A dozen supporters greeted her? Her soap opera-esque family was probably bigger than that.
The McCain-Palin camp had scheduled her airport landing to be a rally and a dozen people showed up.
We had as many "Palin's Not Wanted in West Virginia" rallies as Palin had supporters.
So let's compare. We get the glass shattering Hillary Clinton stumping in Charleston for Anne Barth and Barack Obama. We get the McCain's Hate Talk Express hitting the state and fleeing as quickly as possible.
Like the song says, Hit the road Sarah. And don't ya come back no more no more no more no more.
I should give Sarah Palin credit where credit is due. She did fire up the rallies - for Obama.
Palin's stop in West Virginia, her first since becoming John McCain's running mate, spurred several impromptu weekend Obama rallies. One drew about 100 people Sunday outside the United Mine Workers' Charleston district office.
I heard the crowd was 150.
Here's WCHS TV out of Charleston's story:
Governor Sarah Palin's short stop in the Mountain State left a lot of people in the Charleston area, with a less than admiring outlook on the Republican Duo.
About 100 people gathered Sunday afternoon at the United Mine Workers Headquarters for a rally in support of the Obama Biden ticket. They say Palin and McCain's apparent lack of interest in the Mountain State is enough to sway their vote. Supporters of Obama say they want to see our mine workers and other working class people get the respect they deserve. Democratic supporters say they think Obama will be able to fix the economy and improve healthcare for everyone.
So hit the road, Sarah. And don't ya come back here no more.
And to end on a positive note, here's Sen. Hillary Clinton in Charleston from Saturday where she stumped for Sen. Barack Obama and Anne Barth for Congress.
Photo by our own One Citizen.
Update
If you're in the Martinsburg area:
From an email:
I just found out that Shelley Moore Capito is to be in Martinsburg on Monday, October 13 at 3:00 p.m. She is to visit the Newberry Center on Queen St. (beside DeFluris, the chocolate shop). I thought that some of Anne Barth's supporters might want to welcome her.
I'd think a lot of people would want to see her. It's so rare she's in the district outside of her country club. I'm sure she'd love to hear from constituents from other than her conference call "town hall" meetings where the questions and invitees are carefully screened so that she doesn't have the opportunity to hear from regular constituents.
Update
If you can, head to the Campaign for Change office on S. Queen Street across from Capito's HQ for a sign wave from 3 to 5 p.m.
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