Obama Draws 3,000 in Missouri

[Ethelk2044]

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1620289,00.html


Kansas City, Mo.) — Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama urged about 3,000 supporters Saturday to help send members to Congress who will oppose the war in Iraq.

"We have 51 votes in the Senate, and to have a veto-proof majority the next time we send a bill to end the war, we're going to need 16 more votes," Obama said.

"So I need everybody to take a look at how your senators are voting and how your congressmen are voting. We are 16 votes away from ending this war."

Obama was referring to President Bush's veto earlier this month of a $124.2 billion bill that would have funded the war in Iraq, among other things, but demanded troops begin coming home Oct. 1.

The Kansas City fundraiser was the Illinois senator's second in as many days in Missouri. He was in St. Louis on Friday for two events.

During his half-hour speech, Obama also touched on his proposal for universal health care, which he said would be at least in part driven by $75 billion in savings from improved technology in the field.

[illinoisprogressive]

1. I'm so proud of my old city turning out for Obama. I now live in Illinois but, KC is great.

[AtomicKitten]

2. Gobama!

n/t

[Cameron27]

3. Wowza, that's an amazing number!

Good for him!

[givemebackmycountry]

4. I heard every word -

I was there.
Check it out.
Local news in KC was reporting that there was about "a thousand people" there.
I thought there was more than that in the room.

Not a bad crowd for a beautiful Saturday afternoon in KC.

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