No need to worry. They are still at the stadium.
Posted on 09/05/2012 8:34:10 AM PDT by KansasGirl
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The chief meteorologist at a Charlotte television station is questioning the decision by Democrats to move President Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention to a smaller venue because of the weather.
“Thursday night will likely be the best weather of the entire week,” Brad Panovich of WCNC-NBC TV wrote on Twitter in reference to when Obama’s speech was planned to take place at the outside Bank of America stadium, which can accommodate 70,000 people.
The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday announced that the weather is forcing them to relocate Obama’s speech to the Time Warner Cable Arena, which is inside and holds a far fewer 22,000 people.
In a series of tweets on Wednesday morning after the news broke, Panovich said there’s only a 20 to 30 percent chance of rain or storms and argued that “if you are going to move inside for this small risk you could have done that days ago.”
Said Panovich: “My main point is if you were going to move inside for the small [weather] threat Thursday [,you] could have made that decision a week ago.”
Republicans reacted to the news asking whether the change is really because the Democrats are worried about filling enough seats in the outdoor venue for the video cameras.
“Problems filling the seats?” Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski told reporters in a Wednesday email.
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Orwelian government propoganda - or more plainly, untruthful excuses. They couldn’t fill the stadium for Der Fuerher, so rather than embarass him on national TV, they’r going to a smaller venue and blaming it on the weather. Of course they can get away with it; who belives the TV weatherman anyway.
Sarah Palin should offer to use the stadium. She’d have it filled to overflowing.
LOL, okay, you caught me. I did miss a big opportunity there.
I see you’re busy protecting the Dems from humiliation.
It’s as believable as John Burton’s root canal appointment that had him departing Charlotte early.
Brad Blakeman, a Bush guy, says on FoxNews that his Dem friends (who want to remain anonymous) are admitting they could NOT fill the stadium, even with free tickets and transportation. Thus, rather than have a media disaster with a half-empty stadium, they are biting the bullet and moving to the smaller venue.
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Alan Colmes invokes Pat Robertson, says the rain is G_D’s fault. LOLOLOLOLOL
Gotta have valid picture ID to get in. Naturally they can’t find 50,000 democrats.
He has to express his “puzzlement”, or simply ignore the discrepancy, or else the Ministry of Truth will come down hard on him.
Maybe Fauxcahontas can do a rain dance to make heap big downpour on Thursday evening.
It ain’t the “weather”, but the “whether”, as in “whether they can fill enough seats as to not embarrass themselves”.
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said, Tuesday:
“We plan to be there rain or shine…”
If the GOP had any sand (which they don’t), they would fill the stadium w/ their own supporters and give a speech under clearing skies.
Maybe this is a job for the Tea Party?
Not that Karl was a threat to Obama but the whole idea someone could threaten to do a political murder with no repercussions from any quarter, and that political professionals might be involved probably chilled them right down to their little toes.
So, thanks Karl, now it'll look like the Democrats have a crowd rather than a half empty stadium~~~
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No need to worry. They are still at the stadium.
His constituents do.
Actually the CMS was to be a Labor Day welome event which they cancelled due to lack of funds.
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