[cyclotic]

We were part of the great unwashed with green tickets in the back. The whole back area was grass and mud. Thick mud with fresh clear water. We were sinking down in the grass. There were also some tire tracks sunk about 8" deep. This was not from a rainfall a week ago. I'm not complaining as it was great to have the kids see, I'm sorry, hear) the President, but man, it was a mess.

[banyanroot]

In that case, perhaps you are right in that it was a dirty Dem trick! It was difficult enough to stand there for hours; there was a very sweet woman in her 80's that was taken away on a seat stretcher not long after POTUS began his speech. I think the blazing sun & the time she spent on her feet just overwhelmed her. Yet, when the paramedics tried to get her onto the stretcher, she resisted letting go of the top of a gate railing until they assured her they wouldn't take her out of the park. I wish I knew if she is OK.