Why the big secret? Security? I'm going to guess that they'd like to use a big arena, but only if there's going to be the right size crowd. It can't be allowed to be seen that Obama does not draw in the masses.
October 22, 2024
Obama's in Madison today — with Tim Walz in tow — but where is he appearing?
I've been seeing Facebook ads for this event for days and getting email, but it all lists the location as "TBA." Example:
"Exact address to be announced."
Why the big secret? Security? I'm going to guess that they'd like to use a big arena, but only if there's going to be the right size crowd. It can't be allowed to be seen that Obama does not draw in the masses.
Why the big secret? Security? I'm going to guess that they'd like to use a big arena, but only if there's going to be the right size crowd. It can't be allowed to be seen that Obama does not draw in the masses.
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They don’t want you to show up because they’ve hired a stunt crowd…
I think we have a winner.
If true the form is to reduce the suspicion the whole effing thing is fake. Lots of ‘I filled out the form but I wasn’t selected to attend’ from the adoring Madisonians…
Steve Sailer has had to do the same thing on his book tour--you buy a ticket and then they tell you where the event is--because of Antifa et al threats causing cancellations for ten years.
Someone tracked where the phones came from at a previous Harris Madison event. 30% were from Georgia, the rest from towns in WI, MI, and IL. Did they want some black people in the crowd?
It’s creepy, like telling you the drop location for the bag of ransom money…
Madison?
Where next? Campaigning in DC?
Bingo!
WISDEMS, but no WISDOM.
Meade not allowed. Dems can’t deal with any opposition.
I would love to see a debate between Barack and Ann. The topic: Why Kamala Harris should be elected President.
They’ll bus in a crowd as easily as they will mail in a vote. Besides, if anyone was allowed to attend, they might ask questions.
Walz did the same thing in Omaha last Saturday.
Note the language. You can bring a partner, but what about a spouse? Partner is the Dems default.
Please attend if you can. I’d love first hand observations, if only from outside the venue.
can't they (WON'T They?) just bus in homeless people, from chicago?
expecting to be Allowed to attend a political rally, is as silly as expecting to have YOUR vote count
If Obama's out campaigning, who's running the country?
Why is the pattern "President Obama" and always "Former President Trump?" One gets the impression that there's some bias in play...
They have billions of dollars in donations to waste. They can afford to hire fake employed looking people…
Guessing game. Walz and Obama. Which one's the bottom?
Don't Worry! Valerie is still at the the helm
TBA = Tofu Burger Academy
LOL
"Pending capacity restrictions" it says. Uh huh. What does it say about democrats that they have moved on to the extent even Obama can't really be relied upon to draw a crowd? The most generous interpretation is that because his presence is needed for these impromptu events the USSS did not have time to adequately prepare a venue and screen the attendees. Keeping location secret until the last minute is one way to make assassin's plans more difficult.
Although that "last minute" golf game in Florida sure didn't work out for Trump, did it?
If the Jackasses played the crowd-size game the way that Trump does, actual attendance is not important at all. Trump just tells his cult that the arena was filled to overflowing and latecomers stood in the rain, cold , snow, wind - whatever outside.
I am not a Democrat, but I do remember back in the day when Sarah Palin was the GOP VP candidate that she drew larger crowds than John McCain.
Exactly. If you run an astroturf campaign, you have to be consistent. Obama needs that crowd to be enthusiastic, with no inopportune boos mixed in.
No big secret. If you had signed up you would have been told where the rally is.
10am to 6pm?? They haven’t nailed the time yet either?
It should be Mr. Obama and Mr. Trump.
Maybe it's because Obama is president in fact.
I've heard it was at Alliant Energy Center. The road construction on John Nolen might cause an issue if so. But maybe the person who told me that was just saying something without evidence.
It's surprising to me that the campaign thinks that big goofy face of Walz on the announcement is going to draw anybody. Interesting that the image consultants told him to lose the glasses. Prior to becoming the VP pick I never saw a picture of him without them. Without the glasses he radiates even less gravitas. Negative gravitas, in fact.
"You seem likable enough, Ann."
Just read the Wisco State Journal with the headline that the event will be at the Coliseum (which has a capacity of 10, 200) Doors open at 10 am for the afternoon event. I'm driving by on the beltline about 11 am. Hope it is not a problem.
The overall message: You're not invited!
This reminds me of the Dukakis campaign in his neighboring state of New Hampshire, where he never appeared except in front of invited crowds.
Gay bar?
I'm trying to recall how Michael found out in advance the restaurant where he was going to meet Sollozzo and Capt. McClusky.
I've been wondering when someone would bring this up. It is common form to refer to any ex-President as Mr. President, or President and has for some time. The media has to use EX president or former president for Trump for "reasons".
Unseen, Michelle is giving Obama an I-told-you-so face and he's blinking "help me" back at her.
“…with Tim Walz in tow…” pretty much says it all.
You better watch out, you better not fly
American flags, I'm tellin' you why
Obama is comin' to town
He hears you when you're speaking
He knows if you're not woke
He knows if you hate Trump or not
And believe me, it's no joke
The kids in girl and boy land
Will have a jubilee
Things might get confusin'
When you go to take a pee
So say you like Tim even if it's a lie
And Kamala too, I'm tellin' you why
Obama is comin' to town
Joe Biden's first big decision was Kamala Harris, and the decisions following that have been even worse, and her first big decision was Tim Walz, so we know what is coming if she wins.
Maybe he’s not coming at all, and it’s just a ruse to get your contact information.
The fact that Kamala’s biggest star is going to
Wisconsin with two weeks left in the race is especially telling. Michigan Pennsylvania and Georgia are where the election is going to be won. It will only be lost in Wisconsin.
The same thing occurred during Harris’ recent visit at UW-Milwaukee. Very quiet that she was coming, and no real notice as to where on the campus she was appearing.
That’s fear you smell.
To Be Assumed they're both gay
Someone tracked where the phones came from at a previous Harris Madison event. 30% were from Georgia, the rest from towns in WI, MI, and IL. Did they want some black people in the crowd?
"Someone tracked where the phones came from" makes this an ironclad fact. I always believe what someone says on the internet.
WISDUMB?
They should go to a Madison McD's for lunch, obviously, and make it FUN. Even ask to go in the kitchen and serve at the to go window. Who would say no? Join in the fun and say, damn, this is fun.
This was the moment when the rise of the bullshit began to quicken and your state began to retch.
Well the crowd will be bigger than a telephone booth and smaller than a high school gym.
Bob Boyd sang…
“You better watch out, you better not fly
American flags, I'm tellin' you why
Obama is comin' to town”
I’m imagining Bruce Springsteen singing this version, too.
10 to 6? I guess people with jobs weren't considered important. Puzzle me that, Left Bank.
Skeptical Voter said…
“Well the crowd will be bigger than a telephone booth and smaller than a high school gym.”
There will be between one and two million people there!
Thanks for starting my day with a chuckle!
Pop-up politics
Madison? I understand WI is a swing state, but do they really need to boost enthusiasm in Deep Blue Commie Country?
Obama is their messiah. He doesn't even have to show, and there will be fainting and swooning just thinking about it.
Hmmmm....now THAT is a conundrum.
I can count on my right hand how many conservatives live within 10 miles of this event. Why are they here?
I guess they couldn’t fill the buses with just Walz.
@Althouse, look for a convoy of out of state buses and follow it.
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