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

[Brad Haslett]

Here's Sarah on the trail-

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27183176#27183176

Brad

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
> Pete,
> Bristol VA and Bristol TN are adjacent to each other.  Well, they are
> the same city actually.  Main Street runs right down the state border.
> They stage a scene every year where the mayor of Bristol TN and the
> mayor of Bristol VA ride together down Main Street together.  Each one
> remains in their own state.
>
> I like Webb too and there was talk of him being the vp pick.  He
> squashed that saying he could do more good staying in the Senate. - rob
>
> - rob
>
>
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>
> 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.
>
>
> Rob Lowe wrote:
>>
>> 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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