B'Rock

So Barack Obama showed up on campus today for a rally. I figured it was a good chance to get to see the guy i voted for. So I got up at 6am so i could do my laundry before i had to leave for the rally which started at 10:30, doors open at 830am. I figured i had better show up about when the doors were opening cause there would be so many people there. He Gave a Nice Speech, and i'm not regretting that i voted for him, but i did notice some things that kind of put me off of the whole ordeal...

First off, Obama was late. Sure i know he was in cleveland for the debate the other night, and they got bad weather, but still, it doesn't really give a good first impression.

second, I got stuck in the nosebleeds. Because of all the cameras that was going to be there, they decided it would be best to fill up all the seats that the camera would see first, and then fill up the rest of the seats after. To make sure all the "important" sections got filled, they decided to go fill them from the top down. So If were 15-20 minutes earlier, i would have gotten pretty sweet seats, if were 20-30 minutes later, i would have gotten pretty seat seats. But no, i got about the worst seats in the house.

Third, signs for the rally were prohibited. But wait, when i watched the clips from the rally on CNN, every other person i saw had a sign, what is up with that? well, the obama campaign committee had specially approved organizations make approved hand-made signs that you see on TV. They handed out the signs before Obama showed up, which gave the whole thing a feeling of being staged, and fake, and overly produced.

Lastly was his speech, yea sure it was a nice speech, but i wondered how many times he had given it before. He really didn't say anything i haven't heard from him before. About the only thing i thought was different was the shout outs he gave before he started the speech. He Got Eddie George to show up, so he had to mention something about buckeyes and heissman winners and whatever. I thought that was kinda cheesy and a poor way to make yourself appealing to the people of columbus.

whatever, it'll probably be the last time i got to a political rally. I didn't even score any cool swag. I just didn't like the feeling that it was all staged. ionno