So I Went To A Hillary Rally ... (Now With Pics)

[mikeohara]

I went yesterday to our fabled Maude Cobb Convention Center in Longview, which is about 10 minutes away to hear Bill Clinton speak on behalf of his wife. I took some photos at the event as well, of which five of the best photos I took are listed below.

Photo #1:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2121/2266986125_df5d4c63fa_b.jpg

Photo #2 (A Senator From West Texas I believe introduces Mr. Clinton):
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2105/2267779124_257e4938fa_b.jpg

Photo #3:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2223/2267783794_6a2d6577b1_b.jpg

Photo #4:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2125/2267009965_7800b79db8_b.jpg

Photo #5 (A photo of the crowd):
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2291/2266987383_bc99b42ca4_b.jpg

Overall, I liked what he had to say, as did a lot of people. I'm still set on voting for Obama, but I enjoyed hearing what the other candidate's plans are about issues like health care and the economy amongst other issues.

[JoyOfJoys]

Ron Paul supporters: It's over. Ok? :P No marks lost for trying though.
And don't have your kids holding your banners damnit!

Must of been nice to hear Bill speak, he is quite charming. :)

[mikeohara]

Ron Paul supporters: It's over. Ok? :P No marks lost for trying though.
And don't have your kids holding your banners damnit!

Must of been nice to hear Bill speak, he is quite charming. :)

Bill is quite the public speaker, the last time he was in town was when I was a junior in high school (1996).

[bean19]

Ron Paul supporters: It's over. Ok? :P No marks lost for trying though.
And don't have your kids holding your banners damnit!

Must of been nice to hear Bill speak, he is quite charming. :)

It's NOT over. Hopefully, the Ron Paul folks will last throughout the election and pull a Ralph Nader to steal a lot of Republican votes. :)

I'm actually not as worried in this election either way. Both Clinton and McCain have talked a lot about election reform, and McCain is a moderate that isn't going to vote away our freedoms like that crazy Huckabee.

On meeting Presidents, I once met George W. Bush back when he was the governor of Texas. I was performing in the musical "Texas" and we had a cast and crew of nearly a 100 people, so I didn't do more than hear a speech from him before we went on. He didn't even stay for the end of Act One before flying off. Though most of the cast were straight, we all had to wear makeup and were in jaunty cowboy atire, but what you would expect a classic cowboy to wear to a party. He looked at us like we were a bunch of homosexuals. At the time, I was in high school, so I remember feeling embarrassed about the way I was dressed up at the time. Most of the cast were young college age and there was a lot of snickering and making fun of the governor after he left because he screwed up his speech.

When I met President Clinton, it was at the home of some extremely wealthy attorneys I know in Dallas. It was a formal supper. I had never dressed up to eat before, and I was placed near Hillary and the attorney/host's wife because I was was chaperoned (dating one of the host's kids who was placed at the other end of the table). Though the setting was formal, the conversation was not. I spent most of the evening trying not to embarrass myself in the way that I ate (My mother raised me right and I even went to cotillion training as a kid, but until this even (and since that event) it had been so much unused and thus forgotten knowledge. In this setting, they both struck me as sincere and highly passionate people that want to make the world better. That's probably true of most politicians. . . why else would they do it? The reason people vote for one candidate over another is based not on the candidate's good intentions but on whether or not people agree with their methods.

Was he fundraising? Democrats raise funds from rich people in Texas, but they don't usually seek votes.

[mikeohara]

Was he fundraising? Democrats raise funds from rich people in Texas, but they don't usually seek votes.

no, it was a campaign rally ... the newspaper today estimated the rally had about 1500 attendees. I wasn't asked once for a donation of any kind.

[Johan]

Bill Clinton is a good speaker. I went to hear him in CT prior to his reelection and shook his hand from the crowd. He's very charismatic and eloquent, but since South Carolina's Dem. primary, he's sounded extremely rude, crude, racially inflammatory, and desperate to me...

Was he fundraising? Democrats raise funds from rich people in Texas, but they don't usually seek votes.

You do realize March 4th is a primary day in Texas for the Dems, right? :confused:

[bean19]

mikeohara - It's for the primaries. He is just trying to get Texas Democratic delegates to vote for Hillary. The Democrats will go back to ignoring us after the democratic convention. He was here in Amarillo today and I got to see him. My friends (that I dragged there) left and went to the gunshow across the hall about halfway through.

[Heretic Machine]

Was he fundraising? Democrats raise funds from rich people in Texas, but they don't usually seek votes.

Texas and Ohio could very well decide who'll be getting the Democratic nomination.

[Karmakin]

Texas and Ohio could very well decide who'll be getting the Democratic nomination.

To be more precise, Clinton needs to win Texas and Ohio very solidly (In short, she needs to pwn) in order to have a chance of winning the nomination without tearing apart the Democratic party.