Turned away from the Big Speech, but the Show went On

LadyEagle · Sep 8, 2012

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- They came to the Tar Heel State expecting to enjoy a thrilling oration. Instead, the thousands of people turned away from President Obama's acceptance speech Thursday after it was moved indoors dealt with exasperation, disappointment and outright rage as the show went on without them.

Hundreds of people lined up outside the Democratic National Convention in downtown Charlotte on Thursday hoping to snag one of the few remaining passes to the convention's main event, President Obama's acceptance speech. Some just gave up. Most walked away empty-handed.

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Thousands of would-be spectators - including some who booked flights months in advance, took time off of work or carpooled to North Carolina just to see his speech -- were out of luck.

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The Obama campaign had banked that the visual splendor of an outdoor event was worth the risk of alienating supporters if the event had to be moved inside. But Thursday they were scrambling to appease disgruntled party activists.

"Let's just go home," said one elderly man wearing an Obama 2012 T-shirt. "This just isn't worth it. What a joke."
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Winman · Sep 8, 2012

Workers worked feverishly to complete a stadium Obama could fill, but to no avail.

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