J-ville is quite the place to be lately. Word has gotten out. American Idol held auditions here in August. John McCain was here last week. Of course that meant Barack Obama was not far behind.
I really wanted to go see McCain but 8am was a little early for me. I was enticed by the pancake breakfast at 6am but still a tad bit early. Those hours of the morning were fine for most McCain supporters because they could attend and still be on time to their job or take a small portion of the morning off.
Obama was also smart. He spoke around 1:30ish on a Saturday ensuring that a good portion of his supporters would be home from the club by then and could roll themselves out of bed (albeit probably with a hangover).
I thought about attending just for shits & giggles but if I wanted to see a display of crying, fainting and swooning I would go to a Jonas Brothers concert. I watched it on Fox News instead. I swear I saw a “Marry Me Obama” sign in the crowd.
They “claim” there was 20,000 people there to which I say “bullcrap”. They had to close the park where he spoke because it was filled to capacity. Many people remained outside the park and lined the streets because you could hear his speech even outside the park gates.
They interviewed one pissed off supporter who stated they should have had it at the Stadium (Jacksonville Municipal Stadium). She should have been slapped from that reporter. Doesn’t she know it’s football season and nobody, N-O-B-O-D-Y is privileged to that stadium other than the Jaguar players and fans. That’s sacreligious. Besides, I don’t want some ObamaManiac sweating in MY seat. I paid good money for my seat.
