This is almost entirely, a picture thread from tonight's rally with Barack Obama and Al Gore.
Update: Widths fixed.
Wow. I just got back from the Joe Louis Arena in Downtown Detroit, where a rally in front of 22,000+ took place, and where our last Democratically elected President, Al Gore, endorsed Barack Obama.
It was awesome. And I've got pictures! Enjoy!
We show up there, and the line stretches all the way down the river walk as far as I could see, probably over a mile.
Here's a quick view across the Detroit River of Windsor, Ontario. Yeah, we're that close to Canada.
But we weren't trying to wait in that line, so we walked to the front of the line, and cut. Saved about an hour at least.
So we get inside, and get to the floor area in front of the stage. I'm like 20 feet away from the podium. Good times!
The Joe Louis Arena fills up and they start passing out signs. I snapped these couple of pics of the cutest little Obama supporter there.
Heck, even Detroit Piston's Chauncy Billups came out to warm up the crowd.
Then our Governor, Jennifer Granholm came up, spoke a few, before introducing the men of the hour. We have quite the foxy Governor.
Then, the Barack and Al come to the stage.
And then Al Gore gives a wonderful speech in support of Obama. And Obama listens in attentively.
Now it's Barack's turn. You know how everyone says this guy is even better in person than on TV, well that is a huge understatement. Obama lit the place on fire.
And, of course, I catch him blinking as he points out to the crowd.
Now, this picture, you might ask, why the hell post it? Well, it's because it's the shot I snapped while shaking Barack Obama's hand!!! I also got the opportunity to shake Al Gore's hand right after. So I shook the last man Democratically elected President, and the next man to be President.
All in all, it was a wonderful time and the energy and excitement was just awesome. If any of you ever have Obama visiting your town, go see him. It's truly a memorable experience.
And that's all for tonight from Detroit, Barack City!