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David Weigel | August 28, 2008, 5:02pm

This is the line into Invesco Field, where Barack Obama will accept his dnomination as president of earth and rock 'n' roll.

There are a few thousand people you can't see.

The RNC greets my slow arrival into the stadium with this press release.
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It comes off as silly when you're queued up with 70,000 people to see a presidential candidate.
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Comments to "Barackstock":

blood sword | August 28, 2008, 5:22pm | #

If there are a few thousand people we can't see, why not just take another picture? Or can we not see them because they're superdelegates and thus refract light and cannot appear in photographs?

smacky | August 28, 2008, 5:23pm | #

Dude, Barack is not president of rock and roll. That would be David Lee Roth.


Right??

Marcvs | August 28, 2008, 5:24pm | #

I hate this country.

smacky | August 28, 2008, 5:24pm | #

If there are a few thousand people we can't see, why not just take another picture?


I was actually going to say the same thing.


Political correspondents don't take logic classes in college, you know.

Warren | August 28, 2008, 5:30pm | #

This is the line into Invesco Field

Are they making them all go through the same door? What the hell? I've attended rock concerts where 50K+ drug addled teenagers tried to smuggle in everything from glass bottles to hand guns, and the wait was less than half an hour.

You realize the same people running this dog and pony show will be the one's running the government if he's elected.

DO NOT WANT!

Episiarch | August 28, 2008, 5:34pm | #

Dude, Barack is not president of rock and roll. That would be David Lee Roth.

Diamond Dave is the treasurer of Rock & Roll. The President is Elvis.

Warren | August 28, 2008, 5:43pm | #

Dude, Barack is not president of rock and roll. That would be David Lee Roth.

Diamond Dave is the treasurer of Rock & Roll. The President is Elvis.

I know you know better. Elvis is The King.

Pac | August 28, 2008, 5:59pm | #

Will you be taking a picture of the line to get into Ron Paul's Foot ball sized venue? Is it a football sized venue; i could be wrong. Also, is Bob Barr busy today? I really hope he's doing something like smacking every single person that's in that line.

Sigh...I guess i could blame public education, but i prefer to blame the TV.

B.P. | August 28, 2008, 6:02pm | #

Yay... I have to take a bus past this madhouse to get home today. It should take me about 4 hours.

Also, these people had better not trample the field too badly -- I have a college football game to attend there on Sunday.

Episiarch | August 28, 2008, 6:31pm | #

I know you know better. Elvis is The King.

It's a unitary executive.

John C Jackson | August 28, 2008, 7:38pm | #

You aint seen nothin yet. Wait until Ron Paul's rally when people line up to see Rocky Lynne and Special Guest!