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Palin draws crowd of 70,000 in The Villages
By Bill Cotterell • news-press.com capital bureau • September 21, 2008
THE VILLAGES -- Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin told wildly cheering, flag-waving, chanting supporters Sunday that John McCain is "the only great man in this race" and promised he will fix the nation's economy if voters give the GOP four more years in the White House.
"He won't say this, so I'll say it for him," the Alaska governor said in an almost confidential tone at the close of her first Florida stump speech. "There is only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you. John McCain wore the uniform of his country for 22 years -- talk about tough."
The Villages, a vast, upscale planned community north of Orlando, has about 70,000 mostly adult residents -- many of them military retirees -- who vote reliably Republican in statewide races. Tens of thousands inched along roads into the picturesque town square of the complex, where they stood in sweltering heat for about four hours as local GOP officials and a country band revved up the crowd.
"Sa-Rah! Sa-Rah!" they chanted at every mention of her name, applauding loudly and waiving tiny American flags that were distributed -- along with free water bottles -- by local volunteers. The fire chief estimated the crowd at 70,000.
http://news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080921/NEWS0107/80921022
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What? No rock star needed? :-)
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What? No rock star needed? :-)
You mean she did that on her own, with no free beer or free entertainment.....Babs stock value just went down.... :-)
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When will it be on You Tube?
I like watching her speak
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Aaron Tippen entertained for a few minutes before she arrived....
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Aaron Tippen entertained for a few minutes before she arrived....
That tears it. Next thing you know, Palin will be descending from heaven to speak in front of her own Greek temple.
She's just an Obamessiah wannabe! I'll vote for the REAL messiah come November. :rotf: :tongue: :rotf: