September 10, 2018 Fading star power of Obama draws only 750 people for kickoff rally of his election campaigning By Thomas Lifson
Gone are the heady days when Barack Obama could fill a stadium with his followers. Like a former sitcom star now doing dinner theater performances, he is self-relegated to lesser venues and smaller crowds. On Saturday, at what Think Progress (house organ of the left-wing Center for American Progress) called "his first campaign stop of the midterm elections," only 750 people (T.P.'s estimate) turned out at the Anaheim Convention Center to partake of the Barack experience.
Zitat About 750 people attended the event at Anaheim Convention Center, where Obama delivered a short speech centered on unity and the "politics of hope." And, after a story about getting kicked out of Disneyland when he was caught smoking in the Magic Kingdom after a concert as a teenager, Obama issued an impassioned critique of Trump and the state of American democracy and encouraged the crowd to back the candidates he came to support.
No styrofoam columns anymore.
The Anaheim Convention Center can host events seating 7,500 people, so it was not lack of tickets keeping Obama fans away. Maybe it was the halting, uncertain style of Obama's speeches these days that kept the crowds away. Sample this excerpt for as long as you can stand it:
Zitat Incredible honor to have @BarackObama here today! #TakeItBack https://t.co/MlgoxRaSIw — Mike Levin (@MikeLevinCA) September 8, 2018
The contrast in crowd size, not to mention enthusiasm, with Trump's rally last week in Billings, Montana could not be greater. Trump drew a capacity crowd of 12,000 to Rimrock Auto Arena, with another 10,000 gathered outside. This in a city with a metropolitan population of 169,728, according to a 2016 Census Bureau estimate.
By contrast, Anaheim sits in the midst of the Los Angeles-Long Beach Combined Statistical Area, with a population of 18.7 million, more than a hundred times as large as Billings.
I have seen any number of excerpts from this appearance and not one, not even on Fox, mentioned the sparse crowd. TV reports, by failing to show the attendees, can imply or make it look more attended than it really was.
ZitatAnd, after a story about getting kicked out of Disneyland when he was caught smoking in the Magic Kingdom after a concert as a teenager
Not that I'm skeptical, mind you, but I would like some independent verification of this claim.
Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #3I have seen any number of excerpts from this appearance and not one, not even on Fox, mentioned the sparse crowd. TV reports, by failing to show the attendees, can imply or make it look more attended than it really was.
ZitatAnd, after a story about getting kicked out of Disneyland when he was caught smoking in the Magic Kingdom after a concert as a teenager
Not that I'm skeptical, mind you, but I would like some independent verification of this claim.
Agreed! It is believable though as he was no choir boy. If true, it's only because they didn't recognize the Nobel prize winner he was going to be.
Quite the punk!
"The demographic most opposed to President Trump is not a racial minority, but a cultural elite." Daniel Greenberg
"Failure to adequately denounce Islamic extremism, not only denies the existence of an absolute moral wrong but inherently diminishes our chances of defeating it." Tulsi Gabbard
"It’s a movement comprised of Americans from all races, religions, backgrounds and beliefs, who want and expect our government to serve the people, and serve the people it will." Donald Trump's Victory Speech 11/9/16
INSIDE EVERY LIBERAL IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT -- Frontpage mag
Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #3I have seen any number of excerpts from this appearance and not one, not even on Fox, mentioned the sparse crowd. TV reports, by failing to show the attendees, can imply or make it look more attended than it really was.
ZitatAnd, after a story about getting kicked out of Disneyland when he was caught smoking in the Magic Kingdom after a concert as a teenager
Not that I'm skeptical, mind you, but I would like some independent verification of this claim.
Zero was born in 1961. By his account that would have been in the 70's when smoking in public was not the same issue it is today.
Additionally I would like to know what he was supposedly smoking?
Illegitimi non Carborundum
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