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Title: Record Obama Crowd, the Size of a City
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URL Source: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the- ... d_obama_crowd_the_size_of.html
Published: May 19, 2008
Author: Matthew Mosk
Post Date: 2008-05-19 06:34:46 by PSUSA
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Sen. Barack Obama has seen his share of large crowds over the last 15 months, but his campaign said they have not approached the numbers gathered along the waterfront here right now. The campaign, citing figures from Duane Bray, battalion chief of Portland Fire & Rescue, estimated that 75,000 people are watching him speak. The scene suggests this is not an exaggeration. The sea of heads stretches for half a mile along the grassy embankment, while others watch from kayaks and power boats bobbing on the Willamette River. More hug the rails of the steel bridge that stretches across the water and crowds are even watching from jetties on the opposite shore.
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#1. To: PSUSA (#0)
That seals the deal for me. God has my vote.
Scary, ain't it? But, it IS Portland, after all.
A nation once divided by slave ownership seems to be breaking down by adoration of slave master. We're witnessing a form of mass Stockholm Syndrome. Turn AWAY from the light...
That's interesting. I never thought of all this as Stockholm syndrome. But I think you are right.
Putting this in perspective. Let's say it's 75,000. The last large gathering I attended was when Bill Graham died in 1991 in that helicopter crash. An inpromptu tribute to him in SF Golden Gate park turned out 375,000-500,000 plus the Dead, Santana, Crosby, Stills and Nash and Pearl Jam among others. "HOLODOMOR" is Ukrainian word for "FAMINE-GENOCIDE"
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The campaign, citing figures from Duane Bray, battalion chief of Portland Fire & Rescue, estimated that 75,000 people are watching him speak.
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