McCain Rally

On Sunday I decided to go to a John McCain rally. Jenna tagged along on our little trip. I asked her to come for 2 reasons. The first reason was all selfish. I just wanted some company. Secondly, I wanted her to see this part of the election process. I wanted her to see a candidate ask for her vote. Now obviously she cannot vote, but you get the point. Now don't worry. I did not allow her to wave a John McCain sign or anything like that. When she gets old enough to vote, I want her to make her own WELL INFORMED decision. Since she is not old enough to make that decision, I figured it was not fair to have her showing support for a candidate.

The doors opened at 8:45 am (yeah right), so Jenna and I got there around 8 am. We stood in line outside waiting to get in. Once we got inside, we were heading towards the bleachers when I saw we could get center stage, fourth row back, if we decided to stand. This is what we did, and we proceeded to stand for a few more hours in one place. Jenna was a trooper and didn't complain. OK. She complained a little, but it did suck. Jenna had an old lady with John McCain stickers on her cheeks push in front of her. Jenna's old man had to say something to her, which gave us and the people around us something to talk about for all of 5 minutes. In the end, Jenna got a great view of her dandruff filled jacket when McCain came on stage. I was able to edge her out of the way slightly so Jenna could see. Rude bitch.

Anyways, we saw Senator Lieberman and Secretary Ridge come out and speak, and then McCain came out with his wife and a few others. Cindy spoke briefly, and then Senator McCain gave his usual speech he has been giving over the last few days. Overall, I'm glad I went. It was my first time going to something like that, and I'm glad Jenna got to tag along with me. She told me she had a great time in school today telling her friends and teachers about her experience there.

I couldn't be more disgusted with the poor quality of the pictures, especially since we were so close. i was able to salvage a few of them and make them somewhat presentable. I swear sometimes you have to be outside in bright sunlight with vivid colors for the damn camera to work right. The stage was well lit, but most of them came out blurry and dark. I should have used the small camera instead of the SLR.

Enjoy.