Posted on 10/18/2012 6:51:30 AM PDT by RummyChick
[ Barack Obama is deliberately choosing to cloister himself in one of these fortress-like buildings cutoff from the public on Election Night this year...which is a far cry from the Grant Park victory party he planned in 2008 in the heart of Chicago where thousands were encouraged to worship him like it was a triumphant cult rally ]
[ If you remember, the 2008 Obama victory party was held in Grant Park, where the Obama cult declared him to be a living god-king who would lower the oceans, patch the whole in the ozone, and deliver hope and change and unicorns to everyone. Nothing so grandiose and extravagant is being planned for November 6th, 2012...for good reason ]
I’ve written before about the fact that Barack Obama was not planning another big Election Night victory party in Grant Park here in Chicago like the spectacle he put on in 2008, because no one I know in the Parks Department or in the event planning community had anything on their radar for Grant Park that night. Because of the permitting and union rules that plague any event in this City (which wouldn’t be waived even for Obama, due to liability and insurance issues the City would face if anything went wrong and permitting was not followed to the “T”) we would have known a few weeks ago if Obama expected another win and was going to celebrate in Chicago again. That massive Grant Park victory rally took a while to plan and involved far too many vendors for anything similar to be replicated this year without people already knowing.
I’ve suspected for some time that Obama was going to plan for a concession speech on November 6th, but last night final confirmation arrived in the form of leaked news that the Obama election night event is being staged in private McCormick Place, not a big public setting like Grant Park.
Let me put this as clearly as I can because it’s crucial: if Democrats really thought Barack Obama was going to be reelected, then they would have planned a massive rally in Grant Park again; the fact this is not happening is proof that, despite what you hear coming out of the Ministry of Truth that is the national media, the Democrats really do not expect Obama to win this election. Campaign operatives in Chicago are, thus, making appropriate preparations for his imminent defeat.
Instead of Grant Park, Obama’s apparently going to have his election night event at McCormick Place…the convention center here in Chicago.
Let me explain a few things about McCormick Place that you could intimate from the photo above:
* it’s separated from the City by highways and is hard to reach by anyone traveling on foot from the various “El” trains that service Chicago…which indicates this event is not intended for throngs of Obama supporters.
* there are no buses that readily service McCormick Place like they do Grant Park…so once again, this event is not being planned for the public to come and celebrate with Obama.
* McCormick Place is completely indoors and is a venue that Democrats can easily control in terms of the camera angles and stagecraft of the event…which is a big deal because losing campaigns choose small, isolated places to hold concession speeches while winning candidates are feted on election night in, well, places like Grant Park.
I was an event planner here in Chicago for several years before the 2008 presidential campaign. I planned events in McCormick Place for various trade shows; it’s a building designed with flexibility for downsizing an audience if the need suddenly arises so that the participants do not feel lost in too much extra space. There are modular walls that achieve this, with dividers capable of cutting a space in half…and then in half again…if that’s what needs to be done to make a sparse crowd seem bigger for cameras.
Despite being within sight of the Museum Campus and Soldier Field, McCormick Place is a fortress-like island surrounded on most sides by freeways or railroad tracks (with the lake on the other side). This is where the G-8 summit was held, so the dignitaries could be isolated and kept as far away from the public as possible in downtown Chicago. Because the only realistic way of reaching McCormick Place is by taxi (or car, if people drive themselves) this is clearly not a place Obama would be holding an election night event if he really thought he was going to win the election. How on Earth would his throngs of supporters be able to reach him if he won and the event was held here of all places?
McCormick Place is not a spot to hold a victory rally, folks…but it is the ideal spot to give a concession speech.
Take a look at that photo above again. The place sits on the highway. After the results come in, Obama just has to deliver his concession and then he’s in his car and on his way to his house in Hyde Park while Mitt Romney takes the stage in Boston as the new President-Elect. The highway that runs through McCormick Place leads right to Hyde Park…it would be less than a three minute drive for the Obama motorcade after they leave the convention center to head home and sulk.
I just don’t know any way else to put this, but planning his event at McCormick Place instead of Grant Park again (or another high profile outdoor venue like the Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park, for instance) is a tacit admission that the guy is going to lose and will have an early bedtime on Election Night in Hyde Park at the Obama/Rezko Mansion.
Great Merciful Zeus and Sweet Whitney Houston, this is a shocker because even if he remotely expected to win he would have at least scheduled something in a fancy hotel in downtown Chicago that the public could be a part of. But that’s not what they are doing: they are deliberately having his Election Night party in a place that prohibits the public from congregating easily.
I think this might be a way to avoid riots or other public disturbances from the Obama cult here in Chicago…because if they aren’t encouraged to assemble anywhere here on November 6th, then they won’t be assembled and ready to riot. That might have happened if they had the event at a hotel in the Loop…and it would have definitely have happened if they did a big Grant Park event.
But McCormick Place diffuses all this. It’s isolated, remote, and pedestrian-unfriendly.
The perfect place to discourage disappointed supporters from gathering with an easy escape route for Barack and Michelle to their Chicago home when it’s announced he will no longer be the president.
Read more http://hillbuzz.org/daily-doom-antidote-solid-proof-obama-is-planning-a-concession-speech-event-for-november-6th-election-night-10182012-10182012
>>What happens if someone took out Romney after he is elected but not sworn in? Is Ryan the President???
It depends on whether the electors have voted or not. If not, the Romney electors would get to pick anyone that constitutionally qualifies- Ryan included. If they have, Ryan would become President pursuant to the 22nd Amendment.
I love reading HillBuzz every once in a while. They are "out there" but where else can you read stories about Obama visiting gay bars and Rev. Wright having people beat up for revealing his gay prostitution ring? At least its entertaining.
Perhaps this is obvious and doesn’t need to be said, but a concession speech delivered in Grant Park really would result in a riot, a massive riot.
So Rahm has to have said no way.
That’s my guess too. Only it won’t be so inciteful - at first. He’ll opt for a rancorous outrage at election fraud and a general racist undermining by all the racist white poweratti that have colluded to bring down his good works.
My personal believe is that any speech he gives that night will announce legal action, just like with Gore in 2000.
He won’t go willingly into that good night; he’ll go kicking, and screaming, and whining, and crying, and inciting riot. He won’t go peacefully.
McCormick Place......I’ll take that with a grain of salt.........or pepper..........
chicagotribune.com
Obama picks McCormick Place for election night rally
By Rick Pearson
Tribune reporter
7:14 AM CDT, October 18, 2012
President Barack Obama plans to hold his election-night rally at Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center, a move aimed at easing concerns over weather and security, sources with knowledge of the event said Wednesday.
Given the indoor location, the event seems unlikely to match the electric atmosphere of Obama’s 2008 outdoor victory rally in Grant Park. That event drew an estimated 240,000 people downtown and created picturesque images of the city’s skyline that were seen worldwide.
While the decision to use McCormick Place will tamp down the crowd size, it will provide the president with greater security.
I’ve believed this for some time now.. Obama knows he’s goign to lose, and I think has known from the begining he was going to lose and this entire campaign is nothing more than spectacle. A going through the motions if you will.
Yeh...I’ve been there many times...It’s just south of where Lakeshore becomes a highway. Not pedestrian-friendly in the slightest, but very easy to secure. Perhaps there have been warnings of a terrorist attack attempt?
That’s right.
I am torn a little about this. There are a lot of blacks who are fed up with Obambi.
But even if fed up - I think they would still riot because Whitey is trying to keep the Black Man down.
Of course, one of the Race Baiters is busying trying to deal with his Chariot Driving Naked Dancing Son.
I can’t get in the mind of a narcissist and I don’t know one.
Would love to hear from someone who has experience with one about what they think will happen to Obambi when he loses his gig.
Well,I’m planning on it,anyhow..:)
I hope everyone is not getting ahead of themselves here.
While I am optimistic, I prefer to take the tack that nothing is done until after it happens.
I hope that the Romney campaign doesn’t shift into prevent defense this close to the election. It’s time to push even harder. Don’t be nasty, but be more aggressive and direct in pointing out the defects in Obozo. Do NOT let up in the slightest.
Oh, 'scuse me. Muslims don't eat pork.
Their side has already said that if he loses there will be riots.
Now, if that comes about and they do actually start rioting, will the police actually do anything about it for fear of being called ‘racists’ or worse?
Will Big City politicians, most of whom are Dems, let their cities be torn apart by a mob of citizens hell bent on destruction and looting?
Will the governors of states that have these cities be inclined to call out the National Guard?
Or will there be just a night of hell fire that will burn itself out by daybreak?..............
Hill buzz getting so many hits, my browser times out!
Makes all the sense in the world. If Obama thought he was going to win he’d prepare a place where he could be worshiped by his “followers.” From the way you described the place, it’s like he picked a bunker.
I was floored. To explain why, I'll just quote "Blazing Saddles":
Meigs Field was closed down in the middle of the night by Mayor Daley and since that time Chicago has lost a lot of convention business at McCormick Place due to businesses with corporate aircraft no longer having a nearby airport to land.
Northerly Island Reimagined As Urban Camping Destination
August 16, 2012 5:45 AM
UPDATED 08/16/12 10:46 a.m.
CHICAGO (CBS) — Construction will begin this fall to turn Northerly Island – the onetime site of Meigs Field – into a new hub for urban camping.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Park District General Supt. Michael Kelly announced plans to turn part of the peninsula alongside from the Museum Campus, Soldier Field and McCormick Place into a camping area for families, children, and at-risk youth.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/08/16/plans-for-northerly-island-park-set-to-go-ahead/
You’re obviously a seasoned punster!
IMHO Obama will not go peaceably. If he loses (I think he will), he will give up his office in January 2012, but he and his cohorts in Congress are going to make November, December and January very difficult for all of us.
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