Don't think their kneepads don't say "Obama '08" on them?...
Check this out...Bigass crowd I'd say...
Obama Draws Huge Crowd in Oregon as Clinton Courts Kentucky
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Senator Barack Obama drew the largest crowd of his campaign so far on Sunday, addressing an estimated 75,000 people who had gathered here on the banks of the Willamette River.
Wow! Wow! Wow!” were his first words as he surveyed the multitude, which included people in kayaks and small pleasure craft on the river on an unseasonably hot day in Oregon.
It is “fair to say this is the most spectacular setting for the most spectacular crowd” of his campaign, he told the audience. His wife and daughters, who have been with him most of the weekend, joined him on the stage at the beginning of the event but left as he was about to speak.
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Now remember...The headline says "Obama draws huge crowd" and the first sentence of the article reads "Senator Barack Obama drew the largest crowd of his campaign so far on Sunday"...
But was that REALLY the reason everyone showed up...
(I'll give you a hint...The answer rhymes with "Dell Mo!")...
Now let's see the REAL reason for such a crowd...
The Decemberists, Barack Obama Team for PDX Rally
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And look who's arrived to give Obama the extra push he needs to get on the ballot in November. Why, it's none other than those kings and queens of the month after, the Decemberists!
Singin' Colin Meloy, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query, and recent solo-flyer John Moen will join the Obama-non himself for a free rally at the Bowl at Portland's Waterfront Park this Sunday, May 18. Gates open at 12:30 p.m. PDX time. For more info and RSVP details, head here.
Apart from this bit of politicking, the Decemberists have only one other show coming up: a sweater-tuggers' love-in with Death Cab for Cutie and Rogue Wave in Bend, Oregon later this month.
Obamaists:
05-18 Portland, OR - The Bowl at Waterfront Park (Barack Obama Rally) *
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So now we find that this was ALSO a free concert played by the
Decemberists, which is a major label band who hails from?...You got it!...Portland, Oregon!...
Now I have NO problem with having a band coming out for their candidate and holding a free show...
What I DO have a problem with is when the media DOESN'T REPORT IT and tells the public that the ONLY reason there were 75,000 in the park that day was Obama and NOT that there was a free concert held by a popular hometown band...
