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PALIN DRAWS CROWD OF 70,000 IN THE VILLAGES (FLORIDA RALLY 9/21/08)
News-Press
| Sunday, September 21, 2008
| Bill Cotterell
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
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: election; electionpresident; elections; fl; mccainpalin; palin; palinping; palinpraise; palinrally; rallyreport; sarahpalin; villages
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To: kristinn
PALIN DRAWS CROWD OF 60,000 IN FLORIDA
261
posted on
09/21/2008 6:03:59 PM PDT
by
Miss Didi
("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
To: thesearethetimes...
Sheepish look... Worms...somewhere my son is laughing. Monty Python too...definitely one of my Emily Litella moments, lol.
Tatt
262
posted on
09/21/2008 6:05:50 PM PDT
by
thesearethetimes...
("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
To: Vision Thing
Actually, before Palin became the VP nominee, a whole bunch of us FReepers barely paid attention to the elections.Very true; I was one of them.
263
posted on
09/21/2008 6:06:08 PM PDT
by
6323cd
(Proud sister of Gloria, age 41, who happens to have Down's Syndrome)
To: rabidralph
It was reallly cute because Piper thanked us all for letting her be there. My 5 year old daughter wants to play with her. She’d even share her toys.
264
posted on
09/21/2008 6:06:30 PM PDT
by
Big Guy and Rusty 99
(Burn Hollywood, Burn! I feel a backlash going on.)
To: Tree of Liberty
"
I believe I read at Politico that theyve already, in essence, written off Florida." No, Florida wrote them off! :o)
265
posted on
09/21/2008 6:06:44 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
( If Obama had Palin's resume and experience Obama would be qualified to be VP too.)
To: Big Guy and Rusty 99
So wonderful to hear! Went to the McCain rally in Jax, and enjoyed the heck out of all the wonderful people! Very happy crowd :)
Tatt
266
posted on
09/21/2008 6:07:53 PM PDT
by
thesearethetimes...
("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
To: STARWISE
267
posted on
09/21/2008 6:10:59 PM PDT
by
snugs
((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
To: STARWISE
We know Tonys watching all this with glee.I've been thinking about him so much all this month; I'm sure he's getting some celestial jollies at recent events. Dang, now my monitor's gone blurry.
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posted on
09/21/2008 6:12:35 PM PDT
by
6323cd
(Proud sister of Gloria, age 41, who happens to have Down's Syndrome)
To: Miss Didi
To: Lady Heron
Mine is sitting here coming up with silly names for his new freeper name, the last one was the Holy Hand Grenade.You could always suggest "Brother Maynard"!
270
posted on
09/21/2008 6:14:19 PM PDT
by
6323cd
(Proud sister of Gloria, age 41, who happens to have Down's Syndrome)
To: kristinn
and Palin did not need Greek Columns!
To: Ancient Drive
Her legs are “greek columns”!!!!
And I mean that in the best way!!!
She is a handsome woman.
To: Big Guy and Rusty 99
Anymore details? Any PUMAs?
To: Nik Naym
"
May I suggest that you ask a mod to correct the thread title?" There were less biased estimates around 100,000
274
posted on
09/21/2008 6:20:35 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
( If Obama had Palin's resume and experience Obama would be qualified to be VP too.)
To: All
CNN's take on the crowd:
Though the audience was one of the Palins largest to date, the actual size of the crowd could not be verified. According Mike Tucker, the fire chief of The Villages who was made available to the press by the McCain campaign, 60,000 people crammed into the streets to see Palin speak.
There were people down the side streets, people down in the parking areas, people who couldn't quite make it around to the main areas, Tucker said, adding that many people were let into the rally without tickets, making the crowd count impossible to verify.
The enthusiastic crowd welcomed Palin with shouts of USA!, and she chanted back along with them. As in many of her speeches, Palin promised that hard-working Americans will dig the country out of its economic woes, and she laced her remarks with fulsome praise for the nation's spirit. She used the words America or Americans 24 times during her 22-minute speech.
To: Former Proud Canadian
BHO’s were there for the concerts!!
To: kristinn
This is what you get when most of the voters can "relate" to Governor Palin--she has a star quality that is threatening to make
The Zero look silly in comparison. Here's a
smiley representation of what that crowd looked like down there today:
To: editor-surveyor; All
In California,'Palin factor' sparks fear among Dems, joy among GOP
Post-convention swing state polls are tipping toward Sen. John McCain, the TV pundits are waxing about "The Palin Factor," and Sen. Barack Obama's California supporters are freaking out about a race Democrats were uncommonly confident about only a month ago.
Conversely, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's addition to the GOP ticket jolted Northern California Republicans out of what one described as their "Underground Railroad" existence in one of the nation's most liberal regions. Ever since her speech to the Republican National Convention on Sept. 3, party officials say volunteers have been contacting California GOP offices in numbers unseen since Ronald Reagan was on the ballot for the White House.
Despite generating all this fear and enthusiasm, the Palin Factor hasn't changed the race in California. Obama beats McCain 52 percent to 36 percent in a Field Poll released last week, and neither campaign is broadcasting ads in the state's expensive television markets. On Thursday, Palin canceled her rally and fundraising visit to the state planned for this week.
Click to story
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posted on
09/21/2008 6:22:52 PM PDT
by
Islander7
("Common sense and common decency are uncommon virtues among America's left.")
To: editor-surveyor
And where was FoxNews? Were they afraid it would conflict with one of their gossip about a kidnapped girl programs?
279
posted on
09/21/2008 6:23:00 PM PDT
by
unspun
(Tell the truth about Obama to all you know.)
To: redstateconfidential
I live in Texas. Yesterday I saw a pickup truck—nothing amazing in Texas—that had a bumper sticker. At first look I thought it was an Obama bumper sticker—same type logo, same font. But when I looked closer it didn’t say “Hope” it said, in a large font it said “Hype” and the small letters above it said, “Don’t believe the audacity of hype”. It was great.
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posted on
09/21/2008 6:24:00 PM PDT
by
comps4spice
(Obama supporters are fascist thugs.)
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