Reply #16: I only saw a little of it (clicking past it),

[berry]

so I appreciated your take on it. But what bothered me was the HUGE hall they were in, and it was packed with people. Usually, it seems as if the crowds are smaller or, at least, the camera doesn't pan over the people so I assume there aren't masses of people. Or he gets a captive audience at some military base. But this was really big.

So then I remembered hearing about the *Bush campaign in 2000 bring in busloads of loyalists for rallies. And I wondered. Would these be new people? who hadn't been to a *Bush speech before? or was the hall "packed"? What I find hard to believe is that they just put an ad in the paper and that many people just appeared. Well, I KNOW they don't do that.

I also caught a moment at the end where *Bush is gladhanding the crowd. It gave me a sick feeling. Think cult.