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DU reports from the Democratic National Convention, August 25-28 2008
Posted by Ava in General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009)
Fri Aug 29th 2008, 02:16 AM
I waited three hours to get into the final day of the Democratic National Convention... and it was worth it.

Words simply cannot describe how absolutely amazing today was. Just the amount of people there to support the campaign was unbelievable, but the enthusiasm and excitement of everyone there was touching, inspiring, and amazing. There's that word again - amazing. I'll be using it a lot in this blog post. I'm not sure if the television appropriately showed the size of the crowd there today. Even hours before Obama spoke, the stadium was almost completely full, and by the time it was time for the Next President of the United States to speak it was completely full.

Everyone gave great speeches, but no one could top Barack Obama tonight. Every time he takes the stage he give a damn good speech, and tonight was no exception. Simply amazing... not just his speech either. The crowd response was out of this world. People were on their feet cheering through out his speech. It was simply a phenomenal experience. There were many speakers today, and while of course Obama stood out there were some others that also gave speeches that fired up the crowd. Al Gore, Dick Durbin, Bill Richardson, and Joe Biden all got the crowd on their feet numerous times.

Security was tight, and there were 75,000 people in attendance, so of course the line was long. I got to the field at about 2:30. I got into the stadium at about 5:45. A long long long long wait in a long long long line, but very very very worth it.

I would post more, but I really can't describe it in any other way than absolutely amazing. I'm sure that tomorrow morning I'll have more to add. Until then I'll leave you with the photos I took, and I took plenty of them today!

View them at these two links:
Part 1 - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2854...
Part 2 - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2855...


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