[Rhodes22-list] Political - Obama coming to Roanoke, VA

[Herb Parsons]

Sounds like some folks got tingles running up their legs.


petelargo wrote:
> where is bristol virginia? I know where bristol tenn is. I am in boone nc
> part of the year and have been to abingdon several times. I really like Jim
> Webb for many reasons and was originally hoping he would be picked for v-p. 
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> Rob Lowe wrote:
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>> And the locals are excited!  I would go but I already committed to
>> helping a friend teach his class.  Can't miss out on a chance to impart
>> more liberal ideas to the young.  Obama has spent a lot of time in
>> Southwest Virginia and it's paying off.  Obama announced his campaign in
>> Bristol, Virginia at the high school my wife went to.  It was a standing
>> room only crowd who waited hours to hear him speak.  Later, a trip to
>> Lebanon, Virginia, a (very) small town out in the middle of nowhere,
>> home to Joe Six Pack and Joe the Plumber.  The latest polls show Obama
>> with a slight lead in the state, mostly due to increased support from
>> people in rural areas, long a republican stronghold.  My uncle-in-law
>> had the honor of driving Obama from the Bristol Airport to Lebanon and
>> said it was one of the highlights of his life.  Thousands came to hear
>> him speak in an area that is routinely ignored by all the politicians.
>> And Obama's final comment was that he would not forget about the issues
>> and the people from rural Appalachia.  And now, a trip to Roanoke, just
>> an hour up the road.  Everyone in my office is talking about it.  Damn,
>> wish I could go.  Guess I'll have to settle for Senator Jim Webb (junior
>> senator from Virginia) who is speaking on campus tomorrow night. - rob
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