It was exciting to be a part of history today. To see the man who may be the next President of the United States and possibly the first Woman president in 2012 :) Thier speeches were awesome and the energy of the crowd was unbelievable.
Secret Service Agents were everywhere on top of all the buildings
Below is the crowd behind us, we later found out it was over 3 miles long and one of many lines.
Obama was in Orlando a few days ago. It is estimated that 60,000 people showed up at the arena. I was home that day because Dixon was sick and I took him to the vet that morning. Dixon is to be confined to his crate for the next 4weeks due to a back injury. I was sitting around moping and my friend Joanne suggested we go down and check out Mr. Obama. Alex ( a Republican, but good husband) said I should go instead of moping around the house all afternoon thinking about Dixon, so I did. When we arrived there must have been 1,000 people there. We figured there was no way we would get close. Well as I say.... desperate times call for desperate measures. My poor back can't take standing for 4 hours straight so I went to the front of the line and offered a teenage girl $10.00 to let me and Joanne get in front of her. She said yes, but that the money was not necessary. I insisted she take it since since I felt guilty about jumping ahead in the line. Later two girls mysteriously showed up in front of us, but we did not say anything. Well, we stood there for 90 minutes and the gates opened and we ended up long story short about 50 feet from the stage. What an experience! We are both registered Republican ( yes I voted for him) anyway the crowd was energized and excited. We were both very excited to see Hilary Clinton . She walked out with Mr. Obama and what a amazing speaker she is. Then Barack Obama started his speech. People went crazy. What a mixture of Diversity! French, Haitian, Jamaican, Spanish and Caucasian folks.
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