A crowd estimated by police to number 100,000 came out to an Obama rally in St. Louis, MO today. Standing before the crowd, Obama said, "What a magnificent sight. All I can say is, wow!" The sea of supporters collected under the St. Louis Gateway Arch the nation's tallest monument. The rally doesn't rival his largest, 200,000 in Berlin, but beats the 84,000 who heard him give his acceptance speech at the convention in August.
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At this stage of the campaign this must be heartening for him to see.
1That's alot of damn people.
2How come when he comes to my area, there is only room for like 4000 and I have to wait in line for 2 hours just to be turned away but when he goes to other places, tens of thousands can see him?
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Go Obama!! 
4I would really like to see some even reporting around here.
5Everyone attack me now, as per usual.
6He's quite a human being to be able to stand in front of all of those people and be willing and able to offer some solutions in this awful economic and military climate. I give Barack credit for that. I would have a panic attack with that sea of people. Not because of the speech, just because some people are so hateful.
7im voting for obama and all but it kinda scares me that people are flocking to see some millionaire politician speak and i dont think its just obama. i think republicans and democrats are putting all their cards into their respective candidates for "change" when they should be looking at themselves for it.
8That is the most sensible thing I have read on this site in awhile!
9GS- I am waiting for you to say that they only showed up for free bree and a rock concert.
10They were giving out brie? I'm there!
11Even reporting? Isn't your homegirl citizen a McCain supporter. I could understand if there was 3 Obama supporters but it's even. You need to talk to her about what she writes.
12I am commenting on her thread, no?
13oops I meant beer
14lol, I knew what you meant gits, just playing along!
15I haven't heard "homegirl" in a while. Very refreshing.
16Well I guess I'm confused, what's the problem.
17I'm not wild about crowds that big. Even to see the messiah, I'd probably opt out.
18Organic, I got to represent.
19Well, I hear that wadewifey.
20Fluterrpie: as Barack says: "Be the change you want to see in the world"
21I'm doing my part. But I dont think any politician whether he/she's president or holding any other public office will literally change my life.
However, I am able to look back on the past 8 years and see how much worse things have gotten.
Barack N Roll.
They sure as heck can change your life by say, raising your taxes, implementing universal healthcare, etc. And how has your life been directly effected by something attributed to Bush? Not congress, not a state thing, but the president himself.
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Universal healthcare! 
23I thought Mother Theresa was the one that said "be the change you want to see in the world"
hoped obama credited his source!!
24That's change you can xerox.
25OMG -- that's amazing!!
26it was gandhi that said "be the change" not mother theresa or barack, although those could be the words they live by.....
27"i think republicans and democrats are putting all their cards into their respective candidates for "change" when they should be looking at themselves for it."
Awesome flutterpie - perfectly said!!!
28I loved it too Le Etiana.
29Wow that's awesome! Go Obama!
30>I would really like to see some even reporting around here.
I'm just honestly curious about what you mean by that. Is it just that this story is being reported? I just don't get it since pretty much every major newspaper has a story about this record crowd.
(And I feel ridiculous for having to say this, but I also feel like it's necessary to make it clear I mean it as an honest, sincere question and am not trying to be antagonizing.)
31Actually, upon a second read, it seems like there's a subtle dig, mentioning the crowd in Berlin. I recall quite a few people being upset about his European trip and what value we place on the support of Europeans generally.
32>I would really like to see some even reporting around here.
This is like the second or third time I have heard that complaint from you ("Where's citizen"). Last week there was nothing but negative stories about Obama -- good grief -- us libs need positive stories too
33When 100,000 people in the midwest go to see a candidate, it's pretty certain that they're not just there to tell him to change things for them.
34I went to see him, and waited hours, once I didn't get in and the second time I got in very close to the stage and not because the is he hotter then the Jonas Brothers or bigger than Hannah Montana, but because win or lose this is a HUGE moment in history and I wanted to see it. I think many people go for that reason as well, a lot of the folks around us came with teens and children wanting to show them this historic moment.
I don't think Obama's perfect (far from it actually) and all the people there don't go there to worship him - many are there to experience the time, the event, and he's the lucky guy who gets to be the catalyst of the iconic moment.
35Well said, Z. I don't really get how the he's-too-popular line of reasoning got started. How awful for people to be excited to see a leader in their country!
36that is a great crowd. although the photo above is not in st.louis.
37it is taken place at the liberty memorial (one of the few ww1 memorials in our country) in kansas city, with the downtown in the background. born and raised in st.louis, lived in kc for years... the liberty memorial photographs the expanse of people more successfully than the arch image perhaps.
I was there and it was wonderful, not only where there people on the Arch grounds that was sectioned off for the rally there were thousands more off to the sides were the lakes and trees are that couldn't get in. The expected crowd was suppose to be around 50,000 but obviously we surpassed that. The line to get in was all the way to the Eads bridge.
The crowd was beautiful, it looked like the United States of America and the feeling/vibe was just glorious, it's so hard to put into words, but it was a nice feeling to feel.
A local school teacher name Ken Morrison (I think) introduced Barack.
Agree with libbytaylor123 the above picture is KC not STL, there are pictures that show the expanse of the crowd in STL a little better (St. Louis Post Dispatch has some great photos). And Yay to Kansas City for the 75,000 Obama rally. Go Missouri! Go Midwest!
38That's definitely KC. My daughter was at Liberty Memorial to hear him speak last night and the speech was basically the same as the one he gave in St. Louis. McCain's going to be in KC on Monday.
39well i guess it's showing that people are still behind him, and granted st. louis is a big venue/city for his appearance. i wonder how things are going to continue to build for him as the campaign comes to a close.
40I'm so tired of people playing the "victim" card about reporting when they should really be engaging the issues at hand...
41Missouri is still up for grabs so I take this to be a good thing.
42This is from St. Louis
43Good for Barack.
44Speaking of change..
45I think there is obviously change that one
can implement in ones own life..
based on ones perspective,
by our choices and actions.
However, you are confusing apples with oranges
if you think that we have the same ability
on a national/ global platform.
For certain, there were many changes that
i would have liked to make during the last 8 years,
(e.g using diplomacy first as foreign policy strategy,
focusing on Afghanistan instead of going to war in Iraq,
affordable healthcare for those who need it, etc).
There is a limit to how much change one can bring
about when it is in opposition to the agenda of those in power.
The oppurtunity for that comes every 4 years..
So what you are witnessing is the, manifestation of HOPE,
that WE CAN CHANGE the direction the COUNTRY is going in.
These people are not "smitten" with Barack Obama, they
are simply DESPERATE FOR CHANGE.
I apologize as i should have looked up who said "be the change you want to see in the world" i will look it up soon and report back.
however, i do know that Obama's campaign and speeches and his whole life actually - has NOT been about: elect me and i will change your life. in fact much of what he stands for and talks about is that you also have to do for yourself.
the reason the Right/Conservatives have to claim that everything is slanted and bias is because if they actually believed that anything the media reported was correct, their own beliefs would not hold water.
bottom line: 100k people showed up in the state of MO, MO for crying out loud and it shows that a lot of people are behind Obama and what he stands for which is a change in direction.
Great Sommelier: you are right, maybe not personally have i felt the effects of Bush as president - YET - but it is no secret that we have high unemployment rates, a large defecit and our standing in the world has been diminished. not to mention that almost every business sector is hurting - except the oil companies that have reported record profits the past few years.
ha! it's so funny: if our nation was on the correct path - why is it that even McCain is now claiming that he will bring reform and change to the white house?? Hmmm....
as for caring what Europeans think - our country is unable to exercise its strength without the diplomatic ties of other nations.
as for raising taxes: that is just a scare tactic being used by McCainites to get people not to vote for Obama. and usually those using that tactic are the only ones with anything to lose if Obama is elected - and that is elimination of the tax cuts for the wealthy put into place by GW Bush.
46i assume, since you are republican and a Sommelier, that you will be effected - and are therefore quite bitter.
"but it is no secret that we have high unemployment rates, a large defecit and our standing in the world has been diminished. not to mention that almost every business sector is hurting - except the oil companies that have reported record profits the past few years."
And this is all the presidents fault? Nothing to do with the senate or house, or any state governments? The general economy, global oil prices? Interesting.
47"in fact much of what he stands for and talks about is that you also have to do for yourself."
Yeah, I'm sure people are voting for him because he believes in personal responsibility.
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49hmmm obviously it does not rest solely on his shoulders - yet he does guide policies that govern our nation. until less than two years ago there was a republican majority in congress which voted 'with the president' a majority of the time enacting policies and writing laws which he wanted.
"They sure as heck can change your life by say, raising your taxes, implementing universal healthcare, etc. And how has your life been directly effected by something attributed to Bush? "
so which is it? they can affect our lives or they cannot? your statement is contradictory.
bottom line: many people, including republicans, do not like the state of our nation and would like to see it improved.
are you saying then, that you will not vote or it doens't matter who is in power because the status quo will remain unchanged?
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