Photos from today's ORLANDO RALLY!

[Lorien]

I won't bother reporting on today's rally for Kerry; I'll leave that to Phish40: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1108236#1108515

The early crowd :


Sunset:


Blinded by the light: the soon-to-be-President speaks! (sorry about the blur)



Huge flag breaks loose over our heads and waves majestically:

Crowd goes wild as Kerry passes by (he's in there somewhere):


Jesse Jackson:

[Poiuyt]

1. Great sunset

I miss Florida

[Dudley_DUright]

2. Nice pictures!

It was a nice moment when Kerry said "I know something about the american flag and it is best to let it wave" (or something close to that) after seeing the semi-loose flag.

[Spiffarino]

3. Ahhh...will you look at all those beautiful

...black faces? You won't see half that many at 100 Busholini rallies.

Thanks for the pics!! :yourock:

[demgrrrll]

5. V ery Very Nice. Thank you. eom

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[fearnobush]

4. We love that man!!!! Kerry Rocks!!!!!!!!!!

JOHN KERRY ROCKS

[chyjo]

6. Great Pictures!!!

thanks. Very Inspiring!

[phish420]

7. Sweet! Thx! Ill be posting mine too soon...

[Lorien]

9. I hope yours turned out better than these did

with the spotlights, packed crowds, fading natural light, etc., it was a tough venue to photograph!

[phish420]

10. Nope, most of yours are better..lol

[sonias]

8. This is the heart and soul of America

This is what real America looks like. Now keep up that strong voting FL and take our country back.

Great pics Jen6. So glad you and Phish40 were there to witness history. Glad to see Jesse Jackson out there too.

Go Kerry/Edwards Go!!


Sonia

[phish420]

13. Yes Jesse was a great suprise. Wish I had heard him speak...

He probably did earlier, but I didnt arrive until late

[Lorien]

17. I don't think he did speak

because there were gasps from the crowd when Kerry mentioned him at the end. But maybe they came in late, too? :shrug:

[Lex]

11. Nice. Thanks for posting them! n/t

[phish420]

12. Ok, here are mine...

but Ill have to direct you to the directory of files, since I havent had a chance to shrink them down yet (they are all high res large files). Go to http://bushlies2.us/kerry_rally/ to view my pics. Most are fairly blurry...lots of tree branches got in the way causing bad focus, lots of people's heads...some of the shots you can only see the back corner of Kerry's head, or just a blur, but there are a couple good ones in there. I love the kid with the uncle sam hat...so cute. And his little sister (who couldnt have been much more than about 8 or 9) was so smart!

http://bushlies2.us/kerry_rally/

[Lorien]

16. Those are pretty big files

do you have ScreenSnapz? You could always shrink them down on your computer and take a ScreenSnapz (that's what I've done). The program is called Snapz Pro X (for googling reference) and they have a free 30 day trail. You can then load your photos onto a site like Photobucket or Picture trail. Useful if you post a fair number of pictures on the web, or if you ever want to take images OFF the web or a DVD.

Hey, where were you standing today? I was right beneath the billowing flag (in front of in, before it broke loose).

[GOPNotForMe]

14. B-b-b-b-black people?

Watching all these Republican events, I sort of forgot they existed.

In all seriousness, it's great to see some diversity at events like this!

[Warren DeMontague]

15. Woo-Hoo Florida!!!

:toast:

[newyawker99]

18. Great pics!! Thanks for sharing!

:thumbsup:

[Lorien]

19. Kick for the morning people

if you live in Florida, don't forget to VOTE EARLY and ask other to do the same. Why should you vote early? In 2000, a friend of mine who registered as a Dem for the first time was turned away from the polls. When asked why he wasn't allowed to vote, the poll worker just said "well, you just can't vote today" she nodded to a cop near the exit, who walked over to my friend, grabbed his arm, guided him outside and said "don't bother coming back-you won't be voting today". :grr:

My friend called the board of elections and Dem HQ for three days before he was able to speak to someone. They said yes, he was illegally disenfranchised, but there was nothing they could do about it at this late date. THIS is why early voting is a MUST!

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

20. Beautiful!

Very nice pictures, thank you :-)