My Pics From Miami Rally Today - PIC HEAVY (duh)

[PermanentRevolution]

So, not too many of them came out too well - a result of the long distance zoom, a shaky hand, and a useless autofocus. But a few came out alright, so here they are!


Mounted Police outside Bicentennial Park


Cubano For Obama! Si se puede!


Spam All-Stars warming up the crowd


Veteran for Obama in front of me


Former Senator Bob Graham speaks.
Behind him, L to R: Joe Garcia, Raul Martinez, Annette Taddeo, Mayor Manny Diaz, Rep. Robert Wexler, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Rep. Kendrick Meek, Sen. Bill Nelson


Michelle Obama (obviously) introducing Barack


Our next president takes the stage!


Michelle and Barack together

[Aloha Spirit]

1. Gorgeous! It's nice to see some of those Democrats smiling like that, after the contentious primary.

[PermanentRevolution]

17. Yeah, it is!

It was really great seeing all of them on stage together, smiling and waving.

[Barack_America]

2. Those are REALLY fantastic pics!

That looked like quite a rally! Former Senator, both current Senators, House members...WOW!

[PermanentRevolution]

14. Thanks!

Sadly, only one current Senator. We'll work on defeating Mel Martinez when he comes up for re-election!

Raul Martinez, Joe Garcia, and Annette Taddeo are the Democratic challengers for 3 current GOP House seats in S. Florida - The Diaz-Balart brothers and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Hopefully, we can get the turnout to get rid of all 3!

[Scurrilous]

3. Great pics.

K & R :thumbsup:

[PermanentRevolution]

15. Thanks!

:hi:

[RagAss]

4. Makes me proud to be an American Floridian, even if I do live in the Fucktard part of the state !!!

[4lbs]

13. "Fucktards 4 Obama !!!"

:D

[PermanentRevolution]

19. Hey, you serve an important role up there...

You're helping to offset the Fucktard vote so that Miami-Dade, Broward, and West Palm can deliver the state for Obama!

Keep up the good fight!

[RagAss]

27. Thanks....we are fore-checking to use a Hockey term....

[Thrill]

5. Wow Great Pics!!

[PermanentRevolution]

16. Aw, you folks are too kind

You should've seen the 500+ blurry ones I had to comb through to get these usable ones!

[AZBlue]

6. Great pics! Thanks for sharing and letting us live vicariously through you!

:D

[PermanentRevolution]

18. It's the least I can do, since I live vicariously off of so many other DUers' stories!

[Cha]

7. Wonderful pics, PermanentRevolution..

I love this one with Rob Wexler and Debi Wasserman-Schultz standing out with the Obamas and the crowd. I don't know who that guy in the blue long sleeve shirt is?

[PermanentRevolution]

8. That's Sen. Bill Nelson in the blue

And former Senator Bob Graham next to him. And Rep. Kendrick Meek behind them.

[Cha]

11. Oh wow, Nelson looks healthier

than I've seen him in the past..I remember Bob Graham and oh yeah, Kendrick Meeks! As someone else wrote it'a nice to see all the Florida Dems smiling so much after the long hard primary.

And, I always think of Rob Wexler when I think of the 2000 debacle in Florida and how hard he fought..in fact, this is from his website about Florida then and Florida now.

From Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL):

"I saw it with my own eyes: The Bush and GOP machine stole the 2000 election and the presidency in Florida (not to mention Ohio in 2004) and the results have been catastrophic for our nation and the world.

Don’t take my word for it - read the dissent of Supreme Court Justices Stevens, Breyer and Ginsberg in the absurd legal decision of Bush v. Gore: “Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year’s Presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the Nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law.”

Back in 2000, in Florida, I witnessed the votes of World War II veterans thrown away and GOP thugs bully the Miami Dade elections office into stopping a recount. I swore to myself that never again would the votes of Americans be thrown away and replaced by the votes of appointed judges. Following the 2000 election, I spent 7 years fighting to remove the DIEBOLD electronic machines from Florida and to install a voter verified paper trail which we accomplished last year.

I have bad news: They are trying again to silence our votes.

Most people associate the 2000 election with paper “chads” and the Supreme Court’s tragic decision. Yet the voter suppression in 2000 went way beyond not counting votes – from illegal roadblocks near minority precincts to the complete purging of legitimate voters from the rolls through what is called “voter caging “– the practice of using databases to improperly delete voters.

Now, we are seeing signs of voter caging again in both Michigan and Florida.

In Michigan, the state is using a list of foreclosures to purge voters (many of which are still legitimate voters in their districts).

In Florida, my home state, the Republican led Supervisor of Elections is aggressively applying a new law designed to limit voter fraud by summarily deleting voters who might have – as part of a clerical error – a different driver’s license or social security number than was put in the database.

If legitimate, legal voters are denied access to the voting booth – we risk a repeat of 2000, in multiple states.

We must remain vigilant, not just in defense of our economy, but in defense of our rights as Americans.

I am working with my colleagues in Congress to call attention to this matter, but I encourage you to contact your state elections supervisor and demand that they allow every person who claims to be a legitimate voter to submit a provisional ballot.

There is a system in every state to deal with provisional ballots – to verify their legitimacy after the fact.

Voter caging is a threat to our (already challenged) democratic principals. Please join me and pass this email along to spread the word.

If you have not already signed up at http://www.wexlerforcongress.com, and would like to be on this list, please sign up today."

Sincerely,

Congressman Robert Wexler

[sonias]

9. Oh those are beautiful pictures

You did great. What a wonderful photo post. That last one with the kids is really great.

:bounce:


Sonia

[PermanentRevolution]

20. Yeah, I like that one, too!

[treestar]

10. Beautiful! Really love the pics of the kids holding up the signs

[PermanentRevolution]

21. Yeah, that's a really nice one

:toast:

[stillcool]

12. thank you...great pics!

[BrklynLiberal]

22. Those are some really great pics!!!!

[pklaz96]

23. Thank you -

Great pics. Good to see these - it's difficult to find any real coverage on the TV.

[firedupdem]

24. Great Pics!! Thanks for sharing!! n/t

[MagickMuffin]

25. Thanks for Sharing, you did a great Job ;=D

I especially :loveya: the ones with Wexler. So, glad he gave up being a Cokehead. In case you're not sure what I'm referring to, is the time he was on The Colbert Report, and Stephen had Robert make the claim he was a Coke user since no one was running against him at the time. Robert refused to do it the last time he was on because this year he has a challenger.

[TragedyandHope]

26. Great pics, thanks for sharing!