Well, I bet there were more than GOP faithful at the event, but whatever. Here are a few more excerpts from the Omaha event:
Sarah Palin’s fans could give Obamaphiles a run in the devotion department if the more than 5,000 people who listened Sunday to her Omaha speech are any indication.
Palin’s supporters hailed the folksy Alaska governor as a “real person” who could be one of their neighbors.A “down-to-earth” person who has been maligned by Washington insiders and the mainstream media.
“She talks to us. She’s one of us. She doesn’t talk down to us like an Ivy League, Harvard person,” said Craig Johansen, an Omaha sales representative who was referring to Harvard graduate and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Palin thrilled her Nebraska and western Iowa fans on Sunday with a 24-minute speech at the Civic Auditorium Music Hall. She led a familiar “Drill, Baby, Drill!” chant, took a few shots at Obama and tried to portray her running mate, Republican presidential candidate John McCain, as the real candidate for change.
Palin’s visit to Nebraska comes as national polls show that McCain is struggling in the presidential race. It also comes as Obama makes a historic bid to win one of Nebraska’s electoral votes - the first time a Democrat has competed in this Republican stronghold in four decades.
Democrats and others have said Palin’s visit to Nebraska indicates that McCain can’t even count on traditional red states like Nebraska this year.
Palin denied that, saying she asked to come to the Midwest.
“The pundits were saying, ‘Check out where she’s going. She’s going to Nebraska.’ The pundits were saying, ‘The only reason she would be going there is because they’re scared. They have to shore up votes,’ ” Palin said.
“I so wanted to reach into that TV and say ‘no.’ I’m going to Nebraska because I want to go to Nebraska,” Palin said.
The short notice didn’t have a big impact on attendance. On Sunday, people began lining up outside the Civic Auditorium at about 1 p.m. State GOP officials said they would have had several thousand more if they would have had a few days to prepare, but no one was complaining.
Before Palin reached the main crowd at the packed 2,453-seat Music Hall inside the Civic, she addressed the overflow crowd in Mancuso Convention Hall. Capacity at Mancuso is listed as 2,500 on the venue’s Web site.
State Republicans had fervently hoped for a Palin visit.
Sweet. I would encourage all McCain Palin supporters to watch local papers closely for these events. It’s clear the lame stream media will not keep us informed of the love this nation has for Sarah’Cuda.
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J.C. Watts, a former Oklahoma congressman who once was part of the GOP House leadership, said he’s thinking of voting for Obama. Watts said he’s still a Republican, but he criticizes his party for neglecting the black community. Black Republicans, he said, have to concede that while they might not agree with Democrats on issues, at least that party reaches out to them.
At least she was kind enough to request to the hit man, that if you shoot her with a shot gun, don’t shoot her in the face please. Even says please. What a sweetie. As for the mom, she’s good:
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