The crowd was great, I felt like the turnout was huge but then again reference my small town statement above. People were having fun, were polite and excited all in all it was a great scene that I have not really been close to since the mid to late 80's when we used to march against all sorts of things in Eugene while in high school or the rally I went to with Up House and Adverb when she was little for Jessie Jackson. I will say the energy for Obama was more positive than it was at the Jackson Rally and that I feel Obama is a better speaker. Just a personal opinion here. After about 2 hours of listening to a fairly good band and then some local politicians like the mayor of Denver and the Governor of Colorado we finally got to hear the President and I must say I think he is great, his message is positive he knows there is still work to be done and he is ready to take it on. I will be voting for him based on what he has done over the last 4 years to help our country and what I hope he can do over the next 4 years. I know that nobody is perfect and I would agree that he has his flaws but I truly think that he cares for the people of this country and will do what he can to make it better for the poor and the middle classes. He is also for equal rights for all citizens which is a very important consideration for me and others I know and love, fair pay for women, and a women's right to make her on healthcare choices. While I do not see his health plan being the best for the country that is only because I think we should have gotten the insurance companies totally out of the picture. I do believe though that his health plan will provide care for millions that were not able to get it before and they can get preventative care and not only emergency care which is going to make it less expensive in the long run for all of us. Ok so off of my soap box, here are some of the pictures from the rally.
Here is a link if you want to contribute to his re-election effort.
https://donate.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/2012/amberletuli
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| B2 and some sea shells from Oregon |
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| Kai waiting in line just to stand in a crowd and see Obama, for a autistic young man he did great ! |
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| B2 playing of the statues outside of the Natural History museum |
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| Kai and G, new buddies for life. |
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| My second oldest and dearest friend |
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| A smiling Kai |
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| B2 was getting tired |
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| and so was unknown girl next to her |
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| Banner, so bright spots against a pretty dull sky |
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| Lots of these signs present |
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| Looking out at the boat house City Park, Denver |
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| A couple of young Obama fans |
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| Colorado Congresswoman |
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| Security was everyplace |
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| Colorado Governor |
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| The people in the bleachers, I wish I had been one of them after driving all night I would have liked to have not had to stand for 4 hours. |
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| Our President walking out to speak |
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| speaking and geting the crowd excited |
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| sometimes this was all I could see |
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| M. G's lovely and gracious wife. |
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| B2 I just can not get over how much she looks and acts like Adverb. |
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| Denver Mayor |
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| Dixon the Parrot that for some reason thought I was funny. |
