10.30.2008 8:08 am
Palin fans converge on Cape for rally
Special to the Post-Dispatch
CAPE GIRARDEAU — Some Republican supporters of Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin were camping out at midnight outside the SHOW Me Center here, for this morning’s rally featuring Palin.
Before 7 a.m., traffic was jammed and at a standstill for more than a mile (some folks, including yours truly, experimented with ”back ways” and somehow got around most of the backup. Hope our car doesn’t get towed, where we ended up parking…)
Inside the center, by 8 a.m., the crowds are gradually filling up the floor and the stands after passing through security.
A live country-western band is playing VERY LOUD.
Check back for updates. Palin isn’t expected to take to the stage until after 9 a.m.
Too bad for McCain. I understand Jo Ann Emerson may introduce Palin. It should be Palin introducing Vice Presidential candidate Emerson. At least then McCain would have picked a beautiful woman of substance and a true maverick as his running mate.
Imagine that: a gigantic turnout in Cape Girardeau for a Republican VP candidate — and an uneducated, misinformed one at that.
EJ, you are showing your ignorance. Rather than critize someone you don’t even know, post something of substance.
I’m feel sorry for both Bud an EJ. Sarah Palin is a very brilliant and accomplished woman and will be a wonderful VP. I’m proud to be voting for both John McCain AND Sarah Palin.
Wink, if you want energy independence for this country. Go Sarah!
Wink, if you want a fighter for the WORKING man and woman in the Whitehouse. Go Sarah!
Blink, if you see danger with a Dog that lays down with flees like
Khalidi, Ayers and Wright. How can this man have the temperment to
be the most powerful man(woman) on Earth?
HE DOESN’T!
How ironic that Palin is speaking at the SHOW ME Center. Why doesn’t she show us that she’s prepared for the job she’s campaigning for?
Chris - WOW. Just wow.
I’m a Democrat, but I’ve got to agree with Bud on this one. If McCain wanted to pick a pretty woman out of obscurity and put her on the national stage, he would’ve done better with Emerson. She’s maybe still a little inexperienced, but no less than Palin, and Emerson is far more maverick-y.
WP… I have been reading the press’ full-court press on Palin and watching her interviews. What about you?
Also, WP… I might note that I lived in Cape Girardeau (where I worked as a journalist) for five years. I do know the political climate.