LIVE from Cheney Stadium: Here he is, the Next Vice President of the United States!
Senator Joe Biden has just taken the stage here at Cheney Stadium to a thundering, roaring welcome. He's walking across to the podium now, greeting Governor Chris Gregoire, Senator Patty Murray, and Senator Maria Cantwell.
He began by talking, at great length, about top contests here in Washington State...the fight for governor and the fight for the 8th Congressional District.
Biden quickly singled out Darcy Burner by name, sternly but cheerfully telling the crowd, "You gotta elect her!"
And he praised Governor Chris Gregoire as a valuable partner the Obama-Biden administration needs. Without Gregoire in charge, the Evergreen State will slide backwards, because Dino Rossi and his right wing Republican allies are poised and ready to destroy years of progress. They're desperate to win.
"The kind of change that Barack Obama and I and trying to bring will be lost here in the state of Washington if you don't reelect Chris Gregoire," Biden said.
"Let me remind you, polls don't determine the outcome of elections," he declared, urging everyone present to register to vote, mail in ballots or go to the polls, and then turn out neighbors to vote.
"Cast your vote now! Get this rolling now!" he shouted to roaring applause.
"This is the single most consequential election since 1932," he added, to cheers of "Yes!" and "That's right!"
More than ten minutes later, he brought the stadium to its feet again as he used Darcy Burner's framing of the Iraq occupation, stating, "We're going to end this war responsibly! We're going to bring our troops home!"
"We're going to try to staunch the bleeding as best we can. But then, we have to start addressing the underlying problems," Biden explained later, championing the idea of tackling causes instead of symptoms.
This has been a TERRIFIC speech so far. We're just having an awesome time here. I have never heard Joe Biden so forceful, so thoughtful, and so eloquent.
This is a stump speech with local flavor, with punch, with humor, with conviction, filled with passion and substance.
This is what we all came to hear.
It's thrilling and energizing to be here, among a crowd of over twelve thousand fired-up Democrats from all over Pierce County and Puget Sound.
He began by talking, at great length, about top contests here in Washington State...the fight for governor and the fight for the 8th Congressional District.
Biden quickly singled out Darcy Burner by name, sternly but cheerfully telling the crowd, "You gotta elect her!"
And he praised Governor Chris Gregoire as a valuable partner the Obama-Biden administration needs. Without Gregoire in charge, the Evergreen State will slide backwards, because Dino Rossi and his right wing Republican allies are poised and ready to destroy years of progress. They're desperate to win.
"The kind of change that Barack Obama and I and trying to bring will be lost here in the state of Washington if you don't reelect Chris Gregoire," Biden said.
"Let me remind you, polls don't determine the outcome of elections," he declared, urging everyone present to register to vote, mail in ballots or go to the polls, and then turn out neighbors to vote.
"Cast your vote now! Get this rolling now!" he shouted to roaring applause.
"This is the single most consequential election since 1932," he added, to cheers of "Yes!" and "That's right!"
More than ten minutes later, he brought the stadium to its feet again as he used Darcy Burner's framing of the Iraq occupation, stating, "We're going to end this war responsibly! We're going to bring our troops home!"
"We're going to try to staunch the bleeding as best we can. But then, we have to start addressing the underlying problems," Biden explained later, championing the idea of tackling causes instead of symptoms.
This has been a TERRIFIC speech so far. We're just having an awesome time here. I have never heard Joe Biden so forceful, so thoughtful, and so eloquent.
This is a stump speech with local flavor, with punch, with humor, with conviction, filled with passion and substance.
This is what we all came to hear.
It's thrilling and energizing to be here, among a crowd of over twelve thousand fired-up Democrats from all over Pierce County and Puget Sound.
# Posted by Andrew : 3:04 PM
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Andrew: What do you make of this comment at the rally:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/resources/audio_headlines/audio_player.php?a=3956&f=/kiro/2008/10/10202008153123.mp3
Did you hear this?
-Michael
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