Democrats set to move Obama's big speech

[Skulnik]

Democrats set to move Obama's big speech from 74,000-seater outdoor stadium to 20,000-seater indoor arena



By Toby Harnden In Charlotte, North Carolina

PUBLISHED:10:15 EST, 4 September 2012| UPDATED: 14:21 EST, 4 September 2012


Democrats are poised to avoid the danger of President Barack Obama accepting his party?s nomination before a partially-empty stadium by shifting his speech to an indoor arena and citing ?severe weather?.

The Obama campaign have been working desperately to ensure that the 74,000-seater Bank of America stadium in Charlotte would be filled.


Buses for students from across North Carolina and even members of black churches in neighboring South Carolina have been arranged.




Democrats are poised to avoid the danger of President Barack Obama, pictured on the White House lawn today, accepting his party's nomination before a partially-empty stadium by shifting his speech to an indoor arena and citing 'severe weather'




President Barack Obama smiles as supporters applaud during a rally at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia, today before he goes to the DNC




The Bank of America stadium site - which seats 74,000 - where U.S. President Barack Obama WAS set to give his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte






The event: The convention is being held in the Time Warner Cable Arena which begins Tuesday night

Footage of rows of empty seats at the stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers, as Obama speaks on Thursday night would be politically disastrous ? an enduring image of the contrast between his campaign of ?hope? and ?change? in 2008 and his dour, negative struggle for re-election in 2012.

Now, it looks like the weather has come to the President's rescue.


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[Skulnik]

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[bleedingpurple]

Who cares?

 

[Lumi]

Who cares?

Skulnik does,

he will find an issue with that Bitch Mother Nature

 

[Skulnik]

Who cares?

I'm guessing you haven't seen the PHONY move to fill the SEATS.

Dems bring in crowds by the busload to fill stadium for Obama speech

Published September 03, 2012
Associated Press

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. ? College students from across North Carolina will arrive in Charlotte by the busload. Same with members of predominantly black churches in neighboring South Carolina.
Their goal: help fill a 74,000-seat outdoor stadium to capacity when President Obama accepts the Democratic nomination Thursday night.
Anything short of a full house on the final night of the Democratic Party's national convention will be instant fodder for Republicans eager to use empty seats as symbols of waning voter enthusiasm for Obama.
Democrats have been fretting for months over whether the president can draw a capacity crowd at Bank of America Stadium. Polls show voter enthusiasm is down, as are Obama's crowds for his battleground state campaign rallies.
Obama advisers insist the stadium will be filled when Obama delivers his speech. Vice President Joe Biden also will speak Thursday night, along with Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, who will vouch for Obama's national security credentials.
"The response we've seen from the community has been incredible and it's obvious that people have a big interest in owning a piece of the most open and accessible convention in history," said Adam Fetcher, a campaign spokesman. "President Obama's speech on Thursday night will bring this election into focus for the American people, and it will be even more significant because so many North Carolinians will be there to see it."
Convention delegates, volunteers and other Democratic officials already in Charlotte for the party gathering could make up as much as one-third of the crowd. But filling the rest of the stadium is a piecemeal process.
Elena Botella, a student at Duke University and president of the College Democrats of North Carolina, said her school was busing 100 students to the speech.
Lonnie Randolph, the president of the South Carolina chapter of the NAACP, said several large black churches in his state are planning to send busloads of members on Thursday to watch the president's speech.
"There are plenty of people who wouldn't miss it for the world," Randolph said. "How often does this happen this close to South Carolina?"
Obama aides say several thousand tickets also have been given to new campaign volunteers in North Carolina. People who complete three volunteer shifts totaling nine hours got one ticket to the final speech.
The volunteer ticketing program also helps Obama boost his grassroots network in North Carolina, a battleground state he moved into the Democratic column in 2008 for the first time in nearly 40 years. But Obama is facing an uphill battle this time around in North Carolina, where the unemployment rate exceeds the national average and voters approved a gay marriage ban the day before the president announced his support for same-sex unions.
Thursday's event is certain to draw comparisons to 2008, when Obama accepted the Democratic nomination before a capacity crowd at an 84,000-seat stadium in Denver. There was little concern back then over whether Obama would fill the stadium, in part because he was easily attracting tens of thousands of people to his campaign rallies across the country.
This time around, Obama's crowds are far smaller. He drew his biggest audience at his campaign kick-off rally in May, a 14,000-person crowd at Ohio State University. About 13,000 people attended Obama's rally at the University of Colorado in Boulder Sunday.
The campaign says the size of Obama's events this summer have purposely been kept low. Large rallies are more expensive and security requirements are more intense for a sitting president than a candidate.
Convention organizers in Charlotte may have more control over the crowds than their other big concern: the weather. Heavy evening rains doused Charlotte over the weekend, and thunderstorms are in the forecast for Thursday.
Officials say the outdoor event will go on rain or shine, except if there is severe weather.





Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...-fill-stadium-for-obama-speech/#ixzz25c5N1lNx

 

[Skulnik]

Obama in Berlin

Posted on August 15, 2008
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Q: Did 200,000 people show up in Berlin for food, beer and a free concert and not to hear Obama?s speech?
A: It?s possible that some people were there for those reasons, but there?s no way of knowing for sure. The lead singer of one of the bands says that Obama was definitely the main attraction.
FULL QUESTION
Did the German people turn out to hear Barack Obama speak or for a rock concert? The right-wing press is stating that the big turn out in Germany, 200,000 people, was really for a free rock concert.
FULL ANSWER
We?ve received a number of e-mails from readers asking just what attracted the record crowd at Sen. Barack Obama?s speech in Germany July 24. Some readers cited blogs that suggested that the large turnout was due to a free concert before the speech, and others said free food and beer were given out during the event. So what?s the real story?
According to the Berlin police, there were indeed more than 200,000 people estimated to have attended Obama?s speech at the Victory Column in Berlin?s Tiergarten Park, making this the largest crowd that Obama has addressed throughout his presidential campaign. As part of the event headlined by Obama?s remarks, two popular German-based musical acts, rock band Reamonn and reggae artist Patrice, performed.
Reports and postings on sites such as The Bulletin, Newsmax, No Quarter and Red State mentioned the musical performances, suggesting that the crowds came for the bands and not Obama. We found one claim that free food and beer was offered; that charge is in a press release from the Just Say No Deal Coalition, a group that vows its members won?t vote for Obama in protest over the Democratic primaries, which it calls "a flawed system that disenfranchised ? voters." We e-mailed a spokeswoman to ask where the group got that information, and she couldn?t point to a concrete source, saying only that "I believe Townhall (unsure of URL) has comprensive [sic] data ? as well we were ?fed? info from peeps on the ground." We found no such information on Townhall.com.
A number of the questions we received from readers pointed to Rush Limbaugh?s radio program as their source for the concert claims. The conservative radio host actually got his information from Noel Sheppard at NewsBusters, who wrote on July 24:

Sheppard: Well, it has been learned that before the presumptive Democrat nominee spoke to a crowd in Berlin Thursday, two popular German acts ? reggae artist Patrice and rock band Reamonn ? entertained the gathering audience. Will media report this tonight, or just gush and fawn over the huge crowd again?
​

Why Did They Come?​

It?s possible that some people who attended Obama?s speech came for other reasons. Unless each person in attendance had been asked why they were there, we can?t say with certainty to what extent the musical acts or anything else affected the turnout ? and neither can bloggers and talk-show hosts. It?s worth noting, however, that at the same time conservative bloggers are saying Obama needs help drawing that large a crowd, the McCain campaign is calling him "the biggest celebrity in the world."
And there are several pieces of evidence that suggest the concert wasn?t the big draw. In fact, the lead singer of one of the bands, Reamonn?s Rea Garvey, wrote a blog entry saying that the musical performances were not the main attraction. He said the band was asked to perform, but that the focus was on Obama:

Garvey: The show was ok the focus was obviously on Barack Obama and none of us in the band tried to [sic] hard to alter that, we enjoyed getting out of studio for a day and being on stage at such an event. ? I was glad that the show was secondary and that the meeting after the show became primary because I wanted to know what man can command 1000s of people to an event just to hear him speak! No hit singles, moments of singing along or dancing just Listening.[sic]
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ABC News? Jake Tapper reported that the Obama campaign did pass out fliers to draw attention to the event, but there was no mention of the performances or food and beverages on them.
Michael Dorning, a reporter at the Chicago Tribune, who was also in attendance, wrote that he didn?t notice people leaving after the musical acts were finished:

Dorning: Some conservative bloggers have been circulating claims that a warm-up concert by a German band may have been partly responsible for the more than 200,000 people Berlin police estimated attended a Barack Obama rally in their city. But for those present, it was clear that the crowd was inordinately excited by the appearance of the American presidential candidate.
From the media area next to the main platform, there were no visible signs that people were leaving after the band performed but before Obama spoke. As Obama walked onto the platform, cries rose from the crowd of "Yes, we can," his campaign slogan.
​

We also e-mailed Dorning and asked if he saw any free food or drinks being distributed; he said he saw refreshments available but they were for sale.
An Obama campaign official says that the performances were used to fill a block of time before the speech and that the acts were only confirmed two days prior to the event and not promoted in advance. Gates to the event opened three hours before Obama addressed the crowd. As for the food and beverages, the official says that refreshments were sold, not given away for free.
Bloggers made similar claims about Obama and a concert after an estimated 70,000-plus people showed up for a speech in Portland, Ore., back in May. The Portland-based group The Decemberists performed there.
But it is common for musicians, comedians or other entertainers to serve as warm-up acts at political events, and that goes for Republicans as well as Democrats. Earlier this month, one-half of the country duo Big and Rich, John Rich, performed a song he wrote specifically for McCain at an event in Florida hosted by the state?s Republican Party. McCain attended the event and addressed the crowd briefly.
- D?Angelo Gore

 

[Skulnik]

People as Props, that's Barack Obama's thing.

Fraudulent Really

Nuff Said

:nono:

 

[bleedingpurple]

I'm guessing you haven't seen the PHONY move to fill the SEATS.

Dems bring in crowds by the busload to fill stadium for Obama speech

Published September 03, 2012
Associated Press

• 
  
  
  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. ? College students from across North Carolina will arrive in Charlotte by the busload. Same with members of predominantly black churches in neighboring South Carolina.
Their goal: help fill a 74,000-seat outdoor stadium to capacity when President Obama accepts the Democratic nomination Thursday night.
Anything short of a full house on the final night of the Democratic Party's national convention will be instant fodder for Republicans eager to use empty seats as symbols of waning voter enthusiasm for Obama.
Democrats have been fretting for months over whether the president can draw a capacity crowd at Bank of America Stadium. Polls show voter enthusiasm is down, as are Obama's crowds for his battleground state campaign rallies.
Obama advisers insist the stadium will be filled when Obama delivers his speech. Vice President Joe Biden also will speak Thursday night, along with Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, who will vouch for Obama's national security credentials.
"The response we've seen from the community has been incredible and it's obvious that people have a big interest in owning a piece of the most open and accessible convention in history," said Adam Fetcher, a campaign spokesman. "President Obama's speech on Thursday night will bring this election into focus for the American people, and it will be even more significant because so many North Carolinians will be there to see it."
Convention delegates, volunteers and other Democratic officials already in Charlotte for the party gathering could make up as much as one-third of the crowd. But filling the rest of the stadium is a piecemeal process.
Elena Botella, a student at Duke University and president of the College Democrats of North Carolina, said her school was busing 100 students to the speech.
Lonnie Randolph, the president of the South Carolina chapter of the NAACP, said several large black churches in his state are planning to send busloads of members on Thursday to watch the president's speech.
"There are plenty of people who wouldn't miss it for the world," Randolph said. "How often does this happen this close to South Carolina?"
Obama aides say several thousand tickets also have been given to new campaign volunteers in North Carolina. People who complete three volunteer shifts totaling nine hours got one ticket to the final speech.
The volunteer ticketing program also helps Obama boost his grassroots network in North Carolina, a battleground state he moved into the Democratic column in 2008 for the first time in nearly 40 years. But Obama is facing an uphill battle this time around in North Carolina, where the unemployment rate exceeds the national average and voters approved a gay marriage ban the day before the president announced his support for same-sex unions.
Thursday's event is certain to draw comparisons to 2008, when Obama accepted the Democratic nomination before a capacity crowd at an 84,000-seat stadium in Denver. There was little concern back then over whether Obama would fill the stadium, in part because he was easily attracting tens of thousands of people to his campaign rallies across the country.
This time around, Obama's crowds are far smaller. He drew his biggest audience at his campaign kick-off rally in May, a 14,000-person crowd at Ohio State University. About 13,000 people attended Obama's rally at the University of Colorado in Boulder Sunday.
The campaign says the size of Obama's events this summer have purposely been kept low. Large rallies are more expensive and security requirements are more intense for a sitting president than a candidate.
Convention organizers in Charlotte may have more control over the crowds than their other big concern: the weather. Heavy evening rains doused Charlotte over the weekend, and thunderstorms are in the forecast for Thursday.
Officials say the outdoor event will go on rain or shine, except if there is severe weather.





Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...-fill-stadium-for-obama-speech/#ixzz25c5N1lNx

It doesn't affect my life any

 

[Skulnik]

It doesn't affect my life any

:0008

 

[bleedingpurple]

People as Props, that's Barack Obama's thing.

Fraudulent Really

Nuff Said

:nono:

I have got to the point where they are all fucking liars. Obama, Mitt, Bushies, and Clinton, the whole lot of em..

Doesn't seem like the republican lies bother you, only the dems. Bush had the biggest lie to get us into war and you never got upset about this, but Obama's campaign changing a venue is a major topic today.

Carry on

 

[The Sponge]

Does this brainead egg head know that Bush and Cheney were famous for not allowing people at their rally's who had a beef with them? It is amazing what ginned up nonsense Fox News brings up to rile up complete nitwits when they wouldn't say a peep when Bush and Cheney did the same thing. Absolutely mind boggling. :shrug: It is almost as bad as when Bush went to functions in Air Fprce one and than when Obama did it it was somehow horrible. truly stunning how some people are this naive.

 

[Skulnik]

I have got to the point where they are all fucking liars. Obama, Mitt, Bushies, and Clinton, the whole lot of em..

Doesn't seem like the republican lies bother you, only the dems. Bush had the biggest lie to get us into war and you never got upset about this, but Obama's campaign changing a venue is a major topic today.

Carry on

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[The Sponge]

I have got to the point where they are all fucking liars. Obama, Mitt, Bushies, and Clinton, the whole lot of em..

Doesn't seem like the republican lies bother you, only the dems. Bush had the biggest lie to get us into war and you never got upset about this, but Obama's campaign changing a venue is a major topic today.

Carry on

oh god now you are gonna get him to post his you tube videos on weak democrats who got sucked into the lies or were so weak they voted for that country killin mess because they were scared politically they would get bashed. Instead of worrying who brought us this mess this gullible clown will show u people who let him get away with it

 

[Trampled Underfoot]

I have got to the point where they are all fucking liars. Obama, Mitt, Bushies, and Clinton, the whole lot of em..

Doesn't seem like the republican lies bother you, only the dems. Bush had the biggest lie to get us into war and you never got upset about this, but Obama's campaign changing a venue is a major topic today.

Carry on

Great post. skul only sees what he wants to see.
TIA JMHO

 

[Skulnik]

oh god now you are gonna get him to post his you tube videos on weak democrats who got sucked into the lies or were so weak they voted for that country killin mess because they were scared politically they would get bashed. Instead of worrying who brought us this mess this gullible clown will show u people who let him get away with it

Weak Democrats that were speaking before 2002?

Bill Clinton, Biden, Pelosi, Reid, Edwards, Hillary Clinton are weak Democrats to you?

:142smilie

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[Skulnik]

Great post. skul only sees what he wants to see.
TIA JMHO

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It's all right there Trampled, you just choose to IGNORE the FACTS.

Nuff Said

Pity Really

:0008

 

[Lumi]

I still haven't read here where the 2 Parties can change the weather and change the venue?

I get it where the D-Team buses in bodies,
has that made it rain?

Can Obama make it rain?

That's a completely different story,
but let's not change the true issue
here when Skulcrud complains, snivels,
accuses of Mother Nature being a dirty
pool player.

Nuff Said, shut your man pleaser !

FFS ! My family believe in the R-Team,
however, that don't make issues out of
inclimate weather.

You really give TRUE CONSERVATIVES
a bad name.

Don't respond, don't think you can UNFUCK yourself out of another asinine thread.

You, like the PROGS hear dog whistles.

Move on Stu Pid


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[Skulnik]

I still haven't read here where the 2 Parties can change the weather and change the venue?

I get it where the D-Team buses in bodies,
has that made it rain?

Can Obama make it rain?

That's a completely different story,
but let's not change the true issue
here when Skulcrud complains, snivels,
accuses of Mother Nature being a dirty
pool player.

Nuff Said, shut your man pleaser !

FFS ! My family believe in the R-Team,
however, that don't make issues out of
inclimate weather.

You really give TRUE CONSERVATIVES
a bad name.

Don't respond, don't think you can UNFUCK yourself out of another asinine thread.

You, like the PROGS hear dog whistles.

Move on Stu Pid


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Officials say the outdoor event will go on rain or shine, except if there is severe weather.

 

[Lumi]

Officials say the outdoor event will go on rain or shine, except if there is severe weather.

dog whistles

 

[Skulnik]

Once again, I post a story that shows Obama staging a FAKE crowd to FILL a STADIUM and I get personally attacked.

Pity Really

Nuff Said

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