Women Fainting At Obama Rallies (PV)

[Etta Place]

Does anyone think this is funny?

Here's Agence France-Presse reporting on a rally for Sen. Barack Obama at the University of Maryland on Feb. 11: "He did not flinch when women screamed as he was in mid-sentence, and even broke off once to answer a female's cry of 'I love you, Obama!' with a reassuring 'I love you back.' "

Women screamed? What was this, the Beatles tour of 1964? And when they weren't screaming, the fair-sex Obama fans who dominated the rally of 16,000 were saying things like: "Every time I hear him speak, I become more hopeful." Huh?

"Women 'Falling for Obama,' " the story's headline read. Elsewhere around the country, women were falling for the presidential candidate literally. Connecticut radio talk show host Jim Vicevich has counted five separate instances in which women fainted at Obama rallies since last September. And I thought that fainting was supposed to be a relic of the sexist past, when patriarchs forced their wives and daughters to lace themselves into corsets that cut off their oxygen.

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BY JAMES TARANTO
Thursday, February 14, 2008 3:02 p.m.


We Shall Be Overcome
James Vicevich, a Connecticut radio talk show host, takes note of yet another creepy element of the Obama campaign. Consider these reports from Obama rallies:

Montecito, Calif., Sept. 8, 2007. "A woman standing in front of the stage appeared to faint as Obama spoke about Iraq," the Associated Press reported. "The candidate paused and asked the crowd to make way for firefighters. One supporter shouted, 'You're a good man,' leaving Obama momentarily at a loss for words. 'Well, I'm not the only one stopping to help her,' he said, sounding almost embarrassed."


Madison, Wis., Oct. 22, 2007. "This excitement mirrored the aura in the room that grew throughout his speech," reported WISN-TV. "Before the senator arrived, students were tossing around an inflatable cow above the crowd. Three people fainted in the midst of all the enthusiasm."


Hanover, N.H., Jan. 8, 2008. "Barack Obama's first and only rally on election day came to a sudden and lengthy stop when a young woman in the Dartmouth College gym fainted, and was eventually rolled off on a gurney by emergency medical technicians," the Los Angeles Times reported. "At first Obama half-narrated the episode, saying soothing things like, 'She's OK,' 'She's talking.' But the longer she lay on the floor, the quieter Obama got, standing on the podium, arms folded, looking worried as the medical crew worked." Minneapolis's WCCO-TV has video showing Obama handing a bottle of water to the Dartmouth damsel in distress.


Hartford, Conn., Feb. 4, 2008. "And when a woman appeared to faint in the standing-only VIP section in front of the podium, Obama paused his speech for over a minute as he directed the crowd to make way for an EMT team and tossed a bottle of water from the stage," reported the Yale Daily News.


Seattle, Feb. 8, 2008. "Climate change, the Iraq war and Obama tossing a bottle of water to a woman about to faint all received big cheers," MSNBC.com reported. "As Obama told the crowd to part so that the woman in question could leave and called for help, a young girl in the crowd shouted out, 'What a man!' The audience roared with laughter (although the press that has seen this happen before rolled its eyes)."

What exactly are we to make of this? A cynic might wonder if the whole thing isn't staged, given how often it happens and how well-honed and self-serving Obama's standard response seems to be.

But if it's spontaneous, that's in a way even more unsettling. At the New Hampshire rally, Larry David of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" fame quipped, "Sinatra had the same effect on people." Sinatra made girls swoon by singing romantic songs. But America isn't electing a crooner in chief.

Obama has a talent for eliciting intense emotion--an ability that can be dangerous in a politician. What more does he have to offer? That's a hard question to answer, and it makes the prospect of an Obama presidency quite worrisome.

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[FLSTFI Dave]

Originally Posted by Etta Place

Does anyone think this is funny?
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No. I do however find it scary. He is being treated by fans like a rock star.

Yet even his supporters who are members of congress can not tell you one thing he has accomplished.

Most his supporters can not even tell you where he stands on the issues like:
2A
Bush Tax Cuts
Illegal immigration
Amnesty

and so on.

All they know is he is for

CHANGE
and
YES WE CAN

[Palmguy]

Originally Posted by FLSTFI Dave

YES WE CAN

Si, se puede!

[AZXD]

So, at his rallies, do women throw Bra's & Panties

Nope! It's not even close to funny.
I'm like FLSTFI Dave, it's scary how the blind follow him without knowing what he truly stands for.

[KCXD45]

What do you expect? When there is that much BS in the air....the methane levels get too high....people faint!

[newKid]

Originally Posted by AZXD

So, at his rallies, do women throw Bra's & Panties

Nope! It's not even close to funny.
I'm like FLSTFI Dave, it's scary how the blind follow him without knowing what he truly stands for.

+1

[CrAz3D]

Originally Posted by FLSTFI Dave

CHANGE
and
YES WE CAN

Don't forget about HOPE!! That's a very important issue, since there are so many people opposing hope nowadays




While it's cool to see a huge grass roots campaign like his ... it's disturbing that it's for all of the wrong reasons.


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Political positions of Barack Obama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He opposed the war in 02, had no difference in position about Iraq than W. in 04, and is again against the war? Whole George could've run the whole thing a little better, at least he's been consistent.

[Etta Place]

Bill Maher made a joke about it Friday night. And, one of his guests did a report from an Obama rally and interviewed some guys who said they were ga-ga over Obama. His guest called it being gay over Obama.

I personally think it's funny because it's so dramatic and crazy. It's sad too because it shows the desperation among people in this country for a leader to inspire them and make them feel good about being an American.

[jtkratzer]

It's a farking joke.....this guy is as real as WWE professional wrestling.



There's nothing behind what he says other than his mic skills. He has no substance or real content. Sure, he's got a great personality and is a good speaker, but pardon the cliche, but when is he going to walk the walk instead of just talk the talk?

[Dave Starr]

Reminds me of Beatlemania.
He's got an almost cult-like following. Kind of scary.