Close to 1,700 attend Michelle Obama rally

Tiffany Brown

Michelle Obama speaks to an enthusiastic crowd during a rally for Barack Obama on the Cheyenne campus of College of Southern Nevada.

By Michael Mishak (contact)

Published Monday, Nov. 3, 2008 | 11:38 a.m.

Updated Monday, Nov. 3, 2008 | 1:27 p.m.

Michelle Obama stumps in Las Vegas

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The mood after today’s Michelle Obama rally was jubilant. Supporters danced to the sounds of Motown and crowded around Obama for pictures.

Michelle Obama gave an 30-minute speech to a crowd estimated by campus police to be 1,700. She implored supporters to vote.

“This year has been fun,” she said. “The rallies are great, but the only day that matters is tomorrow. The crowd sizes don’t matter. The money doesn’t matter. The enthusiasm doesn’t matter if people don’t vote. That where we all come in.”

If the crowd’s reaction was any indication, Obama was preaching to the choir. She was interrupted several times with chants of “Yes we can!” and “O-bam-a!” So, she outlined the argument for the undecided.

The speech was an emotional one for Michelle Obama, with North Las Vegas being her second to last stop on the campaign trail.

“What I want people to understand is Barack gets things in a way we need in a leader,” she said. “We need someone who understands the challenges of working families. … Barack understands it because he’s lived it.”

She said his upbringing by a single mother had given him compassion and the understanding that people sometimes “need a little hand up every now and then.”

She summed up her husband’s policy proposals: cutting taxes for 95 percent of working families, providing tax breaks for companies that create American jobs, enacting near universal health care, investing in education and ending the war in Iraq.

The message though was focused firmly on voting.

“Tomorrow, if you haven’t voted, vote,” she said. “Stay in the lines. Be patient. Don’t get out of the line until you’ve cast your vote. Bring lunch, bring water, bring a folding chair. Find a friend, a grandparent, an uncle, a neighbor. Bring them with you. Young people, we know you can sleep through things. So wake your friends up. Then we can start imagining and dreaming.”

The speech was an emotional one for Michelle Obama, with North Las Vegas being her second to last stop on the campaign trail.

Discussion: 13 comments so far…

By johnevegas

11/3/08 at 2:06 p.m.

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I hear McCain brought in well over 200 the other night. So that reflects the polls out today 11/3. I bet if McCain actually said something about himself instead of attacking Barry all the time, people might go listen to him. As it is, I think we're all sick of the terrorist B.S.
By maryjoseph

11/3/08 at 4:28 p.m.

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My heart goes out to Barack Obama at the loss of Toot, his grandmother. Dreams from my Father was a "can't-put-down" book for me, and Toot comes out as the hand that moulded Barry so well.

She used to sing to him, one of the songs was one of hope: "There's a bright side somewhere " don't rest till you find it ""

Her hope for Barry will be realised on 4 Nov, even if she is not in this world anymore. He has not rested in chasing his dream of a better America, a better world.

God be with Toot's Barry, always.

Mary Joseph
New Delhi, India
By animalsrule

11/3/08 at 5:23 p.m.

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Sarah Palin is not pro-life. She kills animals for fun. She supports the killing of imperiled polar bears, bear cubs, and wolf pups. She is a twisted individual. How anyone can view her as a role model is beyond me!!!

If you want Obama to win, copy these links and email them to everyone you know:

http://www.defendersactionfund.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHCcunc7S...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcDjxpeaD...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srv6AWySQ...
By jfnance32

11/3/08 at 5:53 p.m.

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So Obama is anti-hunter?????

Is it too late to do a TV commerical.
By Pavonefan

11/4/08 at noon

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Thank God for pro life candidates like John McCain and Sarah Palin.

You should see the youtube video on Obama and infanticide. How anyone can vote for THAT is beyond me!!!!!
By johnevegas

11/4/08 at 12:24 p.m.

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"Thank God for pro life candidates..."

What offsets it for me though is they they both believe in killing adults for political reasons and killing animals for any reason. So, it's kind of a push there.

You should see the videos and images of the thousands of innocent Americans and Iraqis who have died for Bush's lies. We've had enough of that genocide, as well as the entire "God is on our side" blasphemy.

Sorry, you do not own morality and this is not a single issue world.
By redferret

11/4/08 at 12:37 p.m.

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Also I love how Palin's against victims' rights, since she wants to force rape/incest victims to keep their babies, no matter what. That, and she wants to take away our rights, but not those of her family, "It's was Bristol's decision."
Palin also let ideology get in the way when she supported the city measure that made rape victims/their insurers pay for their rape kits.
Yeah, go pro life.
By mikegino

11/4/08 at 1:12 p.m.

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Yikes! Distance is this woman's best friend.
By johnevegas

11/4/08 at 2:13 p.m.

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By jfnance32

11/4/08 at 3:11 p.m.

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LOL...I wonder what evil did JohnVegas get booted for.
By PatriciaLV

11/4/08 at 3:40 p.m.

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I don't know; his post made perfect sense in opposition to mikegino's demeaning/sexist post (which still stands).

I don't find it funny at all, Jim. If mikegino is allowed to post what he did, then john's post should have been available for all to see.
By mikegino

11/4/08 at 4:17 p.m.

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I concur. Censorship is for totalitarian societies.
By redferret

11/5/08 at 11:05 a.m.

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Quaint reductionist argument there. You are basically saying the US, all of Europe, Australia, and Canada are all totalitarian societies. yuk, yuk, yuk. Man I've been laughing all today and last night. This is seriously 7/11's too much good stuff.