Barack Obama speaks to 22,000 people at Penn State (pics)

[BeyondGeography]

Enough with your speeches and your big rallies. Shame on you, Barack Obama!

[K Gardner]

1. Wonderful pics ! Thank you :-)

[Kittycat]

2. OMG - Is that from today?

Is that his largest single crowd yet?

[anonymous171]

3. A large rally of mostly AA's in a state with a large AA population. Not representative...

:sarcasm: GOBAMA! :woohoo:

[globalvillage]

16. It's the 'Alabama in the middle' part

Sure, State College has a huge youth population, but it's also the exact center of the state.
Looking good for Obama! This bus tour was a great idea.

[Hayduke Lives]

99. He may not win "Alabama", but the statewide race will be close

For those not from our fair commonwealth, Globalvillage is referring to the oft cited observation that Pennsylvania consists of Pittsburgh on one end, Philly on the other, with "Alabama in the middle".

State College has a reactionary streak that runs as long and wide as Mount Nittney. The fact that Obama can pull off crowds like this in Happy Valley speaks to the direction this race is going.

Smart money would take the Obama and the points (if you're giving me a 5 point spread).

[Scurrilous]

4. K & R

:thumbsup:

[RiverStone]

5. WOW!!!

:hi:

K&R

[tpsbmam]

6. Look at all of those young faces standing in line.....

That just warms my heart and gives me....dare I say it.....hope!!!


:kick: :kick:

[Saint in the City]

18. my friend went n/t

[ooglymoogly]

101. and judging from the down jackets with hands in pockets

they assembled in these surprising numbers in cold weather and that too means something.

[writes3000]

7. Holy shit! I went to Penn State and I've never seen a rally that big....

unless it was in a football stadium.

Wow!

[MadBadger]

12. Thats cuz nobody goes to bball games.

[FraDon]

105. I was in the thick of it as an undergrad (1966-71) ...

and even when we occupied Old Main, and with the state police on horseback, we never packed the Mall like Obama; thnx for the pix!

[ericgtr]

8. Wow.. Excellent to see the turnout!

K&R

:kick:

[Buzz Clik]

9. He WILL be coming to Indiana; and I WILL be there.

[JayFredMuggs]

36. When you go, take a camera

I want to see pics of that, too!

[Buzz Clik]

39. Multiple cameras -- video, stills, etc.

:woohoo:

[WillyT]

10. WooHoo !!! - Big K & R !!!

:bounce::woohoo::bounce:

:kick:

[TheDonkey]

11. LOVE it!

thank you

[myrna minx]

13. Wow! What a rally.

Gobama!

[Tatiana]

14. Amazing crowd. And on a side note... I love his signage and logos.

His campaign has really done a good job at "branding" themselves. The design and use of color is very eye-catching and memorable.

[Cha]

65. Don't I know

that!

[RazBerryBeret]

83. I agree!

and as a marketing person, I LOVE that his signage and slogan have remained consistent throughout!
they've done an awesome job!

[dkf]

15. WOW. I get so excited when i see these kinds of pics.

My only bummer is he didn't come back home to Hawaii so I could see him too.

[DerekJ]

17. WOW

:wow:

[kentuck]

19. Those photos are amazing...

Don't tell me this isn't a movement...

[malik flavors]

20. That's really insane. Never seen anything like it in politics.

[ginnyinWI]

70. And it's still the primary season!

This looks as big as in a general election. Can you just imagine what it's gonna be like in Fall??

I'm lucky I guess: got to see Obama at a town hall meeting with about 1,000 present and we only had to wait in line (out in the cold) for 45 min. Then over an hour once we were in our seats. Got to sit about 25 feet away. :)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

21. Hillary was at Three Rivers:

(I apologize, in advance)

[JimGinPA]

23. Too Funny!

:spray: :rofl:

[VolcanoJen]

25. R O F L

:spank:RUMMY:spank:

[Yael]

29. !!!

[babylonsister]

30. ...

[polpilot]

31. Maybe they just arrived real early for her speech...like the week before???

[Swamp Rat]

35. Good thing you apologized.

:D :D

[ericgtr]

38. LOL!

[TheDonkey]

46. LOL!!!

[FrenchieCat]

50. Snarf!

Hillary Rally.

[uponit7771]

72. Lord please forgive RiF and please don't send him to live with the pigmees :-)

[BearSquirrel2]

80. Here in Indiana ...

Here in Indiana, she couldn't fill a 5000 seat venue.

[ooglymoogly]

102. Big chortle

[Jack Rabbit]

106. They must've thought the Pirates were playing

!!

[1776Forever]

22. I have only seen crowds like this for one other President.......

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner."

President John F. Kennedy - June 26, 1963

I believe Barack Obama will be this type of President. We must keep vigilant. This man is worth our vote!

Thank you Barack for giving up $100's of thousands of dollars to be the President of the United States.

[writes3000]

28. Two pictures: Worth more than a thousand words. Thanks for sharing. n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

37. They flew our flag in Germany. (Verklempt)... Now:

[1776Forever]

43. You are right on - Let us hope that will change next year!

[FraDon]

107. Even though the locals heard him say, "I am a jelly donut." ...

they knew quite well what he meant, and it set them afire with joy and liberation.
∞ Thnx (to you, 1776Forever, and the Kennedy Library) for the pic.

[nxylas]

113. I hope he isn't a Kennedy-type president

Cos we all remember what happened to Kennedy.

[1776Forever]

122. Never put the end of Kennedy before the changes he championed.

If you never try to go forward and challenge what has come before you will never make any change! It takes a man like Kennedy, who knew that he was going to have to fight the good fight, to put himself in the position he did with the vision that he had to give us so much that we enjoy now.

Among them:

He negotiated the Russians to remove their missles that were pointed at the US out of Cuba.

The Space Program allowed the United States to be on the moon by 1970's.

Civil rights, as well as business and labor unions, became the major domestic issues for Kennedy.

He desegregated the Alabama school system.

Kennedy used the National Guard to ensure the safety of the students and proposed a Civil Rights Bill to Congress a week after he made the following televised address on June 11, 1963 and the Civil Rights Act won congressional approval in 1964 as a memorial to Kennedy.

..........

All this in 3 short years! Life is short - what we do within the time we are on the earth is the important thing.

[VolcanoJen]

24. Those are beautiful!!!

"Enough with the big speeches, and the rallies"

[nolabels]

68. Thank you

:-)


On edit (for the snark :shrug:)

[Faygo Kid]

26. His ability to inspire young people has not been seen before.

Even Gene McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy did not draw these kinds of crowds.

I honestly can't think of another candidate who generated this kind of support from young Americans. It's extraordinary. The Millenials are out in force for this candidate.

So is this Boomer.

[babylonsister]

HOLY MACKERAL! What a lovely crowd! GOBAMA! nt

[Yael]

27. WOW! Is that a record?

[mystieus]

67. Texas still king!

30,000 at Texas rally!



More pictures here:

http://blog.texansforobama.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=898

[thereismore]

75. Welcome! nt

[David Zephyr]

115. Welcome to the DU! Your first post was a great one!

:hi:

[JVS]

32. Wow, I thought only Joepa could draw such a crowd in State College

[noel711]

33. Nah, just piffles...

after all, Pennsylvania is Hillary's....

[Swamp Rat]

34. THAT'S what I call UNITY!

:applause:

[Glimmer of Hope]

40. That is amazing. Shame on him!

[BumRushDaShow]

41. More great pics! K&R!

:kick:

[Ichingcarpenter]

42. Kick nominated

I knew when he started campaigning in PA, things would change.

[democrattotheend]

44. Wow, I think that's a record even for Barack

Largest I had heard of before was 20,000. I wonder how they manage to count a crowd that large.

My brother has some friends from high school who go to Penn State...I wonder if they were there. I just hope all these students registered to vote in PA...I know the Obama campaign had a push in the eastern part of the state to get students registered...I think they did the same at Penn State. Unfortunately, a lot of schools were on spring break between March 4 and the registration deadline.

[Muttocracy]

57. I read somewhere about a large increase in voter registration there nt

[City Lights]

45. Amazing! I never tire of seeing pics like these.

Thanks for posting. :hi:

[Unsane]

47. Shame on you, Barack Obama! Meet me in Pennsylvania, errr....

[polichick]

48. OMG - it's the celestial choirs I've been hearing!!!

[DerekJ]

49. Kick

[FrenchieCat]

51. Wow......

Hillary supporter on hearing the Obama rally attendance count...

[AGirl]

52. that's a big crowd...

[blonndee]

53. Wow! Great pictures. Here's an article about it, too.

Obama draws thousands to rally on Penn State lawn, says he will win Democratic nomination

The Associated Press Published: March 30, 2008

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.: Shivering in blankets of Penn State's colors, some 20,000 people filled a campus lawn Sunday to hear Barack Obama say he can win the Democratic nomination even if rival Hillary Rodham Clinton stays in the race.

<snip>

On a sunny day with temperatures in the low 40's, most bundled up for the type of large-scale rally that has become the candidate's trademark.

"It's been a while, and it's a little cold, but we really like Barack. He's inspiring," said 19-year-old Caitlin McDonnell, wrapped in a blue Nittany Lions blanket.

<snip>

The Illinois senator told the crowd not to worry.

"As this primary has gone on a little bit long, there have been people who've been voicing some frustration," Obama said. "I want everybody to understand that this has been a great contest, great for America. It's engaged and involved people like never before. I think it's terrific that Senator Clinton's supporters have been as passionate as my supporters have been because that makes the people invested and engaged in this process, and I am absolutely confident that when this primary season is over Democrats will be united."

...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/30/america/Obama.php

[Cha]

66. Too Cool for School..really.

"The Illinois senator told the crowd not to worry.

"As this primary has gone on a little bit long, there have been people who've been voicing some frustration," Obama said. "I want everybody to understand that this has been a great contest, great for America. It's engaged and involved people like never before. I think it's terrific that Senator Clinton's supporters have been as passionate as my supporters have been because that makes the people invested and engaged in this process, and I am absolutely confident that when this primary season is over Democrats will be united."

B-)

[ClayZ]

54. Yay! Look at that! Bravo Pennsylvania!

K and R

[Rosa Luxemburg]

55. Nice to see so many young people!

wow! superwow!

[DarienComp]

56. We're all caught up in the concept...

and we like it like that. :D

[Adelante]

58. I don't know, I'm starting to feel like

I O W A :woohoo:

[pettypace]

59. Ok, so I was worried about Jeremiah's influence on the race

and then this scene dispelled those worries completely.

K&R

[politicasista]

60. K&R

Go Obama!! :kick:

[Oilwellian]

61. CNN streamed this rally on the web..

they went out of their way to show the crowd as smaller than it obviously was. There was no panning of the crowd whatsoever. Wow! Thank you for posting what we weren't allowed to see by the MSM.

[Kermit77]

62. Gee, I worry about Obama's safety with those big crowds

We are so close to the nomination, I don't want anything to stop it.

Go Obama!

[bigbrother05]

79. Went to a night rally in TX

They screened everyone (metal detectors) that got inside their perimeter. Once that area was filled with the number they had predetermined, the remainder of us were allowed to spread out around the edges. Could still see and the sound system was great, so didn't miss anything except a chance to get close enough to shake his hand or get a good close up photo (hard to keep still enough w/o a tripod to take a night photo).

[Yes We Did]

63. WOW! K&R

Building a movement worth believing in.

[ORDem]

64. K&R!!!!

:kick:
:woohoo:

[democracy1st]

69. Awesome

K & R

[Eric Condon]

71. That's right! Shame on you for being a compelling speaker!

:sarcasm: :)

[totodeinhere]

73. Look at that long line of people waiting to get in.

That's awesome. And they had to brave some very cold weather. But obviously that didn't stop them.

[stratomagi]

74. K & R!

:kick:

[Life Long Dem]

76. If Hillary supporters can't vision what Obama supporters feel then remember 2004

And picture Hillary trying to take away Howard Dean back in 2004.

[IamyourTVandIownyou]

77. As Happy Valley goes, so goes the country.

Joe-pa!

[DerekJ]

78. I believe the first 2 or 3 pictures, is scaring a lot of status quo beneficiaries right now.

[Life Long Dem]

81. The first picture is an eye opener.

This crowd would be nothing though compared to the crowd if Hillary were to take it away from the will of the people.

I know it would be my last straw.

[Beowulf]

82. As a point of comparison

Bill Clinton spoke at Penn State earlier in the week to a crowd of 6,000.

[RazBerryBeret]

84. Now THAT's what I want to see!

Great images!
GO PA!!!

[Willo]

85. That's a lot of people!!

:hide: LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLES!!! :grouphug:

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[InfiniteNether]

86. LOL that was a funny caption

I think he will close the gap in PA. Maybe not win, but it will be within 5 points.

[redqueen]

108. Hi InfiniteNether...

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[InfiniteNether]

116. Hey! Thanks!

[redqueen]

117. Oh and p.s.

LOVE your sig!

:D

[alcibiades_mystery]

87. WE ARE....

PENN STATE!!!!!

[BeyondGeography]

119. Those are great

:thumbsup:

[Fyddlestyx]

88. K & R

:woohoo:

[Eurobabe]

89. GOBAMA!! PA may surprise...

:toast:

[TheDonkey]

123. I hope!

[catgirl]

90. Thanks for the pics!! K & R

[Blue_Roses]

91. wow

:wow:

[Laura PourMeADrink]

92. How can he possibly be so far behind?

[workinclasszero]

93. Can't wait to see the huge crowd at President Obama's inauguration

GOBAMA!!!:woohoo:

[bigtree]

94. that's big

nice pics :thumbsup:

[JBoy]

95. I call bullshit on this picture

These are people owed money by Hillary.

[JimGinPA]

104. LOL

:spray:

[stillcool]

96. Damn Sam!..

[cseper]

97. And did he feed the crowd with a few fish and loaves of bread? N/T

[NOLALady]

98. He gave them fishing poles.

[TomBall Democrat]

120. And Hope for change they can BELIEVE in nt

[Hissyspit]

118. Very petty thing to post.

After a decade of young people NOT getting involved in our country's governmental behavior, it's nice to see some awakening.

I can assure you those young people didn't think they were going to see a messiah. They think they are going to see a potential replacement for and antidote to George W. Bush.

[TomBall Democrat]

121. So, tell us about the sour grapes that Hillary feeds her crowd.

And how does she pay for those again?

Oh, she doesn't!

[bdamomma]

100. geat pictures, and it is so great to see young people

rally and relate to Obama.

[me b zola]

103. Great to see this turnout in middle PA

:thumbsup:

[redqueen]

109. Can you say INSPIRING?

:bounce:

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

110. did the skies open up, angels sing? and where's the pixie dust

and glitter?

(just kidding).

This is huge for PA.

[Megahurtz]

111. Beautiful Pics!

Thanks!

[David Zephyr]

112. Wow! Go Obama! K&R.

Thanks for the inspiring pics, BeyondGeography!

[trickyguy]

114. Awe inspiring and humbling at the same time.

Barack Obama has touched a nerve in the young people of our country.

And he's even caused me to become involved in national politice like never before.

O-O-O-O-Obama.:dem:

[democracy1st]

124. Yes We Can

Come together as One.