Barack was awesome in Maine today!!!

[mirrera]

7000 people in Bangor Maine is fantastic. Barack ( I feel like I should call him Barry since I shook/held his hand and asked him to keep our constitution safe!) is so sincere and smooth. So many young people just looking with eagerness to be asked to help. When he mentioned helping kids with tuition in exchange for some community service the auditorium just erupted with enthusiastic aplause. As he was leaving he did the sweetest thing. There was a woman right up against the barrier and she was quite tiny and had a severly burned face. She went to shake his hand and he just pulled her into a hug against his chest and closed his eyes for a second. It was so natural and full of love.

I am glad I went. My husband is truly inspired now. He added more of Edwards by saying he would not have lobbiests working in the white house and talked about special interests not setting the agenda.

Can't wait for my caucus tomorrow!

[thunder rising]

1. Big Thanks!!

[K Gardner]

2. You are so lucky.. I'm envious ! Thanks for the beautiful report :-)

[polichick]

Thanks - so heartwarming! :)

[AX10]

3. I am sorry...

that Maine had to be subjected to the traveling tent revival show.

[elizm]

8. I am sorry that you are so filled with hate.

[cali]

11. I am so sorry you need a diaper change

shitting all over an Obama cheerleading thread is the act of a baby. And I said the same thing today to an Obama supporter in a Clinton cheerleading thread. Get a clue.

[Adelante]

12. Why do you do this?

Are you so fucking miserable in your life that you have to make everybody else miserable, too?

[Renew Deal]

20. He's got to be the single most ornery person on DU.

By a longshot.

[Yael]

15. Now I remember why I had you on ignore

Back you go!

[Renew Deal]

19. You should remove your clark avatar befor you post garbage like this.

Makes Clark supporters look bad.

[Cha]

22. Could you possibly bring

anything less to the table.

[woolldog]

4. reading your post

made me think about this skit on madtv: I thought it was pretty funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsIIptHkFxA&feature=related

[dkf]

5. Love your post!

Thanks for a great description. Hearing about how well he treats people warms my heart.

[TexasObserver]

6. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy for you!!

[Thrill]

7. Wow Great Story

Congrats. We want to see him here badly in NC

[NWHarkness]

9. GOP only had 4,700 people caucus statewide n/t

[mirrera]

10. Wow... I think we got more democratic absentee ballots than that!

I just heard from my husband that CNN said there were 2000 people that didn't make it in! Our House Majority whip said in 20 years of politics in Maine he has never seen anything like this. I am going to ignore that crack about a "tent revival" "circus" up thread. Is that supposed to be the new "cult" meme? Ha this is Maine... I don't think so! Carhart and nose piercings and men in 3 piece suits going "dude' in their cell phones. Women who danced at Woodstock and carpenters and students. My kinda "circus". America!





edited for speling

[NWHarkness]

16. 4046 Absentee

That's the official count. At least 1000 didn't get returned in time- hope those folks find a way to get to their caucus.

[jpak]

28. The Channel 6 reporter said she never heard a crowd so loud in the BA

She was truly awed by the response.

Good luck to ALL our wonderful Democratic candidates in today's Maine caucus.

Cuz as the saying goes...

As Maine goes...etc.

:)

[Adelante]

13. Beautiful post

Thank you so much :)

[Yael]

14. Thanks for the report!!

People have posted some amazing AP photos. SOme news reports are of 10,000 people. WOW!!

[Hutzpa]

17. How did you get so lucky,

well done and thanks for an excellent thread.

:thumbsup:

[skooooo]

18. why aren't they talking about it on the news stations?

seems like they'd at least mention it

[AtomicKitten]

21. He does bring it, doesn't he?

[Cha]

23. Beautiful descriptive

post..I can just see it all..thank you, mirera.

[workinclasszero]

24. Nice post, thanks

Good luck in the caucus tomorrow. :)

GOBAMA!

[fight4my3sons]

25. I was there too!

and shook his hand too :) I wonder if we were near each other?

[mirrera]

26. I was the pushy broad with the big hair...n/t

[fight4my3sons]

27. I was in the second group of people they let in.

Not the volunteers, but regular people waiting outside for hours. I got there at 10:30 and when I saw a line started I jumped on.
I you were facing the stage on was on the floor on the right side behind the wheelchairs.