Palin Rally Video 11/03/08

There are six parts to this video, recorded in Reno, Nevada, 11/03/08 at the Reno Livestock Events Center on Wells Avenue. Some jumble as usual with two cameras.

Part One:



Part Two:



Part Three:



Part Four:




Part Five:




Part Six (this is just the last few seconds of the rally--I should have included it in Part Five):

Sarah Palin Rally, Reno, NV 11/03/08

Reno Gazette-Journal version:

Palin Rally, Reno NV, 11/03/08

These pictures give an indication of the size of the crowd.








Because I was further back and didn't have a telephoto lens, these pictures are more grainy of Palin. I've got some good video of her, however.




A sculptor provided a couple of bull sculptures he created to put in front of the Reno Livestock Events Center.



According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, more than 3,500 showed up at the Reno Livestock Events Center to hear Governor Sarah Palin speak for about 35 minutes tonight. I would say there were more people than that. I was one of the first in line when I arrived at 4 this afternoon, but after getting told I couldn't go to the "VIP" area, I said fuck it and decided to go to the bleachers. It was actually a better view, even though the morons wouldn't let me back on the floor after she spoke. I already had her autograph and all, but I still would have liked to have been allowed to get down there.

Palin, her husband Todd, her brother, her parents, and Todd's parents were all there tonight. After she spoke, they went to Elko for a rally there.

My understanding is she and McCain will continue early into Election Day.

Campaign Notes

It's no bull two professional bull riders will join Governor Sarah Palin at her Reno rally tonight at the Reno Livestock Events Center.
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Obama showed his lack of experience, not to mention his lack of sense, regarding coal, and this is really bad since almost all of the tossup states in the "coal belt" of Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Not smart, but then it may not have an effect on the outcome, if the polls favoring a decisive Obama win are accurate.

The campaign has tried to spin Obama's remarks, which can be heard here, but if he really meant what the campaign says he meant, then he should have said it.

That's the problem with this guy: He gets off on tangents and can't say anything in clear, concise English.
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This is horrible: Obama's Nevada campaign director Terence Tolbert, only 44, died last night of a heart attack.

AP:

Family spokesman Basil Smikle said Monday that Terence Tolbert died of a heart attack Sunday in Las Vegas.

Tolbert was on leave from his job as the chief lobbyist for New York City's public schools at the state capital in Albany to work for the Democratic presidential nominee.

Bloomberg, who has switched his registration from Democratic to Republican to independent, called Tolbert one of the most hardworking people in the world and also one of the most likable.

A picture of him is here.
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This post has a roundup of the candidates' final campaign swings.
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Sarah Palin Speech

For those who are interested, the Reno Gazette-Journal has Sarah Palin's speech of this morning up:

Sarah Palin Reno Visit

You can caption this photo.






Until I look at the local paper for the reports, I have no idea how big the crowd was. It had to be quite large for a workday.






This picture is good. She was using the popular GOP talking point about Obama wanting to "spread the wealth."






Here they are seen listening to Lee Greenwood sing his hit, "God Bless the USA."






I think I like this picture best of all. Here Palin is singing the national anthem with her brother. Her husband, Todd, was campaigning elsewhere. Palin also brought along her daughter, Piper.


I didn't bring my camcorder because I figured the crowd would be huge at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, but when I arrived there at 6:00 a.m., I was among the first to be there. I did get quite close to the stage and later got an autograph from her. Let me tell you, it wasn't easy to get close enough to do it, but I did it.

As these photos show, she takes a great picture. She is even better looking in person than on television. And, I have to note, she insisted her criticisms against Obama were not "mean-spirited."

The Las Vegas Sun had to revise its figures for the capacity of the room at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. It initially claimed 10,000, which is utter bullshit. I KNOW what 10,000-person capacity looks like, such as when our dictator spoke there in 2004. It was a different room than the one Palin spoke. Bush's was JAMMED at 10,000-plus. I would say 3,000 is an accurate figure for this smaller room. Remember, this is a workday, NOT a weekend, and NOT held at a college campus, as Obama's was a couple of weeks ago, where something like 14,000 showed up.

And there's this from News from the Ass... about Sarah Palin's children and their travel being charged to the state.

A few high school students on a field trip from Herlong High School in California thought she was more entertaining than Obama. They, too, must have been glassy-eyed from Obama's esoterica or bullshit or whatever you want to call it.