Empty seats at Obama rallies

[bidenista]

What the M$M doesn't want you to see when it reports on Obama rallies:



Politico has a report suggesting this isn't the only venue to go unfilled. Interesting that the crowd numbers we've been seeing on DU are always simply restating the venues' capacities, when it's clear that those venues aren't getting filled.

[Clarkansas]

1. OMG! No one is going to Obama rallies! I guess I should vote for Hillary now!

:eyes:

[bidenista]

5. that's not what i'm saying

I just think it's a bit sad that people have been coming on here saying "OMG! OBAMA HAS THE BIG MO - HE FILLED A 2000000000-SEATER STADIUM TODAY" when actually there have been lots of empty seats.

Maybe he should go for smaller venues.

[Bongo Prophet]

59. I am glad you mention that this is a MICHELLE OBAMA rally, right? Honestly.

You are one of the newer disrupters.
several of us have your number.

Rude assholes on both sides, trying to split us apart.
Oldest damn trick in the book.
Sadly, many here are falling for the back and forth shitsling.

BUT.

In other areas on DU and elsewhere, we are laughing at you.
Both of our candidates are pretty damn worthy.
You are not.

"bidenista" - yeah right.
You are not worthy of HIM, either.

[rodeodance]

36. promise?-cross your heart? please DO

[Clarkansas]

49. I was just kidding. I couldn't bring myself to vote for the worst Democratic candidate, Hillary,

no matter how many empty seats there are at an Obama rally.

[rodeodance]

80. well, think on it.

[fenriswolf]

56. yeah here is another rally with empty seats

you can see em if you squint really hard.

you just wish hillary could pull a crowd like this so stop hating.

[Alexander]

68. LOL! The Shillbot jealousy is obvious.

An excellent picture, too.

[KittyWampus]

2. who is that with the microphone? DU'ers have posted multiple pix of filled stadiums

[bidenista]

12. oprah

[Barack_America]

3. He's been drawing 20,000 people to his rallies and you're not impressed?...

Please.

And FYI, that's Oprah, not Obama. The names sound similar, but the breasts give it away.

[MethuenProgressive]

19. Allegedly "20,000". "Proved" with carefully cropped photos.

This one slipped through the filters.

[VolcanoJen]

33. Is it really an Obama Rally if Obama isn't there?

Sounds like maybe Oprah's starpower has let you down? Obama wasn't even at this rallly.

[JPZenger]

58. If you read the comments under that link, you will understand

This remark comes from Politico.com. Under that photo, many people have responded that the empty seats were during the Super Bowl, at a site where Obama was never scheduled to speak, and where it was publicized only 2 days before.

[calmblueocean]

61. Never the the truth get in the way of a good zinger!

People here are unreal these days. Obama was just in Minneapolis and he packed the Target Center. People were waiting in line for 5 hours or more just to get a seat.

[VolcanoJen]

64. And something like 15,000 in Boise, Idaho.

Little, tiny, lily-white, Republican BOISE and 15,000 people came to hear Obama!

[JackORoses]

35. the 20,000 figures were at rallies where Obama himself was speaking

this picture is from a surrogate event.

nice try, as if you had a point in the first place.

[rodeodance]

41. luv the kood aid pic--have not seen it before.

[Barack_America]

21. Person above. I cannot see you.

Sorry.

[VolcanoJen]

29. I mean, really. The candidate wasn't even there!!!

Personally, I'd love to go to an Obama rally and hear him speak, but an Obama surrogate rally? Not so much, even if Oprah was there.

[1corona4u]

72. So does the ass...

[Didereaux]

4. Shame, shame! damn the facts! those empty seats are filled with HOPE! lol

[rodeodance]

27. ah yes--the invisible PFFf.

[NJSecularist]

6. Good grief

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

The Hillbots are getting desperate.

Obama has gotten much larger attendance in every state than Hillary.

That is a fact.

Just curious, would you like to post the DE rally pictures, or the Minnesota rally pictures, or the St. Louis rally pictures?

[MadBadger]

7. The Rally ended 5 minutes before the Super Bowl started.

[avaistheone1]

60. So Super Bowl is more important than Obama?

Obama doesn't have very strong supporters in that case.

[FrenchieCat]

8. This venue was set up in 1 day.......

And done on Super Bowl Sunday.

Get a grip and some perspective. It will do you good!

[rodeodance]

47. oh my--another obamacamper Conjuring up more EXcuses.

[Coexist]

9. It would be nice if, before you posted something, you read the entire entry:

"But while Obama has held some very large rallies in some very small cities -- 14,000 in Boise! -- there have also been quite a few empty seats at some of the bigger venues. (It takes, of course, a certain amount of confidence to stage an event in a huge arena. You won't shut anyone out, but you run the risk of being annoyed by blog items like this one. Obama isn't concerned he'll be seen as having smaller crowds, and where there have been head-to-head crowd counts with Clinton, they vastly favor him.)"

[krkaufman]

67. A, that pesky character, Reality.

Gotta love the post decrying empty seats in mega-venues, necessary because of recent overflow crowds that couldn't be seated. (Where was the Obama appearance that filled two rooms plus still left thousands outside? ah, Denver...

[grantcart]

10. lol 9,000 people in a 15,000 seat stadium during the superbowl

and those sneaky Obama people packed the people in where they new the MSM television cameras were


how shocking lol

One of the reasons that area was empty was because the view was blocked by the scaffolding holding all of the TV cameras


Here is Cspan showing Maria's statement

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62_ajoKkuHA

(My family and I are sitting just behind the speakers).

[KittyWampus]

yeah, Obama shoved everyone into one area f/one pix and then let them spread out after

[grantcart]

31. lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62_ajoKkuHA

I am the guy in the white shirt just above the speakers head from time to time.


I would be curious to find any other candidate that had 9,000 during the superbowl.

[KittyWampus]

11. Hillary Supporters are now suggesting Obama pix showing filled stadiums photoshopped!

[calmblueocean]

63. This is unbelievable.... or at least unbelievably hilarious!

I mean, the events are captured on video and you can watch them on YouTube!

[tishaLA]

13. The campaign said there were 8000 at Pauley Pavillion

yesterday. Any of us who go to UCLA can tell you it holds 13K. So I'm not seeing how the campaign was lying and, in fact, it's predictable that this happened on super bowl Sunday.

And they are now using huge venues--places that can fit 70K--so they don't have to turn away 10K like they did last week in Denver. Nobody but nobody actually expects 70K to show up.

[grantcart]

15. LA times said 9,000

I was sitting to the right of the guy who took this picture

[goldcanyonaz]

14. Maybe they ran out of Kool-aid?

[rodeodance]

32. should have served up GRAPE--yummy yummy

[MethuenProgressive]

40. Cherry!! It's the O-fficial flava!

:hi:

[rodeodance]

52. as in Cherry-picking? te he.

[Unsane]

16. bidenista hits full meltdown mode!

:rofl:

[sunonmars]

17. As always with media, its the angle they take the picture at

they can make 20'000 seater look full if you group the people properly

[ericgtr]

18. Try this for more than one angle

That place was roaring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hlnh4Z_qsY

[shireen]

20. when did that rally take place?

During work hours? In an area with heavy Republican residency? Were there other important local events going on at the time? Please don't make insinuations like that without context. No, I'm not an Obama supporter, or a Hillary supporter. I'll make up my mind when I cast my vote. Meanwhile, some of their so-called supporters on DU are doing little to promote their candidates with negative inaccurate posts.

[tammywammy]

22. Right before the Superbowl

LOL. I believe it ended 5 minutes before kickoff.

[shireen]

78. well, there's the reason for the empty seats!

superbowl is the next sacred event after Christmas/Hannukah and Thanksgiving!
But i was a bit surprised to see Oprah there, figured she'd be a Superbowl fan, parked in front of the teevee, waiting for kick-off.

[cindyw]

23. That was not a long planned rally. They were literally calling people to invite them

Besides L.A. is nothing like other towns. You could wander the streets of L.A. and never be aware of an event. It took place in at UCLA. Try finding the campus while driving on its street!

[rodeodance]

43. the obamababies are in full swing with EXCUSES!

[here_is_to_hope]

54. As an Alumni, I can tell ya the place has its own zip code! eom

[cindyw]

82. And still you can't tell your there from the outside. Beautiful though.

Mom's an alumni from just a few years ago.

[BeyondGeography]

24. LOL...She's addressing the people BEHIND the podium

[UALRBSofL]

25. I thought it was packed

I don't know,but, were there this many empty seats or did people leave before the end?

[VolcanoJen]

26. Good Gawd. Los Angeles couldn't even keep a pro football team...

... because Los Angeleans really aren't the "let's take a crowd to a crowd" type.

And on Super Bowl Sunday, no less? You're reaching.

[rodeodance]

28. gosh--that IS a lot of MT's for the big O.

[KennedyGuy]

34. Gee..what happened to the people sleeping overnight on the streets..

and the people stopping traffic on the expressways for HOURS just to be in the aura of the Double O tour?

[killbotfactory]

30. That's just fucking stupid

[rufus dog]

37. Please put it into context

This is on the UCLA campus on Super Bowl Sunday. If you live more than 30 miles from the campus you would need to leave 1 1/2 hours before the event to get there and get parked and to the arena. You would then have another hour plus to get home. Driving the West Side of LA is a Bitch! So people would have to miss the game and parties. For me it would have been an all day event based on living 60 miles away.

[Auntie Bush]

38. Is this just like the crowd that watched the statue of Saddam pulled down?

[BlackVelvet04]

62. That's cold.....

and I like it very much.

:toast:

[KennedyGuy]

70. but totally accurate!

[BlackVelvet04]

75. I was joking....

that's why I added, I LIKE it. Yes, it was accurate.

[JVS]

39. Superbowl sunday is a hard day to get people out

[mathewsleep]

42. posting this make you look horrified.

you've seen the polls, you're shitting your pants. you're losing. and you're desperate.

[rufus dog]

44. wow and seven recommnedations!

[mrreowwr_kittty]

45. Well at the one we had in Phoenix last week he did fill the venue.

13000 people.

So there.

[rufus dog]

53. yeah but that was the cruddy old Veterans Memorial

If he was any kind of candidate he would have filled US Airways Arena, or Sun Devil Stadium, or Univ. of Phx Stadium.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

57. Yeah I know.

I always back the losers. :p

[rufus dog]

73. if you back the Suns that is true!

I'm with you. Speaking of Veterans, does it still have that distinctive smell?

[mrreowwr_kittty]

74. Musty popcorn and ass? Yep. nt

[rufus dog]

76. good to hear!

When they tear the place down they are going to have to tent it to stop neighbors from inhaling toxic fumes.

[BlackVelvet04]

66. And my dad can beat up your dad

so there. :P

[csorman]

46. Hahahahaha!!!

I guess you should have been at the Obama rally in Minneapolis on Saturday; 21,000 people who anxiously waited in lines many city blocks long, winding through the skyways, etc. It was truly energizing. But oh - there were a few empty seats in the way, way, way-up nosebleed sections - for shame! Oh wait - that's right, due to the number of folks on the floor, the stadium was at capacity and fire inspectors will not allow anyone in past a certain number. There was a waiting list with thousands of people on it for this event.

[Adelante]

48. This is getting embarrassing, this desperation

Stop it. I'm starting to pity you.

[NJObamaWoman]

50. Just came back from Obama Rally @ Izod Center NJ.

let me explain some things. You might see some empty seats because the people who fill them are in the standing area. While at the rally I noticed that there were THOUSANDS of people standing instead of sitting. That is a choice they offer. So while it might look like empty seats...that no one is there but in fact the people who normally would sit there rather stand to be closer to the podium.

[NJSecularist]

51. Could you write a report on the rally?

I'd be interested in hearing your report! :)

[NJObamaWoman]

77. No problem. I have to do this quick because I have to get to work.

Well I arrived 2 hours before. However I found out I had to pay 10 bucks to park. I mean I had 8 dollars and they still wouldn't let me in. After I got the cash I came back around 9:10 to a decent line. After we got on line thats when everyone started to show up. After going pass security they offered us the choice of standing or seating (we decided to sit). It was a weird set up because they made everyone fill up the seats in the back of the podium. Therefore all we could see were the speakers backs (unless you look up at the big screen). It was miserable at times because we have this big old light from the News people shining in our faces. There were many seats that weren't filled but as I said before thats because the people who fill those seats were on the floor standing all around the stage. Then at 11:30-12:00pm NJ leaders came out to talk about why they supported Obama (from Booker, Mayor of Jersey City, Bill Bradley, Codey and a few others). After they left more and more people started to fill the Center. At this point volunteers started to hand our Obama Posters. I forgot who introduced Bobby D. but he came out and greeted the crowd. Then Obama, Ted, Caroline came out which was cool. I was in and out with Obama's speech because I've heard it all. But the crowd was pumped.


I think Obama had a decent turn out but it could have been better for many reasons. 1) It started to flurry. 2) Lot of people in NJ were so consumed with recovering after the Super Bowl 3) Many people were at work and didn't know about this event until the last min 4) Should have held it at the Prudential Center. The Meadowlands is hard to get to. I just don't see many people from Essex, Passaic and Hudson counties driving over there to see Barack on a work day (monday at that). All and all I had a good time. Honestly I'm glad I went but I could have stayed home because I've already heard Barack's speech before. But it was a cool experience because I got to see tons of children witnessing history, there are ALL races & genders there, and finally I continue to see what Obama has been talking about in terms of his appeal of Repubs and Independents. He can get them, I believe that even now because I was standing in back from a group of proud Repubs who support Obama.


Oh and by the way Chelsea's was at the Tick Tock Diner during the rally to encourage votes for her Mom.

[Quixote1818]

55. It looks like the floor is packed

[sabra]

65. "Politico has a report"

says enough

[1corona4u]

69. OMG!!!!

I'm sure there is some explanation!!!!! OMG!!! they were all in front of Oprah, not in back!!! No one wants to look at her big ass!! OMG!!!

;-)

[Laurab]

71. Pitiful. Are you THAT desperate?

I mean, really - you should watch the video of Maria's speech, it was very good. I'm surprised they got that many people at a quickly put together rally, at which Maria Shriver wasn't even expected to speak, on Superbowl Sunday.

Your desperation is really, really sad.

[BlackVelvet04]

79. LOL....

that make this too easy....like taking candy from a baby.

[stevietheman]

81. Hillbot #9381: How much are you being paid to sHill for Hill? n/t

n/t