this is a new MSM meme . . . "mccain's crowds suck". pssssssst, media dudes. republicans have jobs.
Empty Seats Greet McCain at Fla. Rally
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Republican presidential nominee John McCain held his first rally without running mate Sarah Palin today, and let's just say there were seats available.
The McCain "Road to Victory" rally was originally scheduled to be a pancake breakfast, but the campaign said there was such an outpouring of enthusiasm the event was shifted to the 15,000-seat Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.
The may not have been the best idea: There were almost no supporters in any of the cavernous arena's 24 upper-level seating sections, and only eight of the 21 sections downstairs held fans. Only four of those were filled, though some supporters crowded around the stage on the arena floor.
McCain and wife Cindy made a point of thanking supporters for coming out on "a Monday morning'' for the 9 a.m. rally.
McCain said he had a soft spot in his heart for Jacksonville, because his first wife and his children awaited his return from a Vietnamese POW camp at a nearby naval base. "The years I was away in prison, the people of Jacksonville and Orange Park took care of my wife and children,'' McCain said. "My children had about 50,000 parents while I was gone.''
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