Posted on 09/21/2008 3:40:53 PM PDT by kristinn
Gannett owned website. Headline and link only. Will look for another postable source. The article says the fire chief estimates the crowd today at Palin's rally at 70,000.
http://news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080921/NEWS0107/80921022
LOL! My husband told me last night he was going to sign on to start a thread on what to do when you lose you spouse to FR during high news cycles like elections.
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Hey, my darling dh said he’d be the first to sign up! He might even be a co-sponser to your dh’s thread.
Me too! 13,000 showed up on a Friday morning here in Minnesota on a work day. Imagine the turn out on a weekend.
My confidence in winning this thing is building because I believe in the goodness in people. Obama offers nothing of the sort.
FREE BEER FOR THE GERMANS!!!
Having been there and remembering the great times!!
Thats like giving GOLD to The SWISS!
The Messiah shoulda had 2,000,000 minimum if he was any good!
Shoot, I don’t even know where to find CBS. It’s been that long. Oh, there it is.
“McCain just lost my vote when he said that Andrew Cuomo would be a good choice for SEC chairman, is he nuts?”
Easy now. Let them think that. There are thousands of vote to be had with this statement. Just like what he did with his VP choice, when it’s time, he’ll do the right thing.
You're thinking Obama would pick someone more conservative?
Yes, he's nuts. Like Bush, he thinks reaching across the aisle will curry favor with democrats and voters. Like Bush, he is wrong.
Check out Trig’s right hand in post 92.
“My Mom is #1”
Palin Draws Crowd of 70,000 in the Villages . . . Can somebody post picture of these sea of people?
Fear not...Andrew wants to be Governor of NY.
You got a broken index finger?
They changed the headline to 60,000.
LOVE that Piper!!
So much for my nap ... ;)
BTTT!!!
The fire chief clearly states that the estimated crowd was 60,000.
70,000 is the population of “The Villages”.
May I suggest that you ask a mod to correct the thread title?
(60,000 is nothing to be ashamed of!)
LOL - Griff is on right now - what a necktie he’s wearing!
Sarah Palin tonight attracted the largest crowd yet to any Republican campaign event this cycle, drawing tens of thousands of Floridians out in a conservative-leaning retirement community north of Orlando for a solo rally.
Exactly how many voters Palin, making her first campaign trek to the Sunshine State, had in The Villages is uncertain.
Mike Tucker, a local fire marshal, estimated 60,000. But reporters on the ground, including AP's Brendan Farrington and my colleague Ken Vogel, would only say "tens of thousands," suggesting the marshal's estimate was on the high side. The St. Pete Times's Adam Smith had another fire official in the crowd say it was about 25,000.
Regardless, the size of the crowd underscores just how enthused conservatives are for Palin and the sort of buzz she's still able to drive nearing a month after her introduction as John McCain's running mate.
SNIP
Listening to John Batchelor on WABC and John Fund from the WSJ. The Paulson bailout bill has language that is staggering; along the lines of: "Decisions made under this bill are non-reviewable by any entity." This would make the secretary of the Treasury the most powerful man in government with respect to finance. They also question whether we are actually in as bad an economic crisis as everyone is saying. Finally, they say this helps Obama in the short term as McCain went through the week flailing around on the issue.
What is really disturbing is the language in the proposed fix that gives too much power to the SecTreas. Mark Levin on Friday said government taking actions like this was socialism (something Obama no doubt will applaud).
great pics
thanks
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