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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2008 => Topic started by: Wretched Excess on April 08, 2008, 11:31:24 PM
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this is the story about the rally that we were talking about in the DUmpster the other day.
it's as bad as I thought it would be. now, I understand that there may not be much going
on in montana, but this makes the whole freaking city of missoula sound like everyone woke
up with pods next to their beds that morning.
look for the bolded paragraph; this chick WROTE ON HER BABY'S HEAD.
Missoula crowd cheers, weeps for Barack Obama
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MISSOULA — Missoula roared Saturday morning for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama. In the Adams Center, Montanans shook their collective booty, held up their babies and even wept for a presidential candidate they believe will restore the American Dream in their towns and integrity to the White House.
“I’ve lived here in Montana all my life. I’ve never seen anything here like this before this energy today. Montana is coming alive,†said Carole Meyers, of Missoula.
The Illinois senator fighting against Sen. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination made a rare presidential campaign visit to Missoula. Most years, Montana doesn’t draw presidential candidates. In those quieter years, folks in Big Sky Country must have bottled up the love and attention they could have shown a candidate.
In a throbbing Adams Center on Saturday morning, it felt like that bottle exploded. Screaming fans and watchers of history showered affection on a man whose message of change they said they trusted and believed.
Barry Adams said he normally protests at political events, but even the self-described radical and outlaw raved at the rally.
“I don’t usually go out for straight politicians. But I like Obama,†said Adams, a military veteran.
Obama spoke shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday, so the Garden City stirred early. Some folks walked to the University of Montana campus while the sun was still rising, and shortly after 8 a.m., the line of people that curled out the entrance of the basketball arena and down Arthur Avenue started moving.
Amanda Cooper used the time in line to pretty up her baby, Aislyn, for Obama. As the Bozeman woman made her way into the arena, she used a makeup pencil to write “Kiss me†on the side of her 6-month-old’s forehead.
“Say, ‘Kiss me, ‘Bama.’†A UM student from Thailand brought Obama good wishes from overseas. Prayer Otwong, 22, said she talks with her friends in Thailand about politics in the U.S., and they see a candidate who can help America restore its tainted reputation abroad.
“They’re all excited about Obama,†Otwong said.
People streamed into the stands wearing knit hats to stay warm, and shiny red, white and blue feather boas to show patriotism for change. They came old and young, from near and far. They came to see what some said was one of the most electrifying events to reach Missoula in ages.
“It feels like this is a part of history we’re going to be lucky we saw,†said Mary Kelly, of Missoula.
Rio Aagaard-Shively, almost 12, found seats behind the podium with his brother and father.
“I’m just hoping he’ll turn around,†Rio said.
“Dad. After it’s over, can I go down there and shake his hand?†asked his brother, 10-year-old Ari.
That family is from Missoula, but folks like Jim Eichhorn traveled a ways for a chance to see history in the making.
Eichhorn, 96, came from Bozeman to hear in person a candidate whom he considers truthful.
“It’ll be the first time I ever saw a president. He’s not a president yet, but he will be,†Eichhorn said.
As the arena slowly swallowed some 8,000 people, the bass lines seemed to grow louder and even the ladies and gents still waiting in line started bumping.
At one point, volunteers and guards temporarily lost control of some crowd members when a mountain of people pushed past them to secure what they thought would be better seats.
Missoula’s Patrick Ellison said he and his family had waited in line since 6 a.m. because they thought that would guarantee them a good view.
“Then, they shove us behind him. I just think that’s inane,†Ellison said.
But most folks seemed to be feeling good and they boogied when James Brown sang it over the speakers.
Three Missoula teenagers delighted in nabbing some of the best seats in the house because one uses a wheelchair. As they watched the people pouring into the bleachers, they snapped pictures and e-mailed the photos to a special class of their peers “our poor friends who didn’t get tickets,†said 17-year-old Rachel Chansler.
At 9:22 a.m. in the arena, a flash of stage lights elicited whoops and catcalls from the crowd. At 9:35 a.m., the energized early risers started the wave.
“I just want to touch him,†said one.
Just before 10 a.m., the crowd began chanting Obama’s can-do theme, and they chanted faster and faster.
“Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can.†“Yes-we-can. Yes-we-can.
Yes-we-can.†“Yeswecan.Yeswecan.Yeswecan.†After campaign organizers said thank yous and officials gave introductions, someone yanked the podium off the stage.
Then Obama met his Montana fans “We love you!†and it was Mon-Bamania all around.
When Obama rolled around the word “Missoula†in his mouth and said he liked it, the people erupted. When he told them of Exxon Mobil’s profits, they booed. And when he said that he wanted to get out of Iraq, they yelled and stomped their feet until it sounded like thunder.
“He inspires hope in people. That’s what I want for myself and future generations,†said Tim Healzer, of Missoula.
A handful of folks said they hadn’t yet decided whether to back Obama or New York Sen. Clinton. After the 50-minute speech, though, one woman said Obama changed her mind.
Junell Gill, who is visiting family in Missoula, was a Clinton supporter until she heard Obama talk in person.
“He was just very, very inspiring, and very convincing with his convictions,†said Gill, of California.
Many people left the arena quickly after Obama did, but one man was so moved by the possibility of hope and change that he sat quietly in the stands and cried.
Doug Frandsen said Obama represents hope that there’s something better for this country. The Missoula man said Obama is charismatic, but it isn’t his charisma that speaks to him. It’s his message.
“I don’t think I’ve experienced anything quite like it. I thought the Rolling Stones was good. This is better,†Frandsen said.
Link (http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2008/04/06/state_top/20080406_state_top.txt)
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"I know he's got a Marxist soul, but I like it, like it, yes I doooo!"
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Bucket of kool aid at every entrance too??? Jeez.
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Bucket of kool aid at every entrance too??? Jeez.
she . . . wrote . . . on . . . her . . . baby's . . . . HEAD.
OH
MY
GOD.
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I know!!!!! I don't even think people did that for Elvis!
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I know!!!!! I don't even think people did that for Elvis!
it has this creepy "mark of the beast" thing going on, doesn't it? :rotf: :-)
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It may be worth it to rent a kid and put that on him and see if the media will photo the Barackstar! embracing said demon. :-)
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Oh, puh-leeze, give me a break! Did the reporter really say they "shook their collective booty"?
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“I don’t usually go out for straight politicians. But I like Obama,†said Adams, a military veteran.
??? He lives in Montana?
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FFS, the future of this great nation rests on the shoulders of a bunch of groupies and mental midgets swayed utterly by their emotions. :thatsright:
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FFS, the future of this great nation rests on the shoulders of a bunch of groupies and mental midgets swayed utterly by their emotions. :thatsright:
So in other words, DU. :-)
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No freaking way would I pass my baby around like that...what the heck is wrong with these people? Granted a few months before mom was trying to decide whether it was a mass of tissue or a baby, but you'd think once the decision had been made they'd try for just a little more maturity and responsibility than the chld.
Cindie
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No freaking way would I pass my baby around like that...what the heck is wrong with these people? Granted a few months before mom was trying to decide whether it was a mass of tissue or a baby, but you'd think once the decision had been made they'd try for just a little more maturity and responsibility than the chld.
Cindie
Of course not...this is the 'savior' Obama. Any common sense goes out the window in deference. Seriously, DU likes to call people sheep all the time...if this behavior is not the personification of a bunch of sheep bleating to their ram I don't know what it. :loser: