The Old Dominion goes Red Nov. 4...
Posted on 10/27/2008 4:10:31 PM PDT by lewisglad
Crowd Packs Stadium for Palin posted 5:34 pm Mon October 27, 2008 reporter: Matt Dreyer A record-breaking crowd is at Salem Stadium waiting to hear from Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin. This is thought to be the largest crowd ever to gather at the stadium.
Palin is scheduled to take the stage at about 6:45 for this rally in Battleground Virginia. They are getting anxious, plenty of anticipation as they await Sarah Palin's arrival. For Republicans in our area, this is their first chance to see someone from the presidential ticket, and it was an opportunity they would not pass up.
Leave it to the kids to start a pep rally in the parking lot. They are still years away from casting their first ballot, but not too young to be a part of history.
Evans Schmedtje, 12 years old - "We love Sarah Palin. She's awesome."
Hundreds of people began lining up hours before the big event. Kelly Yeatts was one of the first in line. She’s seeing Palin for the third time.
Kelly Yeatts, Seeing Palin for 3rd Time - "I think it's important that people hear about the issues and the best way to hear about them is to come out to a rally and to listen to what the candidates are saying."
By midday, the line wrapped around the parking lot. Supporters anxiously waiting, and braving the cold. Many of those in line were women, who could easily identify with the Alaskan governor. Joaquita Martin is from Alaska with ties to this area, and she, just like Palin, is a hockey mom.
Joaquita Martin, Alaska Hockey Mom - "I came down to find the place and I said oh my gosh, there's already a line. I better get in it."
For many, it's a family affair. Charles Dick brought his 13-year old granddaughter, knowing something like this may not happen again anytime soon.
Charles Dick, Roanoke - "I wanted her to be a part of history and see Sarah."
Zoey Smith, 13 years old - "She's an amazing person. It would be a great opportunity to meet her and just see her."
This is Palin's third stop in Virginia. She started Monday morning in Leesburg with a rally before heading to Fredericksburg for another event. Her running mate, John McCain (web|news|bio), spent the day campaigning in another battleground state -- Pennsylvania.
BTTT!!!!!
More details please as the event progresses!
Thank you!
She has been packing them in where ever she goes. Standing room only. Go Sarah!
NOT!
Great crowd. They waited patiently out there.
I’m watching the video feed and she’s great.
D1
Good grief, I can’t keep up with this girl. She is tireless. She doesn’t quit.
I’d like to see Joe Biden pack in this type crowd. As if.
MSM will report "a few hundred in attendance", I'm sure.
Obama has an ideological committment to higher taxes. He changes daily on the specifics, but not the basic idea of raising taxes.
so in o terms there were 250k
Don’t believe the polls. If she was such a drag to McCain as the press tries to tell us, she would not be drawing these crowds..It’s a very good sign-also the biggest SNL ratings in a very long time. People don’t tune in to someone they don’t like.
The Old Dominion goes Red Nov. 4...
I’m sure the MSM will report that 20,000 people are there in the freezing cold to look at her warbrobe.
minimum..
Sarah: “Tito says, everything is possible in America, I made it, Joe the plumber can make it even better than me. Tito said I was born in Columbia, but I was MADE in the USA!” crowd roars
Sarah: “It sounds like not too many of your are supporting Barak the wealth spreader”
FMCDH(BITS)
“Has the MSM been touting the crowd numbers that Obama has been drawing since Palin?.. Nope”
Well...they did in NM when it was an enormous crowd. The only thing the MSM forgot to mention was that it was a crowd for a FREE Santana concert that obama just happened to jump up on stage after it was over. The way the story read it was obama that the masses were there to see when it was freaking free concert.
Other than that, you are correct.
Tito was at one of the rallies today and brought the house down! http://wizbangblog.com/content/2008/10/27/tito-the-builder-introduces-sarah-palin.php
If she was such a drag to McCain as the press tries to tell us, then they wouldn't be telling us that, would they?
I saw the future POTUS (2012) in Carson,CA a few weeks ago. Let me tell you ...IT WAS ELECTRIC and it was packed!
I did not know there were that many Republicans in all of CA!
GO SARAH!!!!!!!!!!!
Wherever Palin was today (Virginia?) her rally was awesome. The crowd was loud and happy - it was like watching a interactive rally. Even Tito the guy from Columbia got several rounds of “Tito! Tito!”
Don’t kid yourself — there are more Republicans in this state than in most Red States.
Unfortunately we also have more moonbats than in almost any other state. *sigh*
If we split this state’s EVs — no Democrat would ever win the White House.
Palin goes “I haven’t heard of that many Tito’s since the Jackson 5!”
Hundreds line up for tickets to Palin’s Cape Girardeau stop
http://www.semissourian.com/article/20081027/NEWS01/710289992
is this Rush's hometown?
i had an Uncle Tito... and a cousin, Tito Jr...
Seriously, there's more support for McCain-Palin than meets the eye. 70 million people watched the VP debate - they sure as Hell didn't see Biden. They wanted to see Palin. Palin is extremely popular, that's why you see these hit pieces about she's "dragging" down the ticket, she's fighting with McCain's handlers, etc. The MSM doesn't want us to acknowledge the truth.
IMO, The only reason 80 million people were watching a VP debate with Blowhard Biden was to figure out if Sarah was a worthy successor to Ronaldus Maximus. :)
That can’t be because we’ve been told over and over again that Palin is dragging down the ticket. /s
I got a call earlier about getting tickets.
Wish it were possible for me to attend, *sigh*
he can draw crowds but I notice its always in the middle of a city in the middle of the day where people are buzzing about anyway....
who is Tito?....boy am I behind or what...
Tito is an immigrant from Columbia (a plumber or electrician - I can’t remember) who Sarah had on stage as another “Joe” who was upset about Obama’s comments to the real Joe the Plumber. The crowed yelled several times, “Tito! Tito!”
I missed the rally, but I got to stock her plane with food. She is hotter in person!
With as trim as she is, they must choose healthy!
Honestly, I think the count was closer to 12,000. I was there, and I counted as people went in.
Read the link at post 21-wizbang.....
Tito really tells off the media about Joe the Plumber. He said something like “go ahead, check my immigration status, wanna see my green card”, LOL.
I didn’t know who Tito was either.
From what I’ve heard the venue he was at in Denver only holds 34,000. The police were counting people hanging around outside as there to see him. Knowing the MSM’s penchant for lying, who knows the true number?
Sarah is out pulling Obama around 3 and 4 to 1. Unreal.
McCain, unless there is some Obama scam concert, pulls almost as well as Obama.
Joe - well a smaller & narrower aisle at his hangout Home Depot will hold his “rallies.”
He spoke before a crowd of 2000 max. Sarah would have pulled in 20,000.
Joe can't draw flies.
We had a group of about 100 which turned out to give Ole Joe a nice Florida welcome to he and his staff who blew into town by bus....."The Evasive Talk Express", I think it was called.
Leni
Fruit, veggie and cheese trays, southern fried chicken strips. and a ton of drinks. She likes Diet Dr. Pepper.
The sales of Diet Dr. Pepper just went up!
Good grief, I can’t keep up with this girl. She is tireless. She doesn’t quit.”
The GOP Energizer Bunny.....
My daughter and I were there. It was great.
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