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Missouri is one of the most important swing states during every election, and the voting citizens of Missouri have chosen the winner of those elections every time. So, lucky for us, we're in the middle of controversy and always have candidates coming through. This is Obama's second trip to the KC area (although the first was before he was even the nominee) and he succeeded in pulling big crowds! He began his day in St. Louis where he drew a record number of people for any political supporter ever (over 100,000) and ended in KC with an equally substantial number of about 75,000 people.

Our group started out small with Chris (Cody's friend), Cody, Pam, Julie and Me....
and grew ever bigger when RaeAnn and her friends met up with us too!
So, I know I shouldn't even show pictures of these crazies because it will only encourage them, but sometimes we need to be reminded how un-crazy the rest of us are...besides when you're waiting in line for about 3 hours you have to entertain yourself some how!
The Phelps family is famous is this area as the "Reverend" himself has fathered dozens of children and they all go around protesting things like soldier's funerals, theatre productions, concerts and the like. They even traveled to Wyoming to protest the funeral of Matthew Shepherd a number of years ago.
Sorry, but this was my favorite sign. Again, just remember how stable the rest of the world seems now.
This is the crowd heading towards the speaking area, the large phallic symbol like a beacon in the sky.
(You shouldn't be surprised that when there aren't political rallies here, it is a hot spot for illegal activities for the gay men!)
Look...snipers!
We put RaeAnn on top of Chris to snap the hottest pics! We weren't lucky enough to get into the stage area, we had to huddle with the masses on the outside listening through the loud speakers! But, we were directly in front of Obama and the stage so RaeAnn was able to see and get some pictures for not only us, but the people around us too! LOL!

Aaaaah, but I always find a way....we were right by the road leading up to the monument and wouldn't ya know it...that's the road that Obama's motorcade used. I made friends with the nice Secret Service agent in front of us and she gave us some inside info. Of course there was lots of guessing and winking involved b/c technically she's not allowed to tell us anything! Obama was in the fourth car, the first SUV...
Here he is waving from the back passenger seat. When you zoom in you can see him really well, but I'm not that technically advanced....so, when technical support gets back to me the enhanced picture, I'll put it up!

At the end of the evening we were worn out, fired up, and ready to eat! We had a great time and hopefully made some history while we were at it!