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Record Obama Crowd, the Size of a City

blog.washingtonpost.com — The campaign, citing figures from Duane Bray, battalion chief of Portland Fire & Rescue, estimated that 75,000 people are watching him speak.

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  • kelalo, on 05/19/2008, -22/+293Did anyone see some of the comments on WP?

    "Al Sharpton for VP
    Farrakhan for Secretary of State
    Wright for Mentorship on all state side affairs.

    Yeah GOOOOO OBAMA, I want Farrakhan, Sharpton and Wright!!! gimme some chicken" - Anonymous

    Are these people out of their minds? This no-holds-barred douchewankery is exactly what I loathe about these barely-literate racist asshats... Seriously, WTF? Is it the fact that I'm a New Englander that I'm in such disbelief that such first-class idiots actually exist?
  • Iamien, on 05/19/2008, -21/+204Presidential Inauguration brings many many more. Wait until that day.
  • inactive, on 05/19/2008, -31/+176Obama is going to win. Suck it, Right Wingers. He is going to win.
  • tcbishop12, on 05/19/2008, -11/+151Sen. Obama has spent much of last week talking like a presidential nominee, even though his battle with Sen. Hillary Clinton persists. On Sunday, Portland made him look like one. It produced Oregon's largest political crowd in recent memory, perhaps in state history—half-again larger than the audience Democratic nominee John Kerry drew in the same venue in August of 2004.

    There are those here in response to the article who criticize Sen. Obama for drawing large crowds and generating enthusiasm. I'm still unclear as to the basis for such criticism. And your point is -- ?
  • neplusultra, on 05/19/2008, -9/+114I was there. 600 volunteers. Extremely organized. TSA was handling security and doing a great job. Lines were short and people were getting in quickly. The Decemberists played. Great rally.
  • aliengoods, on 05/19/2008, -6/+92Having grown up in Wisconsin, I thought I'd met some rednecks. Then I visited states like Alabama. How the majority of people in that state can be so moronic I'll never know.
  • eatkitten, on 05/19/2008, -9/+83There should be a Digg Fail of the Day. A middle finger button next to the thumbs down perhaps? I'd nominate this... although checking exgop's comment history reveals a lot of gems:

    "The Muslim fighters are cowards they hide behind children when they fight. By the way they have had every opportunity to kick our ass and they can't. SO ***** YOU"

    "The guy is a Socialist. Socialism has never worked. This country is *****. Im glad Im old. I will get free health care you young people will pay high taxes. Ya'll are soooooooooooooo stupid."

    "I really don't care what Muslims think. Its nothing more than a cult of death"
  • prolix21, on 05/19/2008, -2/+57friday on my drive home i was harassed at a stoplight by a couple rednecks in a firebird from kentucky b/c i had an obama sticker on my car. so yes, this kind of insanity and ignorance is alive and well in the US.
  • cerejota, on 05/19/2008, -0/+55Thats the point publiclurker. Chinks in the south, orientals in the north, same ***** racism.
  • ncc74656m, on 05/19/2008, -12/+66I'm enjoying the retarded commentary on the blog. It's remarkable how difficult it can be to read a Republican's writing.

    What fascinates me more though is the myriad conspiracy theories about how this is a doctored photo (from the AP, not the Obama camp), it's staged, it's just some "libtard" fad, or whatever else your warped small minds can come up with. Has it ever occurred to you that maybe we're just so tired of how your divisive politics have split the country in an ever-increasing chasm, or how your president squandered our budgetary surplus, international good-will, and our best chances at catching Osama?

    Maybe it's just time for change.
  • kevinmoore, on 06/13/2009, -0/+51He still *might* win as a gay terrorist. If we find out he's a gay atheist terrorist, then maybe not.
  • Th0rus, on 05/19/2008, -3/+46I was working over the weekend and was asked to go get carts outside in the parking lot( I work at target) and I saw a lady get out of a car and she had a Obama Sticker so I asked where she got it because I wanted one and I didn't know if there was a Obama station in the area. She told me that if I did get one to be careful because guys in trucks come up and ride her ass and turn on their brights and attempt to run her off the road. It made me ashamed to live in this country but at the same time made me proud because there are people like Obama that exist and are out there proving so many people wrong and has the courage to run and change things. All it takes is a idea it doesnt matter what color skin you have and people who see other wise will soon wake up when Barrack Obama is the next president of the United States this November.
  • confoundedjoe, on 05/19/2008, -2/+43ok. you had me till the whole "cripple" thing. i would hate to see mccain prez but calling him a cripple is just bad.
  • notoneofus, on 05/19/2008, -9/+48Are you really that obtuse? Obama could wear nothing but a ***** Speedo and travel around the world singing "It's a Small World After All" with our supposed enemies and it would do less damage to the US than Bush does each time he opens his mouth.

    One of the things I miss most about the US is my time spent in Oregon. If Obama wins, I'd even consider moving back to Portland.

    Oh, those crazy leftists and their education and progressive politics! As another former duck, I think you're smoking something way more potent than Oregon weed.
  • jklikesnews, on 05/19/2008, -4/+43The Decemberists? Obama even has good taste in music.
  • TheInformer, on 05/19/2008, -21/+59And to reach the park, Obama parted the river waters...
  • Mejari, on 05/19/2008, -1/+37Yeah, don't vote for Obama, other people like him, and you're too cool to be so conformist! If other people like him then he must suck, right? That seems to be your logic.
  • MJDub, on 05/19/2008, -1/+33It sucks being in the miniscule enlightened minority here in Alabama. I suppose it's because I'm at college, an oasis in a desert of idiocy.
  • Arch83, on 05/19/2008, -2/+32As a farm-raised Kentucky college graduate now living in the city, I have been in contact with many walks of life from many parts of my beloved state. Yes, these closed-minded people exist here too, and no, you will not be any more successful in erasing their stereotypes than I have been. My family and I, along with most of my friends and plenty of my former classmates, are planning to vote Obama tomorrow... even if we're the minority.

    I feel responsible for speaking up on the behalf of the good, enlightened, intelligent people in my commonwealth. Look for us in the Obama percentage tomorrow night.
  • Haohmaru, on 05/19/2008, -1/+31As a New Englander myself, I've observed that racism is alive and well here. It's only taboo to reveal it.
    For instance, my next door neighbor, a special education teacher no less, was irate that I was adding onto my house as he was afraid the "orientals" would move in if we moved away. His exact words, I kid you not.
  • Ecowarrior, on 05/19/2008, -5/+34Speaking as a socialist. Barack Obama is no socialist. There are no socialists in mainstream American politics.

    And the hyperbole just makes you look stupid.
  • kelalo, on 05/19/2008, -1/+30No, but apparently my first day looking at WP comments.

    All right, my comment may have been a little over the top.
  • 11oops, on 05/19/2008, -4/+31For what?
  • SaintStryfe, on 05/19/2008, -4/+31Dugg down for being a long winded rant that is factually incorrect.
  • publiclurker, on 05/19/2008, -3/+30Trust me, outside of New England, people like him do not use words a complicated and elite as "Orientals"
  • lewhich, on 05/19/2008, -15/+41Boy, its amazing despite all the negative press, hillbilly smears, ***** suggesting an assassination, this dude just keeps riding high and calm. Can't wait to get the "spin" on this rally.
  • mabs0, on 05/19/2008, -15/+40Socialism has never worked? Get some education. You only have to look across the border to Canada or the other side of the Atlantic to the UK to see how socialism doesn't (sic) work.

    Anyway, to put your mind at rest, no one in the US is a socialist. Trust me, not even the socialist parties, wherever they are, are socialists around here. To make it clear for you, Obama can't be a socialist because the specie doesn't exist around here.
  • archer75, on 05/19/2008, -6/+31How many times is the same article going to get posted on Digg? They do confirm when posting if you really want to post a duplicate article.
  • StrikerObi, on 05/19/2008, -7/+31This is the third time I've seen this story hit the front page...
  • jackalsclaw, on 05/19/2008, -1/+25he can't lift his arms all they way up cause he was hung by them for day on end when he tortured as a POW. For 5+ years, during which he refused a early release (offed as a political ploy) unless all prisoners taken before him were sent home.

    He is a war hero, and a nice guy. it's his politics and his friends I don't like. Stop trying to make this about destroying a person reputation, and lets work on how to make America stronger.
  • 11up, on 05/19/2008, -2/+23Good comment, but I'm not surprised at all that you got dugg down for it. People don't like hearing about this sort of stuff, even if they are legitimate points.

    I'd like to think that, for this exact reason, Obama is avoiding this stuff, but will address it once he's in the office. Like it or not, the Presidential campaigns have to pander to the average stupid American voter. The same voter who will vote for the candidate that lies the best about the future, regardless of the actual circumstances.

    Don't get me wrong, if I were American I'd still be an Obama supporter, since he is by far the best option and seems to be a very intelligent man, but his policies aren't perfect (and really, who's are?). I think he'd be a huge step in the right direction.
  • BraveQuail, on 05/19/2008, -10/+31Although the crowds that he's been gathering are extremely impressive, he is preaching to the already decided supporters at his speeches. It's the same with all the Obama articles on digg, you are only preaching to the choir.
  • staeiou, on 05/19/2008, -1/+21The answer to bigotry is not more bigotry.
  • edwartica, on 05/19/2008, -2/+22He did not! I live in Portland, and the Willamette river was not parted! He just walked on the water to get there.
  • LuxFX, on 05/19/2008, -2/+21The 'city' I grew up in had about 6,000. (The town I live outside of right now has 600). City doesn't mean metropolis. 75,000 is a lot of people.
  • relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -3/+22http://digg.com/settings/topics
  • GeekXian, on 05/19/2008, -0/+19It would run off white rednecks out where I live so I buy it. I only wish we'd get a 'no cars parked on lawn' law passed.
  • noahhoward, on 05/19/2008, -3/+20Can't win a state??? WTF are you blathering on about?
  • brstilson, on 05/19/2008, -5/+21Manipulative language and labeling. Labeling someone a "socialist" puts images of Hitler and Stalin in peoples' heads (even though Hitler and Stalin were opposed to each other in almost all ideological ways except authoritarianism), and therefore automatically makes the "socialist" wrong (because everything Hitler and Stalin did was wrong, right?), regardless of what he's saying.

    When you label Obama a socialist, you don't have to think about the issues. You don't have to think about the fact that every democracy needs at least a little bit of socialism to function. Things like the Interstate Highway System, the strategic petroleum reserve, the public library, the police, the fire department, the FBI, and the post office are all socialist programs on one governmental level or another. To have a purely capitalist "you're on your own" government would spell disaster.
  • aenima987, on 05/19/2008, -5/+21Leave plz
  • zephyear, on 05/19/2008, -2/+17ahahahahahhahahahahaha
  • kelalo, on 05/19/2008, -12/+27You're an idiot.

  • maxer64, on 05/19/2008, -4/+18No one cares about racially charged, ignorant, discriminatory rumors, hearsay, and blatant lies about Obama.

    They're going to seat Michigan and Florida (even though they shouldn't - Barack wasn't even on the ballot in Michigan. The states and candidates agreed that a 100% removal of delegates would occur if they moved their primaries up). MSM has done the math with MI and FL included - it is over.

    Also, with sources like Fox News and Scoop.co.nz... ? then your credibility maybe isn't the most solid.

    I kind of feel bad you wrote all that though. Kind of.
  • corryface, on 05/19/2008, -33/+46i may well get destroyed for this but is it only me who is bored of endless articles on this obama, clinton *****??
  • inactive, on 05/19/2008, -7/+20I don't think you know what (sic) means.
  • zippy757, on 05/19/2008, -3/+16'Cripple' ? You're an *****.
  • dinot, on 05/19/2008, -8/+21How can YOU be so stupid and listen to him for 30 minutes and not hear anything?
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