Pic of the crowd at McCain's townhall meeting in St. Paul tonight.

[Nitrogenica]

A pic of the huge, enthusiastic crowd of people who are fired up and ready to go!

I hear there was no line to get in, because it is so orderly.



The free butterscotch candies would be worth the wait, if there was a wait.

[eleny]

1. Was that the whole crowd?

[Nitrogenica]

4. Well it's early. He might just fill the place!

[eleny]

7. Mmmmm.....butterscotch.....

[MilesColtrane]

34. It would have been larger...

...but "Matlock" was on.

[eleny]

42. *Snort*

:rofl:

[progressoid]

45. Haaaahahaha

I was thinking Golden Girls!

[Name removed]

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[BlooInBloo]

2. That's a really pretty space though.

[MrsMatt]

76. I used to work in that building (15 years ago)

It really is spectacular - I always enjoyed the space, even when the ladies' restroom on the 4th floor flushed hot water!

http://www.landmarkcenter.org/

[Ikonoklast]

3. "Where's the pudding?"

"They told me there would be pudding!!"

[speedoo]

5. Yo McCain. Try one of those in Arizona.

You might get some folks to show up there. Or Utah.

Most other states are crapshoot for you, if Obama has not already nailed them down.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

12. I doubt McGrumpypants would draw much of a crowd here in AZ.

The people who know him can't stand him and most everyone else has lived here less than 10 years so they don't know anything about him. Barack has drawn big crowds here and would easily get 50000 or more during the general.

[blondeatlast]

24. As a 30 year resident--what thecatburglar said is spot on. nt

[mrreowwr_kittty]

27. Thanks.

You know, I was canvassing for a State Senate candidate back in '06 and I had a few voters ask if she was running against John McCain. More recently, I've had to tell voters that McCain is actually their Senator here in AZ. They didn't know what state he was from! :wow:

We got a funny mix of characters in this here state, don't we?

[silverojo]

33. I lived there for over 20 years

And it's true--I noticed quite a few Obama bumper stickers in AZ, even in places like Scottsdale!

[Rick Myers]

6. Wow!!! McCain is more 'underwhelming' than Dubya!!!

When there are more plants in the room than people, you are in deep kimchee!!!

[Catch22Dem]

9. Mmmmmmm kimchee......(n/t)

[opihimoimoi]

14. "More plants in the....." LOL....the depth of kim chee is hip deep...

[Jazzgirl]

18. Luv me some good kimchee! n/t

[blondeatlast]

8. "Good Lord, it's a MOB! Everybody...

snore?"

[Stephanie]

10. that's hysterical! what's that on the right panel?

Looks like a finger with a face on it?

[blondeatlast]

26. Harriet Christian? Lord, that is disturbing. I have no idea; I keep trying to make it out. nt

[blondeatlast]

28. I think--THINK--it's the Statue of Liberty's torch. Or

maybe it's the Senator's penis. Salute!

:shrug:

[Number23]

41. *gasp* *wheeze*

maybe it's the Senator's penis.

Well, that explains how he roped ol' Cindy!!

:silly:

[rox63]

72. I think you give McLame way too much credit

Sure he lives on Cindy's financial endowment, but that doesn't mean he's "well endowed".

Now I have to go bang my head against the wall until I get that horrid image out of my mind. :banghead:

[rox63]

71. I think it's the Statue of Liberty's arm holding up the torch n/t

[zulchzulu]

11. It looks like a funeral crowd for the town rapist

:rofl:

[anonymous171]

13. McCain hates the Constitution! nt

[uponit7771]

15. Come on, that wasn't the whole crowd....was it?....lol if it was

[hokies4ever]

16. Is this part of his supposed town hall proposal?

[AlCzervik]

17. did he show up?

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. Costume night in St. Paul - everyone came dressed as an empty seat.

That's the only plausible explanation.

[blondeatlast]

23. The competition is fierce!

My browser just hiccuped something awful--sorry. :shrug:

[TheCowsCameHome]

25. Great place to play musical chairs, if nothing else........

[Ian David]

20. There sure are a lot of empty seats.

Next time, they should wait until the Early Bird Buffet crowd gets out, with their handbags stuffed full of sweet 'n' low packets.




Wow...

Look how many People of Color are there.

I count....


Zero.

They couldn't even pay anyone to show-up as Blackground?

[ikojo]

21. Pasty white is a color

[silverojo]

37. Looks more like "death gray" to me n/t

[zulchzulu]

22. GOP-Speak for empty seats:

Untenanted chiffonier

[silverojo]

35. They all look to be at least 50

Got that youth vote sewn up, eh, Johnny?

[zeemike]

38. What are you talking about there are people of color there

They are white

[butterfly77]

69. He usually has one black woman..

in the crowd behind him and he always seems to walk back and forth in the area in which she is seated. Now this is what I have been watching during the past few months I haven't watched him lately..

[That Is Quite Enough]

40. What about the bald man sitting beside the the gray and red shirts?

He's on the end of the row.

[Ian David]

59. Yes! You're right! I think the bald man is in fact, melanin-enriched.

Maybe he's hoping McCain will rub his shiny black head like Bush does?


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3369529

[That Is Quite Enough]

63. Ah, I love the Shrub Rub page!

Always good for a laugh.

[axollot]

51. Sorry, my mother in law is the type to snitch sweet n low packets...

god love her - she votes Democrat though. I can LOL at this one....but the Blackground comment, was good. Obama's crowd is a complete mix bag of people. He doesn't have to stage diversity. McBush, couldn't even muster up some paid 'diversity', his *OWN* staff couldn't hussle anyone in, even with cash. The other KKK members might complain I suppose........I've seen racism, than I've seen racism in the Southern US. Being white myself, white racsist never take issue with refering to it in front of you, assuming that your matching skin colour is your matching bag of hate too. Rather sickening isn't it.

Passing thought.....

Fuck, if S.A. could have Mandela, we should be able to get Obama!

GOBAMA 08!
cheers
Sandy

[Ian David]

60. My grandmother used to stuff her purse with anything she could find.

She even got caught "stealing" food from the buffet at my bar mitzvah.

One of the caterers saw her and asked, "Ma'am, would you like me to wrap some up for you to take home?"

She pulled back and defensively yelled, "No! Leave me alone!" and went back to sneaking food into her purse.

Even on her death bed, she was stuffing her purse full of sweet 'n' low from the hospital tray.

[Catherina]

29. Obama is in serious trouble.

I'm shaking in my boots :scared:

:rofl:

[existentialist]

32. As I heard at a similarly attended Williams and Lee concert

"Why, it's a Norwegian dozen."


(No offense intended to Norwegians.)

[grannylib]

57. *lol* See my sig line...

:hi:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

30. "Minnesota is purple"---NOT!

:-)

[mrreowwr_kittty]

36. It must be a reference to the lovely wildflowers that dot the landscape in June.

Not the voting habits of the residents. ;)

[grannylib]

58. I think we're gonna be bluer than blue, even if Timmy gets on the

McSame ticket.
:hi:

[Duder]

31. About 50 people...

With no bingo and nothing else to do on a Thursday night I guess.

When Barack was in St. Paul it rocked...

[zeemike]

39. OMG look at all the white people there.

Why are they not at the McSame rally?
You would think that Obama wants to be president of us all.

[Patchuli]

43. This thread just crack us the hell up!

Happy to be the 5th Rec. Kickety kick kick! :kick:

[Generic Brad]

44. Traffic was unusually light tonight

I had no idea that meant there was a Republican event taking place in town.

[unkachuck]

46. hey johnny....

....your crowds would be larger and more enthusiastic if you would provided cots instead of chairs....the elders could snooze while the youngin's developed relations....

....I'm sorry to say johnny, and please don't take this personal, but listening to a mcSame speech is like watching paint dry or corn grow; it's painfully slow and boring....please consider the comfort of your audience while speechifying....

....no need to thank me, I'm here often with free advice....I'm a liberal, I'm committed to helping underdogs everywhere....

[Bjorn Against]

47. I drove past it and I saw McCain's bus arrive...

And when it arrived the crowd outside the Landmark Center was tiny, no more than a hundred people tops. Compare this to the Obama event a couple weeks ago when I waited in a line that was over a mile long to get in, I was about half a mile back in that mile long line and I just barely got in and there were over 15,000 still in line when the doors closed. I think it is easy to see which candidate gets people the most enthused.

[shugah]

48. enough with the speeches and big rallies!

this is a joke, right?

[Arugula Latte]

49. McCain Fever -- Catch it!

Then go home to bed to rest.

[axollot]

50. Thanks for the best LOL today......Your sig picture caught me......

totally off guard. LOL - having a shitty day, so this hilarious, (and should be made viral) - McBush love child photo needs to be on shirts and bumper stickers....! Ahhhh, Photoshop, a picture can say a thousand words!

Thanks.
Cheers
Sandy

[CreekDog]

52. No hard candy!

[Erin Elizabeth]

53. I count 52 people in that picture.

Is that all he ended up having?

That's just....incredibly pathetic.

[Robeson]

54. That looks likes a sparse crowd, my friend.

[Erin Elizabeth]

55. More pictures here.

From the later pics, I'm estimating he had about 150 in attendance, total.

http://www.startribune.com/galleries/20587004.html?location_refer=President

This article says 200 but that seems a bit of an overestimate:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/06/19/mccainupdate/?refid=0

There were also about 100 protestors outside the town hall meeting.

:rofl:

Gee, he draws a crowd, doesn't he?

[Erin Elizabeth]

56. Also it wasn't covered on CSPAN 1, 2 or 3.

I read some liveblogger who is a Republican and was just relieved that he did "ok." There were chairs for 200 attendees, but they weren't all full. Took away the empty seats.

[berni_mccoy]

62. I love the shots the photographer takes intentionally to make it seem like McCain is surrounded

:rofl:

It's a pathetic attempt to cover up the small crowd size.

[NatBurner]

65. this was funny:

Carla Jefferson of Golden Valley, Minn., also scored a ticket to the McCain Town Hall.

Jefferson usually votes for Democrats and originally supported Hillary Clinton for president. However, she says she is open to voting for McCain, because she considers him a liberal Republican.

Jefferson brought her son Sam to the event as well. He is leaning toward Obama, but said he could be persuaded by McCain tonight. At only 14 years old, he is too young to vote, though.

1: wtf is a liberal republican? is that anything like a compassionate conservative? if so, no thanks

2: i hope carla didn't beat poor sam into submission- she should be arrested for child abuse just for making him go to that dried-up shit :rofl:

[rox63]

75. The only liberal Republican I've ever seen was Lincoln Chafee

And he's no longer in office. He's also left the Republican party, and has gone Independent. I think he's even endorsed Obama.

[yellerpup]

61. This is the REAL reason he wants to do Town Halls with Obama.

Otherwise, no one would come out to hear his message.

[windoe]

64. I don't believe his poll numbers are accurate. n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

66. They want us to believe that the election is close in MN!!

:rolleyes:

I see they put the one token black guy in the front.

[dempartisan23]

67. did he put all whites in front?

or were only white people there, lol. he should have hired a stripper to liven things up.

[Bravo Zulu]

68. a tiny audience 'by design'

This image back in February on the road with McCain. The image is from Villa Park, Illinois, and details how a rally in an indoor arena was sect "The McCain people (were) telling the AP they had McCain speak before a tiny audience 'by design'."

[Tim4319]

70. I-33...... Bingo!

This remind me of Bingo time at "Shady Pines".

[Vinca]

74. It looks like they're waiting for bingo to start.

:rofl: