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Obama fans touch the hand of the man

Posted by Jason Tuohey October 17, 2008 02:40 PM


By Scott LaPierre
Globe Staff

Several Obama supporters at Thursday's rally in Londonderry, N.H., expressed childlike glee (OK, so one was an actual child) at having come within inches of their political hero. Colin Oskar of Wilmington, Ma., compared the experience to seeing an IMAX movie, "getting that close to something you're really aiming for."

Other Granite Staters we spoke to detailed difficulties of being Democrat in Republican pockets of New Hampshire. Joe Perry of Chester, N.H., said, "progressives are afraid sometimes to admit it," and said his Obama signs are routinely removed from his front yard.

Get a taste of the rally in the video above.

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Joe Plumber didn't seem to excited to be touched by Obama...

Posted by AequitasVeritas October 17, 08 02:54 PM
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Maybe Joe, who isn't really a, plumber isn't excited. But, seems that more Americans are excited about an Obama presidency than a McCain one.

Posted by Brian October 17, 08 05:01 PM
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Anyone should be thrilled to be touched by the Messiah, no?

Posted by McCain4Eva October 17, 08 07:24 PM
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Bye, bye McCain.....nice hearing about all your crazy half-baked ideas to "save us". Thanks also for suspending your campaign to save the economy. Maybe you can tell your grandkids how you picked the worst VP candidate in history and if they ask you for reasons why, you can say "I'll gave to get ya some and get back to ya".

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