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Saturday, October 11th, 2008 at 9:58 am - by Matt Campbell. Filed under: Politics.
Updated: 3:00pm
It’s Our City’s Amiekay Richcrick went to this morning’s Barack Obama rally in North Philadelphia. We have this short excerpt for you right now. She will have a full report on the event tomorrow on It’s Our City.
Updated: 2:00pm. In the comment section below, you can follow Philadelphia Twitter comments that began being posted on the internet early this morning. For Barack Obama’s four rally, I didn’t see many Twitter postings, so while watching a live feed of the event I posted some of the points Obama made during the speech. My understanding is that he gave the same speech throughout Philadelphia…all included a long story on why the Senator likes pie.
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The Philadelphia Twitterati is out in full force today with tweets trickling in on Barack Obama’s four scheduled campaign rallies. Throughout the day I’ll be updating this post with the latest observations I find in Twitterland.
Here is the schedule of Barack Obama’s rallies.
8:15am - Finished
Progress Plaza
1501 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
9:30am - Finished
Mayfair Diner
7373 Frankford Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19136
11:15am - Finished
Vernon Park
5789 Germantown Ave between E. Chelton Ave and W. Rittenhouse St.
Philadelphia, PA 19144
1:10pm -
West Philadelphia rally - Finished
Intersection of South 52nd Street and Locust Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19139
The last event was in West Philadelphia on 52nd st. The blog malcolmxpark.org had posted some photos earlier this morning of the crowds.
- At 1030a the turnout for the Obama rally was quite heavy, The crowd was much larger during the speech/ Image credit: malcolmxpark
The folks at Temple University’s Information Technology and Society Research Group snapped a few good pics this morning of Obama’s North Philadelphia rally. In fact, i checked back at 12:04pm, they now have pictures of the crews breaking down the stage to allow Prospect Plaza to re-open for business. It’s like watching a live webcam.
- Barack Obama speaking in North Philadelphia at Progress Plaza this morning. Image credit itsrg
- Photo at Barack Obama’s at Progress Plaza rally Image credit itsrg
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is scheduled to get booed drop the ceremonial puck tonight at 7:00pm for the Philadelpha Flyers game at Wachovia Center. Politico has this interesting article quoting political pundits on whether this PR stunt might backfire. Here’s the official Philadelphia Flyers PR release on Palin.
To keep up with these and future events see our Politics Community Calender
October 11th, 2008 at 9:45 am
numtopiaqueen Back from this morning’s Obama rally. Obama talked about pie a lot this morning, I wonder if he was hungry.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:58 am
jimshreds @ItsOurCity sitting at canvas in fishtown Obama entourage rolled by locals stoked just for the drive thru
October 11th, 2008 at 10:30 am
itsrg #obama in philly Could Leon Sullivan have imagined such a day at Progress Plaza?
October 11th, 2008 at 10:30 am
canarymegan Huge lines at Obama rally in Germantown
October 11th, 2008 at 10:32 am
chaffinch_bird the obama rally is 2 blocks from my house today. guess i should head over there!
October 11th, 2008 at 10:55 am
chaffinch_bird Line to get in is 7 blocks long!
October 11th, 2008 at 11:22 am
tet3 OMG - line to get into Obama rally is 3-4 blocks long!
October 11th, 2008 at 11:27 am
chaffinch_bird Dammit! No more germantown for obama stickers.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:32 am
tet3 Uh oh can hear rally starting and we’re still way back in line
October 11th, 2008 at 11:39 am
canarymason Obama is starting, we are still outside.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:39 am
iconjohn @tet3 So that Obama line is getting close to my house on 46th street?
October 11th, 2008 at 11:40 am
littlegriddle Is stiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiill standing in line to see obama
October 11th, 2008 at 11:40 am
katintherat Got in! Hes starting to talk
October 11th, 2008 at 11:43 am
canarymason In. Woo!
October 11th, 2008 at 11:46 am
aburke626 Icon_red_lock Obama likes pie.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:49 am
wenneth is going to 52nd and Locust to hear Obama… after getting brunch, maybe at Continental Midtown
October 11th, 2008 at 11:49 am
canarymegan In the park, Obama on stage. Can’t see a thing.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:52 am
aburke626 Icon_red_lock Talking about building jobs and renewable fuel
October 11th, 2008 at 11:52 am
tet3 Mission aborted. No way we were going to get remotely close before it was over. Disappointing, but it’s awesome that Obama has so much l
October 11th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Faelai How did I not know Barack Obama was in town?
October 11th, 2008 at 11:56 am
iconjohn @tet3 Obama is due at 52nd Locust at 1pm. @parkside is twitting the event.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:57 am
aburke626 Icon_red_lock “If we can rebuild iraq we can sure as heck rebuild philadelphia.”
October 11th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
The tweets have stopped. I think the Germantown rally may be over.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
silbey @ItsOurCity Not for at least four years.
(This is to my post on Twitter asking if the Germantown Obama rally was over)
October 11th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
controladdict @ItsOurCity germantown just finished. One more I believe
October 11th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
concertchicklsu Is in the second row for the obama rally!
October 11th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Phillyspice Three lines into the W Philly Obama rally entrance @ 52nd & Spruce - 53rd towards Pine seems like the shortest
October 11th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
wwtfradio ON MY WAY TO THE OBAMA RALLY!!!! OBAMACRATS UNITE!!!! 52 & Locust sts., Philly PA!!!
October 11th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
9columbussquare Waiting to see Obama. Thinking we’re not going to make it in before he starts speaking.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
No Twitters comments coming in at this time.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
I found a good live video feed of the West Philly event. This is from the Obama Campaign website.
http://origin.barackobama.com/live/
October 11th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Philadelphia Michael Nutter and PA Gov Ed Rendell are now appearing on stage.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Ed rendell tells crowd that last Prez election only 53% voted, he says he wants 70% or more if Obama is going to win. (nutter quitely tells to ed …keep talking)
October 11th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Mayor Michael Nutter is firing up the crowd saying now “This is West Philadelphia” referring to the huge crowd. saying there’s no Philly, like West Philly (applause) Nutter tells crowd that he grew up just six blocks from this location. Crowd going wild
October 11th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is about to take the stage in West Philadelphia
October 11th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Barack Obama thanks local politicans, Nutter, Casey, Fattah, Brady, Rendell, fmr mayor Wilson Goode.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Crowd chanting Obama, Obama, Obama!!!
October 11th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Obama says, the economic situation has created uncertain times. He says, millions of Americans have alot of their money in the stock market. We must work hard to turn things around. Now is not the time for panic, but leadership.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Obama says, McCain made an attempt at being more respectable in this campaign, he says that’s great. but when it comes to the economy …mccain is out of touch and that’s why he’s out of time.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Obama says this is the most serious economic crisis in the US since the Great Depression. He says the McCain Campaign doesn’t want to talk about the economy, instead is choosing to make personal attacks. Obama says, it won’t work this time, the times are too serious.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Obama blames the economic situation on eight years of republican policies.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Obama is now talking about PIE
October 11th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
adambarber Watching Obama talk about pie… Very strange
October 11th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Obama says he likes sweet potato pie. but in he couldn’t get that while campaigning in another state. he says he got his picture taken with the owner of the restaurant. who is a republican. Obama asks him how’z business. he says, not so good. Obama says he asked the owner who’s been in control the last years. He says, the republicans. Obama says we cannot afford 8 more years of republican policies.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Not the best story….but the crowd liked it anyway
October 11th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Obama says, PA is hurting, he says wages have gone down, plants closing, he says it doesn’t have to be this way. “I’m going to put PA first.”
October 11th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Obama says to young kids, if you study hard, and put some time in community service, he says under a Obama administratin he will guarantee that you can afford college
October 11th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Obama says, the US could put two million people to work, by investing in america’s infrastructure. (does this idea sound familiar?)
October 11th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Obama says, improving america won’t be easy. we will all have to work together. tells parents to turn off the tv, turn off the video games, and support kids in school more, and tells fathers they too need to play a role in ensuring kids do better.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Obama says, i was raised by a single mother, and his grandparents, they gave me love and a a great education. He says, they sacrificed for him. He says, everyone has a relative like this that made sacrifices for them. that’s the story of America. Each successive generation working hard for the next generation.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Obama…makes his call for action. He tells the west philadelphia crowd..he needs there help. thank you, and God bless America”
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October 11th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
kessler They always play Stevie Wonder’s “Signed Sealed Delivered” at Obama rallies