Empty Seats Greet McCain at Florida Rally

[flpoljunkie]

Empty Seats Greet McCain at Fla. Rally

By Robert Barnes
from The Washington Post Politics blog

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Republican presidential nominee John McCain held his first rally without running mate Sarah Palin today, and let's just say there were seats available.

The McCain "Road to Victory" rally was originally scheduled to be a pancake breakfast, but the campaign said there was such an outpouring of enthusiasm the event was shifted to the 15,000-seat Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.

That might not have been the best idea: There were almost no supporters in any of the cavernous arena's 24 upper-level seating sections, and only eight of the 21 sections downstairs held fans. Only four of those were filled, though some supporters crowded around the stage on the arena floor.

McCain and wife Cindy made a point of thanking supporters for coming out on "a Monday morning'' for the 9 a.m. rally.

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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/15/empty_seats_greet_mccain_at_fl.html

[justiceischeap]

1. I'm curious how many showed up at the imPalin rally. n/t

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. The photos are pretty pathetic:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7075445&mesg_id=7075445

:toast:

[ladjf]

7. Looked like a Jimmy Swaggart crowd after the "fall from grace".

[flpoljunkie]

10. Wow! Pathetic, indeed!

[Cha]

3. Oh darn, "Monday Morning" and no one wants to

bother with mccain and cindy's "picked bones".

[MichDem10]

4. I want video on the fucking MSM of the empty seats!!!!

But I know the MSM whores won't flinch an eye.

[Mumble]

5. They probably all went moose hunting....instead.

[CountAllVotes]

6. empty seats filled with empty suits

McFlame will go up in flames once the Phalin reality sets in!

D- MACROECONOMICS -
McFlame - bottom of his graduating class

all of this = DISASTER!!

:kick:

[jbnow]

8. So will they claim 8,000 for this one? I heard

a couple journalists mention the prior claim for McCain/Palin speeches they were at, I have read the articles about it but the estimates given on TV were even lower. One guy said there might have been 1,000 at the one they claimed was 23,000.

[Phred42]

9. Faux Polls can't cover for things like this

[Yavin4]

11. So, There Were No Pancakes?

Or did I miss something?

[JSP]

12. Florida Attendance

It may just be hard to bootys in seats in Florida. I hear that people in Florida are not going to Tampa Rays games and they are tied for first place.