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
Why is there a sign for BarackObama.com and where is his Presidential seal on the podium? This was an election event for Democrats and local politicians...why is there a banner for him?
Makes no sense.
“Half Full” ahhh.. optimism!
*snicker*
Pretty sad considering REO Speedwagon, Styx, and Night Ranger can get more people than the President of the U.S.A.
Cleveland Steamer rolling through Ohio.
You know that somebody has to post the “Hail Brak!” thing from Space Ghost.
Interesting, it looks like most of the blacks were moved behind Obama for the pics. weird.
Sounds like what happened for the “The Knack” reunion tour.
The USA would be destroyer and economy wrecker, socialist, POTUS Barack Hussein Obama and his court jester, buffoon, VP, Joe Biden are getting a hint of what is coming on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The Obama magic is gone, and....if the good and loyal USA voters in Delaware have an ounce smarts and common sense they will elect Christine O’Donnell to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday and....send communist, Chris Coons packing, along with Obama, the America hater, and moron/dummie Joe Biden down the flushing toilet to the obscurity sewer where all Democrats belong!!!! Folks, vote on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to totally destroy the entire anti-American, Democrat Party!!!
Looks like the typical Obama “I/Me” thing. He must be appealing to the Dems to save his agenda.
If El Presidente can’t fill an auditorium, hew in the world can the left claim they had such a huge turnout at the Village Idiots Convention held this past weekend in Washingto DC?
He shouldn’t be allowed to use the Presidential seal when he’s campaigning.
And next up, somebody is going to stick Barry’s face in there.
Barry is about as smart as early appearances of said character:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z-wRVv0nIg
It’s not how many people attended, it is how the pictures in the paper and the camera angles on the local news will show an adoring crowd. To say the stadium wasn’t filled won’t matter.
Like Cassandra, I keep telling people the press must be replaced as it is rotten to the core. No one listens. Foundations, corporations, big name conservatives, conservative politicians all try and filter their message through the corruption of a bias and spiteful media. I keep talking to them, but they just don’t get it.
It comes down to the inept verses evil.
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