Obamamania is still sweeping Chicago, my Walgreens sold out of 500 Sun-Times by 7:00 AM today. . .

[wndycty]

. . .and when the Chicago Tribune driver pulled up he was mobbed. Both papers are putting out special commemorative editions and newstands in Chicago are overwhelmed again.

[geckosfeet]

1. Cool - Obama is helping out the struggling newspaper industry! eom

[mucifer]

2. I'm so proud of our Chicago! I live less than 10 miles from Obama as does

hundreds of thousands of others. Just makes me :)

[wndycty]

3. I live 5 blocks away so you can imagine how I feel

;)

[mucifer]

4. Wooo Hooooo!!!

:bounce: :bounce: One of my coworkers lives by you and I always say to her "Your neighbor had a good day" and she laughs.

[Kittycat]

8. Take a picture for us!

:lol: Seriously, that rocks.

[Blarch]

5. My god.

people were lining up at 3:30 for these papers. Most stores have signs up saying 'no papers'

I only scored 5 papers. and the last gas station I looked there was a black lady who growned when she saw there were no papers...I offered her one of my five and she went nuts ...thanking and hugging me in the parking lot, it was worth far more than the $10.00 the paper would have brought. What a frenzy.

This is what it looks like.

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[wndycty]

6. Its crazy and the excitement is getting me all emotional again.

:kick:

[Kittycat]

7. Windy - I'm clear out in Kendall Cty - and we're sold out.

The only place with them is Barnes & Noble down in Plainfield, and they don't open until 10AM. I'm leaving in a few minutes to go get in line.

[wndycty]

9. LOL I got my Trib, still trying to score a Sun-Times

:kick:

[Kittycat]

10. I did manage a trib. However...

Every copy out here had a Kungfu Panda sticker stuck right in the middle of the top fold. I managed to get one without the sticker fully adhered and pulled it off. I was so annoyed by that. Getting a newsweek out this way yesterday was hard. Only one store had them left, and hidden down inside a closed lane.

[wndycty]

11. The newspaper/periodical industry loves Obama

:kick:

[Kittycat]

12. I just got back from waiting in line 35min

The manager even came out to let everyone know that yes, they did have the sun times, that no, he couldn't sell them until 10AM, and no we couldn't wait in the vestibule (he was nice about it). So we're all waiting orderly, nicely outside in the freezing cold. I'm the second person in line. He opens the door and says they're at the counter - all 2 of them. We all looked confused, 2 papers, what? We go up there, the cashier sells both of them to the first person - leaving around 30 people just standing there in shock. That SOB knew there were only two papers, and didn't tell any of us waiting - then they sold them both to one person. I drove 20min back home, and still cannot feel my ears. To say I'm pissed right now, is an understatement.

[wndycty]

13. Oh hell no!

:kick: