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(Time) Interesting St. Obama gets his largest crowd to date - 75,000 people. 75-freaking-thousand people   (thepage.time.com) divider line 620
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bronyaur1 [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 06:37:16 PM  
In other news, Obama is quite popular, and will win the election in the fall.

 
robsul82 [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 06:42:03 PM  
Only 20K more to match a Pope visit!

 
bulldg4life [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 06:43:58 PM  
pfft hope

f*ck hope

 
Lord of Allusions [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 06:44:27 PM  
Bill Clinton was here last week. He drew 500.

 
Two Dogs Farking [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 06:45:13 PM  
Lord of Allusions: Bill Clinton was here last week. He drew did 500.

FTFY

 
ambassador_ahab [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 06:47:50 PM  
Lord of Allusions: Bill Clinton was here last week. He drew 500.

Yeah, but somehow, according Hillary's "new" math, she's actually ahead, because for some reason "caucus" states don't count, and Michigan and Florida do.

Interestingly, if you seated Michigan and Florida with "undecided" going to Obama, and actually count the caucus states (because they ARE states, and their electoral votes WILL be counted in the national election,) Obama still wins.

In conclusion, I thought Bill was a reasonably decent president, and looks great in comparison to our current leader, but they can eat my Pony's Petrified Turd.

 
Suicidal Writer 2008-05-18 06:47:53 PM  

 
ambassador_ahab [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 06:49:03 PM  
bronyaur1: In other news, Obama is quite popular, and will win the election in the fall.

Yeah but is the Pope a Saint?!

 
SphericalTime [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 06:49:47 PM  
You hear that, Obamaniacs? He's too popular to be president! Hillary is going to win!

/Not really a Hillary supporter.
//Wow, that's a lot of people.

 
ambassador_ahab [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 06:50:01 PM  
Wow, that was an epic fail. I'm not going to bother trying to post what I meant to post right there.

 
albo [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 06:50:56 PM  
of course. people respond to his message of hopeful change in an change-heavy environment of hope.

 
Stirfry 2008-05-18 06:53:42 PM  
I'm bored with the primaries. Now, I'm just waiting on the running mate decisions...

 
2wolves 2008-05-18 06:56:45 PM  
Two Dogs Farking: Lord of Allusions: Bill Clinton was here last week. He drew did 500.

FTFY


...and they all came. Not bad for a moderate.

 
Nabb1 [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 06:59:07 PM  
He fed them all with one box of Pop-Tarts and a 2 liter of Dr Pepper.

 
Yanks_RSJ 2008-05-18 07:01:51 PM  
You know who else spoke to large, adoring crowds?

 
Snarfangel [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 07:05:36 PM  
Yanks_RSJ: You know who else spoke to large, adoring crowds?

Jesus?

/Though to be fair, they probably came for the free food.

 
robsul82 [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 07:05:43 PM  
Nabb1: He fed them all with one box of Pop-Tarts and a 2 liter of Dr Pepper.

Should've went for "ramen" and "Mountain Dew," to continue the "Obama's supporters are all collegiate fans of the String Cheese Incident" meme. -1

 
Snarfangel [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 07:07:43 PM  
This was in Portland? Okay, that's pretty impressive.

 
aimtastic [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 07:12:35 PM  
Suicidal Writer: The 5 worst ways to sneak a secret Muslim into the White House (new window)

Heh. There's an ad on the bottom of the page for a Muslim dating service. I thought their parents took care of that.

 
Nabb1 [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 07:19:57 PM  
robsul82: Nabb1: He fed them all with one box of Pop-Tarts and a 2 liter of Dr Pepper.

Should've went for "ramen" and "Mountain Dew," to continue the "Obama's supporters are all collegiate fans of the String Cheese Incident" meme. -1


Dr Pepper is a fine, refreshing beverage. All Farkers LOVE Dr Pepper. All of us.

 
cameroncrazy1984 [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 07:21:31 PM  
robsul82: "Obama's supporters are all collegiate fans of the String Cheese Incident" meme. -1

Actually we're all fans of The Decemberists. I hear they played for an Obama rally in OR today.

 
Weaver95 [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 07:23:42 PM  
Right now, someone on Hillary's campaign staff is crying.

 
cameroncrazy1984 [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 07:31:11 PM  
Weaver95: Right now, someone on Hillary's campaign staff is crying.

And someone on McCain's is sh*tting his pants.

 
robsul82 [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 07:32:23 PM  
cameroncrazy1984: Weaver95: Right now, someone on Hillary's campaign staff is crying.

And someone on McCain's is sh*tting his pants.


That's probably McCain himself.

/and he probably has no idea he's doing it

 
SilentStrider [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 07:33:06 PM  
Weaver95: Right now, someone on Hillary's campaign staff is crying.

and someone else on her staff is phoning Obama's staff and seeing if there's any jobs open.

 
King Something [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 07:38:55 PM  
Nabb1: Dr Pepper is a fine, refreshing beverage. All Farkers LOVE Dr Pepper. All of us.

This is true. I like Dr. Pepper, and I don't even like Dr. Pepper.

/...wait, what?

 
Weaver95 [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 08:02:08 PM  
It's amazing to see the difference between the two campaigns. As i've said previously, Hillary's supporters are largely comprised of racists and opportunists. The True Believers are too small and poor to make much of a real difference (even if they are fanatical in their support).

Obama's crew tho....they're a mixed bag and truly diverse. I believe he's going to get a majority of the swing voters in the general election too. He seems to play well to that crowd.

 
ukiah 2008-05-18 08:20:13 PM  
Pops (not a RR)

 
coolbeans56 2008-05-18 08:20:39 PM  
I would just like to state for the record that there are 75,000k+ people wanting to listen to a Politician... After a crowd like that, accepting the Nomination in Denver is going to feel like a small intimate gathering for him.

 
saintstryfe 2008-05-18 08:21:49 PM  
King Something: robsul82: On the road to the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination

How we started



How we ended are just five months later



FIFY


Imagine October.

/I've all ready got maniacs saying he's so charismatic, he must be Anti-Christ.

 
robsul82 [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 08:22:55 PM  
All right, if you think "ended" is too negative -

Where we are five months later

imgcash4.imageshack.us

 
Pillager 2008-05-18 08:23:11 PM  
ukiah: Pops (not a RR)

TELL THE TRUTH - Mos Def - Immortal Technique - Eminem

Thanks!

 
obamaloonie 2008-05-18 08:23:13 PM  
eek!

i am so farking in love with him.

 
stiletto_the_wise 2008-05-18 08:23:14 PM  
existens.org

 
ceremony_1968 [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 08:23:31 PM  
Suicidal Writer: The 5 worst ways to sneak a secret Muslim into the White House (new window)

FTFA - As you may well know, pork, to Muslims, is like Kryptonite

McCain likes pork. Does Obama like pork? Show us the pork!!

 
FredaDeStilleto [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 08:23:46 PM  
McCain would be yelling to crowd to get off the lawn and stand up straight.

Not like he'll ever get a crowd like that.

 
Mentat [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 08:23:52 PM  
Yanks_RSJ: You know who else spoke to large, adoring crowds?

Lou Gehrig?

 
I Said [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 08:24:11 PM  
saintstryfe: /I've all ready got maniacs saying he's so charismatic, he must be Anti-Christ.

If Hagee says Obama isn't the anti-christ, then he probably isn't.

Link (new window)

 
GAT_00 [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 08:24:48 PM  
75 farking thousand? I was impressed when I was at a ~15k rally, and that was at UAB before Super Tuesday. But 75 thousand? Damn. Yeah, people really don't like him.

 
I Said [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 08:25:32 PM  
Yanks_RSJ: You know who else spoke to large, adoring crowds?

Ron Paul!

 
CheddarPants [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 08:25:56 PM  
robsul82: Should've went for "ramen" and "Mountain Dew," to continue the "Obama's supporters are all collegiate fans of the String Cheese Incident" meme. -1

I'm an Obama supporter, and I was a collegiate Slayer fan.

/still like Slayer
//have never heard String Cheese Incident
///certain I would hate them
////coca-cola > dr. pepper > mountain dew

 
Not All That Much 2008-05-18 08:26:36 PM  
Weaver95: Right now, someone on Hillary's campaign staff is crying eating a baby.

FTFY

 
soy_bomb 2008-05-18 08:28:56 PM  
I fully predict that Obama is going to sweep the Republican stronghold of Oregon this fall.

 
Bill_Wick's_Friend 2008-05-18 08:29:36 PM  
ceremony_1968: McCain likes pork. Does Obama like pork? Show us the pork!!

Since you asked...

Photographers snapped away through the glass, while Obama munched his bacon, eggs over easy and toast and Bloomberg his scrambled eggs and potatoes as they both ignored the choreographed spectacle a few feet away.



/the politics of bacon
/the politics of oooooooooo feelin' good

 
Obviously 2008-05-18 08:29:50 PM  
That's nearly 7,500 registered voters!

 
randomjsa 2008-05-18 08:29:51 PM  
I wonder how many people a white Republican could attract if he had a 20 year relationship with a racist church.

Probably not as many as a black Democrat with a 20 year relationship with a racist church.

 
Pillager 2008-05-18 08:30:46 PM  
soy_bomb: I fully predict that Obama is going to sweep the Republican stronghold of Virginia this fall.

How does it feel to lose the most conservative state in the union?

 
GAT_00 [TotalFark] 2008-05-18 08:30:50 PM  
randomjsa: I wonder how many people a white Republican could attract if he had a 20 year relationship with a racist church.

Probably not as many as a black Democrat with a 20 year relationship with a racist church.


Your tears, they nourish me.

 
Shaggy_C 2008-05-18 08:30:51 PM  
He can only be declared a saint after he is martyred, subby. Until then he is just the prophet messiah.

 
I_Approve_Of_This_Message 2008-05-18 08:31:43 PM  
The contrast is going to be so stark later this summer - Obama will be holding rallies in packed football stadiums, while McCain is talking to a hundred seniors at a VFW.

/what?

 
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