Posted on 01/25/2012 1:03:29 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Our Florida Chapter is there and will be posting first hand reports and photos!! Go, Florida!!
Kristinn says there's a huge crowd forming and lots of media trucks.
Go, NEWT!!
Go, tea party!!
Rebellion is here!!
Join, or die!! --Ben Franklin
You are welcome.
FRegards!
woohoo! Great pic and great job!
Woo hoo!!
Thank you very much, kristinn!! Thank you, Florida!! Great job, everyone!!
GO, NEWT!!
thank you for the heads up.....
“As a space worker, I’m thrilled that he’s enthusiastic about space. But I don’t agree with his plan to disband the NASA structure and give it all to private companies.”
“Exactly.”
I think he meant disband the bureaucratic red tape that astronomically(pun intended) raises the cost and efficiency of manned space exploration. Sounds good to me. Though it’s easy for me to say because it’s not my paper job that’s on the line.
Thanks for the ping!
Congratulations. I am currently babysitting my second grandbaby, and will be baptizing her on Sunday. I will keep her until she is 3 when she will go to pre-school (a Christian one). She is such a joy.
I watched the C-Span coverage live from work and then watched it again online with my wife tonight. I think I was even more pumped after the second viewing. Incredible how Newt almost never had to review his notes. Rather, he spoke for thirty minutes extemporaneously and passionately about the future of America.
For what it's worth, Fox News (why do I keep going back there expecting fair coverage for Newt???) ran a banner along the bottom that simply reported Newt wants people to live on the moon ...of course, completely out of context and to the unsuspecting, probably makes Newt sound as crazy as Glenn Beck.
Anyway, great report. I can't wait for Newt to make it out to the Left Coast.
Great report Kristinn..
All I can add is the numbers for the outdoor crowd and cars turned away for lack of parking.
Several hundred (400?) people were in the outdoor area between buildings. Many more (200) were inside the huge Hotel reception area. Dozens were leaving as I got there. I soon learned they were trying to get a speaker set up in the outdoor area, but were announcing the coverage by C-Span, and that sent some people home to watch it.
The hotel parking lots and close grassy areas were full when I moved there from our previous FReep on the street corner.
About 200 cars were routed to a nearby church lot and then just after I got parked and started to walk to the event site there was no further place to park. The police just turned everyone around and they had no choice but to leave...too bad, they missed a great speech. One officer told me they had sent over 100 cars away. Another laughed and said 200 or more.
Vendors had a great audience for T-shirts and buttons. Candidates trying to get signatures for ballot qualification were active in the waiting crowd.
On a typical Conservative/Tea Party/9-12 event there were no cell phones ringing and no litter left behind. Only the family of a boy, who wore an Obama shirt and carried a blue Obama 2012 sign, even put a bottle or can on the ground.
I agree the speech was just right for the Space Coast area where residents worry about the future of Cape Canaveral. It started with a history lesson and then tied early events in dreams and science to his plan for the future in space.
He asked those attending to think of the future of the area as a busy space airport. The crowd cheered!
Thanks for the ping,friend! It was a great day here in Cocoa, and especially because we got to meet up with our Freeper friends and other great patriots!
Florida Freeper ping here, and looking forward to meeting up with more of our South Florida frieds in West Palm Beach tomorrow! The Billboard Truck has some miles to cover between now and next Tuesday!
Your photos are wonderful! Thank you so much, mcmuffin!
Hi Jeannie and James! Got peanut brittle with ya?
Love the truck!!! GO NEWT!!!
Hiya 3D-JOY!!!
GOOD on you, kristinn! Newt Gingrich knows Free Republic, you betcha! A whole lot of us FReepers were at TPX/cnn debate in Tampa, FL and he was one of the candidates who attended the TEA Party after party!
I’m sure Newt Gingrich would be proud to post Jim’s endorsement on his site if someone could get it to him and now that you told him, perhaps an aide will be told to find it!
Bring Florida in for NEWT! Stop Romney cold!
Kristinn, thanks for the report here. Hope you are doing well!
I'm looking forward to Newt lowering the boom on Pelosi! I hope he gets into her wealth gains since sitting in Congress!
I must tell you that I find myself teary eyed when I hear Newt speak.
This is a must see for everyone. Keep it on the side bar.
Newt says he wants to have a permanent American space colony on the moon....and by the end of his second term we’ve landed on Mars!!!!!
Unreal. This man is the epitome of how Americans think. He’s a boomer. He is the ONLY person to turn this around.
Please, protect him. THe security seems so lax around him.
I agree with you. His talk brought tears to my eyes. There is no way he will lose Florida. He is going to win big, even with Santorum in the race.
ONLY tell me, why aren’t the Ann Coulter’s and the people whom we thought were one of us not backin the man?
The only thing that would make me more excited than if we knew he was going ask Sarah to join him as VP.
Hahahahaha... Great morning!!!!! Made happier by my fellow Freeper friends!!!!!!
FR is tens times better than any facebook....
When I run across someone trashing Newt in person or still, believe it or not, on this forum. The only question I ask is, “Have you watched just one Townhall Meeting or campaign stop presentation of Newt’s?” INvaribly they say, “NO”.
Each one is a learning experience. He brings out the best in us...Obama brings out the worst in all of us...Romney brings out only what is best for him and few chosen few of his religion.
I’m making a prediction...Newt will win Florida and win big. Romney will drop out before Super Tuesday and colesce around Newt. If not, the establishment will run other surrogates, and Newt will squash them. I see Santorum dropping out right after Florida, (if not before)...At the debate tonight Newt will get another standing ovation when he talks about going to the moon.
Who is TGO?
Oh Ya, Jeannie "had" the Peanut brittle with her.
Needless to say, I consumed my fair share!!
Mmm, mmm, mmm!!!
Here's a hint...
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