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PALIN DRAWS 60,000 At Florida Rally!

gatewaypundit.blogspot.com — Obama draws crowd of 20,000 in North Carolina... Meanwhile- Sarah Palin draws crowd of 60,000 in Florida!

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  • NewsGuy2005, on 09/22/2008, -44/+86Nice!
    • fatboynic, on 09/22/2008, -7/+18Is this one of those reasons why she was a 'terrible pick' ? :P
      • eastwood24, on 09/22/2008, -3/+6Wow, a crowd that size must be exactly what a hannah montana concert is like, except there's no bubblegum pop music and there's teleprompters (and yes this is sarcasm).
      • noupsell, on 09/22/2008, -4/+1cool this helps me filter down my friends list
      • edblaze, on 09/23/2008, -1/+0can you elaborate on why she is a terrible pick so you can prove you have no idea what you are talking about? please.
    • silverbulletky, on 09/22/2008, -6/+16Quoting a comment from that page

      It's even better than stated in the story. Obama drew a crowd of 20,000 in a town of 671,588 (according to Wikipedia).

      Sarah Palin drew a crowd of 60,000, in a town of about 75,000 (again, according to Wikipedia).

      Total percentages (approximate):
      Obama: 2.9% of the people
      Palin: 80% of the people
      • davidg11, on 09/22/2008, -5/+8Funny.... 80% is Palin's approval rating in Alaska.

        If you'd read Digg only for political information, you'd think her approval rating was 2%.

        I love it when the liberal Ostriches hide their heads in the sand.

      • tyho, on 09/22/2008, -3/+6Wow that's a huge percentage. That's awesome!
      • tracygav, on 09/23/2008, -3/+1As you all know Sarah Palin is under a probe investigation for abuse of power. Alaskians are are now seeing the light. The republicans and the right wing media wont tell you this but Palin's approval rating dropped from 90% to 67%. Palin is going to become a liabilty to McCain once the whole story in Alaska begins to break out.
      • silverbulletky, on 09/23/2008, -0/+2You do realize how good 67% is right?
      • ericcarroll, on 09/23/2008, -0/+2Actually, I think if people read Digg only for political information you'd think her approval rating was a negative number followed by a lot of expletives and someone filling the comments full of "PALIN IS FULL OF LIES SMEARS LIES..."

        You do realize Obama has far more to be concerned about than Palin ever will, right?

      • frofisrael, on 09/27/2008, -0/+1tracygav: you poor thing - console yourself with your false hopes! Sarah is a winner. Sa-Rah, Sa-Rah, Sa-Rah!
  • Zeitgeist101, on 09/22/2008, -61/+34Sarah Palin=Train wreck everyone has to stop and look at...
    • Marble68, on 09/22/2008, -26/+44You're ignorant. Palin represents the average American. That's why people turn out to hear her.

      She's a true representative of hope; evidence our founders knew what they were doing; a true representative of the people.

      A train? perhaps so; but not the type you'd like to see.
      • pprovo1, on 09/22/2008, -22/+14*A true representative of a selfish and deceiving politician who will only bring more corruption to Washington.

        I think thats what you meant to say right?
      • TheNWO, on 09/22/2008, -9/+11pprovo1. I'm assumed that you support the slimy Chicago machine politician. But after seeing your profile, I saw that you are a supporter of that slimy 20-something odd year Congressman from Texas who can't get any legislation passed but who sure knows how to bring pork back to his district, how to pander to extremists like white nationalists and conspiracy theorists, and how to set up a for-profit business using political campaign contributions. Given where you're coming from, do you really want to get into an argument about who will bring more corruption to Washington?
      • Zeitgeist101, on 09/22/2008, -12/+10"Palin represents the average American. That's why people turn out to hear her."...are you kidding???
        The average American does not speak in tongues, or believe in banning books from public libraries based on our churches preferences, the average American would not force their 17 year old daughter into motherhood and a doomed marriage.

        Th average American believes in separation of church and state. The Average American does not believe that living adjacent to a foreign country gives us Foreign policy experience...

        Sarah Palin is the reason that one after another, intelligent conservatives are jumping ship and supporting Obama/Biden.

        We need brilliant leadership right now, not another religous nut who thinks that God wants us to be at war!!!

        Sarah Palin is Bush in drag...but worse!!!
      • ugottabejoken, on 09/22/2008, -12/+5It is 2010. Out-of-work parents say goodbye to their sons and daughters on their way to the trenches of Iran and Russia, while President Palin (sworn into office in 2009 after President McCain's untimely demise) and President Ahmedinejab rave about their respective end-times.

        Social Security and Medicare are discontinued. Health care is unattainable.

        Tent cities spring up in city parks. National parks are buzzed by aerial hunters.

        Hurricanes wipe out the Gulf coast, the oceans have become one big dead zone with only lionfish and jellyfish, America's beaches are covered with garbage; the Midwest is a permanent flood zone (between tornadoes), cities, chokingly polluted, are filled with paranoid citizens with gun permits, new prisons are the only new home construction, twenty-five percent of endangered species have passed the tipping point to extinction, though not on any government list, and Saudi Arabia and Dubai (where Dick Cheney is living out his retirement) have matched China, India and Iraq in owning our over thirty-three trillion dollar national debt.

        Sound far-fetched? Perhaps.

        But what if it's not?
      • whatthefu, on 09/22/2008, -1/+4She does not represent the average American, no matter how much you want her to. Bringing the founding fathers into this has nothing to do with anything; it's just rhetoric. She's a politician. If you want to go by founding fathers logic anyway, they would be disgusted that we're in Iraq right now.
    • tyho, on 09/22/2008, -4/+2What a stupid ***** remark. Would you give the same reason for the Obamites? Hate people that just fly-by and ***** on things, bringing nothing to the discussion.
  • FreedomAmerica, on 09/22/2008, -23/+8"We will build this world ANEW" Obama

    "How I Learned To Love The New World Order" Joe Biden

    "Now, we can see a new world coming into view. A world in which there is the very real prospect of a new world order." George H Bush

    Yes Change we can believe in.
    • rebrad, on 09/22/2008, -2/+14Are you saying that Obama and that other guy will carry on Bush's policies? Is that the change Obama is talking about?
  • PuterPrsn, on 09/22/2008, -31/+63That some impressive numbers.
  • magoghm, on 09/22/2008, -48/+18Every one wants to see the circus act :)
    • chaimke, on 09/22/2008, -2/+2You are right, clown, that's why we all look at your inane comments.
  • waggdogg, on 09/22/2008, -30/+60The Republican surge!
  • BuddyOne, on 09/22/2008, -48/+8Another election stolen...STOLEN!.
    • DCMacHead, on 09/22/2008, -5/+32How do you figure that? Still bitter about 2000? Perhaps you should go back and look at the vote count that the liberal paper of record, the NY Times, did. They tallied the votes and found that Bush won 2000 using the methodology that Gore wanted to use.

      The electoral college is written into the Constitution.
      • chaimke, on 09/22/2008, -1/+2Please, DC, be kind and don't confuse the liberals with facts far above their paygrade
    • phatphat, on 09/22/2008, -8/+20LOL. Leftard.
    • EZLA, on 09/22/2008, -3/+21Acorn working in every state for Obama and you have the unmitigated gall to state:"Another election stolen"
      They have been indicted for fraud so many times but their community organizers Obamas'
    • tasine, on 09/22/2008, -3/+18Buddy, you simply cannot go through life declaring "stolen" every time you don't get your way. That is the sign of a super spoiled brat. How old are you anyway?
    • 2612, on 09/22/2008, -2/+7By getting people to vote for you? Maybe the Dems should try that trick.
    • tyho, on 09/22/2008, -2/+4Still not over 2000 and 2004 eh?

      Thank God for majority rule.
  • pprovo1, on 09/22/2008, -53/+14OKAY SERIOUSLY!!! Anyone here who actually has ANY FAITH whatsoever in the McCain/Palin ticket is not only ***** OUT OF THEIR MINDS but is just plain old stupid!! Palin is a complete piece of trash who might look good to *****, but she sure as hell isn't good enough to lead.

    Bush with a skirt.
    • lajaw, on 09/22/2008, -6/+11Obama is trash and his momma was a trashy white woman. Don't believe me?

      http://www.atlah.org/broadcast/ndnr09-03-08.html
      • euw144, on 09/22/2008, -9/+2RACIST! Go back to the trailer park and get off your friend's computer.
    • pprovo1, on 09/22/2008, -10/+1Ron Paul is my guy.....
      • Herkimer56, on 09/22/2008, -2/+6Your guy is out of the race. He was rejected resoundingly by the public likely because he's a clueless old racist who has no idea how to live in the modern world.
      • thepalineffect, on 09/22/2008, -1/+4If he's your guy why are you on here trying to convince everybody his supporters are clueless/classless jerkoffs through your clueless/classless comments? Nice try, nobody's fooled by your fake attempt to make people believe all of his supporters are dumb as dirt.
      • pprovo1, on 09/22/2008, -0/+2If anything you guys are dumb as dirt for thinking that McCain is even slightly qualified to run a country...War is not the main issue here, its the economy, and he has admitted to knowing NOTHING ABOUT THE ECONOMY. I think it is pretty logical to reject McCain considering his lack of experience in that field.
      • lajaw, on 09/22/2008, -1/+1hey pp.............just what role do you think the government ought to play in the economy? A don't seem to recall anything in the US Constitution regarding anything other than the money supply.
        Hey, I voted for Paul myself. He is the most intelligent of all the candidates in either party. He just ain't pretty, and talks to soft with intellect and not sound bites. But now that Palin is in the race and Paul is out, I'm going for McCain. Then Palin in 2012.
    • tyho, on 09/22/2008, -2/+1"Ron Paul is my guy....." ROFLMAO

      And you talk about FAITH....

      I don't think RP is all that bad, but you'd have to be delusional to think he's a factor this cycle.
  • DuggDowner, on 09/22/2008, -52/+10Impressive numbers. Too bad the McCainanites have already been busted lying about crowd size.
    • BuddyOne, on 09/22/2008, -5/+27We're so ashamed that you found out...

      You live in California?
    • bmcelrath, on 09/22/2008, -3/+29The fire department estimated the crowd size. McCain had nothing to do with it.
    • tasine, on 09/22/2008, -3/+5And your point is?
  • ranchhand, on 09/22/2008, -31/+55 I sure like the idea of a pretty woman getting the attention for her brains and electability. Rather that a pretty boy and his admirers fainting and slobbering all over themselves.. Hoping for change. I've been listening to Backtrack Obama for months and still don't know what the heck he's gonna change. Shoes? shorts?
    • DCMacHead, on 09/22/2008, -7/+23Probably shorts after he soils them when he loses.
    • phatphat, on 09/22/2008, -5/+14He changes his opinion to match the latest polls. He is a snake oil salesman, and if you bought it you are a naive fool.
      • rayajlou, on 09/22/2008, -5/+15I was an Obama supporter to since April 07.... I read his whole website and heard all the same words.... he never says exactly what he will change specifically. Just words.... I now cringe when "hope" and "change" are used in general. Obama tainted the words!

        Like an articles stated, if Obama doesn't fill in the vaugeness with details, someone else will.... and they did. It's now McCain Palin all the way... they got real answers!
    • popngen, on 09/22/2008, -3/+6brains? electability? what a joke
    • KnutTheBear, on 09/22/2008, -1/+2Listen harder.
    • tyho, on 09/22/2008, -2/+3I understand his message, and you should too.

      The change is change to far-left Liberal values.

      The uniting all people together means, unite under my (Obama's) beliefs and bias.

      So he will save the world and us from ourselves, as long as we embrace the loony leftist's philosophy of " nothing can be done without government involvement" & "government should decide best if you have too much money and who it should be given to".
      • solboldi, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1good point. the gov't sucks hard at managing anything.

        i don't want MORE of my tax dollars spent on crappy gov't programs that accomplish nothing.

  • ranchhand, on 09/22/2008, -31/+55 Palin is a real person with values and commitment that so many of us middle class relate with. I would sure rather watch her elaborate what she believes to be the best interest of all Americans. than some little known pretty boy that can't promise anything but change. After listening to him all these months. I still wonder what he's gonna change. Clothes, shoes, shorts?
    • obliviousfool, on 09/22/2008, -3/+8She's someone you could see yourself having a beer with.
      • Dabaum, on 09/22/2008, -0/+4As an entirely non-partisan statement, I don't care if I can see myself "having a beer" with my leader. I want my leader to have excellent judgment and surround him/herself with the best possible advisers and cabinet members to improve the condition of our country.
      • eastwood24, on 09/22/2008, -1/+4But your supposed to treat politics like a sports game or soap opera, blindly supporting your team or character. Blind partisans are so F*cking annoying and they just keep on breeding.
      • davidg11, on 09/22/2008, -0/+2And a mooseburger with.

    • geodebug, on 09/22/2008, -0/+4Burried for being a walking talking point.

      "Palin is a real person with values":
      Well that about describes everybody on the planet.

      "I would sure rather watch her elaborate what she believes to be the best interest of all Americans"
      Wouldn't we all, except that the McCain campaign handlers keep her on a tight leash, especially after her Charles Gibson interview. How am I supposed to judge her abilities if she won't answer questions and only gives her canned speeches?

      "I still wonder what he's gonna change. Clothes, shoes, shorts?"
      Repeating this joke in separate posts doesn't make it funny, just makes you seem desperate for attention.

  • Stevanoski, on 09/22/2008, -33/+59Sa-Rah, Sa-Rah, Sa-Rah
  • RRJackson, on 09/22/2008, -30/+51Looks like Americans have heard Obama's song and dance and they're saying ENOUGH!

    McCain/Palin '08!
  • linuxdad, on 09/22/2008, -30/+57People are realizing that Obama is all smoke and mirrors, no real substance other that Hollywood facades. Sarah has substance, she is an everyday American Mom with chutzpa!
    • ccastellanos, on 09/22/2008, -2/+6And that qualifies her for the Vice-Presidency how?
  • THEROD54, on 09/22/2008, -29/+49LOOK, any Women who can shot and clean her own kill and catch Salmon is damm straight in my book.
    Unlike Bidon and O BAM A ,they can't relate to me at all.
    • pprovo1, on 09/22/2008, -19/+8Yeah she might be damn straight, but *****....IS THAT WHAT QUALIFIES A VICE PRESIDENT!?!?!?!?
      • thepalineffect, on 09/22/2008, -4/+5The fact we can have a detailed discussion about who's more qualified, her or Obama, shows she's qualified plenty and speaks badly for him, especially when his own supporters are talking about her "lack of" qualification.
    • keltin, on 09/22/2008, -3/+8Gov. Palin has the human and American qualities that I look for in a leader. Not only is she someone I'd vote for, she's someone I'd like to sit down and talk to over a camp fire while out on a hunting/fishing trip.

      She is so much more grounded in reality than Obama/Biden.
      • scubaman5000, on 09/22/2008, -1/+4So you prefer a leader that doesn't think about what she does before she does it. Someone who acts on what her gut tells her rather than careful rational thought. Someone who believes that she has the right to impose her own definition of morality on everyone else. You prefer a leader who is absolutely clueless when it comes to foreign relations and nearly every other aspect of Federal Government? You prefer a leader that is dedicated to pursuing a holy war against an enemy she knows nothing about.

        This isn't a ***** fishing trip so don't vote like it is. Research where she stands on the issues (if you can that is, it's hard to find out her position since she has to hide from the media asking her questions she doesn't have answers to).
      • glinsvad, on 09/22/2008, -0/+4Personally, I'd prefer having anal retentive workaholic brainface politicians leading my country rather than good-for-nothing rugrats like myself (heck, I'm not fit for government). That being said, vote based on your politics not on your politicians.
    • Dabaum, on 09/22/2008, -2/+7I'm not endorsing Obama to any extent, but you are basically saying that you are going to vote a person into one of the highest offices in the entire world on the basis of her skills in hunting and fishing? Seriously?
    • library.ninja, on 09/22/2008, -1/+6it's amazing that people treat the friggin election like they're voting for the next american idol. "Oh that person is just like me so I will vote for them." I don't want someone "just like me" in the highest elected office in the country. I want someone who's smarter and more qualified than me. Huntin' and fishin' makes her qualified to host an outdoor show on TNN. That's about it.
    • DreKor, on 09/22/2008, -1/+2Obama drives a Ford. Can you relate to that?
  • rebrad, on 09/22/2008, -31/+47Sarah is my kind of woman; Strong, Independent and Intelligent. She turned this election around from a farce to something that Americans can get excited about. I was a doubter before Gov Palin. McCain made a historic choice. His genius will remembered and Palin's refreshing honesty and courage has changed the future of American politics. McCain/Palin 08.
  • TheNWO, on 09/22/2008, -23/+37Even if this is a bit of a high estimate, that turnout is amazing!
  • xman8, on 09/22/2008, -30/+35Some people have realized that Obama is a Fake.
    • euw144, on 09/22/2008, -8/+0Not enough people have labeled him fake for him to lose this election.
    • georgemason01, on 09/22/2008, -5/+3You're right. We also know McCain is a fake.
  • Evilena, on 09/22/2008, -18/+34Mike Tucker, a local fire marshal, estimated 60,000
    • Dabaum, on 09/22/2008, -2/+4I love how you're being buried down for stating a fact. Sensationalist titles for the win?
    • Wakkyweed, on 09/22/2008, -2/+9Mike Tucker, a local fire marshal and partisan Palin supporter who wants to skew the facts, estimated 60,000.

      There. Fixed it for ya.
  • voxlisa999, on 09/22/2008, -30/+9This is a TOTAL LIE. Ha Ha! But don't digg it down. I want to see them get exposed again as LIARS. My parents live in The Villages- no way.

    The Villages is ALL Republican enclave in Central Florida- a Retirement community. LOL! These folks have nothing else to do- they turn out for anybody that stops by! And most of them don't vote in Florida. Lot's of snowbirds.
    • phatphat, on 09/22/2008, -3/+16you are a stupid delusional fool. good luck with that.
    • thepalineffect, on 09/22/2008, -5/+13Lol that's kind of funny, this person calls it a lie then tells why it's true. I guess it's true, libs really can't say anything at all that doesn't have the word "lie", "lies", or "liar" in it.
      • petsheep, on 09/22/2008, -4/+11The truth is moon bats are in a spin about Palin and I am loving it,
      • irisheyes1169, on 09/22/2008, -4/+10Me too! It just demonstrates their fear that their Candidate/Messiah might lose this election. The nastier they get, the more apprehension they feel. It's comical to see how deranged they have become. LOL!!
    • EZLA, on 09/22/2008, -3/+9Here is the LIE what you typed:
      "This is a TOTAL LIE. Ha Ha! But don't digg it down. I want to see them get exposed again as LIARS. My parents live in The Villages- no way."

      AND
      "
      The Villages is ALL Republican enclave in Central Florida- a Retirement community. LOL! These folks have nothing else to do- they turn out for anybody that stops by! And most of them don't vote in Florida. Lot's of snowbirds."

      Here is truth: It is a Retirement upscale community that is solidly Republican. The police had to monitor the traffic even they couldn't believe the crowd draw. You read the other article hm-mm....
      IT is stupid to tell a lie you can get sooo easily caught in.
  • Deadpixel1221, on 09/22/2008, -21/+10The REAL Sarah Palin

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQobIUE1zTU
  • thepalineffect, on 09/22/2008, -23/+28I guess this is what happens when you combine a great speaker with American core beliefs and values.
    • bingostud722, on 09/22/2008, -3/+4WHAT?! Palin needs the VP debates dumbed down for her so that
      • bingostud722, on 09/22/2008, -2/+4Sorry, I was so flabbergasted I clicked save too fast. to continue on that, she needs softball questions because she doesn't have enough debate experience...how is that a great speaker?
      • thepalineffect, on 09/22/2008, -5/+0I don't think someone who can't even figure out how to place an entire thought in one place should be talking being a great speaker.
      • bingostud722, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3Typical, lets attack my mistake of hitting the enter key instead of finding a way to defend the point I made.
  • rayajlou, on 09/22/2008, -12/+28that's insane considering the polls...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama ...

    it does make sense why there is such a small turn out for BO in Carolina.

    every time there is a story that doesn't fit with LIB agenda, they always cry LIE yet never speak of truth and reality.
    • ebrandsberg, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1there wasn't any more room. The 20K number is just the people that got into the gated area, not the 5-10K that were not able to get in due to lack of space.
  • desantim, on 09/22/2008, -18/+7You can only lead a horse to water.... I guess the pictures of the little girls explain well enough.. You'd have to be a child, or completely clueless to support McCain/Palin
    • tasine, on 09/22/2008, -5/+10Goodness, it's great to be completely clueless - means I can vote for the strong and competent Sarah Palin, whereas if I were not clueless, I could vote for that wimpy empty suit who calls himself Barack Obama, born in ?, proud American who won't pledge allegiance to the American flag or wear a flag lapel pin because it may look him appear prejudiced. That strong American, Obama, who shows no understanding of what and who America is. Yep, love being clueless. sarcasm/off
  • Hellman109, on 09/22/2008, -21/+8One guys guestamation is all you have to go on?

    "Mike Tucker, a local fire marshal, estimated 60,000. But reporters on the ground, including AP's Brendan Farrington and my colleague Ken Vogel, would only say "tens of thousands," suggesting the marshal's estimate was on the high side"

    Oh yes lets go with the fire marshall...

    Your 'republican surge' and 'palin power' is just really the republican lie machine in its usual action.
    • thepalineffect, on 09/22/2008, -2/+11Lol yeah let's throw away the estimate of a guy who has to be able to accurately predict crowd sizes for safety and crowd control reasons, and accept the estimate of a couple guys who are paid promoters for Obama. Liberals are truly idiots. Proven once again.
      • SuperVepr308, on 09/22/2008, -2/+9That is hilarious. They would take a reporter's estimation over a guy who is trained and does this ***** for a living. Ostrich Effect.
    • tasine, on 09/22/2008, -2/+9Someone from AP and your friend estimate only 10s of thousands, so it is obviously less than 60,000? And the Fire Marshall estimates 60,000 and is obviously off by several 10s of thousands. Are you actually firing on all cylinders?
  • frofisrael, on 09/22/2008, -18/+18Of course Sarah would attract the people at the grassroots who care about righteousness, the sanctity of human life, the importance of obedience to the God of all creation - the God of the Bible. Sarah represents all that they believe in. They know that she can be trusted to do the right thing because she believes and practices the right thing. In other words, she walks the talk! I think if John McCain goes down in history for any momentous move he made it will be for bringing Sarah Palin out of anonymity onto the world's stage.
    • eir574, on 09/22/2008, -8/+15"In other words, she walks the talk!"

      In her personal life, perhaps. She's certainly capable of lying (or distorting the truth for the purpose of misleading people to such a degree that it's indistinguishable from a lie) to advance her political career, though.
      • frofisrael, on 09/22/2008, -10/+11Dear digg people, let me introduce to you Saint Eir574 who never told a lie in his/her life and who has just been canonised by the devil!

        You are indulging in baseless slander and libel, you shameless liar!
      • eir574, on 09/22/2008, -9/+13I can promise you that I've never told a lie to advance my career. I can also tell you that although, like all people, I do make mistakes and lie from time to time, I don't knowingly repeat a lie over and over again. I certainly don't do it for the purpose of gaining political power.

        I'm not engaging in baseless slander and libel. Sarah Palin keeps telling people that she told the government "thanks, but no thanks" on the bridge to nowhere. The true story is that she was a proponent of the bridge before she was against it. Even then, she kept the money.

        How many people who were wooed by Bush's faith and later regretted voting for him are now finding themselves wooed by Palin's faith?
      • trogdoor, on 09/22/2008, -1/+16"I do make mistakes and lie from time to time, I don't knowingly repeat a lie over and over again."

        It's worth making the distinction between lying and saying something that is not true but which you honestly believed to be true at the time. Lying is "the deliberate act of deviating from the truth", you don't make a mistake and accidentally lie.
      • Squidwalk, on 09/22/2008, -4/+10frofisrael,

        Arguing that Eir574 has lied in the past does not disprove that Sarah Palin has lied in the past, and shows signs of lying in the future. You have committed the ad hominem fallacy, and you have not defended Eir's refutation.

        Most of us are adults. Don't insult us with your weak arguments, we know better.
      • Squidwalk, on 09/22/2008, -1/+5ZeRux,

        You don't have any evidence to show that my main tactic of discussion is ad hominem attacks and straw man arguments. I believe that I've been consistently rational with my comments, and you have failed to show that I have not been.

        ...unless that was a "/s" post, since you're using an ad hominem to attempt to refute my recognition that another person has used an ad hominem. Sorry if I didn't get the joke, some of these guys would actually write something like you wrote in earnest.
  • ugottabejoken, on 09/22/2008, -17/+6Florida Leaning Towards Barack Obama Because of Sarah Palin!!

    Six weeks ago, the St. Petersburg Times convened a group of Tampa Bay, Florida voters who were undecided about the presidential election. Their strong suspicion of Barack Obama suggested it was a group ripe for John McCain to win over and to put him over the top for Florida.

    Not anymore. This Florida group has swung dramatically, if unenthusiastically, toward the Democrat Barack Obama. Most of them this week cited the same reason: John McCain’s running mateSarah Palin.

    “The one thing that frightens me more than anything else are the ideologues. We’ve seen too many,” said 80-year-old Air Force veteran Donn Spegal, a lifelong Republican from St. Petersburg, who sees John McCain’s new running mate as the kind of “wedge issue” social conservative that has made him disenchanted with the Republican party.

    “I’m truly offended by Sarah Palin,” said Republican Philinia Lehr, 37, of Largo, Florida a full-time mother with a nursing degree who voted for PresidentGeorge Bush in 2004. Like Sarah Palin, she has five children and she doesn’t buy that the Alaska governor can adequately balance her family and the vice presidency.

    “You’re somebody’s mom and what are you going to do, say, ‘Excuse me, country, hold on?’ … She’s preaching that she’s this mom of the year and taking that poor little baby all over everywhere. And, you know, what she’s doing to her 17-year-old daughter is just appalling.” Lehr said she’s bothered by the way Palin’s pregnant daughter has been brought into the national spotlight.

    Skeptics like these in Florida are ripe to put Barack Obama over John McCain in Florida and ultimately the entire election. While the pick of Sarah Palin is playing well for conservatives, it is the undecideds John McCain needed and his campaign stunt did not work.

    http://sarahpalindirt.com/
    • thepalineffect, on 09/22/2008, -0/+10From the impeachable source "palindirt.com". There's a source you can trust! Next up, articles from Huffpo, DailyKos, and US Weekly.
      • euw144, on 09/22/2008, -6/+0Look at palindeffect! He calls us Obamabots but check out how he sends out shouts to his lame ass cronies!

        "Obamabots converging here, let's attack back. Digg and bury as you see fit."

        Nice! Deffectobots! LOL!

        I could just imagine you saying that quote in your finest robot voice!
      • thepalineffect, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6Are your fingers getting tired from copy/pasting the same thing everywhere? I guess that's easier for you then letting your brain get tired from thinking up something new.
      • euw144, on 09/22/2008, -4/+0Oh by the way, CNN is covering the same story, along with NPR.

        I don't think those are as credible as blogspot.shaggy.com though.......LOL!
      • ugottabejoken, on 09/22/2008, -5/+0You mean gatewaypundit.blogspot.com is also a credible source? I guess if it says something you agree with, then it's true.

        Priceless.
    • tasine, on 09/22/2008, -0/+3ugottabejoken, first, I don't believe a word that you've quoted, but realize I could be wrong. Given that you are talking about Florida, the land of hanging chads and people not having a clue about how to cast a ballot, it is possible there is a grain of truth. That truth would be only that people in Florida are not generally very logical when it comes to politics. Now if Ronald Reagan had said the same thing about a democrat that the retired general said, you'd have accused him of being senile, huh?
      • euw144, on 09/22/2008, -3/+0GO! FIGHT! WIN!

        Sorry, all you deffectobots are gonna be crying on November........
  • articroll, on 09/22/2008, -14/+17http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign- ...

    'But Palin drew thousands more than the estimated 20,000 people that turned out for Bush. A fire rescue official estimated the crowd at 25,000 to 30,000, while the Republican Party of Florida pegged the audience at twice that size.'
    • Imortus, on 09/22/2008, -0/+3They really do love overestimating their attendance numbers, as shown in the past. I'd like to have the alleged fire official who quoted 60,000 be interviewed to find out if his numbers were inflated, or if he was ever even asked.

      Besides, 60,000 Floridian retirees are hardly representative of what modern America should stand for. Our society eclipsed their wants and proclivities two or three generations ago.
  • Cosmo96, on 09/22/2008, -15/+22I love seeing the femi-nazis coming unhinged when Gov. Palin draws these large crowds!
  • covertress, on 09/22/2008, -13/+26Some people had to wait in line about 90 minutes just to park their cars. Biden’s largest crowd during a visit earlier this month was about 2,000.
    • keltin, on 09/22/2008, -3/+7I have a very dedicated friend from high school who lives near there. He was telling me about the incredible crowd Palin had come to here speech. He was saying that the Republicans (no surprise) and all his Independent friends went to her speech.

      He is a dyed-in-the-wool Demo, and wasn't happy about it, but he is addicted to the truth - someday he'll see the light.
      • Waiting2awake, on 09/22/2008, -4/+3You mean the light that neither the republicans, nor the democrats, have the best interest of the American people in their minds?

  • topsax, on 09/22/2008, -11/+21Way to go FLORIDA. We desperately need you. You are one the BIG bell-weather states that can sway the final tally. Thanks for your support of Governor Palin at the rally.

    Fantastic!!
  • euw144, on 09/22/2008, -15/+9Look at palindeffect! He calls us Obamabots but check out how he sends out shouts to his lame ass cronies!

    "Obamabots converging here, let's attack back. Digg and bury as you see fit."

    Nice! Deffectobots! LOL!

    I could just imagine you saying that quote in your finest robot voice!



    • thepalineffect, on 09/22/2008, -5/+6Lol nice usage of the word defect, let me try using it the way you do. "Liberaldefects hatedefect ourdefect countrydefect anddefect everybodydefect indefect itdefect." It's like the new pig Latin.

      When do you find time to cash your welfare checks in between stalking the few conservative users on here?
      • euw144, on 09/22/2008, -5/+2Whoa! Take a breath! Foaming at the mouth?

        You are losing a lot of steam palindeffect. I love it! "The few, the proud, the palindeffect." The conservative users slogan. LOL!

        Looks like your deffectobots are gonna sink before you even reach the beach.
      • thepalineffect, on 09/22/2008, -2/+6Are you going to continue plaigarising what I've said about you in my other comments, or are you going to get creative at some point?
      • euw144, on 09/22/2008, -4/+0Palindeffect. The epitome of creativity. LOL! That parrot ass hairdo is so creative!

        So you still haven't answered my question palindeffect. Are you a homosexual or not? You come off as a basher but your appearance is totally femme to the point of resembling a b-rate porn actor. Simple yes or no question without your "creative" bullcrap will suffice. Otherwise STFU!
      • thepalineffect, on 09/22/2008, -1/+3"Are you a homosexual or not?" No. But you'd like for me to be wouldn't you? I seem to have gained some sort of weirdo attraction from you. You're like the piss a dog leaves on everybody's leg. Everybody ends up trying to shake the piss off, but no matter how hard they shake it still causes everything it touches to stink.

        By the way, the dog is Obama.
      • euw144, on 09/22/2008, -2/+0Cutting and pasting! Very original and interesting comment there palindeffect! A simple yes or no is all I requested and you would have been much better off leaving it at that.

        P.S. If you don't like people talking about your appearance, don't splash your pasty mug across the internet and associate it with your rhetoric.
      • thepalineffect, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1Lol I don't care if the gays are attracted to me, it builds my ego. I won't go out with you though, so you can give up on that idea.
  • AmericanAngle, on 09/22/2008, -16/+10ugottabejokin: I'm all up for fantasy novels and hypothetical notions.

    Now, here is a dose of reality based in FACT, my friend;

    1.Barack Obama has MORE subversive, terror (domestic & foreign), anti-American, Marxist affiliations than any candidate running..PAST or present. Barack Obama is on the record for emboldening Iranian President Ahminajihad.

    2. Compared to Obama Palin has a PROVEN record of accomplishments indicating a far superior knowledge of the economy, which includes SS, Health care.

    3. Tent cities & Ariel hunters...Ugottabjokin...Kucinich would be proud(writing him in?)

    4. I almost forget "The One" is running therefore he may be able to control acts of God.
    If the unforeseeable does occur Palin has a PROVEN record indicating her experience in directing such matters. As Commander of the National Guard (limited experience or not it is still FAR SUPERIOR than Obama's) Palin will know how to mobilize a response to natural disasters.

    Newsflash: The earth is for Humans to utilize in order to prosper.

    We should all be proper stewards of the earth whether you believe it is God's green earth or if it was spontaneously combusted.

    Palin understands this and won't allow enviro-arsonists to hijack this earth to save it ONLY for endangered species.

    Wake up..WE are an endangered species!

    We must rid ourselves of foreign dependency on oil, preserve our natural habitats, and PROSPER.

    • ugottabejoken, on 09/22/2008, -8/+5Some things to consider, wingnut:

      SARAH PALIN -
      1. Abuse of power scandal AKA troopergate, working on a cover up
      2. Banning Books
      3. Endangered her last baby
      4. Attended 5 colleges in 6 years
      5. Injected hardcore evangelical politics in non partisan role as mayor of wasilla
      6. Failed with her own daughter regading abstinence and family values
      7. Denies the reality of climate change.
      8. Has close ties to big oil
      9. Was for the pork barrel projects before she was against them
      10. Wants to impose her will on women and deny them choice.
      11. Believes the Earth is only 6000 years old.
      12. Probably had an affair.
      • ugottabejoken, on 09/22/2008, -1/+0That was classy.
      • ugottabejoken, on 09/22/2008, -1/+0ZeRux, you have been reported. You are obnoxious and I am offended by your comments. Say goodbye to Digg. Maybe you should stick to hotair.com.
      • thepalineffect, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1Lol wow zerux, that comeback was legendary. You made him mad, now he's scared you'll find proof she contracted those STD's from him. And apparently he thinks Digg moderators are his puppets, he snaps his fingers and they jump I guess is what he's trying to tell us.
      • ugottabejoken, on 09/23/2008, -0/+0Well, thepalineffect, do you see ZeRux now?? Do you see his comment?? No, you don't. You know WHY?? Because I reported him and now he is OFF Digg. The same will be done to you if you don't stop show any respect.
  • ensta2, on 09/22/2008, -12/+16Wow people really love her! This is good to see
    • Waiting2awake, on 09/22/2008, -9/+6Good for whom? Clearly not America.
  • Gerchak, on 09/22/2008, -12/+34Did I fall into an alternate universe this morning, or are there really people out there that think Sarah Palin is qualified enough for VP?

    I'm so confused. . .
    • Waiting2awake, on 09/22/2008, -9/+3Crazy isn't it....
    • novaculus, on 09/22/2008, -12/+6No alternate universe. Put down the bong, and after awhile the confusion will be diminished.
      • zacattac50, on 09/22/2008, -1/+5logic here being that if you are liberal you smoke weed?
      • novaculus, on 09/22/2008, -3/+4Logic here being that anyone who thinks Obama is qualified to be President but Palin is not qualified to be Vice President is suffering from delusions or outright hallucinations. Didn't mention liberals per se, but now that you mention it...

        Maybe you have a point. Maybe I should have blamed the LSD, or the mescaline, or the mushrooms. I have never seen a pothead so far divorced from reality unless there were other more powerful chemicals involved.
      • MisterWonderful, on 09/22/2008, -3/+1Never been to Florida have you?

        Heh
    • ligyron, on 09/22/2008, -3/+7Actually, this is reality. You just happen to be here before the Obamabot bury brigade arrives
  • DeskFlyer, on 09/22/2008, -6/+13The Villages is one of the fastest growing golf cart communities in Florida; it is also a major retirement destination for wealthy baby-boomers. This turnout does not surprise me.
    • Waiting2awake, on 09/22/2008, -5/+2Really? It brings a tear to my eye. That after 7 years of republican control which saw the US go from the most respected nation on earth, the wealthiest, the most powerful - the envy of the world......fall to this - and yet people still think that republican is a legitimate choice....

      Not that Obama is any better IMO, but man. That is just some industrial strength ignorance to support McCain/Palin.
      • Waiting2awake, on 09/22/2008, -2/+1So I wonder who is digging me down? McCain supporters, or Obama supporters....

        or maybe both, unready to see that they themselves are perpetuating the problems by buying into the two party system...

        Just do me, and the world, just one favour. When who ever gets selected, after 4 years and you are being just as abused as you are today - just STFU.

        Clearly the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Republican, leads to democrat, which leads to republican, which leads to democrat...

        and the wheels just keep on turning.
  • Aeaus, on 09/22/2008, -4/+6Can we have a mass bury button please? For when the liberal & conservative brigades take turns spamming up their articles, cleaning out comments by MAD?
  • GuyDanger, on 09/22/2008, -16/+2560 000 for Sarah Palin!? I don't believe it...must of been some other event going on. She has got to be the worst public speaker in history.


    Come on Repulicans, Digg me down... I dare ya!

    Obama '08
  • itstodd, on 09/22/2008, -8/+8I bet if they would have offered beer and a rock band the dems would have shown up too. Well, only if it was free...
    • ProfessorSYM, on 09/22/2008, -0/+2Why, because conservatives are wine sipping, classical music listening snobs?
      • DreKor, on 09/22/2008, -0/+2Bud Light and Faith Hill. Oh wait, that's the voters, not the candidates.
      • thepalineffect, on 09/22/2008, -1/+1No, because Conservatives aren't drunkard freeloaders.
      • ProfessorSYM, on 09/22/2008, -1/+1"No, because Conservatives aren't drunkard freeloaders."

        Unless they are crying for a government bailout with no strings attached to give $700 billion to corporations.
  • ebrandsberg, on 09/22/2008, -7/+12One thing to note about Obama's turnout: There wasn't room for any more. The 20K number was just the people that could fit inside the gated area, there was an estimated 5-10K that were in line (1.2 miles long) trying to get in as well, and a huge number that saw the line and just left or couldn't find parking. I know, since I was one of the people in line, and walked 1.2 miles from where I got in line until I was at the gate. The fact is, the gathering couldn't have been any bigger since they didn't have room for it to be.
    • TechyLah, on 09/22/2008, -1/+2Yup, your #1 guy matches up to our #2, vp, and he doesn't even come close in either experience or integrity.

      Sort of forgot about that, didn't you.
      What do you expect from a campaign that considers Sarah Plain's experience to be mainly the mayor job, TOTALLY forgetting about being Governor of a strong-governor, big money type state.

      Also did the Paris Hilton point pass you by? It's not about celebrity, xxxxxxx!
    • rayajlou, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1i thought the obama camp was so strategic and smart.... why such a small space? money tight?
  • deadsnowden, on 09/22/2008, -7/+10The Villages, Florida: population 75,000, 60,000 turnout. Impressive?
    Not when 95% of the population is made up of 45+ers (more than half the total population is over the age of 65....)

    So, sure, it makes for a good headline. But when she draws a crowd in a place that advertises themselves as "Florida's Friendliest Retirement Hometown," does it really mean anything? Not to me. When she pulls a number like that in, say, Miami, Jacksonville, or Tampa, and the age demographic is a bit better represented, well, then I'll bow my head and be impressed.

    But a bunch of bored hobbyists? Not so much.
    • ftx437, on 09/22/2008, -2/+3"The Villages, Florida: population 75,000, 60,000 turnout. Impressive?
      Not when 95% of the population is made up of 45+ers (more than half the total population is over the age of 65....)"

      So there votes don't count?
      Also just because that was where the event was held doesn't mean people from around the area/state didn't travel to go see her.
      • deadsnowden, on 09/22/2008, -2/+0Its not that their votes don't count. Of course they do, as much as anyone's.

        The point I was trying to make was, this story is insinuating that this was some amazing rally for Mrs Palin, whereas in actuality this was a gathering of people in a somewhat private and secluded town. Considering the population is 98% white, and the aforementioned age discrepancies, I just think that this gathering should be looked at in the bigger picture: yes, their votes count, but no, this was not some major win for the lady. You cannot ignore the demographic she was immersed in, and you cannot say that the news twisted the story to make it seem like something it was not.
    • davidg11, on 09/22/2008, -1/+1Except that senior citizens do most of the voting in the USA.

      Their turnout has never been in question.

      And unfortunately old people will not vote for a black man.
      • deadsnowden, on 09/22/2008, -0/+0That's a good point, for sure. i guess am just trying to think positive and hope that, maybe this time, all people, young and old alike, might take realize that this is one of the most important elections in history. whatever the result is, i've got my fingers crossed that this one might not be decided by the same old demographics that come out time and time again.
  • naviline, on 09/22/2008, -9/+15Read the actual Politico article: Mike Tucker, a local fire marshal, estimated 60,000. But reporters on the ground, including AP's Brendan Farrington and Ken Vogel, would only say "tens of thousands," suggesting the marshal's estimate was on the high side. The St. Pete Times's Adam Smith had another fire official in the crowd say it was about 25,000.

    Considering the McCain campaigns track record on reporting numbers, I'd say they are beefing it up again. Also, there are a TOTAL of 70,000 seniors in that retirement community, and it's a Sunday. And, given it's 70-80% republican and a hotbed of racism around there, I don't think Palin lovers should be looking at this as a sign of the national electorate.
    • 03FightOn, on 09/22/2008, -0/+3How is McCain beefing it up if it came from a local fire marshall? And since when is an AP reporter credible when covering MCain?
  • LibertyForever, on 09/22/2008, -11/+12Actually, the city fire chief estimated the crowd at 70,000. See the local radio station account, with video: http://www.local6.com/politics/17523782/detail.htm ...

    Sarah can win the swing states single-handedly!
    • reiner15, on 09/22/2008, -0/+3Is she running for president now?
      • bingostud722, on 09/22/2008, -1/+2For real, who gives a ***** about Sarah Palin? what is she going to do, "Advise" John McCain? The only way she's making any decisions is if he dies.

        Congress is what is screwed up now anyway.
  • coachbombay, on 09/22/2008, -11/+7Did she open the floor for any questions (either pre-rehearsed or not)?
  • geodebug, on 09/22/2008, -15/+11Before all you Sara-lovers get chafed from rubbing yourselves, remember that the event was in Florida (you know, America's wang). You can get 60K people to show up at a Denny's grand opening.
  • JonnyMark, on 09/22/2008, -4/+14*checks calender in case it is April 1st*
    *checks domain to see if this it is theonion.com*
    *checks to see if this was all photoshopped*

    ...WTF?
  • cerealjynx, on 09/22/2008, -6/+13Whoops, I think I fell into bizarro digg.
    • davidg11, on 09/22/2008, -1/+3Ya, how in the world is this a top story?

      Huffington Post laying off people? Is their blog union on strike?
  • Kizilbash, on 09/22/2008, -9/+5Good, she is already freaking out the Florida Jews with her lunatic religious fundamentalism. This should spook them into voting for the other team. ANY other team!
    • rayajlou, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1lol have you not heard that the Jews actually don't like Obama with his Muslim ties....

      Anti-Iran turns in Anti-Obama rally.... read that one =)
  • bushfocker, on 09/22/2008, -6/+2goes to show how small minded the neocons are,,,,nothtin but prepared speeches from her
    anyway congrats palin supporters...got to have something to cheer about
  • copypastry, on 09/22/2008, -9/+3Sheesh, talk about skewed demographics. Palin pulling retirement-community folks is like sending Bob the Builder to a kindergarten assembly. Neither group of supporters represents America. I like Bob the Builder's platform better anyways.

    Bob the Builder
    Can we fix it?
    Bob the Builder
    Yes we can!
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