(Picture Courtesy of the O.C. Register)
Orange County residents waited for hours to get tickets to see President Barack Obama tomorrow when he appears at the Orange County Fairgrounds, in Costa Mesa. He will be in building 12, at 4 p.m. The event sold out quickly, according to the O.C. Register.
I wonder how many blue hacks will be there? Remember that DPOC Chair Frank Barbaro was in charge of this event. My guess is that the DPOC took care of its loyalists first.
At least the tickets were free. It could have been worse.
I am told that attendees will not be allowed to hold up signs during the event. I expect this to be a very controlled event.
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez will also be appearing at this event, according to the Total Buzz blog.
It is however very exciting to welcome President Obama to Orange County. I imagine that the local Republicans are frothing at the mouth. They should remember that eight years of Bush led to Obama’s victory.
Now it’s the Democrats turn to screw things up in this country…
Silly Art!!
I missed out on the tickets oh well.. Next time..
Art. Ron and I stopped by just to see the crowd. They were very civil as they waited in for their chance to get the “golden tickets” of this event.
Actually we saw one man with two tickets in his hand. And no, he was not scalping them as one of Costa Mesa’s finest was at his side.
I’ll watch it on you-tube. Then I can hold a sign up, eat pop-corn, even chant “head-on-a-stick” if the mood strikes.
My Customer just cancelled at the airport tomorrow, too much traffic already.
CNN shipped in 37 people: Hows that for stimulus, At least Big Dan’s in town.
Man it was horrible ! The so call white house staff they were not even orginized, For this event.People were cutting in fron of the line.
They did not have 2,000 tickets for those that campout thru the night.Man it was just a pain in the neck!
Man, I wish I had known of this event sooner, I would have been there, President Obama is my president, he’s already done more than his republican predecessor with regard to human
“beings,” science (stem cell reseach), and the good of ALL man-kind.
Thank you, my president.
Most conservatives are working while Obama visits, so the socialists in training can watch Obama read from his teleprompter. It’s great to see that the sheep are starting to leave the flock. Maybe someone with a brain will sneak in and ask Obama if he is going to give the campaign contribution of 125,000 from AIG back.
“Now it’s the Democrats turn to screw things up in this country…”
wow.
The real problem – CONGRESS! By not being proactive, by succumbing to financial lobbyists, Repubs & Dems alike continue to wait much too late to act & not properly debate issues that result in legislation & decisions that are not well-thought-out,leaving loop holes and “oops” that are discovered later.
Our outrage should be at them, not the President or Geitner, who would only serve as scape goats in this issue!
I totally agree with Arlene M! Congress needs to get their acts together!
As for not allowing homemade signs, NO ONE allows those anymore. Not Obama. Not McCain. Even those “homemade” signs you see on TV during rallies are actually made by the campaign and passed just prior to the politician taking the stage. This is standard operating procedure.
Of course, this will be a “controlled” event in terms of signs and such. But the audience questions are not pre-screened. Obama will answer any question he is asked.