Geee Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Breitbart: Barack Obama launched his campaign in unspectacular fashion today at Ohio State University, the largest college in the crucial swing state. A photo posted to twitter by Mitt Romney's campaign spokesman Ryan Williams reveals sparse attendance. The above image, according to Williams, was taken during the President's first official campaign speech. During the speech, Obama ripped into the presumptive GOP nominee and discussed nation building at home, but the most newsworthy item of the day was not the talking points Obama delivered: it was the crowd... or lack thereof. According to ABC News, the Obama campaign had expected an "overflow" of people. Instead, the arena looked half-empty. The Columbus Dispatch reports that Obama organizers even had people move from the seats to the floor of the gym in order to project a larger crowd on television. According to the Toledo Blade, the venue for Obama's rally seats 20,000 but "there were a lot of empty seats." Comparatively, Obama drew a crowd of 35,000 at Ohio State when he campaigned for former Governor Ted Strickland in 2010. The official Barack Obama Tumblr boasts a figure from ThinkProgress that 14,000 attended the event--70% of the stadium's seating capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 If ThinkProgress gave the figure of 14,000, it was probably 7000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 He's speaking at the AF Academy graduation this year. Fortunately I don't have to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Obama is the speaker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Obama is the speaker? Yup. The military academies take turns getting the president as speaker for their graduation. This year it's AF's turn. He won't be able to talk about their debt percentage. Now that I think about it, I wonder what his subject will be.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Obama is the speaker? So to speak. He will read what others wrote from a teleprompter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 drones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raygun Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 The import of the title of this thread is interesting. When's the last time it happen that a presidential candidate stumpin' had nobody show up? CLUE: not all that long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evad Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 From Hope n Change to.. We are all Victims. Onward and downward into the abyss, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltbag Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Karl Heinrich Marx - Born 5 May 1818 Perfect day to launch his campaign. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 @Geee "OBAMA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN IN EMPTY ARENA " Gosh, I hate to see that. Just think what it will do to The 666 Won's delicate psyche. He might get upset and give another hundred million dollars away to some Islamo fascist supporters or Envirowackos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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