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09-05-2008, 06:52 PM
Okay, let me apologize in advance. :redface:This is my first time on this forum and I'm learning. I hate forums where someone publishes the same post over and over. I promise I won't post this again. It's a learning curve and I feel like the bottom student in class.
This is a press release. The "Happy Paper" was supposed to cover the event but didn't.
REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS FOR OBAMA COME OUT IN FORCE IN THE VILLAGES
Former Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee Met with Crowd of 223 in Support of Barack Obama
ORLANDO – YESTERDAY, Republicans and Independents in The Villages came together in support of Senator Barack Obama at the Bourbon Street Restaurant. Former Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee met with more than 200 people Wednesday at one of several stops throughout the state this week to rally Republican and Independent support for Obama. Chafee was introduced by small business owner Albert Cheeks, whose restaurant hosted the event and collected donations for victims of the hurricanes in Florida and the Gulf region.
Sen. Chafee, the only Republican in the Senate to vote against the war in Iraq and call for a timetable for the removal of U.S. troops in 2006, fielded questions from the predominantly Republican audience on topics ranging from security to economics to experience.
"The McCain camp talks a lot about experience, but George W. Bush has had eight years of experience as President and leading the Republican Party, and that has given us monstrous debt, a never-ending war, and no solutions for change," said former Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee to a cheering crowd in The Villages. "It is not experience alone that lends to good leadership. Barack Obama is a real leader who can restore America's credibility and solve the complex issues we face such as the economy, the environment and global stability."
"This is the biggest gathering in support of a Democratic candidate that's ever happened in The Villages," said Fred McDowell, chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee in Lake County. The private community typically frowns on political campaigning, he said.
The Villages management contacted the Bourbon Street Restaurant's owners twice during Sen. Chafee's speech to stop the event, but owner Albert Cheeks stood up to the challenges. "As a struggling small business owner, I can't afford another four years of economic policies that keep me down rather than help me succeed," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, this is a private event, and I will do whatever it takes to get Barack Obama elected as our next President."
This is a press release. The "Happy Paper" was supposed to cover the event but didn't.
REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS FOR OBAMA COME OUT IN FORCE IN THE VILLAGES
Former Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee Met with Crowd of 223 in Support of Barack Obama
ORLANDO – YESTERDAY, Republicans and Independents in The Villages came together in support of Senator Barack Obama at the Bourbon Street Restaurant. Former Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee met with more than 200 people Wednesday at one of several stops throughout the state this week to rally Republican and Independent support for Obama. Chafee was introduced by small business owner Albert Cheeks, whose restaurant hosted the event and collected donations for victims of the hurricanes in Florida and the Gulf region.
Sen. Chafee, the only Republican in the Senate to vote against the war in Iraq and call for a timetable for the removal of U.S. troops in 2006, fielded questions from the predominantly Republican audience on topics ranging from security to economics to experience.
"The McCain camp talks a lot about experience, but George W. Bush has had eight years of experience as President and leading the Republican Party, and that has given us monstrous debt, a never-ending war, and no solutions for change," said former Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee to a cheering crowd in The Villages. "It is not experience alone that lends to good leadership. Barack Obama is a real leader who can restore America's credibility and solve the complex issues we face such as the economy, the environment and global stability."
"This is the biggest gathering in support of a Democratic candidate that's ever happened in The Villages," said Fred McDowell, chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee in Lake County. The private community typically frowns on political campaigning, he said.
The Villages management contacted the Bourbon Street Restaurant's owners twice during Sen. Chafee's speech to stop the event, but owner Albert Cheeks stood up to the challenges. "As a struggling small business owner, I can't afford another four years of economic policies that keep me down rather than help me succeed," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, this is a private event, and I will do whatever it takes to get Barack Obama elected as our next President."