Showing posts with label Nevada campaign. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nevada campaign. Show all posts

McCain/Palin Rally

No, the two candidates were not there today, but in their place were actors Jon Voight and John Ratzenberger and former governor Mitt Romney. This is the first time I have seen Romney in person, and I can say I am damned glad he isn't on the McCain ticket. He is very popular in Nevada; after all, he won the caucus. However, if Obama wins Tuesday, not a sure thing, I am scared to death this guy or Jeb will be the GOP's pick in 2012.

Anyway, he is good-looking in person. Must be all of that clean living.






One more.




Mitt took the stage.







Mitt Romney was in the crowd and listened to what Voight had to say. They made other stops in northern Nevada today.




This is another picture of Voight. He didn't speak for too long.





Here is another picture of Voight. I managed to get the trio's autographs after the rally. What kind of pissed me off, though, was after I received Voight's autograph, some woman had to mention his daughter, Angelina Jolie, of course, and she started badmouthing her. I came very, very, very close to shooting my mouth off and telling her to cool it, for, after all, Jolie IS his daughter, and people should never trash other people's kids, regardless of whatever relationship they might have or had in the past. Voight did say he kept in touch with her. Still, that was damned tacky of the woman to mention it.





I didn't have any really clear pictures of Ratzenberger, and in any case I am having trouble trying to fix the pictures so they aren't "read only." Ratzenberger and Voight kept talking about the 1960s, and they claimed Obama's candidacy was really about some people trying to bring those days back, even though Obama was born too late to have any meaningful memories of the decade and always railed against that decade! It's funny, because both Ratzenberger, 61, and Voight, who turns 70 on December 29, obviously do have memories of it. Ratzenberger even worked in setting up the Woodstock festival in 1969, for crying out loud. Ratzenberger kept talking about Woodstock, and Voight kept talking about Vietnam, and how in the world those would have anything to do with Obama is a mystery. Obama, the Wall Street-backed Democratic Party sellout, was depicted as a dangerous leftist.


The Reno Gazette-Journal was also there.


Speaking of Sarah Palin, she will be in Reno on Monday, November 3, at 8:00 p.m. at the Reno Livestock Events Center, not terribly far from my place. Doors will open at 6. I plan to be there and record it if possible.

Local Campaign Notes

Both McCain and Palin will stop in Nevada on Monday, with McCain in Vegas and Palin in Reno.

The parents of Sarah and Todd Palin will be working various phone banks from around northern Nevada, including the Reno McCain/Palin headquarters on Saturday.

McCain should have made appearances in the state since his nomination. He had at least three public rallies in Reno since he announced. He appeared in Reno in May 2007, I believe, May of this year and July of this year.

Obama UNR Speech

It appears I was 10,800 ahead of everybody else when I arrived at the baseball field this morning. Believe me, it wasn't long before thousands showed up behind me.

Obama also poked fun at McCain and company calling him a "socialist," which doesn't mean jack shit, but "communist" doesn't work anymore in the GOP talking points book.

You can read his speech here.

Here is the Reno Gazette-Journal video of the speech (yours truly will have the YouTube up probably tomorrow):

Barack Obama at the University of Nevada, Reno, 10/25/08




At about 10:10 a.m., Barack Obama took the stage at the University of Nevada, Reno's Peccole Park. There were thousands and thousands of people there.





Obama makes a point about his health care program versus John McCain's.





Caption this one.





I think I like this one best.








Caption this photo.













I woke up at a godawful hour in order to get a cab at 5:30 a.m. to go to UNR's Peccole Park and get a halfway decent spot to watch Barack Obama give his speech today. There were 200 ahead of me, and thousands upon thousands eventually behind me. I was only three-deep just off to the side of the podium, when I got these great pictures of the candidate. Obama's main focus today was on the economy. During about a third of the way through his speech, the mic got unplugged, which threw him off a bit. The mic came back on a few minutes later, and he finished his speech to an overwhelmingly enthusiastic audience. I managed to shake his hand, and I did get him to sign both my copies of the paperback books "he" wrote. Obama stuck around for quite awhile afterwards.

I did get some video, too, of virtually all of his speech except for the first couple of minutes because I forgot to hit the "record" button on the camcorder. I will upload the video on YouTube. I haven't see the local paper's download, but if it's there, I'll upload that today and my video later or tomorrow.

Update: The Reno Gazette-Journal has a photo gallery of the event, mostly of crowd pictures. I am in one of them, but it's hard to see me because I am almost entirely obstructed by other people.

Nevada Campaign

According to my Washoe County Democratic Party newsletter, "Barack" is supposed to be in Reno on Saturday. I guess he didn't need to be in Hawaii that long. If it's true and doable, I will bring BOTH of the books "he" wrote for him to sign.

Here are the details:

What: Rally with U.S. Sen. Barack Obama
When: Doors open at 7:30 a.m.
Where: Peccole Park at the University of Nevada, Reno
How: Tickets not required, but the campaign urges people to RSVP at www.nv.barackobama.com

I'll be there.
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Craig Heath,Jr., brother of Sarah Palin, will be in town Saturday to attend a BBQ and walk precincts with McCain/Palin volunteers.
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Bill Clinton Reno Visit





Clinton spoke for 40 or 45 minutes.





You can caption this one, too.





Clinton is about the best person for a picture. He gets the damnedest expressions on his face. They are caption worthy.





I was lucky I got a clear view. I stood in back of the section for the disabled and elderly.





He did have nice things to say about John McCain, which didn't always make the audience happy.





Clinton spend much time talking about the economy and the bailout. Obama went to him for advice on what action was the best one. Clinton said the bailout had to happen.





He was still laughing at Reid's comments.





Clinton broke up laughing when Reid talked about outhouses.




Senator Harry Reid introduced former president Bill Clinton to a packed room at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada. This is the same room where Clinton spoke last January on behalf of Hillary Clinton's candidacy.

More Campaign Notes

Joe Biden will be in Henderson, Nevada, Friday. Right now there are no confirmed trips on the GOP side besides surrogates.

The race is SO tight here, I can't see how McCain and/or Palin would ignore it.
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