Posted on 03/30/2008 11:27:29 PM PDT by F15Eagle
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Shivering in blankets of Penn State's colors, some 20,000 people filled a campus lawn Sunday to hear Barack Obama say he can win the Democratic nomination even if rival Hillary Rodham Clinton stays in the race
Supporters stood in long lines for hours to hear Obama ahead of the April 22 Pennsylvania primary.
On a sunny day with temperatures in the low 40's, most bundled up for the type of large-scale rally that has become the candidate's trademark.
"It's been a while, and it's a little cold, but we really like Barack. He's inspiring," said 19-year-old Caitlin McDonnell, wrapped in a blue Nittany Lions blanket.
Pennsylvania's primary is the next contest in the Obama-Clinton fight for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Keystone State, which will allocate 158 delegates, is the biggest single delegate prize remaining in the Democratic primaries.
Some Democrats, particularly Obama's supporters, have voiced concern that the hard-fought, drawn-out race is already hurting the party's chances to win in November.
The Illinois senator told the crowd not to worry.
"As this primary has gone on a little bit long, there have been people who've been voicing some frustration," Obama said.
"I want everybody to understand that this has been a great contest, great for America. It's engaged and involved people like never before. I think it's terrific that Senator Clinton's supporters have been as passionate as my supporters have been because that makes the people invested and engaged in this process, and I am absolutely confident that when this primary season is over Democrats will be united."
Clinton's husband, the former president, said Sunday that those voicing concern about the duration of the nomination fight should just "chill out" and let the race run its course.
Obama's rally drew an estimated 20,000 to 22,000 people, according to university official Richard DiEugenio — by far the biggest in a weekend of smaller, face-to-face campaign stops since Obama launched a six-day bus tour through the state on Friday.
From Penn State, he traveled to the state capital of Harrisburg, where he delivered the same call for party unity. He also took aim at Republican nominee-to-be John McCain, saying the Arizona senator undercut his own credibility by supporting the lengthening of Bush administration tax cuts he previously opposed.
"The wheels on the Straight Talk Express came off," Obama said, referring to the nickname for McCain's campaign vehicle. "He wants to extend those same tax cuts that he said were irresponsible."
Earlier in the day, he visited a university-run dairy farm and fed a slurping one-month calf, laughing as the calf sucked hard on the nipple of the bottle, eventually draining it. "She chowed that sucker down," Obama said.
His weekend of campaigning also included a comical trip to the lanes at a bowling alley in Altoona, where he was, by his own admission, terrible.
"My economic plan is better than my bowling," Obama told fellow bowlers Saturday evening at the Pleasant Valley Recreation Center.
"It has to be," one man called out.
As he laced up his bowling shoes, Obama let everyone know he hadn't bowled since Jimmy Carter was president.
He shared a lane with Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey Jr., who endorsed him Friday and joined him on the bus tour, and local homemaker Roxanne Hart. As the game went on, several small children bowled with Obama as well.
Obama's first ball flew well off his hand but ended up in the gutter. On his second try, he knocked down four pins.
About five lanes over, a young man in a T-shirt that said "Beer Hunter" fell on his backside while bowling and still recorded a strike.
The crowd of regulars pressed in to take pictures, get autographs and rib him on his poor skills.
Obama did improve, nearly getting a strike in one frame, and in the seventh, picking up a spare, giving him a score of 37. Casey had a score of 71 after getting a strike, and Hart, with one less frame, racked up a score of 82.
"I was terrible," Obama laughed as he shook hands with people in a crowd that gathered outside once word spread he was there.
Asked about his game, Hart sounded like a politician, saying: "He has potential.".
Better alert every patriotic American to vote this fall because this is a hype-machine heretofore unseen.
Obama’s Pastor Celebrates 9/11 (explicit)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzhl-endvco
Obama’s Racially-Divisive Pastor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUbUBTlmAiA
Obama Disrespecting U.S. Flag and Anthem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8QCkgg5Kjo
The Audacity of Barack Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwjnT4eJJvs
The Audacity of Barack Obama 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeC8BE-2T_k
Is Obama Wright? - Pastor Wright & Senator Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72B3tUAqpo4
Obama’s Pastor - 9/11 Fault of Israel Association
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnI431s1r6s
Obama - Cult of Personality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP7lUGn7HWk&;;
Name Obama’s Accomplishments if you can #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGeu_4Ekx-o
Name Obama’s Accomplishments if you can #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzFOOcEQtP0
Barack Obama: There Will Be Bamboozling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuB_W8o_UsU
The Two Things Senator Obama Accomplished
http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/02/27/obamas-empty-change-message/
The Jeremiah Wright Lifetime Achievement Award
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prhnc2fxAzg
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"I want everybody to understand that this has been a great contest, great for America. It's engaged and involved people like never before. I think it's terrific that Senator Clinton's supporters have been as passionate as my supporters have been because that makes the people invested and engaged in this process, and I am absolutely confident that when this primary season is over Democrats will be united."
Obama is now kissing up to Hillary. Even though he's clobbered her in the caucus states, he now says Clinton's supporters are as passionate as his. Must be reading those polls that say a huge chunk of Hillary supporters are ready to vote for McCain in the general election.
Obama and his wife have to know by now how evil, corrupt and dishonest the Clintons are. It's disappointing to see Obama's kiss-up routine. He should be confronting them head-on, pointing out all the reasons it would be a disaster to send Hillary to the White House. McCain's looking better and better.
What’s hard for us to understand is they have no other frame of reference. They’ve been brainwashed by 12-15 years of NEA-approved nonsense.
They don’t have anything in their brief lives to compare it to. So they think it’s “American Idol”. And they want to give the most powerful office in the entire world to a man with no experience who never really held a job and has a kooky pastor for spiritual advisor (now “officially” gone).
It’s the calculated result of the NEA agenda.
Compared to Hillary, a pile of crap would be inspiring.
Keep pumping those videos out — we’ve got to get people informed so they’ll see through this smokescreen
gotta hit the sack - see y’all tomorrow
Heard long time republican, Joe Paterno, has refused to meet Hillary or Obama.
McCain will beat Hillary in the general. But Obama’s minions could steamroll McCain if enough don’t jump ship. That’s what I’m hoping to get many to do (jump ship for McCain especially if Obama is the nominee).
OK, NOW I’m outta here for the night.
“Generation of Fools. They deserve the life they will suffer through”
Exactly right. There’s nothing there to be inspired about. It’s all empty nothingness. All this talk of uniting and mildly complimenting Hillary Clinton—Obama never says anything of any substance whatsoever.
When you look at what the man says, it amounts to some nebulous form of wealth redistribution dolled up in a wax coat of guilt and pity. He addresses emotion and emotion alone. Someone who dares think could see straight through this clown. As terrible as it sounds, were a Democrat to win the general, I’d feel far more confident having Hillary Clinton running the White House. At least I get the opinion she is competent and has some substance—even if she is evil.
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Listen up kids — Shrillary’s brother and father played football for the blue and white so you have to vote for her! Besides, Valerie Plamegate is a Penn State grad and she and Lyin’ Joe are onboard for Shrillary, so clearly this Obama fad means nothing.
We hate Whitey!!!!!!
That's the thing I told my liberal brother-in-law, that life is intrinsically difficult. Life doesn't need evil Republicans running around to be hard and uncomfortable.
What morons.
We are born into a world full of problems and that fills us with fear and despair. There are problems waiting for us from the first breath.
Deal with it and grow up.
Heavy black ball knocks down skinny white pins. Sounds like Jeremiah Wright’s kind of game.
Kids’ll take any reason not to go to class..........
...despite the fact that he thinks white people are "satan", he's OK!
"Heard long time republican, Joe Paterno, has refused to meet Hillary or Obama."
I read an article that said that Paterno Sr. had opted out of greeting former President Clinton when he came to the Penn State campus to campaign for his wife. I also read that his son Jay is backing Obama. I didn't hear about his refusal to meet with Hillary or Obama, although I know that he said he couldn't vote for them because he was a Republican. Interestingly, he won't say if he is backing John McCain.
This has been orchestrated from before and since Hussein showed up on the DNC stage in 'o4.
Obama’s Penn State rally draws 20,000....
college kids aren’t taxpayers...that is why they are lib/dems.....always ready to spend other peoples’ money!!!!
His reverend thing was played too soon by the people who want hillary to be president. That includes Limbaugh and Hannity.
They'd likely have the same number of heads full of mush show up if Hillary had been there or one of the American Idol contestants had showed up.
It's not like these kids had anything else to do. It's not like they are busy studying because once they get in to college it's almost impossible to flunk out.
Good point. Wouldn’t surprise me one bit.
Obama know evil and corruption first hand. Hillary doesn't scare him...he's made a deal with the devil. Who's Hillary?
I despise that word "passionate"
This whole Democrat primary is based on passions which are merely strong emotions.
No logic and rational thinking such as --- "what has Obama ever done that qualifies him to be president?"
Not a care about national security.
All that counts is image and your "passions"
These Obama acolytes are infantile.
"It's been a while, and it's a little cold, but we really like Barack. He's inspiring," said 19-year-old Caitlin McDonnell, wrapped in a blue Nittany Lions blanket.The campus newspaper, however, tells us what it was really like:
As Barack Obama emerged in front of an estimated crowd of 22,000 in front of Old Main on the Penn State University campus, Ashley Sims shouted the kind of welcome usually reserved for pop stars.
"Oh, my God! Oh, my God! I love you, Barack! Look at me! Hi!"
This from a 24-year-old graduate student who customized her cell phone's ring tone as the Obama Girl tune, "I've Got a Crush on Obama."
When speaking about Obama, she has a dreamy look in her eyes, clasps her hands to her chest, and pauses in the middle of sentences as if she just can't find the words.
"I didn't know that he was possible," she said.
Mass hysteria. Cult-like. Creepy.
The Antichrist will no doubt garner the same type of following and media hype.
I wouldn’t believe it possible were I not witnessing it with my own eyes. How easily masses can be duped.
I used to think there’s no logical reason educated people could follow someone like Hitler. But they did. This has a very similar feeling.
But not terribly surprising. I have observed that the college-age generation is about the least-educated, laziest, and most self-absorbed group in American history. They live at home longer than ever, they spend their entire lives on MySpace, FaceBook and YouTube. They are easily duped by any type of leftist propaganda, such as climate change. They are as insubstantial as the candidate they worship.
Feh, a Penn State football game draws more than five times as many people.
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