The Obama Rally, from Two Angles

[DemGa]

What the viewers at home saw - Not always what it seems.





http://townhall.com/blog/g/082ab837-a4f6-4a7d-bec3-2fff2d27a681

[Cant trust em]

1. Obama didn't invent this trick.

[cliffordu]

25. Oddly enough it wasn't a trick - the second one was taken

a half an hour after he left....

[redqueen]

27. Figures.

*sigh*

[mod mom]

32. It's not a trick. In Ohio he wanted to hold intimate townhalls, despite the demand

from supporters to attend. Even knowing they didn't have tickets, supporters showed up early on a Sunday morning and waited outside. I don't understand the logic-why not fit as many people as possible into a venue? I believe it is a preference thing on his part.

[skipos]

2. OMG! Someone tell the superdelegates! We need a candidate who can draw 10,000

at
EVERY
SINGLE
RALLY!

[tekisui]

3. A lot of nasty RWers on that site.

I don't necessarily trust it.

[anonymous171]

4. I would rather see Obama, not the back of the bleachers.

[Avalux]

5. Explain this one then.

[NYCGirl]

6. You Clintonites sure love your right wing sources, don't you? NT

[Texas Hill Country]

7. oh, i thought it was gonna be this pic lol

but I sure am glad that it wasnt!

[skipos]

10. You have a sale going on, eh?

When do you planned on getting started on the "work that we need to do" now that we know Obama will be the nominee? After you get rid of all your grapes?

[Texas Hill Country]

17. oh, get a sense of humor... it is funny. if we cant laugh at ourselves....

i have laughed at plenty of the hillary crap thrown around here.

[skipos]

21. Trust me, I am laughing.

Can you answer my question?

[last1standing]

35. Look at all those big white teeth!

Hoo Boy! He sure does have some big white teeth!

And lips.

Oh! And those brown gums are clear to see.

And nothing else, apparently. Interesting....

[anigbrowl]

8. It's the post election rally, mostly campaign volunteers

Love your use of RW hit job websites to score points though. See if you can find any McCain rally photos on there.

[tishaLA]

9. Why post this RW media bullshit?

[TragedyandHope]

11. Thanks for the pics!

Staging is Politics 101 and TV 101. And don't get me started on lighting and lens choices.

[RainDog]

12. I was here -

13000 for the Obama rally. Clinton drew 3000 to the same place. (That's the Obama rally, obviously.)

[patrice]

13. Those are activists. 1 activist = ? non-activists today and . . .

n X ? non-activists tomorrow.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Its called stagecraft

and BOTH campaigns do it

[tokenlib]

15. In a way these pictures disappoint me..

...only because I'll bet they could have filled the place, and a lot of people would have loved to have been there. Of all campaigns--the Obama campaign doesn't need this kind of stagecraft to make an event look well attended.

I'm sure there is a "reasonable" explanation..but he could have filled the place..it sure the hell wasn't a matter of people not wanting to be there.

[aasleka]

26. Nobody likes the "ticket" idea and the parking at State kept some away

I myself had an appointment for my son so was running behind and was just getting dinner ready for him at 8:00 but I would have liked to go. Also it wasn't really advertised, no emails were sent out it was strictly word of mouth.

[SoCalDem]

28. 2nd pic was after he left...

:rofl: poor little freepies :)

[blogslut]

16. Trolling townhall.com for anti ammo

How classy.

[CreekDog]

18. is that blog a favorite of yours?

one that you like to share with all of us?

just wonderin'. ;)

[redqueen]

19. When are the righteously indignant Clinton supporters going to lecture you

about using RW sources?

[IsItJustMe]

20. I think you will go on with your hate fest for the rest of your life. I hope I am wrong. Don't be

a hater.

[intaglio]

22. You might want to check how the hall is set up

If that is a rally - why are there tables and chairs?

Could it be that this is a press conference or even a local organisation planning and meeting?

[scheming daemons]

23. Those pictures were well after the rally......

...nice try.

[HuffleClaw]

24. 'a thousand words'

and thousands of empty seats

[SoCalDem]

31. seats usually do empty , once the speaker has left

:)

[AllentownJake]

29. Who won NC?

:rofl:

[my2cent]

30. Just words?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Forkboy]

33. A troll worthy hit and run post.

[DemGa]

37. There's nothing to argue here - the pictures make the point

Walking a nice line on the accusation though.

[Forkboy]

38. Your OP certainly does make a point alright.

[Buzz Clik]

34. I'm assuming this was for the victory speech.

In Bloomington, he filled the basketball arena to the rafters. No open seats. 21,000 as I recall.

In our little burg, we have an arena that seats 14,000, and he would have stuffed it to the gills. But, he chose to go with a local high school's gym that seats 3,000; the tickets were given away in less than 20 minutes.

Raleigh is in the middle of Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill-Carey; he took that area in the primary with huge numbers. If he wanted to fill the arena, he would have.

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P.S. Bill Clinton also visited our town. He chose to speak at a high school -- one the is one quarter the size of the school where Obama spoke. He spoke to less than 1000 people at a tiny gym less than 400 yards from the University's 14,000 seat arena. Curious, eh?

[RainDog]

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