McCain Crowds Dwindle Without Palin

[WillyT]

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NEW YORK — If there were any doubts that the sidekick was stealing the show, they were put to rest when Sarah Palin took off for Alaska with a wave from the tarmac by John McCain.

His crowds suddenly dwindled. The exuberant cheering heard day after day during two weeks of joint appearances went away. And the Republican presidential candidate's schedule began to resemble the lightness of May instead of the full throttle of September.

Meantime, Palin's campaign plane taking her home to Alaska was so crowded it had to let off some cargo to get the weight down.

This was a striking week to see the contrast between McCain and Palin together and the dimmed wattage around the nominee when they are apart. They are expected to reunite early next week.

With her, McCain scored the largest crowd of his presidential campaign. An estimated 23,000 people crammed a park in the Washington suburb of Fairfax, Va., on a weekday morning.

Music blared and people roared as the Arizona senator and his high-energy running mate took the stage. "I am so grateful for this turnout," McCain enthused. Aides grinned ear-to-ear. The crowd shouted "Sarah, Sarah" and women who showed up said they were excited to learn about her life and accomplishments.

Without Palin later in the day, McCain went to a diner in Philadelphia.

He held a discussion on economic woes there with half a dozen businesswomen. A large crowd backing Democratic rival Barack Obama gathered in the indoor marketplace where the Down Home Diner is located, and yelled "Obama, Obama" so loudly that McCain and his guests at times had to lean far over the table to hear each other speak.

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More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/mccain-crowds-dwindle-wit_n_126092.html

Oopsey...

:wow:

[TomInTib]

1. That is hilarious.

But a trifle scary.

[WillyT]

3. I Know... This Is One Of Those Cases...

Where you wonder who the Secret Service is going to protect more!

:shrug:

[CountAllVotes]

2. as the old lady I met the other day said

go away you old f'r. Just go the f' away McLame!

ZERO INTEREST!

OBAMA '08

:evilgrin:

[WillyT]

4. Damn... I'd Surely Like To Meet Her !!!

:hi:

[BlueIdaho]

5. Here's a question...

After the Charlie, Charlie, Charlie, Charlie, interviews will she and Gramps ever get back to the "big" post convention buddy rallies or is the bloom off the rose?

[WillyT]

6. "Rosebud..."

:evilgrin:

[symbolman]

7. Yeah, I like how they SPIN the way she brought a planeload of people to Alaska

I LIVED in that town, Fairbanks, AK, and I'm here to tell you that there was Practically NO ONE at her Welcoming Event. She specifically said in her speech there, "You're seeing a lot of NEW people here, and they may look kind of lost, but I told them, we'll tell them where to go, show them the north star.." (paraphrasing)

I could tell from the TIGHT camera shots that the crowd was extremely small. A trick that Repigs started using with Reagan, the camera would pull away and you'd see a little bunch of people waving flads like crazy, and a BIG OPEN SPACE around them.. Camera tricks. The same thing was employed for her return.

Fairbanks has Few TRUE Republicans, Everyone up there is Libertarian, Independent or just plain doesn't buy the bullshit. So even if ALL the repigs showed up to welcome her back, there really wouldn't be that many. I don't know the population there at the moment, probably hovers around 30,000 people.. but I'd be willing to be there were at the most a couple of hundred there, including the crowd she brought with to MAKE SURE she didn't look like a total loser.

And the media complied, kept up the pretense, and of course even if they'd told us how many were there, there would be no reason to believe them anyway.

I've seen big crowds there, played guitar in front of tens of thousands at the Solstice party they had each year, and I can tell you in all honesty that there was virtually NO ONE there to meet the Pork Barrel Palin The Pig...