/01/2012 7:49:03 PM PDT by newnhdad (Where will you be during the Election Riots of 2012/2013?)
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To: Emperor Palpatine

You...gotta...be...kiddin’...me! LOL! He’s even got his Pepsodent smile working. The libtards love it.


30 posted on 09/01/2012 7:49:27 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Had enough of the freaks running the show yet?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Gee, it looks like his base is crumbling there.


31 posted on 09/01/2012 7:49:36 PM PDT by Humble Servant (Work for the most conservative one in the race, and keep up the pressure.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Spoken for and filled are entirely two different things.


32 posted on 09/01/2012 7:50:47 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wonder if they will pipe in fake applause overt the sound system.


33 posted on 09/01/2012 7:52:19 PM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: Humble Servant

“crumbling base” LOL

I think we are all getting giddy — but, ain’t it fun for a change.


34 posted on 09/01/2012 7:54:03 PM PDT by bunster
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35 posted on 09/01/2012 7:55:28 PM PDT by tomkat ( cured of white guilt in the 70s)
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To: SeekAndFind

“We’ve gotta have a great show, with a million laughs... and color... and a lot of lights to make it sparkle. And songs - wonderful songs. And after we get the people in that hall, we’ve gotta start em in laughing right away. Oh, can’t you just see it... ?”
— Judy Garland, “Babes In Arms”, 1939.


36 posted on 09/01/2012 7:55:35 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM)
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To: SeekAndFind
BRING OUT YOUR DEAD!
37 posted on 09/01/2012 7:55:54 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Resist * Recruit * Defend)
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To: SeekAndFind

In his first campaign he’d hire a band for a free concert to fill a venue, then walk out on the recently-emptied stage for his rally. I think if he did that plus had sixty busses of SIEU/ACORN/Teamsters he could pull it off, or the State-Run Media would make it look like he did.


38 posted on 09/01/2012 7:56:06 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: SeekAndFind

Filling the seats with blow up dolls doesnt count.


39 posted on 09/01/2012 7:56:38 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: rod1
Yes, and listen for the godly echo in the applause unless they figure out to
run that on a different channel than Obama.
40 posted on 09/01/2012 7:56:38 PM PDT by MaxMax
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