The Erie Republican rally: A Democratic View Pt. 1

So I had an interesting experience today.  I made a venture to the Sarah Palin Rally at the Bayfront Convention Center.  Now normally this would not be interesting, but I have already voted for Obama and am as staunch a liberal as you will meet.  I like to think though that I listen to the issues during an election.  Actually i do admit I have voted for a Republican in the past.  So, this experience I took as an opportunity to grow.  But, I digress.  

You may be asking how did I end up at the rally.  A few of my roomates are members of the Young Republicans here on campus so they had tickets.  There happened though this morning to be a few extra.  So I said I would go.  hey how many times do you get to see a vice presidential candidate speak.  For me that would be never.  So the adventure began at 12:30 this afternoon.  We entered a number of cars and headed towards the rendezvous point.  When we got there, we were not sure if we were in the right place.  There was one other car but, they looked a little shady like they were about to make a drug deal.  Finally, the shuttle came to get us.  It turned out that the people in the car were actually selling pins and other merchandise.  so the journey began to the Convention center.  

We reached our destination and entered into the building.  Each of us was forced to go through metal detectors and empty out our pockets.  One of roommates was actually frisked by a secret service agent.  Finally we made it through and entered into the vast room were the rally would be held.  When we arrived, there were not many people in the room.  But, soon the room was filled and the program started...