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Obama campaign says it will fill football stadium for convention’s finale
The Hill ^ | 09/01/2012 | Amie Parnes

Posted on 09/01/2012 7:31:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Team Obama promises it will fill every one of the seats in Charlotte’s mammoth football stadium Thursday night when President Obama closes the Democratic National Convention with a speech accepting his party’s nomination.

For weeks, Democrats have been concerned about filling Bank of America Stadium, home to the NFL’s Carolina Panthers. They feared a devastating image of an enthusiasm gap if Obama spoke to empty upper decks at the venue.

But the Obama campaign says it’s got it covered, and that all 73,778 of the stadium’s seats will be spoken for. The campaign also insists this success will showcase a ground operation that will help Obama win North Carolina for a second cycle in a row this November. “We’re confident we’ll be full,” Jen Psaki, the traveling Obama press secretary, told The Hill late last week. “We have a great ground operation in North Carolina and we’ve registered more voters than any other state.

“Our goal is to leave North Carolina better than we came in,” Psaki added.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: campaign; convention; dnc; northcarolina; obama
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh dear. We need to be worried when we see large guillotines and booths set up for receiving a “vetting mark” near the arenas. I hope nobody spots smoke coming from the Obama statue’s azz.


61 posted on 09/01/2012 8:17:54 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Yes it is. If it starts emitting smoke we’re in for it.


62 posted on 09/01/2012 8:18:43 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: Humble Servant

LOL!


63 posted on 09/01/2012 8:19:48 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: SeekAndFind

How many of the people attending won free tickets and dinner with Obama for entering his illegal lottery?


64 posted on 09/01/2012 8:20:53 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)
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To: Irish Eyes

Correct. They are calling it Panther Stadium.


65 posted on 09/01/2012 8:27:51 PM PDT by matt04
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To: eeriegeno
Yeah but fill the seats with what?


66 posted on 09/01/2012 8:28:12 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: DBrow
I’m not giving mine up anyway.

After all that money I spent on lingerie? Not a chance!!

67 posted on 09/01/2012 8:28:34 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: Irish Eyes

73 thousand, ninth largest NFL stadium.


68 posted on 09/01/2012 8:29:52 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: SeekAndFind

I can see it now:
the goal posts will be changed to Greek columns.


69 posted on 09/01/2012 8:30:06 PM PDT by supremedoctrine
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To: SeekAndFind
Styrofoam columns coming right up!


70 posted on 09/01/2012 8:31:09 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Two weeks ago convention organizers began making tickets available for the acceptance speech at the stadium.

Team Obama’s “9-3-1” program, which provides supporters with one ticket to the acceptance speech after they volunteer for nine hours over three shifts, an effort the campaign says will expand its grassroots, will also help fill empty seats.


71 posted on 09/01/2012 8:32:20 PM PDT by tapatio (In memory of my Dad 5-27-26 2-4-2010)
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To: erod

You did it! They’ll blow that photo up and place it around the stadium for a backdrop!!!! I guess he’ll probably bust thru it and appear on stage!!


72 posted on 09/01/2012 8:37:20 PM PDT by GoldwaterChick
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Whose idiotic idea was it to call him the chief executive? Of what? He has never even ran a lemonade stand. It would do my heart good to see that sand sculpture - just sand.


73 posted on 09/01/2012 8:41:14 PM PDT by Catsrus
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To: tapatio

In my show-biz days, one of our ongoing concerns was finding studio audiences for TV shows. Tickets for the highly rated shows were usually in demand, but for a lot of the other ones, you’d give away anywhere from 5 to 20 tickets in order to get one butt in a seat. The art form was finding the right ratio. At the major awards shows, we “dressed” the audience by having extras in formalwear filling the empty seats in the front rows. I wonder how they’re planning to “dress” the audience to cover the no shows for his speech?


74 posted on 09/01/2012 8:43:19 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: SeekAndFind

Only question is, what are they going to fill it with?

Illegal aliens? Urine? Dead bodies from the Clinton years? Members of Democrat sympathizing Leftist groups that are affiliated with terrorist networks around the world?

I could go on, but why bother...


75 posted on 09/01/2012 8:58:27 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Americans want what Americans always wanted: Better lives for families; little government authority.)
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To: supremedoctrine

More likely sand columns. Bush’s Fault


76 posted on 09/01/2012 8:59:17 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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To: SeekAndFind
Photobucket
77 posted on 09/01/2012 9:20:17 PM PDT by Roccus
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To: SeekAndFind
Mitt sez:  Obama said what?
78 posted on 09/01/2012 9:24:28 PM PDT by Oceander (TINSTAAFL - Mother Nature Abhors a Free Lunch almost as much as She Abhors a Vacuum)
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To: SeekAndFind

I think this will be the most expensive speech ever given. Total cost will be over 75 million dollars, a coronation of useless drivel.

Had an Obama zombie cheering him on, claiming a Democrat congress and reelecting Obama would change everything. ‘What, we have to reelect him to find out what he’d do?’ I asked, and they immediately agreed.

‘That worked out so well with Nancy Pelosi’s health care bill. Pass it to find out what’s inside. Half of Obama’s administration has been with a fully democrat congress - his first two years were so sterling - trillions in wasteful spending, seizing private businesses, etc.. I can only imagine how much more damage he could have done had the people said ‘ENOUGH’ and kicked the Democrats out of Congress.’

‘Well, if Republicans would only...’

‘Would only do what? The people said ‘NO MORE.’ They kicked out Democrats in droves. What? Are you saying, AGAIN, that people are just too stupid to know what’s good for them? Yeah, that’s a strategy that ought to work out well. ‘’Vote for Obama, you stupid jerks.’’ Can’t wait to see those ads..’

‘But if Congress would only...’

‘Only stop doing what the people want? Maybe it might be better if the President started doing what the people wanted.’

They stomped off at this point.


79 posted on 09/01/2012 9:27:46 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: eeriegeno
Yeah but fill the seats with what?

Bring a shovel.

80 posted on 09/01/2012 9:34:17 PM PDT by ponygirl (Be Breitbart.)
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