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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumJust wanted to share this picture with you, in memory of how amazing it was 8 years ago.
Last edited Wed Jan 20, 2016, 12:44 AM - Edit history (1)
Are we close to seeing turn outs like this for any candidate?
Obama at Dem convention just before McCain announced Palin as his running mate..(screenshot of a news still)
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Just wanted to share this picture with you, in memory of how amazing it was 8 years ago. (Original Post)
dixiegrrrrl
Jan 2016
OP
Well, there you go. Thanks! I know that Obama got huge rally crowds but never that huge.
Luminous Animal
Jan 2016
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thereismore
(13,326 posts)1. Wow. nt
cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)2. How many was that?
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)3. Those were such dizzying days.
It almost seemed unreal.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)4. Can you provide the link to the still?
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)5. Yep.
From the movie "Game Change" which i am watching on my puter.
movie uses real life news clips, this is one of them.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)6. Because it looks like the Dem National Convention… not an Obama Rally.
The stage looked familiar.
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dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)11. Lemme do a correction.....thanks...n/t
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)7. That would be from the nomination night
Not a rally, but when Obama accepted the democratic nomination.
snoringvoter
(178 posts)8. Invesco at Mile High in Denver, Colorado, August 28th, 2008
Where it has since renamed to Sports Authority at Mile High in 2011.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)10. Well, there you go. Thanks! I know that Obama got huge rally crowds but never that huge.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)12. He won the game in overtime.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)13. We saw some huge history being made, didn't we? n/t