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Re: Crowd is gathered for Palin in Greenville

pirmin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:44:48 -0400

...her brain is definitely a pig's, lipstick or none...

Re: Crowd is gathered for Palin in Greenville

jwc123 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:30:45 -0400

She's a pig, with or without lipstick.

A sad day

James_Protzman — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:43:23 -0400

The press is cordoned off from talking to the Palin moonies? Shame on the Dome for even pretending to cover the event.

Re: Crowd is gathered for Palin in Greenville

pirmin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:42:06 -0400

ps. Just follow the sign on US 264 that says "all sheep turn right here." (You can do that, right? C'mon...just concentrate on Iraq.)

Re: Crowd is gathered for Palin in Greenville

pirmin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:40:03 -0400

Card says: Is that a question on your card? No? Then repeat question, buy more time....Card says: Do you know anything about this topic? No? ...Do you have a card that is vaguely related? No? ...Does the question have any words John made you memorize? No? ...Can you tell a heartwarming hockey mom story? You betcha! ...Give your canned response, even if it ignores the question! ...Did that fill a sound bite? No? ...Say that John is an economic maverick! ...Did that fill a sound bite? Yes? ...You really know your stuff!

Re: Crowd is gathered for Palin in Greenville

FloydTurbo — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:38:39 -0400

Surely we can count on nice non-partisan observations from RTB no doubt. This might be your last "field trip" for the N&O Ryan. Better fill up your tank.

Re: Crowd is gathered for Palin in Greenville

johniwaniszek — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:37:38 -0400

Why is the press cordoned off from the spectators?

And reports from other events this week have featured some pretty ugly scenes. Let us know if they incite any race baiting or other ugliness.

Re: Crowd is gathered for Palin in Greenville

pirmin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:29:35 -0400

Crowd is gathered for Palin in Greenville

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:10:04 -0400

It's after 6 p.m. and the Gov. Sarah Palin show just got under way. It was supposed to begin about 20 minutes ago, but political events often run late.

But the arena in Greenville is looking not-quite-full, with plenty more space left on the floor around the podium, Barb Barrett reports.

The traveling press hasn't yet arrived, but most of the local press are here, including about a dozen satellite TV trucks outside.

Audience members are still arriving, wearing McCain/Palin t-shirts, hauling official campaign signs, waving gold-and-purple ECU Pirate pom-poms and sporting all kinds of stickers. There are some "handmade" signs too, those sketched out by volunteers last night and with sayings such as "Palin Nation."

The press has been cordoned off from audience members, so interviews with Palin fans aren't possible now.

The teleprompters have been set up for Palin's speech.

On the agenda tonight are brief speeches by State Senate candidates Jean Preston and Louis Pate, gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, who is running for re-election. According to the schedule, she's on just before Palin and has 45 minutes.

That could just be cushion for the big event — Palin is scheduled to go on at 7:05 p.m., introduced by U.S. Sen. Richard Burr.