Full Speech - Barack Obama in Espanola, New Mexico

[Hope And Change]

Run time: 31:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DQIQsvnktQ   Posted on YouTube: September 19, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 19, 2008 By DU Member: Hope And Change Views on DU: 685

 
Barack Obama addresses a crowd of 9,500 at a rally in northwest New Mexico, speaking frankly about the economic problems we're facing.

[zeemike]

1. This is a big deal to New Mexico

For those of you that don't know, Espanola is where the poor people of New Mexico live.
Most politicians go to Santa Fe because the rich live there and few of them venture north to make their speeches.
But coming here caused quite a traffic jam...there were no parking spaces closer than a mile away, and what surprised me was that there was little police presence. And everything went of orderly.

[AnneD]

3. I can vouch for that......

now I just hope we can get these folks to the poll. Hope he got lunch at the local greasy spoon. The name slips my mind at the moment, but it was really good-and inexpensive too. It is a poor, poor town.

[AspenRose]

4. El Paragua!!!!

:9

[AnneD]

7. That's it...

fond memories...yum yum.

[zeemike]

6. Could you mean El Paragua?

You can get a really good meal there for less than 15 bucks.
And that is about the most expensive place in Espanola.
I usually stop at the Stop and Eat and get the Mexican plate for about 7.

[Heather MC]

2. I didn't hear anything about the size of Obama's crowd on the News, hmmm

[bobbolink]

5. Wish I'd been able to see it before it went away. :(

Thanks for posting this.... where I grew up.