"It’s a good thing I wasn’t tailgating when I saw the crowd in front of the library or I would have ended up in somebody’s trunk."
As reported by Mudflats, over 1400 Alaskans gathered to reject the VP nod of their governor, Sarah Palin.
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Never, have I seen anything like it in my 17 and a half years living in Anchorage. The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators). This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the state. I was absolutely stunned. The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by. And even those that didn’t honk looked wide-eyed and awe-struck at the huge crowd that was growing by the minute. This just doesn’t happen here.
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The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was significantly bigger than Palin’s rally that got all the national media coverage!
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The above photo is one of several eye-opening glimpses into what the real people are thinking.
Check out the rest of the photo gallery of the event here.
