Sarah Palin draws 60,000 people in Florida!
Posted by Carlos C. on Monday, September 22nd, 2008 at 12:25 am
Part of the article states:
The Villages, a vast, upscale planned community north of Orlando, has about 70,000 mostly adult residents — many of them military retirees — who vote reliably Republican in statewide races. Tens of thousands inched along roads into the picturesque town square of the complex, where they stood in sweltering heat for about four hours as local GOP officials and a country band revved up the crowd.
“Sa-Rah! Sa-Rah!” they chanted at every mention of her name, applauding loudly and waiving tiny American flags that were distributed — along with free water bottles — by local volunteers. The fire chief estimated the crowd at 60,000.
Admiring throngs mobbed the Palin family’s arrival and departure, snapping souvenir pictures. Autograph seekers thrust campaign signs, caps with the McCain-Palin logo and copies of magazines with her face on their covers, and the Palins responded warmly.
There are estimates that Sarah Palin’s crowd was close to 75,000 people, though other lower estimates show the crowd was only 25,000 people. However, Sarah Palin outshines all other political figures that have visited Florida, including Barack Obama, who drew in 20,000 Floridians. Joe Biden drew, at most, 2,000 people during his four campaign stops in Florida. Back in 2004, President Bush only drew 15,000 people at The Villages.
Thank you for visiting Florida, Sarah! Come back soon!
Check out more pictures of Sarah Palin’s rally at Pereiraville.com and Bakerstreet.
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