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Obama Ends Campaign in Half-Empty Arena
Briebart.com ^ | 5 Nov 2012, | Ben Shapiro

Posted on 11/05/2012 7:10:54 PM PST by forbushalltheway

President Obama’s big rally tonight turned out to be just like his first, opening salvo of the 2012 campaign: a half-empty arena in Ohio. According toRealClearPolitics’ Scott Conroy, there were “empty seats scattered around the upper-level of Nationwide Arena … Four years ago, after all, Obama was easily filling venues larger than that …” The event even featured Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z, and Obama still couldn’t fill it out.

As it turns out, the empty seats didn’t look exactly “scattered.” They looked like substantial portions of the upper bowl of the arena, according to photos tweeted by those in attendance:

And thus the Obama campaign comes full circle: from tepid open to lukewarm close in Ohio.

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KEYWORDS: brucespringsteen; endofcampaign; onetermobama
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To: forbushalltheway

I see enough room for a thousand Chris Christies up there!


21 posted on 11/05/2012 7:24:33 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: forbushalltheway

No! The arena was half-full!


22 posted on 11/05/2012 7:25:22 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: Billthedrill

Reminds me of my favorite Engineer Joke! to the Optimist it is half-full, to the Pessimist half-empty.....and to the Engineer, twice as big as it needs to be......


23 posted on 11/05/2012 7:25:28 PM PST by Be Careful
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To: Volunteer

The only thing more empty than those arenas were the skulls of the few Obamabots in them!


25 posted on 11/05/2012 7:25:38 PM PST by CPC24
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To: carriage_hill

That flag is owed some long-overdue respect.


26 posted on 11/05/2012 7:27:37 PM PST by aposiopetic
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To: forbushalltheway

Like it or not, the Illegal is POTUS and wasn’t in 2008. Lots of people will go to a rally just to see a POTUS. That being true, it’s astounding that the Illegal is profoundly failing to ge the crowds he got in 2008. GO MITTENS, GO!!!


27 posted on 11/05/2012 7:27:50 PM PST by libstripper
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To: forbushalltheway

There does appear to be a little ‘irony’ here (other than the Clint Eastwood ‘empty chair’ multiplied by many) the fact that you would know that if one such as Springsteen was a ‘supporter’ of yours he would probably be happy to ‘headline’ for you the day after the election, the point that comes up though is that BO ‘needs’ the help.

Kind of like

It is a great thing to be able to truthfully say I am healthy enough to work at 73.

The turn off is if you HAVE to work at 73.....


28 posted on 11/05/2012 7:28:01 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 BO/ 'Hope', "Hope in one hand and $hiite in the other and see which fills up first".)
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To: T Baden

Empty arena, empty chair.. empty suit? SURPRISED?


29 posted on 11/05/2012 7:28:17 PM PST by carlo3b (Less Government, more Fiber..)
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To: forbushalltheway
That arena is home of the Columbus Blue Jackets it holds around 21,000. It looks allot like 10,000 0r less. Springsteen hasn't played to that small of a crown in decades, I saw him at the Cleveland Municipal Stadium in ‘85 with only 75,0000 friends.
30 posted on 11/05/2012 7:28:20 PM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: forbushalltheway

Meanwhile, in New Hampshire, Romney will be at a rally tonight and from the tweets Im receiving the line for that event is unreal, something that has never been seen before..just keeps going and going and going


31 posted on 11/05/2012 7:29:11 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Be Careful
to the Engineer, twice as big as it needs to be......

That's three times built in for the margin of safety.

32 posted on 11/05/2012 7:30:40 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: Crimson Elephant
Well this is no longer the Jay-Z of The Blueprint or the Springsteen of Born to Run or the Obama of the receding oceans. These are guys deeply into the wind-down of their careers.
33 posted on 11/05/2012 7:31:02 PM PST by wideawake
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To: windsorknot

Based on pictures I’ve seen, my guess is considerably less than half full.


34 posted on 11/05/2012 7:31:33 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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</i> Hope that’s not necessary ever again.


35 posted on 11/05/2012 7:32:46 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: forbushalltheway

Only way this fraud ever stood in front of a full audience was as an appendage for a concert like The Dave Mathews Band.


36 posted on 11/05/2012 7:33:27 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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37 posted on 11/05/2012 7:33:32 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: forbushalltheway

The best revenge is an empty seat.


38 posted on 11/05/2012 7:34:07 PM PST by JPG (Make it happen)
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To: SeaHawkFan

Well, at least we know that Bronco Bama was full.......of himself.


39 posted on 11/05/2012 7:34:57 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: forbushalltheway

re·pu·di·a·tion (r-pyd-shn)
n.
1. The act of repudiating or the state of being repudiated.
2. The refusal, especially by public authorities, to acknowledge a contract or debt.

It has legal and business definitions as well but in sum it will mean, IMHO, the American public saying, “We made a huge mistake four years ago.”

So about this time tomorrow night after the massive public repudiation of The One Formerly Known As The Won, his lawyers’ job will be to convince him to golf, travel, play hoops and stay-the-hell-out-of-the-way, until the grown-ups take over.
There it is.


40 posted on 11/05/2012 7:35:14 PM PST by tumblindice (No more days.)
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