width200 Posted on 01/09/2016 7:08:34 AM PST by nikos1121
I'm told that the tickets are sold out for the first Iowa event today. I can't tell if the seating will be in the expo hall or the beautiful small theater, hopefully both.
There will be several live threads of the event. Usually the best one is out of Fox Phoenix which I will post below for you.
Many of us here have coalesced to watch the Trump rallys together, instead alone. The commentary has been lively and fun. This will be one of the few that takes place in the day time, usually they're in the evening. In fact, Trump appears later in the day, @ 4pm in Clear Lake.
How does he do this? This man is as old as Bill Clinton, but look at this schedule?
•Ottumwa, IA - Jan 9, 2016 •Clear Lake, IA - Jan 9, 2016 •Reno, NV - Jan 10, 2016 •Windham, NH - Jan 11, 2016 •Cedar Falls, Iowa - Jan 12, 2016 •Pensacola, FL - Jan 13, 2016 •FOX Business GOP Debate, SC - Jan 14, 2016 •Liberty U, VA - Jan 18, 2016
Here's a little background on Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa is the City of Bridges.
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I love saying the name, Ottumwa. Originally called Appanoose Rapids, the name was changed to Louisville and Ottumwanoc before being shortened to Ottumwa. Ottumwa is said to be derived from an Algonquian (Fox) word meaning “rippling waters,†although it may simply mean “town.â€
Meatpacking and the manufacture of farm equipment are the chief industries. Ottumwa has a campus of Indian Hills Community College (1966). The city’s former airport is the site of the Airpower Museum, which displays a large collection of antique airplanes and artifacts from early aviation. Lake Wapello State Park is to the southwest near Drakesville, and the house that was used for Grant Wood’s painting American Gothic (1930) is in Eldon to the southeast. Inc. town, 1851; city, 1857. Pop. (2000) 24,998; (2010) 25,023.
Did you know that it's the "Video Game Capital of the World"
As the home of Twin Galaxies, Ottumwa was proclaimed the "Video Game Capital of the World" by a mayoral decree issued on November 30, 1982, by Ottumwa Mayor Jerry Parker. The city's proclamation was recognized by U.S. Senator Charles Grassley. In connection with this proclamation, the city hosted the first North American Video Olympics in the fall of 1982.
I think Trump comes here because you have 950 John Deere and 2500 Swift and Company workers here.
Actor, Tom Arnod, is from Ottumwa.
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I heard there were two Trump rally’s in Iowa today.
Do you know if that is correct.
If so, do you know where and what time the second rally will be?
Will “Radar” be there?
Also Radar O’Reilly’s hometown.
Tom Arnold? Puleeez.
I was hoping for a shout out of the cities most famous fictional person?
width400 Trump will be in Ottumwa at 1pm then way up to Clear Lake @ 4:00 today!!!!!! Please check out this site, as they usually have an HD stream. And those of you who are joining us either live or on replay, let us know what you're eating, grilling, drinking etc. http://www.fox10phoenix.com/
Thanks for starting the thread nikos1121!
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Clear Lake, Iowa at 4:00 PM.
Very nice little city on a beautiful lake. I think he’ll be in the same hall that Buddy Holly performed in right before the plane crash.
Bill Clinton, who is the same age, is all used up from years of drug, alcohol and STD’s. Plus he had to put of with Hillary.
Trump definitely has better taste in women.
I have his schedule in the body of the post.
HOw does he do this?
This is getting to be a “must do” event for me. Trump seemed a bit tired last night. VT the night before, he was in rare form, had us all in stiches, and even better the night before that. For example he was talking about former administrations were going to put up a wall between us and Mexico, but they got bogged down by envirobots. Trump says, “Yeah, they stopped the project because of a frog, a turtle or a rattle snake.” LOL
I think he needs to start bringing in some new material. I love it when he drags a newspaper on stage, and reads something then throws it into the audience like it’s a old toilet paper. He’s a funny guy.
Did you know that it’s the “Video Game Capital of the World”
For me, I'm amazed on how he can start a subject, then digress to two more, then circle back like ten minutes later and close up the first subject. All the time getting interrupted by the trolls in the audience, (btw we'll get some again today too, so let's be cool.)
The man works very hard at whatever he does.
Two rally’s in one day. Wow.
And three hours apart, driving. Bad day for flying.
Hope he doesn’t wear himself down. He’s fantastic, the energizer bunny, but humans have limits.
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