13,000 Rally for Sarah Palin!

The heels are on and the gloves are off! 13,000 supporters swarm Home Depot Center to show their support for Sarah Palin and the "McCain/Palin" ticket today October 4, 2008.

I was privilaged to receive general admission tickets to the rally courtesy of Angela Lasch [Thank you very, very much!]. We were all very excited to attend the Rally and much to our surprise, Garhett's American Government Teacher, Robyn Nordell, had 3 VIP tickets which she raffled off at the end of class last week. Garhett won them!

So the Bambricks, Laschs, Platts and Peters headed out to the Rally today to celebrate with Sarah! Dawn, Garhett & I sat in the VIP section just above the entrance area where Sarah and others entered the stage. I jokingly said we could smell Sarah's perfume from where we sat.

The lines were long to get in, the wait was long to be screened by the Secret Service, the weather was wonderfully subdued by the presence of overcast clouds and a light smattering of drizzle throughout the day. God really must like Sarah to provide a 'cooler' day for her. In fact, the weather held until the end of the Rally when a short but heavy shower doused the parking lot as we inched along our path to leave.

The Rally was broken into 3 sessions, the first was a welcome and spin up by local representatives, 2 from the OC, Dana Rohrabacher and Ed Royce (from my district). It was very nice to see them speak - Ed Royce (the incumbent in my district) is a spitfire!

Second session was Hollywood and political representatives. All the guest speakers were entertaining - nothing new. John Voight took the stage in support as well as others from the political arena.

The last session was Governor Sarah Palin, after being introduced by the current president of the National Organization of Women - yes, read that again... N.O.W.'s president endorses Sarah Palin! (although, you couldn't tell that from their website - I won't post a link to it because I don't support their agendas).

Immediately after taking the stage, Governor Palin told us about the quote that was on her Starbucks cup the other day - it was a quote from Madeline Albright (former secretary of state) that said, "There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women".

See what happens when you yell, "Hey Sarah, give us a smile!"

Nice!!!

Before entering, we had to enjoy hearing the drivel being spurt forth from the Obama supporters. Tim had enough and had to engage them - of course, as usual, once Tim started speaking FACTS to them, they had to leave. I think the quote Tim used in this photo was something like, "You're an idiot". Or something much less inflamatory. Tim is my hero today!

If you look you can see, Darrenn Platt, Michelle Lasch, Tim Lasch, Sharon Peeters, Chandler Lasch, Ashley Bambrick, Dylan Platt & Regan Lasch. This gang was sitting across the field from us so we could get a good photo of them!

Today was a GREAT day!

Here is a youtube video from CNN from today...