We got there at 10:30 and were 10 feet away from her...My God she is amazing. Hank was amazing...
The McCain/Palin supporters in the crowd around where we were standing were by far some of the nicest, kindest, most genuine and sincere American’s I have ever come into contact with — we were total strangers upon arrival at the rally and in less than 15 minutes we were chatting each other up and exchanging stories and making water runs for each other and taking pictures for each others groups — the time flew by.
I would like to personally thank the McCain/Palin campaign staff and the Secret Service for also handing out water — that was clearly a very nice thing to do..
That, was how American’s attend a rally.
Sarah showed up and the place just erupted in loud cheers and applause — and this, after most of us had waited in the hot sun from 10:30 until 2:00 pm to see her, she greeted us on such a personal level — I felt myself feeling proud to be an American — when she asked for all the Veteran’s to raise their hands my son looked at me and said, “she is talking to you,” and he was right — I have felt that John McCain and Sarah Palin have been talking to us since day one.
Clearly — from my vantage point — Governor Sarah Palin is real American Patriot — You just can tell how much she loves this country and all the positive and wonderful things that America stands for — The Love for her country comes though her, you just can’t help but see how much she loves this country...couple that with John McCain’s love for this country and all the years he spent in the Navy fighting for America and freedom and all the years he has spent in the Senate fighting for America and freedom and you just can’t help but think — John McCain and Sarah Palin must win this election — “they must,” America needs them to win now more than ever — the damage done to our great nation under an “nobama” administration would be devastating.
The crowd was fired up and you can bet your arse — there were closer to 30,000 in attendance.
I was talking to a Henrico County Deputy and a parking lot attendant and they both said that based upon the number of cars they would easily estimate between 25,000 and 30,000 were in attendance.
It was worth the drive, it was worth the wait, I will be there on November 5th, celebrating their victory. What an awesome rally.
God Bless America and God Bless John McCain and Sarah Palin.
Thanks for your report! There are some nice crowd shots here on this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2104742%2C7
I was the one leading those chants — “When I say No, you say Bama! No! Bama!” etc. It was a blast!!
same thing in ohio yesterday people started arriving around 12 and it was out in the open no cover and sarah wasnt arriving till 6 pm
