Oh My God! Portland Rally!

[thewiseguy]

Picture from Obama's website.

[TexasLady]

1. THanks!!!

amazing!

[boppers]

2. Mass transit FTW!

He gave a shout-out to Portland's transportation system, it certainly was effective in moving people around today... :)

[nxylas]

65. Good for him

I have already posted the policy statement on public transportation from his website on the Public Transportation and Smart Growth forum. I would have posted Hillary's too, but I couldn't find one. I can't drive due to a disability, so this is a major issue for me, and I never thought I'd see the day when it was actually on a presidential candidate's radar. Even Dennis Kucinich (my first-choice candidate) didn't have a policy statement on it when he was still running.

[Arugula Latte]

3. We loves us some Obama 'round these parts!

:bounce:

[JackBeck]

4. Wow.

A lot more convincing than a bunch of barrels of Makers Mark.

[Coexist]

5. * gasp *

holy cow.

[wundermaus]

6. Where is there ANY coverage of this event!?!?

I have scoured the Innernets for a streaming video link... NONE that work. Does ANYONE have a link to streaming audio or video of this event? It NEEDS to be broadcasted!!!

[K Gardner]

9. It just ended. Might be up at CNN.

[thewiseguy]

12. CNN showed some of it and they did not cut away from it even past the top of the hour

They also mentioned the massive crowd.

[1776Forever]

17. Me too - I had checked CNN Live today in hopes of seeing it but nothing there - Weird!!

:shrug:

[NeedleCast]

21. It Just Ended

About 20 minutes ago, so there might be some lag getting video up on the major networks.

[hendo]

37. cnn.com shows full coverage of all the rallies on both sides.

or at least they do while the rallies are in progress.

[tyedyeto]

100. If you've been a DUer for any length of time

you should know that M$M does not cover Democrats or any Democratic candidate.

[K Gardner]

7. Absolutely breathtaking. K&R

[mcctatas]

8. And cue the bitter hillary folks calling them cultists...

;)

[SoCalDem]

52. Bill's rally from Ernie's Donut Emporium front porch

[mcctatas]

68. ...

:rofl:

[tridim]

10. That odor you smell is thousands of Republicans shitting their pants in unison

Wow! This is big.

It looks like freaking Woodstock!

[ClayZ]

11. Woooo Hoooo! Bravo, PORTLAND!

K and R

[K Gardner]

13. Quick, where are the neophytes.. we're going to need more Kool-Aid and Robes !

[globalvillage]

14. Thank you Oregon!

:yourock:

That's a lot of WWP ;-).

[NeedleCast]

15. It Was Amazing

[Coexist]

16. can you see me? I'm waving to you right now!

[NeedleCast]

19. It's Hard, You're All Pixilated

Because I converted to .jpg, but I see ya!

[Arugula Latte]

24. You look mahvelous, dahling!

:)

[ShortnFiery]

25. Very good! Thanks for the info.

NeedleCast :yourock:

Go Obama! :patriot:

[Ichingcarpenter]

35. I hope you brought enough robes and kool aide for everyone!

You look great, nice outfit it matches the rest of the cult members
as far as I can see in the photo.

[NeedleCast]

46. The Obama Staff Took Our Robes and Kool-Aid Pitchers

at the entrance (the line to get in, at its peak, was seven blocks long) and handed us "normal people" clothes. I didn't understand it, and now I don't know what I'm going to do with this Skittles T-shirt and cargo shorts they gave me. I want my robe back!

[WillyT]

102. Don't Tell Skittles About Her T-Shirt... She'll KICK YO ASS, LOL !!!

Thank you for being there for those of us who could not.

:yourock:

:hi:

[Adelante]

40. YaY, NeedleCast!

And thank you, Oregon :patriot:

[goclark]

49. Oh My God! How did it feel to be in that awesome crowd?

Did you get photos?

GOBAMA GO PORTLAND!

[NeedleCast]

59. Yeah, I've got some pics of the crowd

but I forgot to bring the USB cord for my digital camera so I don't have a way to upload them right now. I'll post them Wednesday when I get back home.

The crowd was great! It was pretty warm and some people had been there a long time but everyone was upbeat. There were even some Hillary supporters standing near me who said they came out because they wanted to see Obama and expect they will be voting for him in the GE. They were widely accepted by all the Obamaniacs there. It's a really cool venue...basically just a park along the river here in Portland but there's a natural acoustic there that really had the crowd going...the cheering would start up and echo back on itself from the tall buildings near-by and the opposite bank of the river. I left about five minutes before the end of the speech because I've got a shaved head and didn't have a hat with me and my head was getting awful toasty, and could still hear the roars of the crowd from several blocks away as I walked back towards my hotel.

It was a truly uplifting experience. I saw him in Virginia/DC a few months back and that was great too, but this topped it by a lot.

[Catherina]

64. ! :rofl:

:rofl:

:hi:

[milkyway]

73. I'm curious why they positioned Barack at one end of the bowl instead of in the middle

near the river (about halfway to where you were). I checked out google maps before the event and assumed that's where he would be. It seems to me a lot of people were blocked out by the two large trees to Barack's right.

I'm going to be going to Portland for the first time on vacation this summer, I can't wait. The polls have Barack winning Oregon by about 10 points. I think it will be a minimum of 20. What do you think?

And that crowd is really impressive, but...I have thought if Barack spoke on the Great Lawn in Central Park here in NYC on a nice weekend afternoon, he would draw a minimum of half a million people.

btw, did they have enough latte for everybody? :)

[grantcart]

77. I imagine security considerations were a major consideration

they had to find a place where they could control the perimeter and the water.

[NeedleCast]

118. Portland is an Awesome City

This is my third trip here and I have a ball every time I come. I'm sure your vacation will rock.

There was indeed enough Latte for all, but there are reports that several Starbucks employees were worked to death to provide it.

[grantcart]

75. got catsup on your shirt

[Tellurian]

78. It's been photo-shopped..

The same way they do when movies need a cast of thousands.. You can see the real crowd far left mid screen...the crowd is average to small..then you see the difference in head and body size... It's the usual staged Obama BS!

[me b zola]

81. I was there, liar

Screw you or anyone else who wants to claim that this was photo-shopped. The line to get in alone was over a mile long, four to five deep, winding through most of SW Portland.

Bite me. We love our nominee.

[Shakespeare]

82. You're insane. All the networks have shown video footage.

Is that fake, too? Seek help.

[Leopolds Ghost]

85. Not photoshopped. Crop the image and you'll see

The fuzzy white dot at the top left is a banner or rock of some sort --
it lines up with the left of the stage which lines up with the crowd edge
on the water side. The image was carefully cropped. The view of both
images foreshortens what is actually an elongated space curving all the
way around the marina. Not a huge park but big enough. I wonder if they
allowed anyone on the mall-like promenade north side of Hawthorne.

[roseBudd]

93. bitter?

[Tellurian]

94. not hardly. You?

[Shakespeare]

So admit you were wrong.

There's multiple videotaped shots of the rally, and several eyewitness accounts. It was NOT photoshopped. YOU WERE WRONG.

[roseBudd]

101. I didn't interject PhotoShop BS into a thread that has nothing to do with your Precious

[roguevalley]

108. liar. ever been to portland?

[Arugula Latte]

117. Wow. In these dying days of Hillary's sad, nasty campaign,

it must suck to be you.

[DesEtoiles]

97. welcome...to my ignore list! and buh BYE!

[sakura]

98. I was there, too.

Way up in front, and when I turned I could see the entire crowd. It completely filled the bowl, and went well beyond the barriers that had been set up. I know it's hard for you to believe, but not everything that is posted here is a product of photoshop.

[Mme. Defarge]

114. I was on the side street

where the police motorcade and all of the busses came in. Couldn't get near the rally. I parked on the east side of the river and walked across the Hawthorne bridge -- which was my original destination. Had to move on due to security. Yellow tape cordoned off all streets that led to Waterfront Park, and police and security were thick.

[sellitman]

111. Must be pretty hard on you.

You have my sympathy.

[NeedleCast]

119. Hahahahaha

Man you are one desperate mo-fo. Sorry dude, I was there, nothing about that picture is photo shopped other than the fact that I converted the original .bmp to a .jpg to save file space.

[Warren DeMontague]

127. You are OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND.

:crazy:

[thewiseguy]

131. Baghdad Bob is that you?

There never was a huge crowd at the Obama rally in Portland.

[MirrorAshes]

133. wow. i have to wonder if you people are even serious anymore.

seeing such excitement over a fellow democrat must really eat you up inside. sad.

[NanceGreggs]

137. Yeah, kinda like all of those delegates for Obama ...

... were 'photo-shopped', too!

:rofl:

[ClayZ]

83. I see you! You all look like a garden!

[Leopolds Ghost]

86. Think of the ad revenue if all those flower folk lind up to spell CLARITIN or BENADRYL!

;-)

[dcindian]

18. You just know chelsa is in there somewhere!

A very telling image.

[Ichingcarpenter]

I know that place.... wow

I think some should be a little reflective on what
this means.


That's a lot of white, middle class, working class, females, males
and latte drinking voters.

[DesEtoiles]

99. "hard working white people" love Barack, I guess; they are cheating on Hillary!

[OzarkDem]

20. Yet he still can't win the GE

:shrug:

[JimGinPA]

26. More "Rally Envy" From A Loser

[WillyT]

103. "Rally Envy"... Bwahahahahahahahaha !!!

That's a DUzy!!!

:rofl::yourock::rofl:

[cali]

30. He can and he will. that's a bitter old pill for you. Have a blast

swallowing it.

[sniffa]

50. Lemme guess

Ignored is saying that Obama is going to lose the GE?

Not sure which Ignored this is, but I wouldn't be surprised if they hinted at, or came right out and said they're working for McCain to make it so.

[AirmensMom]

51. You got it!

Just the first part, though.

:hi:

[sniffa]

53. Not all ignoreds are the same

:hi:

[AirmensMom]

57. True ...

Some are WAY more entertaining than others. :rofl:

[sniffa]

61. I'm watching two un-ignoreds (recently removed) on another thread

going after and eating one of their own - most likely because the OP doesn't have an HRC avatar, or massive sig of her.

[Shakespeare]

79. It's OtardDem.

Shocker. :eyes:

[SoxFan]

126. Yeah, it's OzarkDem

Remember, this is the poster who claimed that nobody attended a rally in Cleveland because there wasn't enough traffic on the streets that night.

[neverforget]

38. Did I miss the general election?

:shrug:

[AirmensMom]

44. Right.

:eyes:

[kid a]

56. .

.

[SoCalDem]

76. Ge washer/dryer? TV? Microwave?The White House probably already has them

:rofl:

[MirrorAshes]

134. so you can see the future? thats awesome!

altho it must have been a little blurry when you were touting hillary as inevitable. lol.

[ShortnFiery]

22. Whoa! That's awesome!

Go Obama! :patriot:

[slinkerwink]

23. wow! That's 10% of the estimated popular vote in Oregon!

[gristy]

36. 4%

1.8 million voted in Oregon in the '04 GE. Still, 4% is very big number!

[Labors of Hercules]

89. I think she was referring to Democrats.

meaning 10% of the popular vote in this primary.

[Bozita]

27. NBC Nightly News just reported attendance at 70-75,000. Double the previous high.

[Life Long Dem]

28. OH WOW! That's packed!!

What a site that is. Obama needs to choose bigger areas for the GE.

[gristy]

29. Oh, my.

Oh, my, oh my. :wow:

[NorthCarolina]

31. Is there an estimated head count for this campaign rally?

eom

[WeDidIt]

34. 75K

Biggest rally ever.

[NorthCarolina]

45. Wow, lots of bitter Oregonians

Think I'm gonna go buy stock in that company that makes Depends undergarments, the Repugs are gonna be going through them like crazy this election cycle.

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[Labors of Hercules]

91. Okay, you've reached the goal...

now go away already!!! :rofl:

[WeDidIt]

33. It's like friggin' Woodstock!

OMG, that's more people than many of the cities I've lived in!

[C_U_L8R]

39. Obamapalooza !

[WeDidIt]

41. With enough people for an Obamopolis! n/t

[aaronbees]

138. That's music to my ears!

:D

[lapfog_1]

42. Gogol planimeter says 44,000+

based on about 3 people per sq meter. They look at least that packed in, maybe a bit more.

[mloutre]

43. Holy Kao!

Shame that guy can't rally no voters 'round him or nuthin'.

[AirmensMom]

47. WOW!

:bounce:

That is a beautiful sight! :woohoo:

[asdjrocky]

48. 50 k is pretty f@ucking impressive. nt

[AzDar]

54. Good. GOD.

:bounce:

GObama!

[Faygo Kid]

55. Where's our favorite Hillary backers to comment on these supporters, who obviously do not count?

I won't call them out by name.

We all know who they are.

Would love to see comment from them on this thread, though.

[YDogg]

58. What a terrific crowd!

:-)

[Arugula Latte]

60. Partial crowd shot with river/boats:

[roguevalley]

109. that river is awesome. runs right through the city and the city has

great bridges going over. city of roses. great, great city, Portland.

[thewiseguy]

62. I put a second picture there. Just unbelievable!

[K Gardner]

63. OMG.. I thought it was a picture of a Pope rally, LOL !

[Rob_4_Obama]

107. Yes!

This is tremendous. We will always remember this election for the tremendous excitement and turnout it brought. Awe-inspiring and humbling at the same time.

[powergirl]

66. What is the population of Oregon?

That is a beautiful city and I am so proud of my fellow Duers who are Oregonians (on edit - I am not an Oregonian!). I saw Obama in Dallas - there were 20,000 of us. But we are a cookout compared to ya'll! :toast:

[boppers]

70. According to wikipedia:

"Oregon's population in 2000 was about 3.5 million, a 20.3% increase over 1990; it is estimated to have reached 3.7 million by 2006.<5>"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon

[FrenchieCat]

67. My daughter wrote a letter to CNN, and emailed me a copy.....

She wrote to http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?98

What happened to accurage coverage of the Sunday Obama Oregon rally that shattered all records of political rally attendance during a primary? Too many White Faces there for you all to report on? Seems kind of suspicious the Sunday before a Tuesday vote, that CNN would cover so much of McCain's NRA and SLN stunts, but Obama historical rally gets leftover coverage. Is CNN Scared that Kentucky might get wind of it?

A picture is worth a thousand words.


I will be getting in touch with all of the bloggers that I read, and all of the networks and other cable entities to have them find out why CNN passed on this story. What was the reason? Do you know, Mr. Sanchez? I'll await your reply. Thank you.

Sincerely,

[MadMaddie]

105. FrenchieCat...please thank your daughter for us!

The media is once again showing their bias today...as always.

What little coverage I saw today....they were still talking about the WV statistics about how many whites would not vote for Obama because of the Rev Wright controversey. The story is dead and they won't let it go.

[roguevalley]

110. frenchiecat, if you look sideways, the crowd makes the shape of

texas! LOL!

[fishwax]

69. wow

:applause:

[EFerrari]

71. Kick

:wow:

[cliss]

72. WOW!

Thanks so much for posting.

That's our Oregon. Obama's going to win big on Tuesday.

[milkyway]

74. Where did they park 75,000 bikes?

:)

[Leopolds Ghost]

88. On Portland's Transit Mall!

[TahitiNut]

121. Well, 1/5th are recumbant - that adds to the problem - but 1/20th are unicycles.

:silly:

[boppers]

129. Unicycles!

:rofl:

Don't forget the art bikes, too. Some are a bit... large.

Most of the reports I've seen (I didn't go) employed the max in some way or another, so the bicycle lockup could be distributed over a larger area. ;)

[Bread and Circus]

80. That is unreal.

[Window]

84. WOW! Fantastic.!!

Thanks for sharing.


Peace:thumbsup:

[fortyfeetunder]

87. Just wondering, what's the largest ## Hillary has drawn?

anyone know?

[Clear Blue Sky]

90. Amazing!

[swishyfeet]

92. All the more impressive... the Portland Pug Crawl going on simultaneously

No, not the RePUGS, the little dogs. And microbrew.

Oh yeah, and Bill was down at Mother's (great little downtown restaurant) kissing babies.

[Arugula Latte]

113. Wow. Poor Bill sure picked a bad day to stump in Portland.

[thewiseguy]

115. Bill and Chelsea shook hands with Obama supporters who were heading to the rally

Bill and Chelsea should have gone with them.

[msallied]

116. Would have been great if the Clintons were there to campaign for Obama. Sigh...

[DesEtoiles]

95. The primary is OVER. On to the GE! On to the White House!

[IDemo]

104. The GE is over. On to the swearing in ceremony!

[Shine]

96. That would totally freak me out to be in the middle of all those people

:scared:

pretty amazing shot, though.

[apocalypsehow]

106. K & R.

:thumbsup:

[grantcart]

112. Now thats what I call a caucus

[Gore1FL]

120. Holy Fuck!

That looks like the anti war rallies!!

Dang, half of Oregon must have been there!

[XemaSab]

122. I didn't know there WERE that many black people in Oregon

They must have bussed them in from somewhere else. :shrug:

/sarcasm

[workinclasszero]

123. President Obama's inauguration is going to be huge!

[Cha]

125. I wanna be there! I should

book a room now.

[workinclasszero]

128. I bet half a million show up

Maybe more. It will be an historic event in American history. I can't wait!

[blonndee]

136. I will be there one way or the other!

I have a friend who lives in downtown D.C. and even though I'm way over in NM, I'll find a way to get there in January. Hell or high water, baby. :)

[Cha]

141. That's the way I feel... I want to

be there so bad:patriot: :bounce: :party: :kick: :party: :patriot:

[Cha]

140. Maybe more...think of the day "The World Said NO to WAR"

Millions all over the world and almost a million in NYC where I was. This would a start in the right direction! :patriot: :bounce: :kick: :party: :patriot: :party:

[Douglas Carpenter]

124. awesome

[grytpype]

130. Buh,.. but Hillary won West Virginia!!!!!

!!!!!

[ElkHunter]

132. The only other politician in America that could draw a crowd that large is...

...George Bush.

But they'd all be protesters.

Good job Oregon!

[nadinbrzezinski]

135. Last time crowds like this gathered was 1968... with Bobby Kennedy

and I expect this photo to be above the fold in my morning paper :sarcasm:

[malaise]

139. Absolutely beautiful

I was completely shocked when I saw these photos.