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Under a bright sun on an unseasonably chilly morning, Joe Biden came to the heart of horse country in Ocala, Florida today.
Dancing Horses Farm provided a wonderful venue for a gathering estimated at 3500 people. A crowd of 3500 is very impressive, as Marion County, where Ocala is located, is deep red politically. Contrast that crowd, in a small town on a weekday morning, to the crowds of only 5000 and 7000 that Sarah Palin drew over the weekend in the much more densely populated I-4 corridor. Biden delivered a fiery speech to an enthusiastic crowd. As the picture below was snapped, he was again noting that John McCain has been more of a sidekick than a maverick.
Noting that we are approaching Halloween, Biden told us that John McCain dressed as an agent of change is a costume that just doesn’t fit.
More importantly, Biden repeatedly worked the theme of uniting the country. He mentioned that our problems are too big and our politics are too small when we rely on division and Rovian tactics. I think he’s been reading Joe Galloway, because he also said that Barack Obama has been appealing to our better angels. He closed by revving the crowd to maximum noise levels for our once again being "one nation, under God, indivisible."
For local coverage of the event, see here.
For more of the photos I took, see here.
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Great report – thanks Jim
that’s nice to read jim, thanx for posting
Oh thanks some more Jim, love your on scene reports.
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Thank you, Jim. Love the pictures. The Union bus is cool.
There will be an event in Sarasota later this week. As of mid-day
the details were not known. I think O will be there.
That’s one mighty red area so I’m hoping for a huge crowd.
Good piece, Jim. Thanks. Damn, we’ll get this journamalism thing down yet.