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Making people angry: the Jefferson-Jackson Diner

It wasn't 8 a.m. yet this morning before I got a phone call from someone complaining about my story on Sens. Clinton and Obama campaigning at the Jefferson-Jackson diner in Raleigh last night.

The criticism was over this line:

"...from the crowd, which appeared to heavily favor the Illinois senator and roared when he took the stage 70 minutes later. Audience members roared and came to their feet several times during his speech. Although Clinton got applause, it was not as robust."

The caller said that the audience was evenly split between Clinton and Obama supporters. That was simply not the case.

First off, Clinton got a smattering of "boos" during her speech and Gov. Mike Easley appeared to lose his place at one point when the crowd jeered over his endorsement of Clinton.

Secondly, Clinton got some nice ovation. You could feel - literally feel the vibrations - from the applause that Obama got before he said a word.

Also, eyeballing the crowd, multiple reporters remarked on how many more Obama signs were in the house than there were for Clinton.

And the crowd was simply louder for Obama than it was for Clinton.

But maybe I'm crazy. If so, I'm other scruffy media types are with me.

From Rob Christensen at the News & Observer: "But the sharp divisions were evident in the crowd, which leaned toward Obama. There were scattered boos from Obama backers when Clinton discussed her gas-tax plan. And there was almost certainly a first in 78-year-history of the dinner -- lusty boos for a sitting Democratic governor. Gov. Mike Easley, who had endorsed Clinton earlier in the week, was jeered when he was introduced, and had to speak over scattered boos."

From the Charlotte Observer Team: "When Obama walked to the stage after Clinton, the room exploded with energy."

At any rate, if I'm indulging in a delusion, it is a shared one.

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RField said:

We now know;

- Wright is a race-dividing lunatic, not at all
taken out of "context"

- Obama attended it 20 years - then runs
as a racial uniter, with superior judgment,
to whom words matter. Looked the other way
on such hate-speech, while it was helping
him win his IL Senate seat. Now that the
same extremist ideology starts harming him,
he is "outraged". Wouldn't disown Wright
as recently as last month, now disowns him -
over identical remarks. Only a dunce cannot
see the hypocrisy.

- Joines is a dunce. Whom looks the other
way on the fact, that Obama looked the other
way for 20 years. Wake up, NC


-

SMALL-TOWNAMERICAN said:

OBAMA HAS BASED HIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN ON LIES. WE HAVE 50 STATES --- NOT 48 --- COUNT THEIR VOTES!

OBAMA'S TIES TO ANTI-AMERICANS AND TERRORISTS WILL NOT GO AWAY.

HE DENOUNCED PASTOR WRIGHT "AFTER" HIS POLL NUMBERS DROPPED. HE SUPPORTED WRIGHT FOR 20 YEARS. SAT IN CHURCH WITH HIS CHILDREN, LISTENING TO SPEWS OF HATRED AND "GOD DAMN AMERICA".

I'M A SMALL-TOWN AMERICAN WHO IS NOT BITTER BUT I DO BELIEVE IN GOD.

OBAMA CANNOT BE TRUSTED.

STOP THE DRAMA --- NO OBAMA!

HILLARY OR McCAIN 2008!


laura roslin said:

Thank you Mark, for being a reporter and not a stenographer and for letting people pressure you into being politically "correct".

Now if only the media would cover the illegal robo calls more indepth.

But thank you.

Thomas M said:


I have no doubt your description of the crowds responses were accurate. During the whole campaign Obama supporters have been rude & nasty!! The lack of respect for anything & anyone except Obama has been reveling. They have earned the reputation of being the Militant far left wing of the Democratic party.
This is the kind of "Change" that Obama offers!! They are Hijacking the Democratic party, which will be left in shambles in the general election. The Democrat leaders are so worried about disenfranchising the black vote, they are forgetting about the mainstream America & women voters. It's remarkable to me how we have destroyed the party & lost the White house in a year we should have had a overwhelming victory. It's obvious to me that we need a Third party now in our country!!

Thomas M said:


I have no doubt your description of the crowds responses were accurate. During the whole campaign Obama supporters have been rude & nasty!! The lack of respect for anything & anyone except Obama has been reveling. They have earned the reputation of being the Militant far left wing of the Democratic party.
This is the kind of "Change" that Obama offers!! They are Hijacking the Democratic party, which will be left in shambles in the general election. The Democrat leaders are so worried about disenfranchising the black vote, they are forgetting about the mainstream America & women voters. It's remarkable to me how we have destroyed the party & lost the White house in a year we should have had a overwhelming victory. It's obvious to me that we need a Third party now in our country!!

Thomas M said:


I have no doubt your description of the crowds responses were accurate. During the whole campaign Obama supporters have been rude & nasty!! The lack of respect for anything & anyone except Obama has been reveling. They have earned the reputation of being the Militant far left wing of the Democratic party.
This is the kind of "Change" that Obama offers!! They are Hijacking the Democratic party, which will be left in shambles in the general election. The Democrat leaders are so worried about disenfranchising the black vote, they are forgetting about the mainstream America & women voters. It's remarkable to me how we have destroyed the party & lost the White house in a year we should have had a overwhelming victory. It's obvious to me that we need a Third party now in our country!!

Brenda said:

I hope all North Carolineans will do some research on Obama before they go to the polls on Tuesday. This man is not what he appears to be. His books have at least 76 lies in them and counting. His ties with Wright, Odinga, Kalidi, Ayres, Dohrn, New Black Panthers, Rev. Wright, Rev. Meeks, Farrakhan, Rezko and all his other Chicago "thugs", Auchi, Brzezenski, should be enough for no one to vote for him. You do not associate with people like these people and not owe them favors. Also, look up larrysinclair0926.wordpress.com. This is quite a wake up call and I hope America will wake up before it is too late.

elme said:

Obama claims 7 years experience in the Illinois legislature - Working Across the Aisles, Bringing people together to get good CHANGES passed -as exemplified by 26 good bills with his name on them.

A Chicago reporter says all 26 bills were passed in ONE Year, and they were not Obama's bills.

http://wweek.com/editorial/3418/10516/

EXCERPTS:
But what’s interesting, and almost never discussed, is that he built his entire legislative record in Illinois in a single year.

Republicans controlled the Illinois General Assembly for six years of Obama’s seven-year tenure.

Then Emil Jones Jr. (became the Senate Majority leader), He became Obama’s kingmaker.

Jones appointed Obama sponsor of virtually every high-profile piece of legislation, angering many rank-and-file state legislators who had more seniority than Obama and had spent years championing the bills.

During his seventh year in the state Senate, Obama ... sponsored a whopping 26 bills including many he now cites in his presidential campaign when attacked as inexperienced.

Working Across the Aisles/ Making CHANGES = ZILCH

Taking Credit for Other People's Work/ INTEGRITY = ZERO
HONESTY = ZERO


Still have any doubt this election is about GE Cheney ... "the establishment" ... running Obama AND McCain for President in order to assure themselves of Pulling Off Cheney's NEXt Big Energy RIPOFF?

You think Obama's 20 year "friendship" with the Rev. Wright makes people suspicious of his ... spiritual ... beliefs?

Just Wait until his 20 year "friendship" with Rezko ... shows up on your TV screen - AFTER he gets the nomination, or, AFTER he's OUT of the race:

GOOGLE Info about: The 3 friends who attended engineering school in Illinois: Rezko Alsammarae Auichi

Auichi (still a billionaire) convicted in a French court of MASSIVE fraud/looting involving
ELF a French petroleum company and the UN Oil for Food program.
Rezko business partner.

Alsammarae - convicted in an Iraq court (under its current govt) of LOOTING the Iraq ELECTRICITY Grid [while he was Minister of Electricity ... He was Appointed Electricity Minister by the Bush/Cheney ... Coalition Provisional Authority]. Rezko was...allegedly...his partner in LOOTING the electricity grid, and partners in planning to build a power plant in Iraq.

Last week's NEWS from the Rezko trial ... you didn't see on TV:

Federal prosecution witness testified that Obama and his wife DID attend a party at Rezko's home thrown in honor of Auichi.

Obama has previously said: He doesn't remember meeting Auichi.

The MEDIA is NOT asking him this question: Did you and your wife attend that Party?

Another prosecution witness testified that REZKO told him not to worry about the upcoming trial because the White House was going to fire the prosecutior (Patrick Fitzgerald) - to kill the criminal prosecution of Rezko.

That's a WHOLE LOT of REALLY BIG DIRT all the CORRUPT Politicans and their CORRUPT Media are desperately trying to keep covered up. Obama is part and parcel of it.

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