Hand picked audience: Bush vs Obama

[young_at_heart]

President Bush’s town hall meetings were held almost exclusively in party strongholds, with tickets distributed primarily to supporters.

President Obama's town hall meetings have been first-come, first-served.

[jbnow]

1. With the exception of townhalls at the whitehouse itself

I think those were invitation only.

And obviously some tickets at each townhall have been given to people they wanted there...officials or people who had worked for them. I think they said in NH 80% were randomly selected online requests. In Montana it was 2 tickets to each of those in line, first cone, first serve

You are absolutely right about the huge difference.

So many differences. Wear a t-shirt stating the number of war dead during bush years and get arrested. Have a sign calling Obama a nazi, a murderer, a kenyan, a monkey, get on TV.

[Clyde39]

2. We were denied access to our government for eight years.

And the media/press didn't seem to notice.

[young_at_heart]

3. Troops a Favorite Bush Audience

TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
06-29-2005
Dateline: WASHINGTON


President Bush declares the end of major combat in Iraq as he speaks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast. President Bush's use of one of the nation's largest military installations Tuesday, June 28, 2005, as the backdrop for his address on Iraq was no accident, say political observers, who call it part of a strategy to equate support for the troops with support for the commander in chief. Bush has visited military bases or ships at least 20 times since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.