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I meant to have photos of the rally up by now, but as far back as I was, the pictures I got with my phone and camera weren’t so hot. A gentleman standing next to me had a much nicer camera and said he’d e-mail me the photos. Once I get them, I’ll post them up here. For now, I’ve got a few from my phone I can share and later tonight, my camera should be charged and I can look through to see what I’ve got on it.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/a>
The building helps give perspective on just how many people were there <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The single largest gathering I’ve ever experienced <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The biggest flag I’ve ever seen, and a handful of security officers. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"All <\/a>
All ages were in attendance <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Later <\/a>
Later they turned to face us but the sign was still backward <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Even <\/a>
Even Penny Arcade fans were present <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

I’d never been to a rally before, so this was a new experience for me. However, this was definitely the largest political rally in Kansas City in a long time, if not ever. St. Louis had 100,000 people show up in the morning and 75,000 were at Liberty Memorial in KC. Now some pointed out that the speech he gave is the same speech he’s been giving in all the battleground states, but with some slight variations (this was in response to my recording as much of the speech as I could). That may be, but he did an incredible job of explaining any doubts John McCain may have raised during the final debate a few days before. My wife was even moved to tears by his speech, and I have to admit that I choked up once or twice myself.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the reason that Obama’s campaign has moved me so much to voice my opinion and express myself politically is that for the first time as an adult, I’ve been given the opportunity to choose a candidate for President that made me feel proud<\/em> to be an American. Not since I was a little kid, singing anthems and saying pledges have I ever felt the way I do now, hearing him speak with such conviction about positive changes and making America a place the world can respect again. I hope that there are enough people out there that hear the same message that I do and are willing to step up and fight<\/span> vote for what they believe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I meant to have photos of the rally up by now, but as far back as I was, the pictures I got with my phone and camera weren’t so hot. A gentleman standing next to me had a much nicer camera and said he’d e-mail me the photos. 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