PHOTOS: Barack Obama today at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina

[flpoljunkie]

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., arrives at a town hall-style meeting in Wilmington, N.C., Monday, April 28, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves as he greets supporters at a town hall-style meeting in Wilmington, N.C., Monday, April 28, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, waves as he is introduced by Jess Owens-Shiplett, a kindergarten teacher, at a town hall-style meeting in Wilmington, N.C., Monday, April 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a town hall-style meeting in Wilmington, N.C., Monday, April 28, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., bottom right, speaks at a town hall-style meeting in Wilmington, N.C., Monday, April 28, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Jean Weiss of Wilmington, N.C. gives encouragement to Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.. during a town hall meeting in Wilmington, N.C., Monday, April 28, 2008. The senator jokingly asked her to be his running mate. (AP Photo/Logan Wallace)

(This is the woman who told Obama to continue to take the high road in no uncertain terms, and she's Hillary's demographic! What she said: “Don’t hit on Hillary, bring us all back, let her do that stuff. Leave her alone, you don’t need to do that, you are higher than that. Bring us up higher than that,” Weiss said with 82 years of experience.


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., works the crowd after a town hall meeting in Wilmington, N.C., Monday, April 28, 2008.
(AP Photo/Logan Wallace)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, greets supporters after speaking at a town hall-style meeting in Wilmington, N.C., Monday, April 28, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, speaks during a news conference at Wilmington Airport in Wilmington, N.C., Monday, April 28, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

[nsd]

1. Nice pics :) Thanks for posting them. /nt

[GainesT1958]

15. Being there was great...

And (surprise!) the experience was even better than it looked in those pics.:D

B-)

[flpoljunkie]

23. Lucky, lucky you!

[roguevalley]

24. Jean Weiss is someone's beautiful granny. :)

[Binka]

2. OH YES!

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. I have the video of the 82 year old Ms Weiss

she was terrific....... Obama asked her to be his running mate, he asked for a kiss too!



http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/04/28/obama-pops-the-question-will-you-be-my-running-mate/


Thanks for the photos.

[flpoljunkie]

9. Thanks, much! I had not heard the entire exchange.

[sandnsea]

13. Oh that was incredible!!

You should post that by itself, that is just great. That's what we need to be focused on, the air and the water and everybody getting a drink. I love that. She's awesome.

[flpoljunkie]

18. Absolutely deserving of its own post! The woman is awesome!

[Triana]

22. Bwah! I love it! What a fiesty woman!

She was awesome! :applause:

[Hawkeye-X]

4. Ooh, I see the tail of the airplane..

Does anyone have the full pic of Obama's plane or is it just private charter?

[roseBudd]

5. There is something about Barack. People really like him.

[Scurrilous]

6. Thanks for the pics.

K & R :thumbsup:

[flpoljunkie]

34. Thank you, Scurrilous!

[MoJoWorkin]

7. That 82 year old doll sure made my day.

Here is a brief youtube if you didn't get to see it earlier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om96_VB0-QE

[sonias]

10. "You better be president, you gotta be president"

What a wonderful woman - she says "Yes I can!" when Barack asks her if she will be his running mate.

Miss Weiss rocks! :yourock:

Sonia

[flpoljunkie]

14. Here's her entire quote about taking the high road, thanks to Ichingcarpenter.

“Don’t hit on Hillary, bring us all back, let her do that stuff. Leave her alone, you don’t need to do that, you are higher than that. Bring us up higher than that,” Weiss said with 82 years of experience.

[MoJoWorkin]

16. and before that she said....

"You captured my heart and I said that's the man for me from here on out." she said as the crowd immediately reacted to her strong, loud voice.

She continued with her left hand raised high, pointing at the Senator, "When you said 'yes, I will sit down with all my enemies,' We are going to sit around a table, we are going to work this thing out like sensible people and not that we just go around and shoot everyone up who we don't agree with...Sir, that's wasn't naiveté, that was wisdom, born on high!"

[Adelante]

32. That gave me chills nt

[blm]

21. Wow - just look at her. THAT is a face filled with hope and courage.

.

[flpoljunkie]

25. She was magnificent!

[sniffa]

8. Thanks for this thread

No Wright, AND you have this woman:



Who was awesome if anyone saw it. :bounce:

[bigtree]

28. there she is

[populust]

11. I'd love to see the kiss pix

Looks like there were shots taken when he asked for one…

[EFerrari]

12. I love these images. Thank you so much!

[slinkerwink]

17. great post!

[Tarheel_Dem]

19. Is this real? OMG.......that place is packed.

Thanks flpoljunkie.... as usual, you always make me smile.

[stillcool]

27. I caught it streaming live..

and when it came to the Q&A part Obama said he wouldn't be able to get to a lot of their questions because there was 5,000 people there.

[Tarheel_Dem]

39. that's a lot of people. I'm hoping this portends good things for Obama

here in NC. GOBAMA!

[SaveAmerica]

33. Have you ever been to Wilmington? I can't imagine all those people there at one time -

I didn't think that many people were in Wilmington unless they were coming from somewhere else to go to the beach!!

[Tarheel_Dem]

38. Only been there once, when I was a teenager. Walked along the

beach and ruined a brand new, very expensive pair of shoes :rofl:

[barack the house]

20. The crowds get bigger and more exciting all the time.

[MoJoWorkin]

26. Tonights rally at Chapel Hill should be very big, I think

Looks like there may be a delay in his getting there from Wilson---due to a line of TStorms. I think it was to start at 9:30 Eastern---shows up at CNN.com/live

[Cha]

29. Jean Weiss said it beautifully!

“Don’t hit on Hillary, bring us all back, let her do that stuff. Leave her alone, you don’t need to do that, you are higher than that. Bring us up higher than that,” Weiss said with 82 years of experience.

That's how Obama feels and that's what he's trying to do..Jean Weiss speaks for a lot of Americans who are tired of hilary style(snipers)politics.

Thanks, Florida! B-)

[flpoljunkie]

35. Thank you, zidzi!

[Olney Blue]

30. Thanks for posting these. I'm happy to see the enthusiasm at his rallies!

[BlooInBloo]

31. Give 'em hell granny! lol!

LOVE that pic!

[tabasco]

36. How nice it will be to have a real President again.

Not some sell-out corporate ass-kisser.

Go Obama!

[catgirl]

37. K & R

[DerekJ]

40. Now do you understand why he can't hit back?!!