UMW greets Biden

The Rally was Great (4.00 / 2)

Our own One Citizen was there snapping pictures.  I'm  sure he'll have some up just as soon as he can.

We kept the kids home from school and took them with us.

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by: PDAWV @ Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 16:51:36 PM UTC

PDAWV (4.00 / 1)

Give us a descriptive post for those stuck here in the Eastern Panhandle.


When a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Sherlock Holmes.

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by: Carnacki @ Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 18:20:59 PM UTC

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I was at the rally in Charleston. (4.00 / 1)

Good sized crowd, though I have no idea how many people were there.  The stage was set up in the middle of the intersection of Capitol and Lee Streets.  The crowd filled at least half of the four surrounding blocks (one four lane street intersecting with a three lane street.) I was on the rope line, right behind the stage.  

The start was scheduled for 10:30, but, like most large events, started late -- 11:00.  Governor Manchin, Senator Rockefeller and Senator Byrd (in a wheelchair) came to the stage.  Manchin did three or four minutes of welcome/thanks for coming/yeah for all the Democrats, and then introduced Byrd.  

Byrd sat in his wheelchair at a low podium.  He got the crowd roaring Joe Bi-den! Joe Bi-den!, and then O-bam-a! O-bam-a!  (He looks so frail, I got a bit teary-eyed.) Then he introduced Rockefeller.

Jay just isn't a rabble-rouser, but he gave a serviceable three or four minutes on his old friend Joe Biden and his new friend Barack Obama, and how they would change the business-as-usual in Washington.  Then he introduced Joe Biden.

You can find the text of Joe's speech on the Intertubes. Let me just tell you that he had that crowd in the palm of his hand. He talked about service to ones' country, and how that service can be something other than military service.  He talked about everyone's right to a good education.  He talked about improving access to healthcare, and how that will actually improve the economy.

He told the story of his first wife and daughter's funeral.  He had been elected, but not yet sworn into the Senate.  Robert Byrd came to the funeral, driven by his aide Nick Rahall.  Byrd didn't tell anyone he was coming, and because the church was completely full, stood outside in the rain during the funeral service. (I got teary-eyed again.)

I don't know if we can win this one here in West Virginia. I have a couple of idjits in my office who plan to vote for McCain because they think that Sarah Palin is "cute".  But I have a warm feeling in my heart that the future of our country is about to be in very safe hands.  

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by: staph @ Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 18:55:38 PM UTC

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Even my 80 yr old Republican dad thinks she's "easy on the eye" (4.00 / 1)

but he is voting for Obama. Shocked, shocked, I tell you, they would use sex to sell something. Daddy shocked me!

I told MoJoe I wanted him to sound more like this Joey when he spoke of his support for Obama up here.

I just got my first "senior citizen" discount at lunch. I did not ask for it; the waitress just gave me the 10% off. If I had that much help . . . And you know, only us poor people have to buy our own clothes.  

NFTT: Support My Team or I Will Dance

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by: CA Berkeley WV @ Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 19:12:58 PM UTC

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I forget to mention.... (4.00 / 1)

In his intro, Jay mentioned that his own in-house polling folks, the same one that he has used since 1972, thinks that McCain only has a one point lead in West Virginia!

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by: staph @ Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 18:59:39 PM UTC

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Obama posted this Clean Coal section of Biden's speech (0.00 / 0)

"Appalacia cannot afford to go with McCain, it must go with Obama." - Joe Biden

Instead of pouring our energy dollars into the sands of Saudia Rabia and the pockets of Venezuela, we should be exporting home-made technology, solving not only our energy problems and challenges, but helping the world solve the rest of them. We should become the engine of change.

NFTT: Support My Team or I Will Dance

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by: CA Berkeley WV @ Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 20:52:28 PM UTC