Comments on: ‘Fired up’: Scenes from Obama’s health care rally

By: Tyranny

Tyranny — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:43:07 +0000

Twin City Hospital LPN’s Contract Update: Management proposes to impose mandatory, forced vaccinations on SEIU members. Liberty-vs-Tyranny. Once the health care workers submit to tyranny the general public is next. Demand health freedom! Say “No” to forced vaccination. Say “Yes” to informed consent. Wake up people this is America. Those of you who understand what is happening to this great country will know who I am talking to.

By: Daughter Number Three

Daughter Number Three — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:16:47 +0000

I had a similar experience to Ginny (comment #1) — arrived noonish, no problem parking two blocks away, no problem getting in — what was all the fuss? Glad I went.

By: jeannie pham

jeannie pham — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:02:31 +0000

I like to have health care reform. Thank Mr president OBAMA

By: ZNOFOB

ZNOFOB — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:42:34 +0000

I hope Obama will stop the wars and pull the troops home.

I hope Obama will repeal the patriot acts (among other liberty robbing laws).

I hope Obama will fix the healthcare crisis and kick the insurance companies lobby machine to the curb.

I don’t COUNT on it, but I DO hope.

Obama has a charisma about him that calls out for me to support him because his oratory skills are above average. My problem is the deep distrust of political windbags who came before him, and the true onset of CHANGE that they have subverted for decades.

The protesters of the 1960s, their dreams and hopes, all fell silent after the slayings of the kennedy family and MLK, among others. The modus operandi was silence them all. It worked. Our dreams were stifled right up until this very day. I am waiting. Watching. Hoping. But I don’t see much.

He just hasn’t done a single thing to undo the 8 years of BUSH/CHENEY and the damage is deep, divisive, and (apparently) permanent.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:52:26 +0000

Tim knows because he is one of the guys that is supporting the repeal of the Patriot Act, right Tim?

By: Eric Ferguson

Eric Ferguson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:08:32 +0000

Oh, well, if Tim, whoever he is, says Obama is lying, then I guess he must be. Evidence of lying must be optional.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:29:35 +0000

Obama is lying about his healthcare plan. Say ‘no’ to Obamacare, and yes to the many other good ways to reform healthcare.

By: Loren

Loren — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:57:26 +0000

From the Obama joker, “Say no to the vaccine!”

By: Bob Wolfe

Bob Wolfe — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:25:01 +0000

Wow. Obama is getting a strong wind at his back. The thing about him is he starts off slow and steady, and the media and republicans try with all their might to convince everyone that he’s dropped the ball on the health care issue and then — BAM! Republicans and the brain dead main stream media have no idea what them. God Bless Barack Obama.

By: Ginny

Ginny — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:00:33 +0000

I wonder why the TV media Saturday morning before 9 a.m. was saying that there were already enough people in line to fill the Target Center. It scared people away.

I was reluctant to go because I didn’t want to wait in line, especially if we couldn’t get in in the end. But my friends and I decided we would hop a bus and arrive around noon and see if they were still letting people in. We got in right away and didn’t have to wait in line (doors opened around 9:30). Once inside, we could see that about half the upper deck of the arena wasn’t filled, and, although eventually more people were seated, in the end the arena was only about 80% filled. We texted people we knew to say there was no wait, plenty of room, come down if you want — but it was kind of late.

I really believe that without media discouragement the arena would have been filled. I am sure their reports on the long wait, the capacity crowds, and the traffic jams (we didn’t notice that either) scared people away. Plus, it was peaceful, and no clashes that I witnessed. (In fact, there should have been a band on the blocked-off First Avenue after the rally, with the energized crowd, the upbeat mood, and the sunny day.)

Where do they get these estimates? Were there communications from the organizers to the media as the event got close to starting that there was still room, and if people still wanted to come down, they should? Was anyone “tweeting” such things? (I don’t tweet). It was a great crowd, a great speech, a lively rally, and I would call it a success, but it was a disappointment that the arena wasn’t full. It surely could have been.

Media people? Organizers? Any insight?