This diary wont have alot of links or facts with substance.. Im basically excited that I finally got to see Obama...had an exceptionally great experience, and wanted to share it with you all..
SEPTEMPBER 17TH 2008 LAS VEGAS NEVADA
Got there at 9 am expecting to see a line but we were actually the second people to show up. It got real hot around noon..face got sunburnt. They had all the tshirts you could imagine..as well as pins. Met a lot of coool people while waiting...
Met an older black woman named JJ, 81 yo and volunteers for the Obama Campaign..she was a cutie and had all kinds of health ailments but still GOTV daily...she kept going for walks while she waited..slow walks..but walks.
Then I met a older white lady named Ruth who traveled all the way from Atlanta georgia with her partner Marilynn..She kept us entertained and laughing...she was extremely outspoken and blunt. We talked a lot about Sarah Palin, cracked a lot of jokes... :-/
First table that showed up was with tons of cute Obama shirts..cops made them move off the property because they didnt have a temp. license to be there...more shirts came and more pins..then water and sodas..then after a long wait in the sun we got in at 2:30..we were all kinda pissed off and short with the volunteers that were sposed to be in charge...
I guess it was the sun..
finally when I got in..my face was RED from the heat..(I dont get red that easy)
After sitting down a cloud came thru and rained on us for about 15 min...
I felt like it was Gods way (or whatever you believe in) of cooling us off..cause the sun was still out and clear sky..kinda beautiful.
Then at around 6..Obama came out..and if you didnt listen to the speech PLEASE listen..cause he actually hit McCain pretty hard....the headline on the newspaper the next day was "Obama Comes Out Swingin"!..
One thing I did learn was that Nevada is not an Obama state..had one SECRET SERVICE mock Ruth for coming all the way from Atlanta to see Obama..and another cop ask us why I would come from Sacramento to see Obama..for some reason he got mad and walked off saying some things under his breath...
So if you can, if your anywhere near Las Vegas, Nevada..and if it's possible..and you can GOTV..please do!
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT