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President's rally attracts 35,000 at Ohio State
Dispatch Politics of the Columbus Dispatch ^ | 10/18/10 | Mark Niquette

Posted on 10/18/2010 7:20:06 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta

Seeking to fire up the Democratic base and the young voters who helped put him into office in 2008, President Barack Obama urged an overflow crowd on the Ohio State University Oval last night to reject a Republican agenda "that nearly destroyed the economy."

"We need you fired up because in a little more than two weeks, you can set the direction of this state and the direction of this country for not just the next two years, but the next five years, the next 10 years, the next 20 years," Obama said to the crowd, which university police estimated at 35,000.

It's believed to be the largest Obama rally since his his inauguration.

"This is the same theory they have been peddling for years," Obama said of GOP policies on regulation, taxes, trade and other issues that he blamed for causing the recession.

"And Ohio, it is up to you to tell them we do not want what they are selling. We've been there before, and we are not going back."

Larissa Gerber and Johanna Moeckel, both 22-year-old OSU seniors who attended the rally, said they voted for Obama in 2008. They both think Obama has done a good job in office so far and "definitely" plan to vote this year.

But Ben Boeke, 30, a Grove City engineer who attended the rally with his wife and 3-year-old son, said he is leaning toward supporting Kasich in the governor's race because "nothing's really changed the last four years with Strickland."

The president also held a small fundraiser in Columbus before the OSU rally for the Democratic National Committee that was expected to raise $250,000.

(Excerpt) Read more at dispatchpolitics.com ...


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1 posted on 10/18/2010 7:20:09 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

They needed something to cheer about after Saturday’s football game with Wisconsin.


2 posted on 10/18/2010 7:21:24 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (/s, in case you need to ask)
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Ohil State rally

3 posted on 10/18/2010 7:22:25 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Mr. Skittles, Ohio is lost. Best Regards.


4 posted on 10/18/2010 7:22:37 AM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Ohil must be one of those 7 extra states.


5 posted on 10/18/2010 7:23:42 AM PDT by dfwgator (Bring on the Yankees!)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Meanwhile, an OSU home game draws over 150,000...


6 posted on 10/18/2010 7:23:42 AM PDT by piytar (There is evil. There is no such thing as moderate evil. Never forget.)
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To: equalitybeforethelaw

Keep smiling loser, your day of reckoning is coming.


7 posted on 10/18/2010 7:23:58 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Ohio State rally...

8 posted on 10/18/2010 7:23:58 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

He’s right about the Republicans getting the wrecking ball rolling.

The spinelessness when Andrew Cuomo first introduced the idea of allowing unqualified people to obtain home mortgages.

The “compassionate” spending.

The utter spinelessness in standing up to the DemonRATs Dodd and Fwank as they insisted there was no need to audit Freddy and Fanny.

But 0bama forgot to mention that the DemonRATs want another chance to finish the job of wrecking the economy.


9 posted on 10/18/2010 7:24:55 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta
osomaobama comes to OSU and they get thumped by the Badgers.

Is this the Lords way of sending a prediction of what is coming on November 2, 2010.

Every where the one goes, destruction follows.

Strickland is going the same way that the buckeyes went this past weekend.

10 posted on 10/18/2010 7:25:29 AM PDT by USS Alaska
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Did anyone notice that Zero is campaigning in BLUE states?
They have to campaign in Blue States to try and keep their majority?
They must be in DEEP DO-DO................


11 posted on 10/18/2010 7:27:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE MEGHAN MCCAIN A BOX OF KRISPY KREMES SO SHE'LL SHUT THE HELL UP?!)
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To: AU72

“Keep smiling loser, your day of reckoning is coming.”

OTAY SPANKY :>)


12 posted on 10/18/2010 7:28:36 AM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: Red Badger

“Did anyone notice that Zero is campaigning in BLUE states”?

...oh yeah! Delaware, California, Ohio! This spells BIG trouble for the kenyan usurper.


13 posted on 10/18/2010 7:30:41 AM PDT by albie
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To: dfwgator

Ohil State lost a football game to Wisc last week end.


14 posted on 10/18/2010 7:32:04 AM PDT by Ole Okie (American.)
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To: dfwgator
"Ohil must be one of those 7 extra states."

I believe it borders the lakes of Hope and Change just off the left coast........

15 posted on 10/18/2010 7:32:30 AM PDT by sniper63 (I am the leader of the TEA Party, I, myself am the leader of me, myself for I am the TEA Party!)
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To: Red Badger

At this point his image is so bad that he’s having to do rallys in blue CITIES in soon to be former blue States. I’m not sure he gets 5000 to show up anywhere outside of a large school campuses at this point.


16 posted on 10/18/2010 7:32:43 AM PDT by MNlurker
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Sunday night. College town. Nothin’ to do. Hey, lets go to the Bama rally. I’ll make a beer run first!


17 posted on 10/18/2010 7:33:19 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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Ah, yes, the college students.

During the 2008 elections in a nearby college town, some students were voting by absentee ballot in their hometowns, and voting again in the college town.

Must be nice to have all your expenses paid for and get the extra advantage of casting (at least) two votes for every election to guarantee your free ride.

Just don’t complain when you graduate and there’s no job for you.


18 posted on 10/18/2010 7:36:07 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: albie

and Wisconsin.................


19 posted on 10/18/2010 7:38:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE MEGHAN MCCAIN A BOX OF KRISPY KREMES SO SHE'LL SHUT THE HELL UP?!)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta
We need you fired up

No....we need YOU just plain fired, Bammy

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20 posted on 10/18/2010 7:38:30 AM PDT by repentant_pundit ("Summer of Recovery" now followed by "The Fall of Prosperity")
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