Hey everyone,
I am back on the Barack bandwagon.
Believe it or not- he came to Bend over the weekend. The last time a presidential nominee came to Bend was Bobby Kennedy over 40 years ago. This was my second time seeing him, the first being in Phoenix at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Three things stood out:
1... it was crazy to be no more than 100 feet from Obama (we were in a local high school gymnasium).
2... he took questions from the audience at the end. Speaking to us like we were adults- giving us long, hard answers as opposed to short rallying, sound bytes to please the crowd. This approach was very different from when Bill Clinton spoke at the local high school a few weeks back (which I went to as well)- he was slick with his sound byte-esque answers, seemingly speaking to us like we were children in need of coddling.
3... It was very different from Phoenix in January. Although the speech was similar, the whole morning with Obama seemed tired- I think everyone in the room including Barack felt as though it was ridiculous that the primary was not over.
2 comments:
It's good to have you back on the wagon, friend.
Edwards is expected to endorse the big man within the next hour. Getting close!
I am so jealous you got to hear the man speak and be so close. What an awesome opportunity.
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