17,000+ people sat on the ballfields lawn (except for those considered “VIPS” who got seats) sat in 90+ heat for almost 5 hours to hear McCain/Palin!
It was also GREAT to see Huckabee and Romeny there supporting the Ticket.
My only suggestion to McCain Camp is get rid of the VIP special entry. It was very disheartening to all of us on the lawn. A few dignitaries are OK, but over 500 VIPS?
You are running on a ticket of serving the people, not special interest groups. The rumble in the crowd was that if you had enough money you got a seat. Many older people had to stand for 5 hours because of bad knees, hips, etc.
There was also no sense of direction of how to exit the event. We had to wait for 45 minutes at the north gate of the ball field to be let out, while the VIPS were going to their cars. A VERY rude bald headed copy from the City of O’Fallon threaten us that we would be all arrested if we kept complaining. In the meantime a PRO CHOICE gal arrived outside the event and we all suggested she was more dangerous than those of us behind the gates. The copy spent 20 minutes talking with the attractive chick. She left, but came back 5 minutes later and gave us the finger...or I guess the Obama salute, took a picture of us like we were caged animals. I'm sure you will see is posted on DU.
Hope McCain organizers get their act together for the next event!
By your post, it sounds as though Gov. Palin was great!
/sarc