Record 75,000 See Obama

[GuerillaBlack]

75,000 saw Obama today in Portland OR.


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Obama record: 75,000 in Portland

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/obama_record_75000_in_portland.html

Posted May 18, 2008 6:19 PM

by Jim Tankersley

PORTLAND, Ore. - Some 75,000 people have turned out to see Barack Obama speak along the Portland waterfront, a record for the campaign.

The crowd covers the lawn here at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, from the streetside entry gates down to the Willamette River. Portland fire officials estimate 60,000 people are packed inside the park proper and another 10-15,000 are watching outside the gates. Spectators are lining the bridge behind Obama and watching, bikini-clad, from boats on the river.

The stump speech is Obama's standard riff - 30 minutes long and counting now, despite the sun beating down on the candidate. He's added a few Oregonian flourishes, drawing big cheers when he said the country can learn from Portland's commitment to mass transit and bicycle lanes. The biggest applause came when he denounced the Iraq war; Oregon is a hotbed of anti-war activism.

At one point, someone in the crowd shouted an expression of love at Obama. He broke his speech for a moment: "I love you too," he said.

"If you vote for me on Tuesday," he said, "We won't just win Oregon. We'll win this nomination, we'll win this general election. And you and I together, we'll change this country, we'll change the world."

Seventy-five thousand people seemed to like the sound of that.

[clambake]

75,000 bomb strapped America haters.

[Wild Cobra]

My God. If they really had that many people, what a disgusting mess.

Waterfront park isn't very big. I don't know about you all, but to be packed like sardenes is not for me.

[ChumpDumper]

Pretty impressive.

Still don't know what the appeal is.

[BradLohaus]

I assume he got to the stage by walking across the water.

[boutons_]

"a disgusting mess"

typical conservative position towards all democracy, and specifically freedom of association.

[ClingingMars]

I assume he got to the stage by walking across the water.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

He's a great orator, it will be interesting to see if he can get by on that in the general election or if McCain will actually make him talk facts (and if McCain does, if the liberal media will be quick to play the race card).

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

"a disgusting mess"

typical conservative position towards all democracy, and specifically freedom of association.

Have you ever been there to where they had it, you nitwit? As has been mentioned, it's not exactly 'roomy'.

[Nbadan]

Look at all those appeasers~

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[Nbadan]

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[Trainwreck2100]

me>74000
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And I haven't decided who to vote for

[MannyIsGod]

He's a great orator, it will be interesting to see if he can get by on that in the general election or if McCain will actually make him talk facts (and if McCain does, if the liberal media will be quick to play the race card).

Are these the same facts that McCain can't seem to get right?

Dude, anyone who believes McCain has any chance in hell is really really pushing it. Barring anything crazy, He's going to lose in a landslide.



BTW if anyone wants to wager on the general I welcome bets. Let me know.

[Nbadan]

Sweet pic Train.....some people never made in into the partk

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Crowd pics...

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[Trainwreck2100]

Are these the same facts that McCain can't seem to get right?

Dude, anyone who believes McCain has any chance in hell is really really pushing it. Barring anything crazy, He's going to lose in a landslide.



BTW if anyone wants to wager on the general I welcome bets. Let me know.

You underestimate the power of the dark side

[Ignignokt]

Are these the same facts that McCain can't seem to get right?

Dude, anyone who believes McCain has any chance in hell is really really pushing it. Barring anything crazy, He's going to lose in a landslide.



BTW if anyone wants to wager on the general I welcome bets. Let me know.

do you take plantains as currency?:lmao

[Ignignokt]

Sweet pic Train.....some people never made in into the partk

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Crowd pics...

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These copyrighted photos are the sole property of White Guilt Corp.

[spursfor5]

Dude, anyone who believes McCain has any chance in hell is really really pushing it. Barring anything crazy, He's going to lose in a landslide.

The country that voted for Bush, TWICE! :bang Anything can happen. Hopefully McCain doesn't win. I don't know if I can take 4 more years of Bush.

[Ignignokt]

The country that voted for Bush, TWICE! :bang Anything can happen. Hopefully McCain doesn't win. I don't know if I can take 4 more years of Bush.

Why do you vote for people who speak in vague generalities?

[Wild Cobra]

The country that voted for Bush, TWICE! :bang Anything can happen. Hopefully McCain doesn't win. I don't know if I can take 4 more years of Bush.
There are no good candidates. I was hoping Bob Barr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Barr) would be someone I could vote for, but he doesn't have the right stance for me to support him either. I think I will end up voting for him anyway. If I don't, I'm looking at either writing in "Mitt Romnrey" or "Micky Mouse." Unless McCain chooses a VP I really like, I cannot vote for any him, or the winning demonrat.

[boutons_]

WC, you self-congratulating, preening, condescending fucktard.

"democracy is messy", stick it up your ass. It's Good For Ya.

If Obama is so bad, what's McFlopPanderKeating?

Obama as the non-Repug candidate, is what nearly every Obama supporter is reaching for.

The owners of the USA aren't worried about Obama. They'll kneecap Obama and the Dems after the election, if not before. NOBODY touches their cheese, and lives.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

The country that voted for Bush, TWICE! :bang Anything can happen. Hopefully McCain doesn't win. I don't know if I can take 4 more years of Bush.
psssssssssssst. bush isn't on the ticket

[Viva Las Espuelas]

You underestimate the power of the dark side
that's what he's betting on

[spursfor5]

Why do you vote for people who speak in vague generalities?

Generalities are not always bad. No one has any clue where the country will be 5 years from now so how can be sure that details promised in a campaign will be relevant or even possible in the future. For example, Congress and their laundry list they planned to complete within a # of hours and didn't. All candidates can offer, for many but not all topics, is a direction they would like to head in.

Generalities, on the other hand, can be bad when it comes to forms of foreign policy.

Obama has addressed specifics I am worried about and that's why I will vote for him in November.

If he hasn't addressed the specifics you are worried about then don't vote for him. That's why we have this campaign process. Also if there are certain worries that you have please post them. I'm are willing to listen to worries you have because I may have simply overlooked them and they could potentially matter to me too. That is one of the reasons why we have political forums.

[Don Quixote]

All hail the Messiah!!

http://slog.thestranger.com/files/2008/05/obama420.jpg

Hope! And, um, change!
http://www.foliomag.com/files/images/rolling_stone_obama.jpg

A critique of the second image ...
NAME: Paola DiMeglio
TITLE: Associate art director, Psychiatric Times
CRITIQUE: First reaction was that this looked like something from a Jehovah's witness "The Watchtower" cover (those brochures that they pass out for a quarter) ... has this religious feel to it. It's more like he's doing a Superman stance. Maybe they should have put the "S" shirt under his jacket with the cap. That would have gotten the effect, but maybe taken as more of an insult than an endorsement. I don't really care for the fonts but I see it's their standard serif font. It looks more like The New Republic or The Week instead of Rolling Stone.

[Don Quixote]

Yep, he's Jesus.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/The_New_Republic_%28cover%29_30JAN2008.jpg

Fighting the forces of darkness and conservatism!
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He has a dream!
http://www.wnd.com/images/obamamessiah.jpg

"A revival for people's souls." -will.i.am

[Anti.Hero]

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Congratulations on drawing a big crowd.

[PixelPusher]

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Congratulations on drawing a big crowd.

Congratulations on breaking Godwin's Law.

[Don Quixote]

Congratulations! You have successfully pointed out a version of the reductio ad absurdum fallacy. I'm impressed.

I wonder, though, were the crowds who came to see Hitler forced to go? Or ahem, encouraged? Or did Hitler enjoy such mass appeal that they wanted to go?

[Don Quixote]

On the other hand, Godwin's Law is not necessarily an attempt to point out the RAA fallacy. Its goal is to help us avoid dumb, overblown comparisons to Hitler. It cuts both ways -- I'd like to see student protesters cut down on the Bush=Hitler thing, too.

[clambake]

they were all jew wrangler and gas chamber lobbyist.

[xrayzebra]

Don't they have unions/associations/whatever in Oregon? Sorta
like Commanders Call in the military, I would guess.

[ChumpDumper]

Obama's popular in some places.

Quit whining about it.

[xrayzebra]

Obama's popular in some places.

Quit whining about it.

I could care less. As said in this forum so is Hugo, so what
does that prove. Other than he can draw crowds, hold hands
with his kids and kiss his wife and walk around in circles
wondering what to do next. All hail the great messiah.

[ChumpDumper]

Your posting shows you care.

[PixelPusher]

Congratulations!
I wonder, though, were the crowds who came to see Hitler forced to go? Or ahem, encouraged? Or did Hitler enjoy such mass appeal that they wanted to go?
How many people do you know who like to dress in matching uniforms and stand in perfect formation?

[Don Quixote]

Hmm. Not many. Then again, it was a different time.

Hitler was unusually charismatic, and Germany, despite the human-rights abuses, was on its way politically, economically, and militarily to becoming a great power again, after the disasters of WW1 and the Weimar Republic. I imagine quite a few Germans wanted to be there.

[xrayzebra]

Hmm. Not many. Then again, it was a different time.

Hitler was unusually charismatic, and Germany, despite the human-rights abuses, was on its way politically, economically, and militarily to becoming a great power again, after the disasters of WW1 and the Weimar Republic. I imagine quite a few Germans wanted to be there.

And Hitler was also a man of change. Remember Germany
was in a turmoil when he came to power. Many believed
him.

[Don Quixote]

Yes, Xray. You were in grad school in the 30's. How was it then?

[PixelPusher]

And Hitler was also a man of change. Remember Germany
was in a turmoil when he came to power. Many believed
him.

Remember kids, if you're for change, you're just like Hitler! :downspin:

[Anti.Hero]

Congratulations on breaking Godwin's Law.

I am the law.

[Don Quixote]

And kids, if you vote Republican, you want dirty air, dirty water, more war, and you're just like Hitler!

I can break Godwin's Rule too!

[PixelPusher]

I am the law.

(Rob Schneider impersonating Stallone) I yam the leaaauww!

[xrayzebra]

Remember kids, if you're for change, you're just like Hitler! :downspin:

Nothing like twisting someone's words. I was just stating
a fact. You disagree with that?

And yes I was alive when he came to power, but a little
young for graduate school. :lol

But funny, I do remember setting at the breakfast table
and my Dad telling me that England was at war with
Germany and world war was more than likely on the way.

[PixelPusher]

And kids, if you vote Republican, you want dirty air, dirty water, more war, and you're just like Hitler!

I can break Godwin's Rule too!
Well, the '94 Contract With America Republicans were for change...

[xrayzebra]

Well, the '94 Contract With America Republicans were for change...

But they publish what they wanted to change and how.

Not some magical solution or ambiguous statements. The
only thing we know about his changes is that it will cost
the bank.

[Don Quixote]

Well, the '94 Contract With America Republicans were for change...

Hell, I'm for change, alright ...

In a small nutshell ...
I want taxes cut, for companies, the wealthy, the "middle-class," and the poor. I want entitlement programs drastically cut. If you're able-bodied, you don't get a check from the government. And I want govt spending in general slashed -- the govt gets to spend $$ on infrastructure, the military, and law enforcement, and not much else.

I believe in aggressively seeking out and killing Islamic terrorists. I believe we ought to talk to the bad guys, insofar as we keep it to: knock it off, or we will kill you. I believe we ought to fully support the military as they work to keep us safe. I want to keep our prisons open, including Gitmo. I could care less if terrorists get tortured. I do not want an al-Qaeda Bill of Rights.

I don't believe the earth is burning. We are not causing it if it is. I want us to drill off the continental shelf and ANWAR, and I would do it tomorrow. I believe corn-to-ethanol is a scam.

I want a basic respect for traditional religiously-derived values. I'm tired of the courts deciding for us issues involving baby-killing, marriage, religious expression, etc. (On the other hand, I don't want a state church. No one wants that. We just want respect.) Overall, we want govt to allow us to govern ourselves, and keep itself out of our lives.

Etc. There's more I can say, but I'll keep it very brief.

If any comes along with a platform like this -- he will clean up in the general election. And that's change I can believe in.

[JohnnyMarzetti]

xray is just pissed because when Bush speaks they have to put up barriers to keep the protesters away.

[xrayzebra]

xray is just pissed because when Bush speaks they have to put up barriers to keep the protesters away.

I know sweetie. But don't talk about my ears, my middle
name, my wife, my Mom or anything else about me.
And before you say anything else, I didn't say that.

[ClingingMars]

Congratulations on breaking Godwin's Law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

beat me to it, was gonna post the same thing

- Mars