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Title: CONSTRUCTION BEGINS FOR OBAMA'S BIG ELECTION NIGHT BASH
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URL Source: http://cbs2chicago.com/local/obama.event.grant.2.846677.html
Published: Oct 23, 2008
Author: CBS Chicago
Post Date: 2008-10-23 10:55:08 by christine
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Views: 162
Comments: 13
City Vows To Bill Obama Campaign For All Costs Associated With Massive Outdoor Bash Election Day is less than two weeks away, and Chicago could be home to the biggest political party in the country. Construction is underway for a massive stage in Grant Park where Barack Obama could declare victory on election night. As CBS 2's Joanie Lum and Political Editor Mike Flannery report, tens of thousands are expected to gather before the stage on election night. One way or another, that huge crowd will witness history. The event would require massive security, but the Obama campaign promises that Chicago taxpayers will not have to foot the bill for police, fire and medical services that would be required for election night. Nov. 5, 1996, was actually the last election night when both major party candidates spoke publicly. In the close elections of 2000 and 2004, that did not happen. But this year, that may change, and preparations to accommodate a big crowd in Grant Park are already underway. A lot of work remains on platforms for speakers, risers for cameras and security barricades. Earlier Wednesday, construction crews at the south end of Grant Park were assembling what they said would hold a giant video screen for the election night gathering. No one really knows how many people will come to the lakefront's Grant Park on Nov. 4. Weather will likely play a role. It was warm and sunny a few days ago in St. Louis when Barack Obama drew an estimated 100,000 to the banks of the Mississippi River. Chicago's mass transit system is one key to moving massive numbers in and out of the lakefront park. Grant Park is used to giant gatherings from the annual Lollapalooza music festival and the Taste of Chicago to rallies for Michael Jordan's old Chicago Bulls in the 1990s. What may have been the largest crowd in the city's history -- at least 350,000 -- gathered in the park to watch Pope John Paul II celebrate a Catholic mass in October 1979. Deputies to Mayor Richard M. Daley have been planning for the potentially huge event for more than a month. "That's what we're talking about…it's all about safety," Mayor Daley said. The mayor said only that on Wednesday. Others said he's concerned about security and about not sticking taxpayers for what may be millions of dollars in extra costs. Daley's press secretary Jacqueline Heard told CBS 2 News the Office of Emergency Management has been meeting with the Obama campaign. "We are demanding payment guarantees from the Obama campaign up front," Heard said. "Taxpayers cannot be asked to pay for a political party. We will bill the Obama campaign for city services needed. We may apply for Homeland Security money to pay for police and fire costs." Officials said the senator from the Hyde Park neighborhood has already agreed to pay substantial, but so far undisclosed, amounts for security, emergency medical services and for cleaning up after the election. Security would include perimeter fences, street closures and metal detectors, as have been seen at Grant Park in the past. But because Obama has requested more security, Secret Service agents would also be present, and snipers would be posted on buildings nearby. Obama is also charging hefty fees for TV stations to get the better camera spots. But they maintain they won't make any profit by the event, hoping just to break even. "There'll be a vast grassy area where the public and the news media can watch Barack Obama for free," said Obama spokesman Justin DeJong. Again, that is assuming that Obama has anything to say publicly. The outdoor nomination ceremony at the Democratic Convention in Denver was produced by filmmaker Steven Spielberg. There is no word on who is going to create the Grant Park stage.
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#1. To: wadosy (#0)
ping
What happens if he dies before he's sworn in?
He pecks a few holes in a tree to see Blood will run across urban America. Not out here in the hills.
Yeah yeah, but would Biden be president, or what?
He pecks a few holes in a tree to see What happens if he dies before he's sworn in? Blood will run across urban America. hopefully the correct perps are targeted.
If blood runs Biden will be in hiding. By law??? Biden becomes president. We just might end up with Bush??????????
Does anyone else find this comment foreboding?
See number 2... There seems to be a concerted effort on behalf of top insiders in trying to raise alarm and fear among Americans.
If things don't work out for Obummer and his supporters the medical services could come to quite a bill (not to mention that Chicago and many other cities might be torched--is his campaign going to pay for all the damage when his supporters riot? I kinda doubt it). Not to say any of that will happen, only if he doesn't win. And if he doesn't I think his supporters will probably riot, loot and burn anything they can get to.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. If they shoot it probably will be at the wrong target.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. See number 2... There seems to be a concerted effort on behalf of top insiders in trying to raise alarm and fear among Americans. If someone wanted to plunge the country into chaos what better way than to publicly annoint a "person of color" as Preznit and then use same as a sacrificial animal thus causing riots across the country and providing justification for "Martial Law". The Sheeple would welcome it and call it a good thing "to restore order". The people at the top are vile and they are into offbeat occultic beliefs including human sacrifice.
"The difference between an honorable man and a moral man is that an honorable man regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked and he is in no danger of being caught." ~ H. L. Mencken
At this point, all distractions aside, "the fix" appears to be "in" and Oh'Bummer appears to be the annointed - that is not certain, but seems likely. I suspect calculations are ongoing as to who would be the better puppet - Oh'bummer or Palin. I think if McLame is allowed to win that he will be gone within 2 years leaving Sarah Palin as President. Now whether Oh'Bummer will be offered up as a human sacrifice to usher in the excuse for the the "New World Order" by the controlling evil oligargch's is another question.
"The difference between an honorable man and a moral man is that an honorable man regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked and he is in no danger of being caught." ~ H. L. Mencken
The outdoor nomination ceremony at the Democratic Convention in Denver was produced by filmmaker Steven Spielberg. There is no word on who is going to create the Grant Park stage.
#2. To: christine (#0)
"There'll be a vast grassy area where the public and the news media can watch Barack Obama for free," said Obama spokesman Justin DeJong.
#3. To: Cynicom (#2)
If a redwood's really red
#4. To: Tauzero (#3)
What happens if he dies before he's sworn in?
#5. To: Cynicom (#4)
If a redwood's really red
#6. To: Cynicom (#4)
To: Tauzero
#7. To: Tauzero (#5)
#8. To: all (#0)
"There'll be a vast grassy area where the public and the news media can watch Barack Obama for free," said Obama spokesman Justin DeJong.
#9. To: Jethro Tull (#8)
Does anyone else find this comment foreboding?
#10. To: christine (#0)
The event would require massive security, but the Obama campaign promises that Chicago taxpayers will not have to foot the bill for police, fire and medical services that would be required for election night.
Lord Acton
#11. To: christine (#0)
But because Obama has requested more security, Secret Service agents would also be present, and snipers would be posted on buildings nearby.
Lord Acton
#12. To: Cynicom, Jethro Tull, TwentyTwelve, Wudidiz (#9)
Does anyone else find this comment foreboding?
#13. To: James Deffenbach (#10)
If things don't work out for Obummer and his supporters the medical services could come to quite a bill (not to mention that Chicago and many other cities might be torched--is his campaign going to pay for all the damage when his supporters riot? I kinda doubt it). Not to say any of that will happen, only if he doesn't win. And if he doesn't I think his supporters will probably riot, loot and burn anything they can get to.
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