Look at all the empty seats at Obama and Gore's rally last night. The news didn't show this.

[thepurpose]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080617/MULTI/80617040

[tridim]

1. Sarcasm tag?

[thepurpose]

2. I don't know how to do that. Sorry.

[Kali]

10. this probably isn't the only way but...

When creating a post there is a link to "smilies lookup table" just above the box for your subject line - click it, let it load (if you are on decrepit slow dial up) click relevant smiley. they will automatically go to the end of your post and you can cut an paste as needed or use as you go.

[thepurpose]

11. Thanks for the tip Kali. Much appreaciated.

[Squatch]

4. Sarcasm tag not needed.

Sarcasm is self-evident in the OP.

[islandmkl]

3. guess they wouldn't let people sit in the aisles...

[goddess40]

12. is that your springer in your post? nt

[islandmkl]

13. yeah...rescue boy...goofy as he looks...

but he's as happy as he looks, too...

[notadmblnd]

5. You're right. The Joe looks deserted

NOT! Thanks for the pic, I was wanting to see the crowd.

[Olney Blue]

6. That is a cool panoramic!

[Bozita]

7. Detroit teevee station said a couple of thousand watched it outside the JLA on a jumbotron

[XOKCowboy]

8. I was a little put off by Freep.com until I saw it meant the Detroit Free Press

Great pic. Thanks.

[thepurpose]

9. You know I didn't like that in the link either. But, thankfully you enjoyed the view anyway.

[annabanana]

14. I saw some empty seats in the press box (see the neck tags?)

And a section of the floor that was being kept empty, maybe for emergency exit purposes... The place looks PACKED to me.

[Eclectablog]

18. Empty space was the media section

The big empty space behind the media platform was where they had the tables set up for the print media folks.

[hedgehog]

15. Notice al the serious, engaged expressions? Those people were

all listening and thinking!

[Pastiche423]

16. Too cool!

I was dying to know how that was done. Then read at the bottom that it is overlapping photos. I once had a program that made panramics. I need to see if I can find it again.

[Eclectablog]

19. How it's done

Pastiche:
It's six digital images taken with a fisheye lens using a pano tripod head. They are then stitched together to form the final image.

c. (the photographer's husband ;)

[Pastiche423]

20. Thanks so much for the explanation

Give your wife a fist bumb for a fabulous job done.

[ellenfl]

17. cool. k&r eom

[Fleshdancer]

21. I'm still jealous of every person in that picture

My city never gets the good rallies x(

[Buns_of_Fire]

22. This is why McCain't usually sticks to "town hall" type meetings.

How embarrassing would it be to rent a 15,000-seat venue and only have 146 show up?

42 - Press and Technicians,
18 - Venue Staff,
35 - Cleanup Crew,
27 - Secret Service Agents,
22 - Supporters,
1 - Cindy, and
1 - Old Stoner who thought this was going to be a Ted Nugent concert...