I just got back from a rally in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania's basketball stadium/gym (The Palestra). I usually lurk or comment on existing diaries, so this is the first time I've posted one myself. Please bear with me, but I wanted to put up some photos that show how fired up Philly and our local college students (and others) are for President Obama. The picture quality isn't great b/c I was using my phone, but you can get a sense of how many people came out to see President Clinton speak!
Everyone was fired up and excited to see the former president! Doors opened at 4:00 for an event that started at maybe 5:30 with Clinton's speech starting a little after 6 (I think, I was watching the speech, not my watch!)
I couldn't get there until about 3:45. By that time, the line was out the door, 1 block down, around the corner, another block down and then halfway over the South Street Bridge (which runs over the Schuylkill river), and THEN amazingly looped around and started in the other direction.
Just for reference, the event site is past the football stadium (brown building on the right) then another block north. The right side is going forwards, and the people on the left are actually further back in line waiting to loop around and come back. There were that many people!
More photos and description below!
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