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Just saw the “report” on channel 32. Looked like a pretty friendly crowd, nobody there who wouldn’t vote for Quinn ‘N’ Giannoulias anyway. And the head says that nobody was bussed in, they were all honest supporters, from all over the place. All of them. So I believe him, since you can’t lie on TV. There was very little of homie’s speech, but the card-holders they station behind him for the cameras were mostly white, so I’m assuming he’s trolling for white-ass dem turnout, suburban and otherwise- the black bloc is, as usual, taken for granted. Step away for a few hours and you miss a lot. Well, not really a lot, very little if anything, I guess.

And the head says that nobody was bussed in, they were all honest supporters, from all over the place. All of them. So I believe him, since you can’t lie on TV. There was very little of homie’s speech, but the card-holders they station behind him for the cameras were mostly white, so I’m assuming he’s trolling for white-ass dem turnout, suburban and otherwise- the black bloc is, as usual, taken for granted.

On the north side of the Midway I saw only one yellow school bus. It shouldn't have been hard (unless too many people are pissed off at him or just don't care) for a lot of people to show up spontaneously because that's a high population density neighborhood. Also, most of the students at the U of Chicago, which is on both sides of the Midway, are non-black. It would be interesting to compare crowd size with the crowds in Washington Park (within easy walking distance) every weekend for the African fest things. I could hear those things from many blocks away. I couldn't hear a peep from the direction of the Midway.