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February 8, 2008
In charisma's line of fire.
My friend Kerri had a front row spot at an impromptu Barack Obama speech today. He was on his way to address a beyond-capacity Key Arena in Seattle, and as a longtime Seattle Center denizen Kerri knew where the man might well turn up to address the throngs stuck outside, before he hit the main event.
Sure enough, he did:
Ka-boom, there the fuck he is. Barack Obama, my first choice for the Democratic Nomination and the man I firmly believe will be the next President of the United States of America. Stopping by to holler at some folks before heading in to the Key.People were losing their minds.
Someone had handed dude a megaphone so he could address the crowd. Obama gave a shortened version of his stump speech, filled with hope and promise and charisma and encouragement. He thanked the crowd for being there and apologized for the fact that so many got shut out.
In the middle of his short speech (5 minutes? 10 minutes?), he admonished a guy for climbing up on a pole for a better view.
“Get down from there, man,” he said. “I don’t want to see you get hurt.” It got a good laugh from the crowd and brought the electricity up even further.
Read her blog entry here.
By the way, Senator, extra points for the old-school, megaphone-in-hand delivery. Evocative.
