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After a delay getting started—he didn’t start speaking until 1:40 p.m.—Barack Obama just completed a half-hour speech with a strong populist tone to a crowd of 11,000 at Dunedin’s Knology Park.
Referring to both the Bush administration and his opponent John McCain as following a “trickle-down” economic philosophy, Obama told the crowd, “We have had it for eight years, it has run the economy into the ground, and I am running for president because it is tme to put the dreams of the American people back on track.”
“The American people have to rise up and overcome those special interests,” Obama said. “At this defining moment, we finally have the chance to stand up and say, enough is enough.”
Obama sought to portray McCain as having adopted a populist tone himself only in the last week since news of Wall Street’s most recent economic failures broke.
“The John McCain you’ve heard from over the last few days is a lot different from the John Mccain who’s been in Washington the last 26 years,” he said. “He’s been against the commonsense rules and regulations that would have stopped this.”
Campaign adies cited the Dunedin Fire Marshall’s Office as the source of the crowd figure of 11,000. County officials issued an advisory an hour before Obama started speaking, saying no more citizens should come to the rally because those already in line would fill the available space.
You people couldn’t be honest and report that 60,000 people attended the Sarah Palin speach in The Villages. I see today you went out and counted attendees at the Hussein Obama gathering. 60,000 is a much better showing than 11,000 most people would agree.
When I look at the polls from the national media, I’m led to believe that this Presidential Election is close; and the American voters are going to make the same mistake they made in 2000 and 2004. But every time I attend or view an Obama event, I see otherwise. Which do I believe? I believe my eyes and not the propaganda. Then I have a little hope, you know the “Audacity” kind. And start to believe that American Voters can’t be duped again. Or can they? I hope not!
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Posted by patricia fiore, tampa fl on 09/25 at 05:49 AM
obama go home!! it is all the people in washington who made this mess
the senate never excepts any responsibility for its lack of action
oh by the way take nancy pelosi with you and mr reid