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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2008 => Topic started by: bijou on November 04, 2008, 04:34:49 PM
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Since it is bedtime here I will leave you with this found via FR, maybe the last good news of the night. :(
Here in Chicago, a group of us just got back from doing visibility for McCain here in Boystown on a break from monitoring the polling stations in our neighborhoods. So far, we have not seen any instances of Obama followers intimidating voters or committing any sort of fraud — but are keeping our eyes open. We are all veterans of the Iowa, Texas, and other caucuses, so we know how bad Obama’s followers can be.
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You can tell the Obama supporters on the street, though. They look really worried. Word’s spreading fast here that Obama’s going to lose — the big Reifenstahl-styled rally Obama planned for Grant Park has been downgraded, according to police we know. Instead of one million people coming out to hear his concession speech tonight, the city is now expecting only “tens of thousandsâ€. The world’s biggest celebrity doesn’t seem to be drawing the crowd he hoped.
More later when we get the chance — back to our stations — another four hours or so until polls close here.
If turnout and excitement for Obama are as dismal in the rest of the city as they are in Boystown, this could be a VERY bad night for Dear Leader.
http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/word-in-chicago-is-spreading-obama-loss-is-expected-grant-park-rally-downgraded-to-tens-of-thousands-instead-of-the-million-obama-promised/
Good luck!
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Good luck!
Thank you kindly, madam.
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the big Reifenstahl-styled rally
Excellent turn of phrase. The whole thing, from the Greek colonnade at the convention onward, did have a rather "Triumph of the Will" aspect to it...except of course for the impossiblity of getting Democrats to march in step.
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Is the story saying a loss in Chicago is expected, or loss over all? I find it very hard to believe that Obama will lose Chicago.
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Is the story saying a loss in Chicago is expected, or loss over all? I find it very hard to believe that Obama will lose Chicago.
For him to lose Chicago, McCain would've had to turn his whole campaign fund over to Daley.
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For him to lose Chicago, McCain would've had to turn his whole campaign fund over to Daley.
If Obama lost Chicago, it would be far worse (and more humiliating) than when Gore lost Tennessee.