BloodDAnna
02-15-2008, 11:38 PM
Got this off of a music forum of all places. Apparently he has a chick that stages a faint near the stage of his rallies. Take a watch and spread the word...he's more evangelical then I thought.
Woman fainting in Seattle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQeFr8qAXws
Woman fainting in New Hampshire:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=602_1199823404 (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=602_1199823404)
Woman fainting in Hartford:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dRvKjJ2dS0
Also it happened at an Obama rally Oprah spoke at as well. Right in front of the stage.
The Oprah warm-up show
By John McCormick
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – On the afternoon before the biggest fundraiser of his political career, Sen. Barack Obama bemoaned the influence of money in politics as he spoke to thousands under glorious California sunshine.
A few hours before a fundraiser at Oprah Winfrey's home near here, one expected to raise more than $3 million, the Illinois Democrat said too many policy improvements have been blocked by lobbyist money.
"At every stage in my political career I have taken on money in politics," Obama said during a speech at Santa Barbara City College. "The American people have a right to know who exactly is running our government, who is writing our legislation."
Obama, who has declined to accept money from federal lobbyists in his current bid for president, was to stop at an afternoon fundraiser at a private home near here, before going to Winfrey's estate.
As he took the stage, he remarked on the beauty of his surroundings.
"City colleges in Chicago don't look like this," he said, with the Pacific Ocean and mountains over his shoulders. "I would not get any work done here. This is why I did not go to school here."
He also remarked on the size of the crowd. "We have been seeing crowds like this everywhere we go," he said.
Friday evening, during his first campaign appearance in Oregon, Obama reportedly attracted about 4,000 people to a low-dollar fundraiser in Portland.
Obama said America's standing in the world would increase by "bringing an end to this war that I opposed back in 2002, I opposed it in 2003, I opposed it in 2004 and 2005 and 2006."
When a woman near the stage in the audience fainted, Obama briefly stopped from his speech and called for emergency medical crews.
"Make some space for her and let her lie down," he directed those in the audience. "She's going to be OK."
When someone in the audience complimented him for showing compassion, Obama declined to take credit.
"I'm not the only person who would be concerned," he said. "I can't take credit for that. That's the right thing to do."
Obama mostly held back from references to Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, who leads in national polls of Democrats and someone who has increasingly been a target of his campaign rhetoric.
As he often does, he did address the question of experience, something Clinton's campaign has had some success suggesting is an Obama shortfall.
"Time served does not guarantee good judgment," he said. "The length of your resume says nothing about your character."
Before Obama, the crowd heard from Mitchell Schwartz, a veteran strategist who recently became the campaign's California state director. He stressed the importance of the state in the more than 20 states expected to hold primaries or caucuses on Feb. 5.
"It is critical that we deliver the state for Barack Obama," he said, adding that California will have a quarter of the delegates on the table that day.
Woman fainting in Seattle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQeFr8qAXws
Woman fainting in New Hampshire:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=602_1199823404 (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=602_1199823404)
Woman fainting in Hartford:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dRvKjJ2dS0
Also it happened at an Obama rally Oprah spoke at as well. Right in front of the stage.
The Oprah warm-up show
By John McCormick
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – On the afternoon before the biggest fundraiser of his political career, Sen. Barack Obama bemoaned the influence of money in politics as he spoke to thousands under glorious California sunshine.
A few hours before a fundraiser at Oprah Winfrey's home near here, one expected to raise more than $3 million, the Illinois Democrat said too many policy improvements have been blocked by lobbyist money.
"At every stage in my political career I have taken on money in politics," Obama said during a speech at Santa Barbara City College. "The American people have a right to know who exactly is running our government, who is writing our legislation."
Obama, who has declined to accept money from federal lobbyists in his current bid for president, was to stop at an afternoon fundraiser at a private home near here, before going to Winfrey's estate.
As he took the stage, he remarked on the beauty of his surroundings.
"City colleges in Chicago don't look like this," he said, with the Pacific Ocean and mountains over his shoulders. "I would not get any work done here. This is why I did not go to school here."
He also remarked on the size of the crowd. "We have been seeing crowds like this everywhere we go," he said.
Friday evening, during his first campaign appearance in Oregon, Obama reportedly attracted about 4,000 people to a low-dollar fundraiser in Portland.
Obama said America's standing in the world would increase by "bringing an end to this war that I opposed back in 2002, I opposed it in 2003, I opposed it in 2004 and 2005 and 2006."
When a woman near the stage in the audience fainted, Obama briefly stopped from his speech and called for emergency medical crews.
"Make some space for her and let her lie down," he directed those in the audience. "She's going to be OK."
When someone in the audience complimented him for showing compassion, Obama declined to take credit.
"I'm not the only person who would be concerned," he said. "I can't take credit for that. That's the right thing to do."
Obama mostly held back from references to Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, who leads in national polls of Democrats and someone who has increasingly been a target of his campaign rhetoric.
As he often does, he did address the question of experience, something Clinton's campaign has had some success suggesting is an Obama shortfall.
"Time served does not guarantee good judgment," he said. "The length of your resume says nothing about your character."
Before Obama, the crowd heard from Mitchell Schwartz, a veteran strategist who recently became the campaign's California state director. He stressed the importance of the state in the more than 20 states expected to hold primaries or caucuses on Feb. 5.
"It is critical that we deliver the state for Barack Obama," he said, adding that California will have a quarter of the delegates on the table that day.