75,000 gather for Obama rally at Portland’s Waterfront

75,000 gather for Obama rally at Portland’s Waterfront Park

By David Edwards

About 75,000 people lined up on a sunny Sunday for a chance to see Sen. Barack Obama speak at Portland’s Waterfront Park. Some Obama supporters estimated the crowd at 80,000 people.
This video is from KGW-TV Portland, broadcast May 18, 2008.

He spoke about two wars. One we cannot afford to lose and another that should not have begun. He told the truth. 75,000 to 80,000 people agreed with him in Portland Oregon. Millions across the country agree with him as well. It appears that over 70% of the adult Americans agree. All the more telling is the military donations into campaigns. Ron Paul is receiving the bulk of donations for the Republicans and Obama is receiving the largest share of the contributions into the Democratic runners. Three years ago the donations into the GOP began to dry up. By then it was clear, that the real support the military men and women, their families and their futures, would not be taken care of by the GOP.

To this day, I'm scratching my head and wondering what happened to the GOP that made them begin to think saying no to what the troops needed was worthy of the word, "no" and finding them too expensive to fund what they need. There are a lot of good people in the Republican party and they need to raise their voices so that the right thing is done for the sake of the troops. It's also time they figured out they can no longer afford to have these elected in office when they find no problem funding other things, denying the need for accountability and above all, making speeches saying the troops are not worth funding every dime!