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Scott Anderson of Winterville shows his tickets Monday afternoon at the GOP Headquaters.
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The line for tickets to see Sarah Palin Tuesday at Minges Coliseum began forming around noon Monday at the GOP Headquarters on Commerce Street.
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Big crowd expected for Palin
By Kathryn Kennedy
The Daily Reflector
Monday, October 06, 2008
The Palin-McCain campaign has not announced yet exactly when GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Pailin will speak in Greenville tonight.
But that did not seem to stop people from standing in line on Monday to get tickets for Palin's visit to East Carolina Univeresity's Minges Colesium.
Doors open for the campaign stop at 4 p.m. and a capacity crowd is expected. Communication from the the McCain-Palin campain this morning indicated she would appear after 6 p.m.
A line of people hoping to see Palin stretched across a parking lot outside the local GOP office on Monday and into Commerce Street.
The line formed just after noon, with people hoping the latest wave of free tickets wouldn't run out before they reached the building. Each person was allowed two tickets.
A N.C. spokesman for the McCain-Palin campaign said the Pitt County GOP office received between 200-300 tickets Monday, and he was unsure whether another wave of tickets would be available before her speech tonight.
Greenville's office originally was allotted 2,300 of the approximately 8,000 tickets available statewide, and ran through that allotment quickly on Friday.
After the initial run, campaign officials took remaining tickets from other cities and shipped them all to Greenville, the spokesman said.
The line ran out before the tickets did Monday. There were about 25 remaining when the bulk of volunteers headed back inside, and that number dwindled to a dozen within 10 minutes. Those volunteers were busy into the evening, too, painting signs at Williams Arena.
Organizers are expecting a capacity crowd, the spokesman said. Doors open at 4 p.m., and overflow will be invited to watch the event, most likely, at the Greenville Convention Center, he said.
Palin will give no interviews to press, and is scheduled to speak shortly after doors close at 6 p.m.
Parking for the event will be available primarily outside Minges Coliseum, according to East Carolina University's parking services. Usually reserved for students and faculty with permits, the lot will open to the public at noon. Calls inquiring about changes traffic patterns or road closings were not returned.
The U.S. Secret Service is providing security for the event. No bags or signs will be permitted.
Following the rally, those attending are invited to stay and watch the second presidential debate tonight, campaign officials said.
That debate is to get under way at9 p.m.
Contact Kathryn Kennedy at kkennedy@coxnc.com and (252) 329-9566.
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wls
10/07/2008 10:17:21 PM
Why care about experience??? Look at George W. Bush in his running of the country? Our economy is in the tank, Iraq has Weapons of Mass Destuction, then after we invaded...oh, we could not find any, but it was the right thing to do. Yowzer, I'd rather have Gomer Pile be our President, then have McCain in office. No more of the same!
Suggest removalwls
10/07/2008 07:01:03 PM
Why care about experience? We have George W Bush for our President! I'd rather have Niles Crane run our country, then Bush or McCain! Both of them think the same. No more of the same! It is time that we stop the trend of the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Wait, I think when the economy tanks will be the day it happens.
Suggest removalMelbabe
10/07/2008 06:59:43 PM
What are you, four? You asked what executive experience Obama had, and I rightly pointed out your guy has zero. I hardly think you've won your case.
Suggest removalAnybody but Obama
10/07/2008 06:38:44 PM
We were discussing experience or lack of and you abruptly changed the subject to McCain's alleged voting record. That means I'm right. I rest my case.
Suggest removalMelbabe
10/07/2008 06:22:36 PM
Sarah Palin's lack of experience really isn't the problem; it's her lack of keen intellect and knowledge of the world.
Suggest removalMelbabe
10/07/2008 06:21:45 PM
Yeah, and what has McCain done in those 22 years besides vote with Bush 95% of the time. He's the reason we're in the mess we're in.
Suggest removalAnybody but Obama
10/07/2008 06:19:29 PM
I was referring to the liberal media always pointing out Sarah Palin's inexperience to be VP and NEVER Obama's inexperience to be president. John McCain has been in Congress since 1982 which is 22 years longer than Obama.
Suggest removalMelbabe
10/07/2008 06:08:06 PM
Anybody but Obama, um, hate to state the obvious, but what executive experience does McCain have? At least Obama has run the most professional, successful campaign in modern political history. That's experience running something that has actually turned out fantastic!
Suggest removalAnybody but Obama
10/07/2008 06:03:05 PM
I wish one person would tell me what specific executive experience Obama has to be president? Example: running a state, city etc. That's because the answer is a big fat 0!
Suggest removalwls
10/07/2008 06:01:52 PM
Barrack is a Senator, which is a higher position in the government! How come conservatists say Liberal media? Isn't Rush Limbaugh a pill popping conservatist???
Suggest removalUSAPatriot4Life
10/07/2008 05:59:48 PM
***Make the BUSH TAX CUTS PERMANENT!!***
Suggest removalWhy should the rich pay more for social programs like education, healthcare, and housing?!?! The middle class are the ones using these services!!!
McCain 08!!!!
wls
10/07/2008 05:58:18 PM
It will not matter if Obama wins the Presidency. What will he be able to accomplish? Do you think he will be able to restrict how much Big Oil can profit? He can not even give a timeline to how soon the troops will come home from Iraq if he gets into office. He will not stop the outsourcing of American jobs. Where is his Alternate Energy Plan? He might even sign off to drill in Alaska.
Suggest removalMelbabe@gmail.com
10/07/2008 05:42:21 PM
Palin has run a family and a small state for a short period, but she's got little education, little intellect, and little awareness of the world. Running the country is not like running a car wash! We need someone with intellect and depth, someone who understands complexity. That's Barak.
Suggest removalSouthern Belle
10/07/2008 04:06:02 PM
I can say this much..when I go to hire someone for a job, I find out how much experience they have doing the same or similar kind of work. How long have they done it and at what levels? What were their accomplishements and what were their development needs? Governor Palin has experience running a town and running a state, not to mention a houshold and a family. All of which are just microcosms of a country. She has more experience than most previously elected presidients!
Suggest removalSouthern Belle
10/07/2008 04:05:12 PM
I can say this much..when I go to hire someone for a job, I find out how much experience they have doing the same or similar kind of work. How long have they done it and at what levels? What were there accomplishements and what were their development needs? Governor Palin has experience running a town and running a state, not to mention a houshold and a family. All of which are just microcosms of a country. She has more experience than most previously elected presidients!
Suggest removalAnybody but Obama
10/07/2008 03:45:53 PM
The reason Obama is referred to as the "Messiah" or "the chosen one" is because the liberal media doesn't hold Obama accountable for anything. For example, the liberal media always talks about Palin's inexperience to be vice president but never Obama's inexperience to be president. At least Sarah Palin has been governor of a state and mayor of a city.
Suggest removalMelbabe
10/07/2008 03:22:02 PM
WLS--the only ones calling Barak 'the chosen One' are those who are stupid enough to try to link him to the anti-Christ. Have you not seen those chain emails? Those of supporting Barak are under no illusions as to what he can or cannot do once in office. Nevertheless, he represents a sharp turn away from our current path and therefore must win. And he will.
Suggest removalMelbabe
10/07/2008 03:19:02 PM
CJ-my point was not that social security and military healthcare are model programs. They have problems, yes. My point was that people who run around like chicken littles screaming the sky is falling when they hear the word socialist are ignorant. America already has such programs. And it's moot, because Obama isn't proposing to socialize anything.
Suggest removalwls
10/07/2008 02:57:33 PM
Oh, and George W. Bush is not a puppet????
Suggest removalVincinte
10/07/2008 02:55:31 PM
Sorry to say that Elizabeth Dole is against Eastern NC. She is a waste of a Senator.
Suggest removalScott Bowers
10/07/2008 02:53:59 PM
There are a lot of Republicans upset with McCain's pick of Palin as VP. Liddy along with Kay have every right to be upset. I think Palin is a joke of a candidate. She may look good (which is the reason why I think she was picked over Liddy and others) but she is a puppet and knows nothing about the issues.
Suggest removalwls
10/07/2008 02:52:52 PM
Dole is just like any of the people in office. She does not care about her constiuents, except for her pockets.
Suggest removalLiddyDole3
10/07/2008 02:49:10 PM
How come no one wants to discuss Liddy Dole? Is she for us or against us? I dont know myself. I am wondering. What do you think?
Suggest removalwls
10/07/2008 02:44:55 PM
Yeah, it is funny people call Obama, "The Chosen One". Why, is it because he talks the biggest game of all the canidates??? The question is will he be able to work miracles??? I hope people are not voting for him because he is black as well. It would be nice to see an African American running our country for the first time history, but we just need to stick to the issues.
Suggest removalwls
10/07/2008 02:39:02 PM
Yeah, we pay more money into FICA and Medicare and they tell us that when we get old there will be on more social security. Funny, but the Government can spend 700 billion of our taxpayer money to bailout businesses that did not use safe business practices!
Suggest removalAnybody but Obama
10/07/2008 02:37:27 PM
Rush calls Obama the Messiah. Hahahaha
Suggest removalcj
10/07/2008 02:31:06 PM
Melbabe: social security is bankrupt and i would hardly brag about the healthcare offered to our heros. There are articles daily pertaining to what a joke that is. so if you are proposing national healthcare would be run like these programs, by the same morons, i'll stick with what i have, thanks.
Suggest removalwls
10/07/2008 02:29:45 PM
I do not care about Liberals or Conservatives. I just look at the issues. None of the Presidential or VP Canidates hit on any of the important issues, except for Obama. However, he talks a good game but will not be able to act on any of his intentions if he gets in office. I think people need to think outside the box and vote for an Independent.
Suggest removalcj
10/07/2008 02:28:12 PM
wis: i would not consider the VA Hospital a handout.
Suggest removalMelbabe
10/07/2008 02:26:46 PM
And guess what? We already have socialist programs, such as military healthcare and social security. Guess we should get rid of those programs, too, since they are evil and Obama-ish. By the way, Obama isn't even socializing healthcare. I wish he was!
Suggest removalwls
10/07/2008 02:25:50 PM
Liberals had nothing to do with this economy. The Republicans have been in control of the Senate for a majority of the 8 year period.
Suggest removalECU Student
10/07/2008 02:25:25 PM
Actually the deregulation of the Bush Administration caused the economic mess of today. If there was better regulation and oversight by the government, banks and mortgage companies would not have been able to sucker the middle class and poor into high interest loans.
Suggest removalMelbabe
10/07/2008 02:24:20 PM
You anti-health care people: Just because you apparently have decent enough health care that pays the majority of your care and doesn't try to drop you or deny claims for illness, you assume others could have the same. Most people going broke paying medical expenses HAVE medical care, but either the coverage is insufficient, they're dropped, etc. You may not care about others' health and that's fine, just DON't CALL IS CHRISTIAN!
Suggest removalwls
10/07/2008 02:23:34 PM
I am in the lower class. I do not receive any hand outs. I do not get section 8. I do not get food stamps or social security. I do not even have health insurance. At least I do have the Veterans Hospital, so I guess a lot of you consider that a handout?!
Suggest removalcj
10/07/2008 02:21:55 PM
wis: the liberals had everything to do with it. they were the ones pressuring the banks to make the dangerous high risk loans. that and fools playing keeping up with the joneses. someone i think mentioned greed as a major source of this crisis. and they are right: bigger, better, NOW! was the theme for about 10 years with the housing market.
Suggest removalECU Student
10/07/2008 02:19:18 PM
My problem with the McCain / Palin ticket is that they have not addressed the issues and problems that our country face. They continue to much of the same low-ball politics in attacking Obama and proclaim to be mavericks; however, neither McCain or Palin have discussed their plan to fix the country. Haven't the Republicans had the power for the past 8 years? So McCain and Palin want to change the rule of their own party?
Suggest removalwls
10/07/2008 02:17:44 PM
Do you remember the two separate interviews of McCAin about the bailout. Before the bailout was passed he was for the bailout. When it was signed and passed, all of a sudden he was against the bailout.
Suggest removalcj
10/07/2008 02:15:36 PM
USPatriot4life:
Suggest removalwow, i must have missed the handout cart then. I am what i would consider middle class, i work for my money, my benefits, my food, my house (that i can afford). my children attend public schools (hardly a handout) because that is a right afforded to the American people long ago. i am not looking for mother government to pay my way, as you have suggested of teh middle class.
LiddyDole2
10/07/2008 02:13:29 PM
Sarah Palin has not had plastic surgery like Liddy Dole however.
Suggest removalRE:lizzydole
10/07/2008 02:12:33 PM
Elizabeth Dole is 100X the person Palin is.
Suggest removalMcCains Palin pick is a SHAM.
This country should be ashamed.
WE ARE DOOMED.
10/07/2008 02:11:05 PM
"They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan."
Suggest removal--Sarah Palin
THIS WOMAN MAKES NO SENSE.
LiddyDole
10/07/2008 02:09:46 PM
Just where in the hell does Elizabeth Dole fit into all of this? Why don't someone talk about her for a change? Let me hear it.
Suggest removalwls
10/07/2008 02:08:58 PM
I would not want to pay for my own health care. Why do we pay all of these taxes to the government? Oh, I see to bailout Big Business and stir up friction in the world. I would like to see free healthcare and cut out these Health Insurance companies.
Suggest removalThePast
10/07/2008 02:08:56 PM
Remember Palin telling Biden not to dwell on the past? Well then what does she do? Talk about Obama with falsely accusing him of having ties to terrorists in the past. Get a clue Lady. Youre more in the past than he is and hopefully when this election is over you can join the other nutcases who write books and spread lies.
Suggest removalMFTES
10/07/2008 02:08:01 PM
Economist and investors will HATE a candidate like McCain....NO STABILITY.
Suggest removalIf McCain gets elected look for MORE investments to leave this country.
wls
10/07/2008 02:05:19 PM
No, the banks approving $250,000 mortgages to families with a household income of $60,000 was the reason for the government bailout. Democrats did not have any thing to do with this hoopla. Again, more Repulicans signed off on the bailout.
Suggest removalUSPatriot4life
10/07/2008 02:04:31 PM
Bob was late to run. However, I am supporting Lawson.
Suggest removalMy point is: The middle class want MORE handouts... its bankrupting our country.
We have MANY jobs available and these folks who borrowed their way into lifestyle they cannot afford should GET ANOTHER JOB!
PipelineSarah
10/07/2008 02:04:04 PM
She must end the speech early today to return to Alaska and work on the pipeline
Suggest removalRemember Bush/Palin Ticket
10/07/2008 02:02:11 PM
Bush/Palin - Elect them.
Suggest removalcj
10/07/2008 02:00:47 PM
USPatriot4life:
Suggest removalthen why are you not supporting Bob Barr?
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