Ijane
09-05-2008, 10:45 PM
It was kind of weird going to a McCain rally but I have to admit it was a lot of fun!!
The Rally was held at the Freedom Hill Amphitheatre and it was a sold out show. I picked up my tickets for the rally the day before Sarah Palin spoke at the convention. The day after she spoke, the rally sold out! I think there were about 7000 people, I'll have to double check that number.
I painted a sign prior to the rally:
Sarah Palin
A True American
Feminist!
I think she is a true feminist and whether or not anyone else does also, I was hoping that the sign would make people like Gandy and Keenan go nuts :D.
When we got to the rally they wouldn't let anyone bring in their signs which was to bad because there were some really cute ones like: Read My Lipstick..:D
The campaign handed out Mccain/Palin signs to people. I had my Hillary shirt on and was told that they'd be handing out Hillary supporters for McCain or Democrats for McCain...but they never did. A "citizens for McCain" woman gave a speech which was received very warmly by the Republican crowd. A group of people sitting somewhere behind us shouted: "Democrats For McCain"!! I looked and tried to identify who the people were but couldn't seeing as there were no identifying signs allowed and the McCain campaign only passed out the one sign. I would have loved to have met them.
The build up to McCain and Sarah was intense and when they finally entered the building, the crowd went WILD!! Absolutely WILD!! It was a ton of fun! The crowd was going back and forth chanting: John Mc-Cain!! John-Mc Cain!! to "SARAH!! SARAH!! SARAH!!" to "USA!! USA!!"
McCain came on to the stage with his beautiful wife, Cindy, his lovely daughter, Bridget and of course the Governor of Alaska: SARAH!! SARAH!!
They were all beautiful and very warm. Sarah spoke first and basically repeated her convention speech. John McCain told us he was going to "straight talk" with us and said that he needs to win Michigan! The audience shouted: OK!! lol...Prior to the candidates taking the stage there were lots of speeches honoring McCain's service and the veterans with lots of standing ovations.
The Republican seniors sure love their campaign events and their political party and there were a lot of them there at the rally today. With so many people and only one exit, getting out of the Amphitheatre was slow-going. A cameraman with crew following him was trying to bust through the crowd to get out of the building. I was getting mad because he could have hurt a senior in his haste. I noticed the cameraman's ID tag which identified him and the crew following him as CNN. Well, that set me off..lol. I told him to stop trying to bust through the crowd. He said that he was sorry but that he was on a deadline and had to get his footage off. Seeing as how I'm totally hating CNN these days, I'm now also totally hating this guy!! I asked him, "Does the fact that you're a cameraman make you a VIP? NO!! IT DOES NOT!!! IT DOES NOT MAKE YOU ANYTHING BUT A CAMERAMAN and you can wait in line with the rest of us"!! Then I tell everyone around me, who are all senior citizens and looking at me like I'm nuts, to not let this guy through! The poor cameraman asked a staffer to let him through the ropes so he could get out of the place...and off he went. I'm usually not that rude but I couldn't help it. I had this vision of the cameraman sending his footage to CNN only for the biased anchors to do what they do best: twist, turn and talk badly about anything John McCain or Sarah Palin!
The campaign handed out McCain/Palin yard signs after the rally and tomorrow I'll put it in my lawn right next to my Hillary Clinton sign! :)
It was a lot of fun. The Republicans proved to be a great crowd of people and I enjoyed being a part of herstory.
The Rally was held at the Freedom Hill Amphitheatre and it was a sold out show. I picked up my tickets for the rally the day before Sarah Palin spoke at the convention. The day after she spoke, the rally sold out! I think there were about 7000 people, I'll have to double check that number.
I painted a sign prior to the rally:
Sarah Palin
A True American
Feminist!
I think she is a true feminist and whether or not anyone else does also, I was hoping that the sign would make people like Gandy and Keenan go nuts :D.
When we got to the rally they wouldn't let anyone bring in their signs which was to bad because there were some really cute ones like: Read My Lipstick..:D
The campaign handed out Mccain/Palin signs to people. I had my Hillary shirt on and was told that they'd be handing out Hillary supporters for McCain or Democrats for McCain...but they never did. A "citizens for McCain" woman gave a speech which was received very warmly by the Republican crowd. A group of people sitting somewhere behind us shouted: "Democrats For McCain"!! I looked and tried to identify who the people were but couldn't seeing as there were no identifying signs allowed and the McCain campaign only passed out the one sign. I would have loved to have met them.
The build up to McCain and Sarah was intense and when they finally entered the building, the crowd went WILD!! Absolutely WILD!! It was a ton of fun! The crowd was going back and forth chanting: John Mc-Cain!! John-Mc Cain!! to "SARAH!! SARAH!! SARAH!!" to "USA!! USA!!"
McCain came on to the stage with his beautiful wife, Cindy, his lovely daughter, Bridget and of course the Governor of Alaska: SARAH!! SARAH!!
They were all beautiful and very warm. Sarah spoke first and basically repeated her convention speech. John McCain told us he was going to "straight talk" with us and said that he needs to win Michigan! The audience shouted: OK!! lol...Prior to the candidates taking the stage there were lots of speeches honoring McCain's service and the veterans with lots of standing ovations.
The Republican seniors sure love their campaign events and their political party and there were a lot of them there at the rally today. With so many people and only one exit, getting out of the Amphitheatre was slow-going. A cameraman with crew following him was trying to bust through the crowd to get out of the building. I was getting mad because he could have hurt a senior in his haste. I noticed the cameraman's ID tag which identified him and the crew following him as CNN. Well, that set me off..lol. I told him to stop trying to bust through the crowd. He said that he was sorry but that he was on a deadline and had to get his footage off. Seeing as how I'm totally hating CNN these days, I'm now also totally hating this guy!! I asked him, "Does the fact that you're a cameraman make you a VIP? NO!! IT DOES NOT!!! IT DOES NOT MAKE YOU ANYTHING BUT A CAMERAMAN and you can wait in line with the rest of us"!! Then I tell everyone around me, who are all senior citizens and looking at me like I'm nuts, to not let this guy through! The poor cameraman asked a staffer to let him through the ropes so he could get out of the place...and off he went. I'm usually not that rude but I couldn't help it. I had this vision of the cameraman sending his footage to CNN only for the biased anchors to do what they do best: twist, turn and talk badly about anything John McCain or Sarah Palin!
The campaign handed out McCain/Palin yard signs after the rally and tomorrow I'll put it in my lawn right next to my Hillary Clinton sign! :)
It was a lot of fun. The Republicans proved to be a great crowd of people and I enjoyed being a part of herstory.