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Obama Brings The 4th Tier Crowd

Author | joe | Posted on | June 6, 2008 | 19 Comments

What an interesting confluence of events.

Just as it is announced that a representative from a third-world kleptrocacy is going to visit Virginia’s Prince William County to investigate the citizens’ efforts to enforce the rule of law regarding illegal aliens, many of whom hail from the kleptrocacy in question, presidential candidate Barack Obama holds a public “rally” in the same jurisdiction.
So how did that go?

The presumptive Democratic nominee drew more than 10,000 people to a late afternoon rally at Nissan Pavilion and spent the morning courting voters in coal country at a town hall meeting in southwest Virginia.

As Virtucon notes, the “10,000″ number is highly questionable. In reality, the actual turnout at the northern Prince William County location was probably barely above 5,000 people.

But granting the benefit of the doubt: Today’s Barack Obama big, “10,000 attendee”, public event in Prince William County was a tad below superstar status. To say the least. Nissan technically can handle 25,000 attendees.

A comparable recent event was POISON / RATT, Date: July 29, 2007 – 8,696 attendees

I think the most recent incarnation of the Four Tops would have been able to exceed 15,000 attendees. And as a matter of fact I will be at Nissan in two days where I strongly believe Tom Petty will just about fill the little arena up.

So the Barack Obama juggernaut is presently at the POISON / RATT level of public acceptance. No small potatoes, I grant you. But Obama is far from a compelling figure in Northern Virginia at this point.

UPDATE: Man would I love to take Barack on a neighborhood tour of Sterling. (More to come in the days ahead – it is related to the above).

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19 Responses to “Obama Brings The 4th Tier Crowd”

  1. tom
    June 6th, 2008 @ 5:48 am

    20 years ago I would’ve been first in line to the Ratt show. I understand your point here, but to put this in perspective, when has John McCain been able to draw 5,000 supporters to a location on the very edge of the suburbs in the middle of rush hour traffic in 90 degree heat? Or any politician in America, ever?

  2. Rock Star Barack Hussein Obama fails to sell the show | Scott's Morning Brew
    June 6th, 2008 @ 6:01 am

    [...] who says it’s embarrassing.  Black Velvet Bruce Li calls the show underwhelming and Novatownhall calls the crowd 4th [...]

  3. G. Stone
    June 6th, 2008 @ 7:51 am

    I was at the Obama event. I was the middle aged white guy holding up my lighter yelling, Freebird.

  4. Laura V
    June 6th, 2008 @ 8:30 am

    Greg – are you really middle aged, or are you being generous to yourself?

  5. Cathymac
    June 6th, 2008 @ 8:54 am

    Just like 40 is like 30 now, the definition of “middle aged” can fluctuate over time.

  6. BREAKING: Obama Event In PWC Fails To Attract Predicted Numbers!!! « Virginia Virtucon
    June 6th, 2008 @ 9:58 am

    [...] BVBL calls Obama’s event “underwhelming.”  NOVA Townhall refers to it as “fourth-tier,” drawing about the same turnout as the RATT / Poison concert held at the same venue last [...]

  7. Joe Budzinski
    June 6th, 2008 @ 11:07 am

    Hey, thanks to science 50 is the new 25. Party on, dudes.

  8. ACTivist
    June 6th, 2008 @ 11:44 am

    Shakespear was the middle ages.

  9. Loudoun Insider
    June 6th, 2008 @ 2:47 pm

    I thought they were expecting 50,000? These dumbasses hyped this event up making exaggerated claims like the 50k, and are now trying to spin the (overly generous estimate) “10,000″ turn out to be massive.

    To those who remember Nino Greasemenelli – a “massive” indeed is what I would call this event.

  10. jacob
    June 6th, 2008 @ 3:02 pm

    LI,
    Leave the ‘massive’ on Bustamante’s front porch, so Greg won’t have to.

  11. Joe Budzinski
    June 6th, 2008 @ 3:46 pm

    I miss Nino, that’s for sure.

  12. 10 feet tall and Bulletproof
    June 6th, 2008 @ 11:35 pm

    He’s BACK, you know. He doesn’t have his morning slot, but hes’ back.
    As for Ratt and Poison….ANY DAY OF THE WEEK before I’d acknowledge Petty or even contemplate paying to see him.
    Ratt’s lead guitar lived in El Paso at the same time I did.

  13. Joe Budzinski
    June 6th, 2008 @ 11:36 pm

    Where is he back? They had Nino on that am station for awhile but I thought it disappeared.

  14. Linda B
    June 7th, 2008 @ 8:42 am

    10 … Ratt? Bleh. I paid for the tix and am the big TP fan in the house (though I’m pretty sure Joe is secretly elated to be seeing Stevie Winwood tomorrow night).

  15. Loudoun Insider
    June 7th, 2008 @ 10:23 am

    BTW, I just got the second Crossroads Guitar Festival DVD and was completely surprised at Stevie Winwood’s guitar chops. A great DVD – he and Clapton doing Traffic tunes is worth the price alone.

  16. Joe Budzinski
    June 7th, 2008 @ 5:08 pm

    I’m psyched for the Traffic stuff, that’s for sure. It will be worth getting baked alive for.

  17. ACTivist
    June 7th, 2008 @ 9:47 pm

    DC101. Saturday mornings. Still ignorant as ever.

  18. Joe Budzinski
    June 7th, 2008 @ 10:33 pm

    Nino ignorant??? Occasionally has major lapses of judgement, yes. But not ignorant. Thanks for filling me in I was certain he was totally off the air.

  19. 10 feet tall and Bulletproof
    June 8th, 2008 @ 10:41 am

    Joe, all chickens come home to roost. This is Farm 101.
    :rolleyes:

    ;-)

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