2016 Postmortem
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President Obama at the University of Colorado, Boulder
. at The Sink Restaurant and Bar
.. arriving to speak at the University of Colorado, Boulder
http://theobamadiary.com/
An alarming show of apathy. The youth vote is lost.
Julie
patrice
(47,992 posts)the last one.
livetohike
(22,165 posts)Yes, he is extremely unpopular. It's horrible how badly he has slipped with the young people
liberal N proud
(60,347 posts)Great pics.
EC
(12,287 posts)and are being held there against their will.
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)And probaly paid with food stamps!
thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)In another city
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)I'd say it was a probability! LOL
emulatorloo
(44,210 posts)Several posters on Democratic Underground have told me this, so I know it must be true.
great white snark
(2,646 posts)Billions were diverted from food stamps and Medicare so Madame Tussauds could create the crowds. Despicable I tells ya.
sinkingfeeling
(51,482 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,280 posts)Until I saw the faces...
rhiannon55
(2,671 posts)And they, of course, hate him.
Rhiannon12866
(206,280 posts)Sent this thread to my cousin, since I'm sure she would have wanted to be there, but I'm not sure how far away it was...
ybbor
(1,555 posts)LOL!
racaulk
(11,550 posts)AzDar
(14,023 posts)on the payroll...it's the ONLY way he'll ever have crowds like this at his appearances.
GoBama!
babylonsister
(171,102 posts)channels that showed this visit. Maybe you 'wish' it was photoshopped? Got a link to support your contention?
Yea, didn't think so.
GoCubsGo
(32,097 posts)Maybe the poster is playing off the OP's subject line?
progressoid
(50,000 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,280 posts)Welcome to DU, ybbor! Glad to have you with us!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 25, 2012, 09:58 PM - Edit history (1)
Whereas Obama just fills up whatever venue he is at.
I remember him speaking at Rodney Square in Wilmington DE. Not only was the entire square (about the size of a city block) filled to the brim with people but the streets surrounding the park was filled too. And the buildings that surrounded the block, people were standing on the ledges of the building just to get a glimpse.
Same thing when Obama did the train tour in the NE right before the Inauguration. He had a stop at Tubman Garrett park in Wilmington. The park is right next to the Amtrak station is much bigger than Rodney Square. It was where the Bidens joined the Obamas on the train trip. Not only was that park packed, people were climbing the trees to get a better view and some people actually brought their boats out so they could get into the event (the park is along the Christiana River). THere was something very amazing about that event - the park was named after Harriet Tubman and Thomas Garett, two important figures in the Underground Railroad during the slavery years in the USA. Garrett lived in Wilmington and would regularly provide a safe place to stay for the slaves travelling thru for freedom.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,600 posts)When they're not obsessing about abortion (pretty much 24 hours a day) they are thinking of getting Americans back to work, and what better way than to do it is to hire a couple dozen people to take part in a Rent-A-Crowd for a Repug event?
I wonder if meals are included.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)It must have been an extraordinary moment to experience. The symbolism is tremendous...
freshwest
(53,661 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)This is wonderful. It made me realize that college kids are given hope when they see our President. They see him so confident and upbeat and they are then confident and upbeat. And they are respectful and not full of hate and fear.
They make me feel better about this campaign. I can't imagine Mitt getting anywhere NEAR those crowds, those smiles and lit up faces!
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)Kath1
(4,309 posts)My 24 year old daughter is a volunteer for the Obama campaign! Her friends are 100% for Obama, also. No hate, no fear. Just hope and excitement about the future. Mitt totally turns them off. Young women want the country to move forward, not backward!
GoCubsGo
(32,097 posts)He sure brainwashes 'em at young age.
(For those who couldn't figure that out.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)ellie
(6,929 posts)was in my neck of the woods! I would have loved to have seen him!
proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)Lost-in-FL
(7,093 posts)You can see it in the smiles.
blm
(113,110 posts).
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)guappo1
(53 posts)Have family who attended that rally it was great. They respect and care for the president. It reminds me of the late sixty with McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy and the support of college students
freshwest
(53,661 posts)polichick
(37,152 posts)Voter suppression will be enough of a problem without voters suppressing themselves!
Maybe people will plan VOTING PARTIES via social networking.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)he really is something up close and personal.
poor mittens... he really does`t stand a chance
tblue37
(65,499 posts)He asked, "How many battalions does the pope have?"
I ask, "How many voting machine companies does the Democratic Party own?"
No matter how wildly popular Obama is, if the election is anything less than an absolute blow-out landslide, they will manage to steal it with voter suppression tactics and vote hacking, as they have done so often before.
I am quite sure Obama's mandate was much larger in 2008 than was recorded, and equally sure that many slightly close House and Senate races actually won by Democrats were swung to the Republicans through vote hacking.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Kath1
(4,309 posts)I can hear some of the reactions now - "Oh my God! I'll bet they are all anti-war and support women's rights, too! What in the world is happening to our country?!!!"