Well, Barack stopped by for lunch today. We had barbecue.

[Jackpine Radical]

Madashell, Sybilla & a few others dropped in, including Russ Feingold and Jim Doyle. It was a pretty nice time, all told.

http://www.leadertelegram.com/story-news.asp?id=BHIM22D0F1M

[billyoc]

1. Real nice out there, I hear.

My Union, the Ironworkers, has a call for people to go to WI right now for a big powerhouse job. I was thinking of going for a few weeks.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. It was a beautiful day, about 75 degrees & mostly sunny.

The event was in a little, out-of-the-way park that belongs to the rod & gun club. They bussed us in & we had to go through security like at an airport on the way in to the event.

[rzemanfl]

2. You mean you fried out, aina' so? n/t

[Jackpine Radical]

Ya, hey.

[BlooInBloo]

4. No WAY!

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. What did Russ say?

The CNN feed only showed Obama

[Jackpine Radical]

7. He thought Biden is a great choice.

(Well, what else he gonna say?), portrayed Obama as simpatico on the war & lots of other progressive issues.

Gubner Doyle was also there. What he said was something like "Blah blah blah jobs blah blah economy blah blah..."

[Egnever]

6. I love that he is constantly doing nice things for his volunteers

He really is a very empathetic man.

Sounds like a great time.

[flpoljunkie]

8. Here's a photo from the event.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., listen to a speaker at a barbeque at the Rod and Gun Park in Eau Claire, Wis., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy King)

[Jackpine Radical]

9. That's me, two picnic tables to the left

and off the edge of the picture. I'm the one in the blue shirt.

[flpoljunkie]

10. Neat! Here's another couple from the event...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., listens to a speaker at a barbeque at the Rod and Gun Park in Eau Claire, Wis., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008.
(AP Photo/Andy King)


US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) steps up after being introduced at a campaign event at Rod and Gun Park in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, August 24, 2008.
REUTERS/Jim Young


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks to a crowd at a barbeque at the Rod and Gun Park in Eau Claire, Wis., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008.
(AP Photo/Andy King)

[Canuckistanian]

11. That was nice of him

The man wanted a small barbecue and that's what he got.

I don't know what all the bitching is about.