Someone is holding a sign up on MSNBC in the crowd

[matcom]

"Cocks for Clinton"

ok. I laughed. :rofl:

[AlCzervik]

1. mind reader, i was just about to post that.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Ya beat (oops) me to it

I know it's the Gamecocks and all, but that's gotta go.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

3. beat me too

[blm]

4. I'd wager they are GOP operatives getting their storyline in....

Pathetic. If they were really Gamecocks for Clinton, they wouldn't embarrass her by using the shortened form.

[dbonds]

5. The Gamecocks are the mascot for University of South Carolina.

<EOT>

[matcom]

7. oh I know. it just struck me as funny

and i'll bet that was the intended effect

[Pirate Smile]

6. Hotline on the crowd:

"Build These Crowds
About a quarter mile from the Martlin Luther King theatre and temporary presidential debate studio site, MSNBC's Hardball erected a massive outdoor soundstage. The piazza in the background has become a gathering place for supporters of the candidates. These crowds are "built," in the argot of campaign science.

How?

1. Have the "it" candidate. Sen. Barack Obama's South Carolina staff has spent the last week corralling Obama supporters at nearby campuses. And -- how to say this -- South Carolina State University at Orangeburg is a majority African American campus. So it probably was not a huge challenge to turn out Obama supporters.

2. Pay them. The rumour du jour is that Hillary Clinton's campaign, or some consultant affiliated with the campaign, paid students at nearby Clafin College to come hold large "Clinton Country" signs. One Clinton sign-holder did indeed volunteer to us that she was being paid, but she wouldn't say by whom. A Clinton spokesman denies that the campaign has paid anyone to attend.

3. Bus them in. John Edwards did a bit of that, we're told. (Busing in, not paying). Edwards allies seemed to have arrived late. We caught Edwards's director of advance -- he's the guy with the telephone to his ear in the picture below -- telling the other end of the line that "We need more signs!". Indeed: Chris Matthews's first guest was Elizabeth Edwards. About two dozen Edwards supporters materialized a few minutes later, but they were too late: the only room for them was on the fringes of the piazza.


Posted at 05:00 PM | Comments (0)

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/04/build_these_cro.html

Sign Wars In Orangeburg
ORANGEBURG -- For some reason, field organizers from the campaigns of Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton decided to clad their supporters in dark blue shirts.

At the prompting of a camera operator from NBC News, this scene erupted:



There are no signs here for Ex-Sen. John Edwards, the candidate who last won the South Carolina Democratic Party.

Update: there's now a few John Edwards signs. And Edwards supporters are wearing white.

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/04/sign_wars_in_or.html

[Flarney]

8. I thought the "Cocks for Clinton" actually went to Monica...

heheh... GO COCKS!

[DearAbby]

9. Well that does it....

Clenis has "stepped" into imfamey...has it's own organized FAN CLUB!


edit: Speelin