how many showed up for McCains vp pick

[Epiphany4z]

because:.............im just sayin....lol OK I looked around and the estimates for McCain was like between 10 and 12,000...i must admit the figures come from right wing sites....anyway...it is not near what Obama and Biden did today on a everyday campaign stop...bahh haaa haaaa

19,000!!!!! at Obama, Biden Dublin, OH rally

DUBLIN, Ohio--Barack Obama and Joe Biden took their message to the nation's test-market Saturday evening, hosting a boisterous outdoor rally outside Columbus, Ohio.

With the sun sitting over a football field at Dublin-Coffman High School, Obama and his running mate took turns bashing opponent John McCain, largely on pocketbook issues. Obama, particularly, pointed to President George W. Bush's comments Saturday that the economy was making progress, even as a report said personal income in July saw its largest drop since 2005.

Estimates had the crowd at the sprawling suburban high school as high as 19,000. Local campaign officials said it was larger than expected, especially given that this Saturday was the highest of holy days in Central Ohio: the day of home football game for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Obama referred to as much, leading the crowd in a chant of "OH-IO" -- the same one done at football games. (One wag in the press corps said, "I wonder what he'll do in Michigan?")

Biden took some fresh foreign policy swipes at McCain, saying that Obama had been proven right in his positions on adding troops in Afghanistan, setting a timetable for the removal of forces in Iraq and opening a diplomatic dialogue with Iran. "Barack Obama was right. John McCain was wrong."
Posted August 30, 2008 7:50 PM

Biden was cheered loudly when he referred to his native Scranton, Pa., perhaps suggesting that his roots may play well in this state as well. As for the newly announced vice presidential nominee on the Republican side, Sarah Palin was not mentioned by name. Obama joked, however, that in the 19 months of the campaign, he has visited every state in the country "except Alaska." The crowd hooted. "I might have to get up there," Obama said.

Obama and Biden were introduced by retired Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio), still a legend in his home state. And both politicians in turn praised Glenn, with Biden saying that meeting Glenn for the first time in the Senate was one of his biggest thrills.

Glenn, now 87, for his part, also called McCain a good friend and said he "went through some things I'm not sure I could go through." This, from a man who orbited the Earth three times in a small capsule.

Glenn referred to Ohio's long-standing reputation as a consumer test market and suggested that this battleground state could again prove decisive. "If it will sell in Ohio, it will sell in the whole U.S.," he said.
http://weblogs.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/blog/2...

[creeksneakers2]

1. I wondered that too

They were at a minor league ballpark in Washington PA. That's awfully big for a minor league ballpark. The film on NBC tonight didn't pan back to look at the whole place. I thought that was odd because it would have contrasted with what Obama got Thursday night. I think NBC said McCain got more people than usual. They didn't say how many.

I'm still looking.

BTW - Palin was booed by the crowd for praising Hillary Clinton.

[DeadManInc]

2. Last I had read, Mclame had to bus

people in so he didn't look like such a insignificant douche bag.