A stadium to match Obama's mile-high hopes
As a sports nut, Barack Obama knows a good taunt when he sees one. His means of choice these days? Cavernous sports venues where he can flaunt his legions.
Last month, Obama picked the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul -- the site of the Republican National Convention in September -- to claim victory in the Democratic nomination race. Today, the Democratic Party announced that Obama will deliver his big Democratic National Convention speech in Denver's INVESCO Field, the Denver Broncos' stadium, instead of the smaller indoor arena that will house the rest of the festivities.
The move will give Obama one heck of a visual in a crucial swing state this fall: a sea of some 75,000 fans, packed into an outdoor football stadium, screaming their heads off for their November hopeful.
"The Democratic Party is nominating a true change candidate this August, and it is only fitting that we make some big changes in how we put on the Convention," Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said in a statement. "Senator Obama's candidacy has generated an enormous amount of excitement and interest, not only in the Democratic Party but also in the 2008 convention. By bringing the last night of the convention out to the people, we will be able to showcase Barack Obama's positive, people-centered vision for our country in a big way."
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, a co-chairwoman of the convention and a potential running mate for Obama, added, "This change in the convention program will allow thousands of first-time participants a chance to take part. I can't think of a better convention finale for our nominee who has made reaching out to voters a hallmark of his campaign."
UPDATE: Matt Burns, the communications director for the Republican National Convention, just released a response. “Not surprisingly, Senator Obama and his fellow Democrats are more focused on stagecraft and theatrics than providing real solutions to the challenges facing our nation," he said. "A change of venue for a speech isn’t the kind of change the American people deserve or expect – and that’s why we’re confident the next president of the United States will be nominated at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.”
Obama is behaving more and more like Der Fuhrer every day. Speeches in
athletic stadiums, a personal presidential faux coat of arms, blather about
"Hope & Change" ( Joseph Goebbels coined that phrase ). What's next?
Midnight rallies & marches with Che Banners & Nike Jackboots? Book
Burnings? Nationalization of Airlines & Oil?
where can we get tickets to Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco field?
I am not the least surprise at the RNC response. Blatant jealousy! They are simply saying, why can't our guy - McCain attracts such huge crowd and excitement.
Go DNC!! Go. You have everything to be pound of. Make good of this moment in history. The world will be watching and the USA will be better for it.
Go Obama! Please visit WhyObama08.org! We NEED Barack Obama to win. We must have a leader who is able to inspire and to change things.
The Obama = Hitler propaganda just highlights how ludicrous and idiotic the rightwing nutjobs have gotten. They've got nothing with McCain, zero, zilch, nada. He can barely fill a senior citizen recreation center in Louisiana, much less a football stadium. Obama is the right man at the right time, and he is full of new ideas. That is why so many people are drawn to him. Go Obama!
THIS JUST IN: ALL POPULAR POLITICIANS ARE NAZIS! FILM AT ELEVEN!
sit down, tom.
McCain will be delivering his speech at a funeral home...oops I mean retirement home. Who the hell wants to watch him speak? Any takers?
Matt Burns RNC comment is childish. How sad that a any campaign would put out comments like this. As a Republican I am embarrased.
I,m still waiting forsome things come out of Sen. Obama,s mouth.Like
"If You found Oil in your back yard what would you sell it for $10.00 PB or market
price Drilling any where will not lower gas prices"
WE need A flat tax Across the board of !0% of all gross
0r WE need inercountry work projects Like CVC CC or some common cause
ie. American bridges,Roads, Highways ETC.
Anyone who hasn't seen the 'cult' of Obama supporters is too drunk on the Kool-aid themselves. The fact he is having a 'mass rally' in a sports stadium is scary as hell. Maybe his staff is too young to have heard of Albert Speer.
Sorry, but the fact that he wants to hold a free event for the public to attend is a sign of his campaign's openness. The fact that his campaign website is maintaining an open dialogue with supporters who detest his new position on the FISA bill and immunity for telco shows that he isn't going to be a closed-door President like W. and McSame.
Your arguments that his accepting the nomination in a free, large-capacity venue is just serving his ego are just silly; you're just ashamed McSame can't get 75k people in one place to support him.
"a sea of some 75,000 fans, packed into an outdoor football stadium, screaming their heads off for their November hopeful."
What are you talking about? More like thousands of FORMER Dems screaming in OUTRAGE! This is NOT a "nomination" - it's a rigged selection. Nanci Pelosi introduced Obama as "our next President" in November 2007! The DNC & Axelrod have been planning this for years. That's why this is so scary: our country has no semblance of demcracy, and people are so gullible and misinformed they go along with the mountain of propaganda heaped onto them!
NOBAMA NO WAY! SHAME ON THE DNC!!
Please send two tickets for Obama Rally at Mile High Stadium!
Bill Oshima
923 Lincoln
Las Vegas, NM 87701
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