Officials report a few heat casualties

[Jim Damaske | TIMES]

DUNEDIN -- Today's high temperatures caused some casualties at the Obama event. William McElligott, division chief of the Dunedin Fire Department, said his team treated 22 people for heat-related injuries.

The patients were among the crowd of 11,000 that McElligott estimated were inside the stadium.
At one time, he said, the line to get in was in excess of a mile (eventually, everyone got in) and temperatures reached 88 degrees.

Three people were taken to area hospitals for more advanced care. There were no critical cases, he said. McElligott's team operated an area that offered air conditioning and water.

"Most of the folks here needed to cool down,'' he said, calling the room "the basic comfort station.''

Will Van Sant, Times staff writer

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Comments

11,000 thats kind of pathetic. Sarah Palin draws 60,000 and all the chosen one can draw is 11,000.

Kind of disappointing.

Bunch of damn morons...

Tell me, was the heat stroke worth seeing your Messiah?

Couldn't Obama just raise his hand and say "Be healed" like all the other tent revivalists?

Palin kicked Obama's butt, by 6 to 1, but the left wing media will never admit it. The St. Pete Times is in the tank for Obama. Objective reporting? Not.

Here we go again with the hypocrisy of the Repulicon Party. Will these liars ever learn?

Professing to be Christian, while blaspheming our Savior by calling Obama the “Messiah”.

Professing to be Pro-Life, while the majority of “Abortion-on-Demand” is by 25-35 year old professional Republicon women, wives, staffers, daughters, and mistresses.

Christian & Pro-Life; so long as it doesn’t hurt the P&L Statement”

The Republicon Party; Hypocrisy Perfected!

[Rove strikes again.]

Does McSame think people won't see through this little Rovian ploy?

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MCCAIN?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-09-24-15-19-06

[McCain getting pounded by Obama, suspends campaign using bailout as an excuse]

Help me! I've fallen and I can't get up!

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MCCAIN?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-09-24-15-19-06

"Barack Obama's campaign says he is inclined to go ahead with Friday's presidential debate"

Translation: We've been rehearsing our answers to the questions the media has provided us for weeks now! We need to look Presidential! You can't cancel now...

Might as well just bring the teleprompter and make a speech again...

3:43

oh please. everyone knows its liberal democratic women who have abortions. they also support obama and believe you should not offer health care to babies who survive.

Why weren't those 11,000 people at work?

[Congress needs to get to Washington and AGREE]

McCain shows class by putting Country First.

Obama puts himself first, yet again.

The credit markets need something NOW. Both sides need to agree on SOMETHING in the next couple of days.

T-bills are at .42 cents right now. The closer they go to 0 or NEGATIVE, we're in trouble.

Warren Buffett called it a financial Pearl Harbor - Congress needs to get to Washington and AGREE.

Country first, campaign last.

Your move Mr. Obama...

"Why weren't those 11,000 people at work?"

Because Democrats don't work...they sit at home and wait for their welfare checks.

Obama is a coward for not returning to D.C. to work on a vote for returning our economy to a more stable situation. However, that would mean making a tough decision, which he is not capable of doing. He;s a senator first and candidate second--we are paying him to be a senator. He should get his butt back to Washington!!

What does Obama know about work, he is community organizer. Just remember its the same thing as a small town mayor minus the actual job responsibilities.

[Joe from Philly]

Did Obama speak up on behalf of Gay marriage and against the pastors at Beulah Baptist Institutional Church in Tampa?
http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2008/09/black-leaders-o.html

Help me! I've Palin and I can't get up!

Dear McSame,

You and your nasty milfwannabe can run, but you can't hide!... cause we'd smell the p in you diaper anyway.

The McCain/Palin salute to those hard-working American Community Organizers and Volunteers who help those Americans most in need:

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McCain/Palin ’08 “Corporations First; Americans Last”

This whole "let's suspend the campaign" notion is just a cheap political ploy. The negotiations in DC would go a lot smoother without McCain and Obama there to politicize the proces even more. Besides, McCain has nothing to offer on the subject other than cheap political posturing. What's he going to do? Go in there and say "Well, I think the fundamentals of our economy are strong, but..."? He and Obama need to go ahead with the debate and planned and let the people in DC, who know what they are doing, work out the details.

[Brit]

It's sad when your candidate has NO substance and you have to resort to constant rhetoric. Seriously, Obamians cut the rhetoric and give us some facts. TELL US SOMETHING THAT YOUR "MESSIAH" HAS ACCOMPLISHED OTHER than raising taxed for those who make $47,500 or less. Let's get REAL here.

Why would he return to vote now if he never has voted in the 1st place.

Where is a RELIABLE report that Palin drew 60,000? The only place that has been reported as far as I have seen I in these blogs and I'm wondering if it is the same person posting that over and over. Blogs of any kind are hardly a reliable place for news.

Announced Friday. Small town. Work day. People told to not bother coming after a certain time because the line was over a mile long and 3-4 abreast at any given spot. 11,000 INSIDE, that does not include those left outside. I got there at 9:00 and the line was already wrapping around the stadium. Before 10:30 we could not see the end of the line because it went back so far.

I saw about 10 protesters. 3 or 4 beforehand, a couple inside who left, and a couple afterwards.
I saw private schools allowing their students to attend. One made a small field trip out of it.
I saw proud Republicans there to support Senator Obama.
Vets supporting the Senator.
I met people who had come from Hudson and even Tallahassee.

Senator Obama remarked that we all needed to work together, including gays and straights.

Not offer health care to babies? Umm, ok. *nods and moves away slowly as to not startle*

Good thing ALL us unemployed people didn't show up! 11,000 crowded that place - 606,000 would have be nuts!

Brit, what the hell are you talking about? Do you just make this stuff up or do you actually read it on some right wing blog somewhere? Here's a tip friend... start thinking for yourself instead of just listening to what the GOP tells you to believe.

[Brit]

He smarty pants -- HIS VOTING RECORD IS PUBLIC RECORD!!!!!!!!!!!! It does not take a rocket scientist to know that. Here's a tip friend................. don't talk about what you don't know!

"He and Obama need to go ahead with the debate and planned and let the people in DC, who know what they are doing, work out the details."

So you admit that Obama does not know what he is doing then...

two photos from the Palin event and 9 from Obama's events in Jacksonville and now today.

McCain shows class by putting Country First.

Obama puts himself first, yet again.

The credit markets need something NOW. Both sides need to agree on SOMETHING in the next couple of days.

T-bills are at .42 cents right now. The closer they go to 0 or NEGATIVE, we're in trouble.

Warren Buffett called it a financial Pearl Harbor - Congress needs to get to Washington and AGREE.

[Realist]

Is this the first time in history a candidate has tried to cancel or avoid debates? Mccain isnt on any of the committees that are writing the bills, so why is he returning to Washington? He cant sit in on any of the meetings. Either he is not well or he believes he can make political hay out of this. Either way, he is not doing himself any good. Oh, and Obama the next time you reach out to Mccain to issue joint statements or encouragement, think again. Mccain is only interested in himself.

[Gator(R)]

5:34

I agree on the joint statement, if true, that was petty and low.

Debates - I would hazard a guess that the state of the economy would hurt McCain in debates, and if it can be stabilized, by some miracle, before the debate is rescheduled it will be to their advantage. It could also be just political posturing.

I imagine there will be votes of the full Senate ultimately, but probably not until next week, if ever.

causalties means that someone died.

[Jen]

"Pathetic" my foot. People were waiting to get in for a 1PM speech before 6AM, and the line at one point stretched nearly a mile.
Nobody's drawing 60K listeners in a ballfield that normally seats 6000.

[Gator(R)]

Interesting debate on whose candidate has the most people show up to listen to them speak. I wonder if there is any correlation to the final vote.

I personally wouldn't wait 15 minutes to hear anybody speak.

[Gator(R)]

Casualty can also refer to someone who was injured or hurt. Probably more commonly used to refer to someone who died.

i think it's funny people are using numbers from the palin event and comparing it to the obama event.

more people go to horror films than they do inspirational or self reflective movies.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/09/21/0921palinflorida.html

The first Florida campaign stop by the Alaska governor and Republican phenom drew a crowd estimated at 60,000 by officials in this Central Florida retirement community.

[Rush]

If you went to this "event" today you are a complete moron and are either one or all of the following
1. an baby killing psycho feminazi
2. a welfare puppy
3. a black wanting restitution under "the brother mans plan to gets paid"
4. a war protesting hippie
5. a homo wanting marriage
6. an illegal
7. an idiot who sniffs your own farts
8. a limp wristed, flag burning, dope smoking, long haired, baby aborting, china loving, communist freak

you choose but the truth hurts

[McCain to cut and run]

McCain wants to cancel the debate because he knows he will have to include debating about the economy.

And McCain has already been quoted as saying he doesn't know much about economics.

[Barack "I will give 100,000 in reparations to all blacks" HUSSEIN Obama]

Obama sppech
"Ummm, well....you see.. the reason that we ahhhh..the economy is like I said...uhh. because of change."

Watch 60 minutes and see waht a moron your messiah is.. he can't even answer why he should be president.

It is pretty clear that the newspaper is slanted. I am surprised that St. Pete could afford to have all of those staff writers at one location at the same time. Oh, that's right, you don't report on anything of real importance. And we definitely know that you don't do any investigative reporting - it appears all of your writers are op/ed reporters (although normally op/ed writers are usually not affiliated with the newspaper to whom they are submitting their writings).

[Barack "thank allah the debate was cancelled" HUSSEIN Obama]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/17/60minutes/main4456360.shtml

I agree with you Rush!!

[MCCAIN WIMPS OUT ON DEBATE]

McCain wimps out on debates.

Fantastic turnout for a Wednesday daytime event!!!!!!!

Go Obama-Biden!!!!!!!

I am an independent, highly educated white mother with a great job. I took the day off to hear a historic presidential candidate. The conservative crew is turning off moderates- not wise!

[Paul D. Harvill]

Posted on Wed, Sep. 24, 2008 from the Associated Press:

Obama rejects McCain call to delay debate

By BETH FOUHY

Republican John McCain said Wednesday that he wants to postpone Friday's debate to deal with the nation's financial problems, but Democrat Barack Obama said "it's more important than ever" that the country hear from its next president.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/699738.html

Two U.S. Senators in Washington won't contribute much to a debate that has so many people already involved.

Besides McCain has said numerous times that doesn't know much about the economy.

The REAL reason is that McCain is seeking to avoid a debate with Obama.

Pure and simple.

Agree 8:07. I am an Independent, educated, drug free, straight, self sufficient and then some, non-murdering woman. I was able to go to this event and am glad that was possible. The crowd was great and wonderfully diverse.

Insulting people only shows a lack of maturity and a need for attention.

Those insults would only matter if one were prejudiced against those people. It's a shame that some want to kick others around because they disagree.

[Rush]

8:07 and 8:11
you both fall under
#7 an idiot who sniffs your own farts

You are so smart and educated that you were brainwashed in college by all your hippie/commie professors.
Stop drinking it all in and wake up.

[McCain and the Debate]

McCain = the kid praying for a snow day so he can get out of the exam.

Okay, this is rich, CNN just reported that the McCain camp is looking to schedule the presidential debate for next Thursday, the day that the VP debate is scheduled for, and then delay the VP date to some unnamed date.

Is this a joke?