Obama Rally In St. Louis Draws 100,000
Huffington Post | October 18, 2008 at 03:28 PM
Barack Obama drew a crowd of 100,000 at a rally near the Gateway Arch in St. Louis on Saturday, the AP reports. McCain spent the day campaigning in North Carolina.
The focus on the stump Saturday for both Obama and McCain continued to be taxes, and the candidates traded sharp criticisms of each other’s plans.
More from the AP:
McCain, trailing in the polls, fired the first volley, likening his rival to the socialist leaders of Europe and saying he wanted to “convert the IRS into a giant welfare agency, redistributing massive amounts of wealth at the direction of politicians in Washington.”
McCain added, “Raising taxes on some in order to give checks to others is not a tax cut; it’s just another government giveaway.”
Obama responded a few hours later in appearance before an enormous crowd, saying his Republican rival “wants to cut taxes for the same people who have already been making out like bandits, in some cases literally.”
“John McCain is so out of touch with the struggles you are facing that he must be the first politician in history to call a tax cut for working people ‘welfare,’” Obama said.
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They had better give Palin her meds and keep her away from this story because she will get “depressed”…
100,000 people going to see Obama in a RED swing state is just incredible!
As for ‘hide me from the truth so I don’t get depressed’ Palin – she ought to be be disqualified from folding office.
That means that she’s disconnected from and not listening to the American people.
How can she serve the people if she doesn’t know what the people are saying and what they want?
Incredibe – Palin is no leader.
So wonderful to see the turnout for Obama. McSame-Phalin will go back to calling Obama a rock star again. They cannot stand that Obama-Biden are uniting the country while they continue to divide the nation.
Vote for Obama-Biden!
Yes, Paulette, this is very impressive for a Red swing state!
Wow – that IS amazing…in Missouri. Claire McCaskill must be thrilled as well.
Let’s not say the “L” word yet … but unless the Repigs can STEAL 4-6 million votes like they did the last 2 elections, it looks like our L-O-N-G national nightmare will be over -
Bush fatigue is everywhere – and the country is going bankrupt over the $12 BILLION a month we’re borrowing to pay for the Iraq War. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
This is truly about CHANGE – regardless even if some strange people still love Dubya, the country and the world are SICK to the TEETH of these idiots.
Thanks for the pics. Now this is what I’m talking about. Totally awesome. Thank you Barack, thank you St. Louis!
Powell endorses and will vote for Senator Obama.
Yahooooooooo…………..
God Bless.
This is a statement on just how many people want REAL CHANGE! Let the revolution begin!!!
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I had the opportunity to attend and it was awesome! A representative from the Missouri Republican party said the people who attended this rally were mostly out of state because he saw “out of state” license plates. He also mentioned there were a lot of people from IL there. This cannot be farther from the truth. There were some out of town people but I feel the majority of the people there were Missouri natives. I took the Metro from the Western most station (actually in St. Louis County) and the trains were packed. When we got off the packed train, there were only a few people trickling off the West bound train from IL.
The arch was still open and there were a lot of out of town license plates in the Arch parking area. I also saw a lot of normal tourists with their maps out, looking confused, asking people what the heck was going on today.
Don’t believe someones poor attempt to discredit the attendance of this rally.
As an independent Missouri voter, I will be attending the McCain rally tonight in New Town as a formality, but I already know who I’m voting for
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Amazing.
This is g8t!!!! Let’s see if Palin and McNasty can pull this off….LOL
George McGovern had the largest rallies in US history…..in fact, they were a lot like Obama’s.
But something very ironic happened. George McGovern lost to Richard Nixon in a landslide.
We will see Leo…..Americans are tired of you GOPs and Wall Street thieves stealing from us. Send me a message when your mouth hits the floor on Nov 4th. LOL
Can’t believe so many idiots! You have no wisdom! You can’t even see that Bush kept us safe, the economy was great until the DemocRATS took over Congress and the Democ RATS stealing finally caught up. Obama supported (financially and physically) ACORN along with DemocRAT leaders who has caused the housing burst. Obama is a Marxist and a liar. You will regret the day you supported him. He doesn’t care for the good of America. HE WOULDN’T HAVE A CHANCE IF IT WEREN’T FOR MUSLIM MONEY, LIBERAL MEDIA, ACORN VOTER FRAUD AND LIES, LIES, LIES.
Your good old boys/gals (Barney, Harry, Barack HUSSEIN, and Pelosi) have poisoned your simple minds.
GOD HELP US ALL. WE WILL ALL BE ON OUR KNEES FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS IF BARACK HUSSEIN STEALS THE ELECTION.
Hello Joyce,
How does a man leading in all Polls, holding rallies with 100K people, Steal and election?
This “WellReadAussie” has been following the political race of Barack Obama for almost two years now and I am not surprised at the huge crowds attending rallies. They are simply there to see someone who is ” a once in a generation leader”. They are there because they believe like I do, that this man will become in history, one of the greatest of your presidents. This man wilol not only unite all citizens of the
Joyce I really hope that the ignorance that you show is not how all republicans feel about Obama’s definite victory.
I cant believe you would use Hussein to make him seem Arab and a terrorist, its so… pathetic. It is almost unimaginable how stupid people are.
you know I havent been able to sleep at night because of my fear that Republicans will riot in their ignorance and refuse to allow the right person into office
the OLD MAN & DUMB HAG never had anything like that! It’s over Barack the MAN!
When you brake records in fund raisings and crowd pullings, that’s no longer a contest, is going to be a landslide victory and not stealing of election. so joyce get your self together and joining the winning team.
Obama/Biden ‘08
Joyce,
You are what is wrong with this country. Just read the hate filled bigotry and racism in your remarks. You cannot make a legitimate point using a proper name. You resort to racial slurring and narrow-mindedness to portray the man is a muslim or is getting money from muslims. Your simplemindedness has proven that as much as America tries to evolve itself into a society of advanced thinkers, people like you will always ensure that this “melting pot” will never reach its full potential. Your comments are more ANTI-American than any I have read and I am ashamed to call you a fellow American.
Joyce u r just as lame as the airhead and McNasty. You’ve been blinded by bull*hit!!!! We will see who America thinks can run this country…..Obama & Biden 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Palin and McNasty belong on SNL…..what a JOKE!!! LOL