PHOTOS: SENATOR OBAMA comes to Florida! PLUS discusses FL primary vote count with St. Pete Times.

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) arrives at a rally in Tampa, Florida May 21, 2008. REUTERS/Scott Audette


Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama shakes hands with supporters after arriving at a rally in Tampa, Florida May 21, 2008.
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U.S. Reps. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., left, and Kathy Castor, D-Fla., right, introduce Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, D-Ill., during a campaign rally Wednesday afternoon, May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)


People show their support for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., lower right, as he campaigns Wednesday afternoon, May 21, 2008, in Tampa, Fla.
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Supporters react as Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., campaigns at a rally Wednesday afternoon, May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., campaigns Wednesday afternoon, May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)


US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (L) works the crowd as one his supporters cries following a rally in Tampa, Florida May 21, 2008. REUTERS/Scott Audette


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands with supporters after campaigning at a rally in Tampa, Fla., Wednesday, May 21, 2008.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, waves to supporters after a speech Wednesday afternoon May 21, 2008, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, speaks at a Town Hall meeting in Kissimmee, Fla., Wednesday, May 21, 2008.
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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., arrives at a town hall meeting in Kissimmee, Fla., Wednesday, May 21, 2008.
(AP Photo/Chris Carlson)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a town hall meeting in Kissimmee, Fla., Wednesday, May 21, 2008.
(AP Photo/Chris Carlson)


US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) smiles while being introduced during a town hall meeting in Kissimmee, Florida May 21, 2008. REUTERS/Scott Audette

and his cocaine statement!

And his response was wonderful.

K&R

:kick:

:toast:

I was about to haul my ass out of this lunatic asylum when I saw your thread. Bless you. :hug:

That damn 3 threads in 24 hours maximum is really annoying!

Excited and happy!

Like they've just seen Hannah Montana

from the 2000 coup when he kept wanting Democracy to prevail. Kathy Castor? I haven't heard of her but I rememeber madfloridian talking about Betty Castor running for Senator..wonder if they're related?

Thank Florida..happy Floridians, too.

k&r

From one Floridian to another -

:headbang: :yourock: :headbang:

and all that needs said about this "controversy" surrounding FL & MI (if you can EVEN call MI a controversy when she was the only one on the ballot) is what Barack said ---

"It's pretty hard to make an argument that somehow you winning what is essentially a name recognition contest in Florida was a good measure of electoral strength there. It"s even tougher to make that argument in Michigan where my name wasn't even on the ballot."


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Obama looks so little!

he is always smiling.
gobama.

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in Broward County. Off to stand in line now. :)

Thanks for the pictures! K&R

He was very brave to step out, pretty early on, and support Obama while facing quite a bit of pressure from Florida Dems to back Clinton.

They make a good team.

K&R

He's great - one of the most liberal voices in Washington, and I just "knew" he'd go with Obama.

:kick:

:thumbsup:

:cry: to my eyes. TEARS OF JOY AND HAPPINESS:loveya:


Thanks now I can get some sleep.:hi:

The Bank Atlantic Center tomorrow. My sister-in-law, a buddy and myself are gonna show up around noon. Anyone else in Dade or Broward going, holla at me.

:rofl:

Sorry, for any folks who live in kissme but your city has a funny name :rofl:




GOBAMA!

I love seeing these pics!

These are some fabulous shots and I was gonna ask where the heck you were to get 'em. Then I realized they were from the press. Thanks for putting them up for us!

for those of you who missed the other posts. Nice to have them all in one place....from RubySlippers and starring some of the friends she met inside. Note the older white woman in the wheelchair. Another one not voting for Hillary!!!!! And, she secretly told me she was a Republican in the past. She openly wept when he came onstage.

Would it be rude of me to mention races? I hope not, but because this primary has been sliced up so severely down racial lines it stands out to me that this one picture has what appears to be:
3 white people in the far left, latino holding a beautiful latina child, in front of latina, black man, black woman, black woman all 6 of whom seem to be smashing the mess out of the white woman in the middle. On the right are possibly a filipino? couple who are with the person whose reaction is the best out of everyone in this photo collection, the expression on her face is priceless. All of those smiling people making the multi-colored petals of a flower. This kind of support of Obama's candidacy is why I have come to want his win for this country in addition to all the other reasons; It really is time we just got along.

young, older, every shade, ethnicity. This could go on his front page of his website.

I love that picture too. Expressions of pure joy, and the little girl in the bottom right hand corner looks as if

she's thinking "O my God. It's him close up!" History in the making.

in the photograph seems to care who is standing next to them.

The White lady could also be Hispanic but when you look at her very closely,she is loving being crushed by the overwhelming thrill of being there.

I would love to find out who she was and how she really felt about that moment.

He is magnetic. Yes. He. Is. and he never has to say "Sorry" because he is not doing anything special to get the reaction that he gets.

It's just in his DNA.

I love photographs because they capture the soul.