It's been six weeks since I've posted a blog entry. May was a busy month of working on the Obama campaign. It culminated on May 23rd when Senator Obama came to the Fort Lauderdale for a rally at the BankAtlantic Center.
I got off work at noon that Friday, came home, changed into my Obama tee shirt and cap, got Larry and our neighbor Carmen and off we went to Sunrise for the rally.
What impressed us was how organized it was. Everything went like clockwork. After clearing TSA we got into the stadium kind of looking around to what section ramp we were going to go up when a young man approached us and said that we've been selected for seating behind Senator Obama. He let us make a bathroom stop and then escorted us to our seats.
One of the things done differently at the Obama rally which I never saw done at Kerry rallies, was that hundreds of Obama volunteers were getting names and email addresses of people not signed up to volunteer and getting folks registered to vote. They went through every row in that arena.
The Cuban reggae band was fantastic and everybody clapped to the music.
My congressman, Rep. Robert Wexler served as MC and gave a wonderful speech.
As the time got nearer for Obama to arrive, people had their cameras fixed on the entrance where the speakers had come thru.
But then, out of nowhere, Obama is walking the circumference of the arena walking toward the stage and the crowd went wild.
It was a great event. Afterward, we went to the Wilton Manors area of FTL to eat dinner at the Old Florida Fishhouse which was fantastic.
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