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Dems Busing in Crowds to Fill Stadium for Obama’s Acceptance Speech

posted on September 4, 2012 by Giacomo




Four years ago, Barack Obama had little trouble drawing large crowds on the campaign trail. When he accepted the nomination in 2008, he did so in Denver, Colorado in front of 84,000 people. They had no problem filling the stadium as so many people bought into his promise of change.
That’s not the case with this election. So far this year, the largest crowd Obama has drawn on the campaign trail was a mere 14,000 at Ohio State University back in May. To avoid being embarrassed by the low numbers, the Obama campaign says they have purposely kept the numbers down to make security easier and less expensive.
This sounds as lame of an excuse as a high school student telling his teacher that his dog ate his homework. After all, what politician, especially one like Obama running for president, would limit crowd numbers? Secondly, the Obama administration and campaign has never hesitated at spending when it suits their desires, so why would they suddenly worry about expenses at such a critical time as this?
Later this week, Barack Obama will be giving his acceptance speech at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. The stadium seats 74,000 people. Even though this is 10,000 seats fewer than the Denver stadium four years ago, the Democrats are deeply concerned as to whether or not they will be able to fill the stadium to capacity. If they can’t, they fear this will be used by the Republicans to show how much Obama’s support has dwindled since 2008.

In an effort to insure that the stadium will be filled, the Democrats have resorted to some constructive promotion programs. They have been offering 1 free ticket to every person who volunteers for Obama’s campaign. In order to receive the free ticket, each volunteer must work a minimum of three 3 hour shifts for a total of nine hours.
They have also been contacting colleges, universities and black churches in North Carolina and surrounding states. At least 100 students from Duke University will be bussing to the event. Additionally, it is reported that several large black churches in South Carolina will be sending busloads of members up to the convention and to hear the president’s acceptance speech.
North Carolina, where the convention is taking place, has an unemployment record of 9.6%, which is 1.3% higher than the national average. It is also a right-to-work state and the DNC purposely shunned a number of local businesses and hired out-of-state union companies for a number of jobs.
The bottom line is that Obama’s support has been weakened nationally and locally by his failed administration. Although Obama won North Carolina in 2008, polls indicate that his support in the state has taken a downward trend and his winning the state in November is questionable. Hopefully come November, it will be even lower nationwide and the American people will wake up and smell the manure that Obama has been spreading the past four years.


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Diminishing Returns of the Democrats and the Need for Busing

posted on September 4, 2012 by Gary DeMar
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The Democrat Party is in trouble. If it didn’t have the media behind it propping it up, defending every foible and misstatement, and paper-overing its many lies, I’m firmly convinced we would have a very different political debate going on.


Consider what’s happened to the Democrats since President Obama took office in 2009. Mike Flynn offers some interesting statistics:

• In Jan. 2009, there were 56 Democrats in the U.S. Senate. (With Democrat caucusing Independents and a party switch, this figure hit 60 early in Obama’s term) Today, there are 51 with the very real prospect of fewer come November.

• In the House, Democrats controlled the chamber with 257 seats. Today they have just over 190.

• In the states, Democrats controlled both chambers of the legislature in 27 states. The GOP controlled just 14. (The rest were split-control, with each party controlling one chamber.) Today, the situation is completely reversed, with GOP controlling 27 states to the Democrats 15. There are more GOP state legislators today than at any time since 1928.

• Democrats controlled the Governor’s mansion in 29 states. Today, they hold the Governor’s office in only 20 states, and will likely lose more this November.

As an aside, these statistics make me wonder why people who have abandoned the GOP don’t get back on the bandwagon. Both parties are primed for a takeover. The GOP is afraid of the Tea Party and the Ron Paul faction. This is no time to quit.


There has been an 8 percent drop in the number of people who identify themselves as Democrats. Democrat voter registration in battle ground states is also down.


So it’s no wonder that the Democrats are busing people — mostly students and members from predominately black churches — from the Charlotte area to fill the 74,000 seat outdoor stadium where President Obama will deliver his acceptance speech.


“Democrats have been fretting for months over whether the president can draw a capacity crowd at Bank of America Stadium. Polls show voter enthusiasm is down, as are Obama’s crowds for his battleground state campaign rallies.”


When so many people see no hope with the GOP, the above statistics should energize true conservatives to strike while the iron is hot. If Romney wins in November, get involved in the political process so you can be a policy maker in the future.


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Democrats set to move Obama’s big speech from 74,000-seater outdoor stadium to 20,000-seater indoor arena

Posted on September 4, 2012 by tfdfblog
By Toby Harnden In Charlotte, North Carolina
Democrats are poised to avoid the danger of President Barack Obama accepting his party’s nomination before a partially-empty stadium by shifting his speech to an indoor arena and citing ‘severe weather’.
The Obama campaign have been working desperately to ensure that the 74,000-seater Bank of America stadium in Charlotte would be filled.
Buses for students from across North Carolina and even members of black churches in neighboring South Carolina have been arranged.

Democrats are poised to avoid the danger of President Barack Obama, pictured on the White House lawn today, accepting his party’s nomination before a partially-empty stadium by shifting his speech to an indoor arena and citing ‘severe weather’

President Barack Obama smiles as supporters applaud during a rally at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia, today before he goes to the DNC



The Bank of America stadium site – which seats 74,000 – where U.S. President Barack Obama WAS set to give his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte


The event: The convention is being held in the Time Warner Cable Arena which begins Tuesday night
Footage of rows of empty seats at the stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers, as Obama speaks on Thursday night would be politically disastrous – an enduring image of the contrast between his campaign of ‘hope’ and ‘change’ in 2008 and his dour, negative struggle for re-election in 2012.
Now, it looks like the weather has come to the President’s rescue.
As officials prepare to open the Democratic convention this afternoon, there are strong indications that the speech will be moved to Time Warner Cable Arena, which has a capacity of just over 20,000.
Speaking at a background briefing for the press, a Democratic official said that the speech would be given in the stadium ‘rain or shine’ before quickly adding a major caveat.


A man uses a plastic trash bag for rain protection at the Carolina Fest street fair, on the eve of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on September 3, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina


Before going to Charlotte for the convention, U.S. President Barack Obama speaks today during a campaign rally at Norfolk University in Norfolk, Virginia

President Obama greets a young well-wisher upon arrival at Naval Air Station in Norfolk, left, and shakes the hand of supporters, right, at the university



Marine One with Barack Obama on board takes off from the South Lawn of the White House on today as Obama leaves for Norfolk, Virginia, to attend a campaign event
‘We do have a contingency plan, though, for lightning or other severe weather,’ he said. ‘We don’t want to put anyone in harm’s way so that’s really what we’re looking for, not if it’s going to rain but if it’s going to be really bad.
‘The reason that we’re not releasing the details on what a move to the arena would mean until that decision is made we don’t want a lot of conflicting information out there.
‘But once that decision is made – if the decision is made – to move, we will make sure all of the details and we want to make sure all of our supporters know exactly what is happening if it changes.’
Another official said that the use of the stadium was being reviewed ‘on an ongoing basis and we’ll keep you informed on any decision’.


First lady Michelle Obama waves on stage during a sound check with stage manager David Cove during preparations for the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena


Campaign workers fold up an Obama banner after a sudden thunderstorm washed out the Carolina Fest street fair, in Charlotte, North Carolina


Democratic convention sources have indicated that the ‘contingency plan’ is at an advanced stage and that a move to the stadium appears certain. Michelle Obama gives an interview after in the Time Warner Cable Arena today

The current Weather Underground forecast for Charlotte on Thursday is: ‘Partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and a chance of rain. High of 93F with a heat index of 99F. Winds from the SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.’
Democratic convention sources have indicated that the ‘contingency plan’ is at an advanced stage and that a move to the stadium appears certain.
‘It looks like a done deal to me,’ said one convention worker. ‘The decision’s apparently been taken and it’s just a matter of spinning it as being forced on us by the weather.’
Convention delegates, party volunteers and Democratic officials gathered in Charlotte would make up about one-third of a crowd in the Bank of America stadium, which officials have said would be 65,000 people.
In 2008, when Obama fever was at its height, the then US Senator had no trouble filling an 84,000-seater outside stadium in Denver, Colorado. But voter enthusiasm has waned this time around.
Obama’s crowds in 2008 were far bigger than in recent months. His largest audience has been 14,000 at a campaign kick-off rally at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio in May.
Some 13,000 people were at Obama’s rally at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado on Sunday.
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