I Saw Obama For The Third Time In Lancaster, PA Today (large pics)

[JimGinPA]

I volunteered to work at the Obama rally in Lancaster. They asked me to escort small groups to the VIP section they had in front of the stage. I was the first non-media person through security at the press gate.




Suzanne Malveaux (from CNN) ready to be wanded



How she looked on air

It was kind of a strange set up for a rally, there was a little picnic area in the front for the VIP's (where I was on the list!) and the 15,000 people that came to see him were all to the right of the stage or behind the press area.



Some of the volunteers from my region



Mayor Gray warming up the crowd

Right before Obama arrived someone from the campaign selected a few of us "to be the face of the campaign" and moved us behind the stage, so I didn't take any pictures of Obama speaking (they asked us not to) but one of the Lancaster City Council Members is supposed to email some that he took from right next to where I sitting at first that I'll post later.

I did take a few shots of Obama though...












Some random photos;



Senator Casey introduced him here again, and later posed for me



I noticed a little while into Obama's speech that Sen. Casey was sitting near me, right in front of an Amish man



Linda Douglass, former reporter now working as a press liaison for the campaign



An autographed book for one of my friends



Tight security around the event



I spoke to Major Garrett (from Fox) after the event



We parked a couple blocks away and saw a lot of Obama signs, but this "art work" was special



Another great speech, another great event I was glad to be a part of.

[Barack_America]

1. Just beautiful.

Thanks for sharing.

And that's probably the best picture of Senator Casey I've ever seen!

[liberalmuse]

2. Great pics!

Thanks! I watched the speech earlier on DKos. It made me feel better about the way Obama is continuing to run the campaign.

[elkston]

3. Thank you for the photos. Suzanne Malveaux is super-hot. n/t

[bigwillq]

4. Awesome pics!

:bounce:

[Motown_Johnny]

5. How early do you show up for these rallies? I stood in line for over 3.5 hours monday and could not

get in to see him.

I was there a little after 8:00am, gates opened at 8:30 and event scheduled to start at 11:00. He got on stage at about 11:37 and that is when I gave up.

(disappointed)

[MadrasT]

14. I was in line for almost 3 hours at this event (Lancaster) today

and I couldn't get in either. I did meet some great people, get two new t-shirts, and walked around back and got to see Barack entering the venue. Was glad to see so many people turn out, though! :woohoo:

[JimGinPA]

20. Yeah, You Have To Get There A Few Hours Before The Gates Open...

He's a huge draw. The Mayor of Lancaster & his wife were both Obama delegates at the convention, and he said they were in line nearly four hours to get in last Thursday for his acceptance speech.

[pleah]

6. K&R Those are amazing photos!

:yourock:

[Libby2]

7. Very nice, thank you!

[Deb]

8. thanks for sharing!

I hope Sen Obama got to see that sweet easel, it rocks.

[Beaverhausen]

9. Wonderful pics. and I do love the "artwork" in the last one

Does Obama have a million watt smile or what?

[MichDem10]

10. Sweet! What did Garret have to say?

[JimGinPA]

13. He Asked Me My Name...

And started to introduce himself and I told him I knew who he was. I said I thought he was one of the more "fair & balanced" reporters from Fox and he thanked me and told me he really made an effort to be. It was a pleasant conversation...

[WA98296]

11. Thanks!

[JerseygirlCT]

12. Oh thanks for those!

(I went to school there... it's nice to see it again!)

I saw some on the livestream - at least when that dorky local reporter wasn't talking over the speech and didn't have the camera on himself!

[alcibiades_mystery]

15. HOLY SHIT!!!! Obama is the Zodiac Killer!

:rofl:

[Blue_Roses]

16. great pics! I so envy you...

living in a state where the leaves are already turning. I live in Texas and our leaves go from green to dead:eyes:

Once again, beautiful...:)

[philk17088]

17. Lancaster rally

I was there Jim.
Awesome crowd Did you get to see how long the line was to get in?
THis is definetly right wing country and the crowd was enormous. The majority of them couldn't get in but hung out in the park anyway!

[JimGinPA]

19. Yeah, The Mayor Told Me As Many As 5000 Didn't Get In...

It was a weird set up.

[MadrasT]

23. I grew up in Lancaster

...my parents still live there, I'm one county over now... but I remember when my dad was one of eight democrats in our entire township. There are a few more than that today, thankfully!!!

[JimGinPA]

26. They Said We've Registerred Over 20,000 New Democrats Here Since The Convention...

The tide may be turning... They also said we made over 72,000 phone calls in PA last Friday - McSame's 72nd birthday. B-)

[BumRushDaShow]

18. w00t! Great picks and thanks for posting!

YAY for Lancaster...

Love, Philly!

:applause:

[Cha]

21. Our Fearless Leader in JimGinPA

territory! How much fun did you have today taking all those pics for us and posterity?!

Yeah, I can't wait to see those "face of the campaign" and Obama pics!

[Kukesa]

22. I remember all the hard work you did for Obama

during the Primary and you're still at it.

You're a hero in my eyes.

Thank you from the bottom of my liberal, bleeding heart.

[stillcool]

24. thank you!

[AnnieBW]

25. Hubby and I were just in Lancaster over the weekend!

Shit... we could have stayed a few extra days! :( Well, probably not, but we could have at least driven up there to see him!

[AnnieBW]

27. Hubby and I were just in Lancaster over the weekend!

Shit... we could have stayed a few extra days! :( Well, probably not, but we could have at least driven up there to see him!

[roguevalley]

28. he's such a youthful looking kid person, our Barack. :)

[JimGinPA]

29. A Local Station Has Video Of Today's Rally, If Anyone Is Interested

http://cfc.whtm.com/videoondemand.cfm?id=22073

[JimGinPA]

30. Dupe

[JimGinPA]

31. Update...

I was on all the local news reports last night. You could see me clearly right behind Obama.

[grantcart]

32. great job