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MCCAIN’S TOWN HALL MEETING IN ST. PAUL
By Michael B. Brodkorb | June 19, 2008
I’m attending U.S. Senator John McCain’s town hall meeting tonight at the Landmark Center in St. Paul as a blogger. This event is for undecided voters to ask questions and I look forward to attending and observing the event. I am not an undecided voter, therefore I won’t be participating in the event. I will hopefully be able to live-blog at the event so check back to Minnesota Democrats Exposed later tonight for updates.
In a related matter, I’ll add that I about fell out of my chair due to laughter as I read on MN Publius that Senator Obama’s campaign used Senator John Kerry to attack McCain for flip-flopping on energy policy. Kerry is Mr. Flip-Flop and for Obama’s campaign to use him to attack McCain is absolutely ridiculous.
8:15 p.m.: The event is over – it was wonderful. I’ll have more later tonight on Minnesota Democrats Exposed.
8:05 p.m.: Senator McCain just got asked about his practice of “straight-talk” and telling people what they don’t want to hear. The questioner asked McCain to tell us some things we don’t want to hear. It was a tough – but fair question.
7:51 p.m.: I have lost CoveritLive. I’ll be providing updates directly on this post.
Senator McCain answers a question at his town hall meeting in St. Paul.
Governor Pawlenty talks about health-care in response to a question.
6:56 p.m.: My NARN colleague Ed Morrissey of Hot Air is live-blogging the event.
6:46 p.m.: I have a wonderful seat next to Gary Miller from Truth vs. The Machine and Race 4 2008.
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June 19th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
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June 19th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Seems like a mostly Caucasian audience grouping.
June 19th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Typical lib race baiting and class warfare comment el prez. I know division politics is all that you have though.
I guess McCain should have tossed a few Muslims in head wear in there to even up the ones that Barrack tossed out of his background pic. But I’m not keeping score on the percentages of race and sex and religious affiliation and sexual preference of all those in attendance at a town meeting… who would?
Honestly, do we really have to consider the crowds that candidates have and why would that matter??? Dumb and sad. I’d vote to impeach El Prez.
June 20th, 2008 at 4:33 am
[approximate site counts]
Top picture = about 22 whites
2nd picture = about 100 white (difficult to see)
3rd picture = about 40; 39 whites, 1 blk
4th picture = about 58; 56 whites, perhaps 2 minorities
June 20th, 2008 at 4:36 am
It matters somewhat to me, and it matters somewhat to many other people.
Where you somewhat observant if you watched the Lakers vs Celtics?
June 20th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Of course it matters to you, “el p”. Democrats always reach their conclusions based upon external factors such as race, gender, ethnicity, economic status.
To judge a person upon the merits of their behavior and actions is just too much work, and may conflict with the Democrat belief that they are superior to most everyone else.
It’s called cognitive dissonance…look it up.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Here’s a silly question: what kept untold numbers of blacks, hispanics, gays and Pacific Islanders from attending? Were they barred from the premises? Does Minnesota have a majority minority population that should have been better represented?
Before anyone complains about John McCain attracting white votes, shouldn’t you complain about Barack attracting 95% of the black vote? If they would get “undecided” about Barack, some of them could come to the McCain rally, I’m sure.
June 20th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Big-time dittos Swiftee! It is so sad and unfortunate for our great country that people put such an emphasis on race. Americans have no control over what they look like when they are born, but they do have control over how they are going to develop their character and their intellect. I will not vote for Obama because of his Most-Liberal Senator Status, the shady characters he has associated with in the past, and because of his lack of substantive initiatives in his speeches, etc. (although I have to give him some kudos for his recent speech emphasizing the need for fathers to raise the children that they take the time to sire). I would vote for Thomas Sowell in a heart-beat!!
God Bless America
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Lots of empty chairs… I guess the crickets needed somewhere to perch.
October 4th, 2008 at 12:05 am
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