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Obama On Cross-Philadelphia Tour
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by sblair | October 11, 2008 at 06:34 am
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Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama rallied nearly fifteen thousand supporters at his "Change We Need," cross-Philadelphia tour today.
The rally was held in North Philadelphia at Progress Plaza on 1501 Broad street. Before Senator Obama delivered his remarks, Senator Bob Casey, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter spoke to the crowd prior to Obama's appearance.
Michele Obama, wife of Senator Obama, and Delaware Senator Joe Biden who is Obama's runnng mate for Vice President were not present at the rally. Three other stops are on Obama's itinerary today including a stop at Mayfair Diner on 7373 Frankford Avenue.
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at 08:38 on October 11th, 2008
sblair, many thanks for the story and photos. Will you be going to the other rallies today?
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gettyleigh (not verified)at 09:55 on October 11th, 2008
at 10:21 on October 11th, 2008
sblair, I like this story. It's good stuff. Watched this on c-span, would be cool to go :)
at 12:09 on October 11th, 2008
sblair, I like this story. It's good stuff. I made the rally over in West Philly later in the day. Will file a brief account and upload a couple pics in a couple hours.
at 13:10 on October 11th, 2008
sblair, great job!
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Jenny Hanniver (not verified)at 04:20 on October 12th, 2008
I'm a 72-year-old white woman, a Vietnam veteran, mother of a Gulf War vet, and PROUD to be working every day to get Barack Obama elected!
Since I live in NW Philly I attended the event at Vernon Park yesterday in the late morning. I could not believe the immense crowds--TEN BLOCKS LONG--and had to wait in line an hour even to reach the entrance! Sen Obama's speech was inspiring and drew enthusiastic response from a crowd of African American, Euro American, Asian American and Hispanic American voters, and the young children and grandchildren they'd brought to see and hear our one candidate who can heal America, restore our Constitution, put a halt to back-breaking costly imperialism and welfare for the super-rich.
One of Sen Obama's themes was the economy, of course. He repeated his and Sen Biden's promise to tax the 1% super-rich (who have gobbled up billions over the past eight years, contributing nothing), give back money to the rest of us, restore oversight to cure the corrupt festering of non-regulation, bring jobs home, promote small business and build new energy conservation industries. Sound good to you? Sure does to me!
at 05:42 on October 12th, 2008
Awesome.
(Here's a link to RayBanBro66's story)
at 07:26 on October 12th, 2008
sblair, I like this story. It's good stuff.