Hundreds await Hillary Clinton's M'vlle visit

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BY CHRISTINE KRALY
ckraly@nwitimes.com
219.662.5335 | Monday, May 05, 2008 | (35 comment(s))

MERRILLVILLE | Hundres of people lined up outside Merrillville Fire Station No. 2 early Monday afternoon awaiting an appearance by U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Clinton's 3 p.m. appearance is intended to kick start canvassing events across the state in anticipation of Tuesday's Democratic primary election.

Local organizers prepared Clinton signs and literature for volunteers to pass out during the canvass.

The mounting crowd temporarily slowed traffic along Taft Street, where organizers began allowing people into the station just before 1 p.m.

Merrillville firefighters sat atop a fire truck as a growing crowd filtered into the station's garage.

People from as close as the next door senior center and as far away as Pennsylvania come to the event to show their support for Clinton.

Jackie Bradas of Merrillville said she plans to vote for Clinton Tuesday and said she is ready for a woman in the White House.

"It's about time we have a woman president," Bradas said.

Guy Wiederhold, a union representative from Pottsville, Pa., said he thinks Clinton has a "very good" chance of winning Indiana in Tuesday's primary.

Wiederhold, a member of AFSCME District Council #89, and other Pennsylvania union members arrived in the Region Friday and plan to campaign here for Clinton until at least Wednesday.

Clinton's opponent, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has his wife stumping for him in Gary later today.

Michelle Obama's event will start at 9:15 p.m. at the West Side High School auditorium, 900 Gerry St., hours before Indiana voters go to the polls. The event's doors open at 7:45 p.m., according to a press release. The event is free and open to the public and people will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis. People are encouraged to RSVP at www.barackobama.com, according to the release.

Television Judge Glenda Hatchett will visit neighborhood canvassing events for Obama in Gary on Tuesday. Hatchett will start at 7:30 a.m. at Dollie's Restaurant, 1801 Grant St. At 9:45 a.m., Hatchett will visit the Delaney projects, 913 W. 22nd Place, according to the release. Hatchett will move at noon to Davis Seafood, 3405 W. 15th Ave., according to the release.

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to Small minds wrote on May 6, 2008 10:38 AM:

" Mr. Small Minds says that "Politicians are politicians", but he does not mention that the Democrats will raise our taxes, take away our first and 2nd amendment rights, and show weakness and appeasement on terror. So yeah, other than that they are pretty much the same...LOL! "

lm wrote on May 6, 2008 6:48 AM:

" Mc Cain fans.. vote today for the person you want to see in the race against McCain. I am voting for Hilary today... MC CAIN in the fall! "

Chuck wrote on May 5, 2008 9:31 PM:

" Good try, but how did someone fix all the DVD's of the movie? quite a few of them have been looked at and they could not have been tampered with. Not only that but the guy who said it HAS NOT DENIED he said it!!!

I do not understand how folks can still believe in this whole Clinton Clan? You folks just defend them even when the FACTS and not there. How sad that you have been blinded by this evil power hungry woman. "

Small minds... wrote on May 5, 2008 9:31 PM:

" ...think alike. Out of all the issues facing this country you have gun happy, name calling, whining individuals giving advice on who to vote for. Politicians are politicians. You can complain all you want but until you do your job of fixing up the country starting in your own home, then no matter who we get into office, we will be a better country. The president is an official, but they are not in your neighborhoods...you are and the ignorance you hold onto. Vote for who you like, no one will ever agree with everyone. "

temulac mike wrote on May 5, 2008 8:35 PM:

" Hoosiers don't give up on Hillary. We don't want Obama/Chicago style politics ruining this country. Be strong, Operation Chaos is on the way...Rush the vote! "

Merrillville wrote on May 5, 2008 7:57 PM:

" Booooo you Hillary, we waited outside to see her and she could not even show her face to people who waited on the street to see her. "

Are You Smarter than a First Grader wrote on May 5, 2008 6:56 PM:

" The You Tube video is a hoax. noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/05/04/bingo-youtube-hoaksters-exposed/. Check it out...people believe everything without checking for the facts. "

To Gun Owners wrote on May 5, 2008 6:51 PM:

" You have to listen very carefully when democrats tell you they support the 2nd amendment. Obama says he is for it but his view is the amendment came about only for target practice and hunting. He wrote that he does not support the intention of the amendment which is the right to bear arms for personal protection.

Neither democrat supports the right to carry a concealed weapon for personal protection. They are against our right to carry. Don't be fooled when they claim to support the 2nd amendment - they are just plain pandering to gun owners, who often don't really listen to what they are saying. It's deceitful of both candidates and they know it!

Gun owners: If you ever get a chance to ask either democrat candidate whether they support the 2nd amendment, ask them not to mention either target practice or hunting; instead, ask them specifically if they support the right to carry a concealed weapon, which by the way is legal in many states including Indiana (I carry one), for personal protection. If you get that chance to ask that question, be prepared for the biggest tap dance you have ever observed! "

CHuck wrote on May 5, 2008 6:09 PM:

" Well after watching the you tube video about what one of her advisers said about the people of Indiana I do not even want here IN our state!

Hillary Go away, I would say go home, but not even Hillary knows where that is anymore. "

to Please be smart wrote on May 5, 2008 5:40 PM:

" you are right! The best we can do is hire McCain, who will let us keep more of our own money...that way we don't have to rely on the "promises" of bureaucrats and liberals in Washington DC...we can spend our own hard earned money in the best way we see fit.
We don't need the elite Obama or Hillary taking away our money because they think they can spend it better than we can, and we don't need them spewing a bunch of false promises to get our vote and then wasting our money on their failed socialist programs. "

Jonathan K. wrote on May 5, 2008 5:39 PM:

" I can't believe anyone would actually vote for Hillary Clinton. This woman is one of the most corrupt politicians in history. She lies without thinking twice about it. Now, she's pushing a gas-tax holiday (google this -- EVERYONE is saying this is a scam); I suspect many ndiana voters are going to fall for this. The media has created the delusion that Clinton can win because it makes for great ratings. The media is making a killing off of the Obama-Clinton news coverage. People.. wake up. Pay attention folks! And Obama is NOT an elitist. "

Please be smart wrote on May 5, 2008 5:18 PM:

" Some of you are right regarding these candidates coming to Indiana. Regardless whether you are republican or democrat, lets face it people, these two candidates are only here because they need votes to get their glamorous spot. They could give a crap less about Indiana or its people. After tomorrow all you will have is a memory of them being here and a memory of all their broken promises to us. "

to ray r. wrote on May 5, 2008 5:13 PM:

" Sorry, ray r., Hillary may win Indiana due to Rush Limbaugh's Operation Chaos, but she has such high negatives and so much baggage and is more liberal than the failed, haughty John Kerry (who by the way served in Vietnam), that Hillary will lose big time. "

ray r. wrote on May 5, 2008 4:28 PM:

" Too bad everbody, Hillary is going to WIN in indiana,and she is going to WIN the presidency,get ready to hail President Hillary Clinton! "

to Undecided wrote on May 5, 2008 4:27 PM:

" Because Barack and Michele spent 20 years soaking up the "love" of a racist, anti-American preacher, that's why! You expect this elitist to care about actual hard-working Northwest Indiana residents! Good luck! What we would get from Obama is increased taxes on the middle class (after all, he as the elitist knows how to spend it better than YOU, you bitter gun clinger!) "

Undecided wrote on May 5, 2008 4:17 PM:

" Hillary, Bill, and Chelsea have visited all over NW Indiana this month while Barack and his wife relegate themselves to Gary and Merrillville. Why? "

the Please difference wrote on May 5, 2008 4:16 PM:

" Yes, true, Obama wants the opportunity to make a real difference....and we in the middle class will see a BIG difference when he takes more of our money out of our paychecks. We will also see a difference as he lurches into appeasement and weakness and inexperience on foreign affairs. I'm not sure of Obama and Michele's love and respect for this country, after all they have said and done, but that is not the point...at the end of the day he will go back to the weakness and appeasement and failed diplomacy of Jimmy Carter. The world cannot afford 4 more years of Carter/Obama style mistakes in the world. Just pulling the troops out of Iraq too quickly will be his first mistake...look what happened when the liberals forced us to pull out of Vietnam too quickly, after we had the military war won...the result was 2 million indo-chinese dead...those deaths are on the heads of the liberals. Never again. "

SJT wrote on May 5, 2008 4:13 PM:

" Another Clinton Presidency would spell disaster for what is left of the moral core of America - abortions on demand, furthering of the gay agenda, and disasterous liberal "values". She will say anything she needs to be elected, and I hope her and Obama fight it out until June, giving John McCain plenty of time to strategize winning the White House in November. "

Margaret wrote on May 5, 2008 3:35 PM:

" Please Indiana follow Ohio and Pa. vote for Hillary! Both candidates lie! Most people lie at least once in their life it doesn't make them a bad person! "

Re Boo wrote on May 5, 2008 3:27 PM:

" Hate to burst your bubble but they all lie.Just like Obama lies about being for the working people. I dont call voting for the oil company getting a tax break for the working people.Hillary definitely has my vote! "

jollie wrote on May 5, 2008 3:27 PM:

" Hey Boo-
And what has, or will OBama do for you? "

agree with Boo Hilary wrote on May 5, 2008 3:13 PM:

" I agree, Hillary lies all the time, and we don't want the Bill and Hillary show doing more damage to our country. But I think the Barack and Michele show would be even worse....we can't trust him after he lied to us about being all about "uniting America and bringing the races together", and then we find out he has been strongly supporting a racist, anti-American preacher and he kicked off his campaign at a known unrepentant terrorists home (Bill Ayers). And with Michele's comments about not ever being proud of America, and Barack revealing that he thinks normal hard working Americans are "bitter and they cling to guns and religion". This is elitist and we don't need an anti-American elitist and his wife in the White House. "

To Boo Billary wrote on May 5, 2008 3:10 PM:

" What if she offered you two million dollars? "

Carol wrote on May 5, 2008 2:49 PM:

" Hillary is thinking like G. Bush when she said she knows more then the economist re: the gas tax. Remember he always knows best and look at our country. Hillary's experience didn't kick in when she voted for the war she sounds like a hawk like this administration re: Iran. She lied about Bosnia. These times are different then when B. Clinton was in office we're in a war and the economy is bad and the old ways won't work. Vote for a new way not the same old same old. "

Re Boo Billary wrote on May 5, 2008 2:42 PM:

" I might take the money... And just not vote. "

Concerned Citizen wrote on May 5, 2008 2:31 PM:

" She couldn't care less about the Hoosiers. She has to win in Indiana and North Carolina or she is through. Trust me we are being used by here. Obama isn't so desperate. I have been around a long time. I don't remember any candidates coming here before. "

A sad thing... wrote on May 5, 2008 2:24 PM:

" After this election, neither will step foot in Indiana again. They just want your vote...then you will be forgotten "

Someone Please... wrote on May 5, 2008 2:21 PM:

" Please get her to tell the truth about her stump speech and Magnequench. Her HUSBAND allowed for that "backwards" sale! "

Me wrote on May 5, 2008 2:13 PM:

" I am sorry and I don't care what anyone says. If you listen to someone talk (preach) for 30 years you are going to start to believe at least some of the things you are listening to. By the way, where is Oprah's support for Obama now? Since all of the "Wright Controversy", she is nowhere to be found? Why is that? "

Anybody but... wrote on May 5, 2008 2:08 PM:

" No more Bushes, No more Clintons. "

Please wrote on May 5, 2008 2:06 PM:

" She wants to be President; He wants the opportunity to make a real difference. "

JDM wrote on May 5, 2008 2:03 PM:

" Hillary, Go away. Far away. "

Josh wrote on May 5, 2008 1:59 PM:

" If Obama was so concerned about us, he would get his cousin Odinga in Kenya to give us some inexpensive oil. Odinga is worth billions because he owns oil. Obama is definitely an elitist who is trying to make people believe he is just common folk. He lived with his grandmother who was the manager of a financial institution.

On Friday, Obama responded to Hillary’s gas tax with an ad of his own.
"Here's what she's not saying," his ad says. "USA Today calls her three-month gas-tax holiday `political pandering.' It's an election-year gimmick that would save Carolinians just pennies a day."
Speaking in Charlotte, Obama said he would tax oil companies' windfall profits and use that money to invest in alternative energy sources. He would also give middle-class families a permanent, $1,000 annual tax cut.

So the government would have to borrow more money for the tax cut.
This would devalue the dollar which would increase the cost of a barrel of oil,and as a result gas companies would raise the price at the pump.
This is what our stimulus package just did.
Good pandering Obama. "

Observer wrote on May 5, 2008 1:28 PM:

" Ok, Hoosiers...get ready - get set....vote!!! "

Boo Billary wrote on May 5, 2008 1:26 PM:

" I would not vote for that LIAR if she paid me a million dollars! "

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