Jas thought last evening that Sarah Palin pulled in a crowd of 18,000 at The Villages the other day. The fire chief of The Villages estimated 60,000. I've seen other estimates as low as 25,000.
One way or another that's quite a crowd. I was a little surprised to see somewhere else that Joe Biden only drew 2,000 when he went there. Maybe Palin offered a blue plate special to get her big crowd. On the other hand Biden must have tried to charge them or something. I know Biden is boring, but heck, there are usually 2,000 or so wandering around lost and confused in The Villages at any given time.
My impression of The Villages is that you can get a bigger crowd than 2,000 if you spread the rumor that you'll give out free boiled peanuts and new rubber feet for people's walkers and canes. For those of you who haven't experienced boiled peanuts I'll just say that you haven't really lived until you try them and learn what people will eat when they're starving.
I wonder if Al and Doris dropped by to see Palin.
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I'm sure the women were delighted to see a female candidate for the V.P. slot, and I suspect Palin's youth and beauty made the men feel young again.
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Your points are right on. And also, The Villages' 70,000 or so population is pretty rock ribbed Republican. If they have a Democratic club it probably has a couple dozen members.
I was pretty surprised at the low
Biden number, though. On a nice evening they can get a couple of thousand in each of the town squares to listen to the band and dance or watch the dancers.
I've been told that it's the same thing with McCain...that it's only when he's with Palin that it's standing room only.
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Speaking of Sarah Palin. On NRO today someone pointed to a story about a Chilean wine called Palin Syrah. It seems that restaurant folks in San Francisco will no longer order it even though it's organic.
http://www.seriouseats.com/2008/09/palin-syrah-sarah-sara-wine-drops-in-sales.html
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