Just curious how many people actually stand in line, wait all day, and constantly cheer for these things.
I’d need a gallon of whiskey and a personal port a potty.
I’d need a gallon of whiskey and a personal port a potty.
Have any of you have been to a presidential rally?
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No, and I feel very confident I never will
Yes. Just a few weeks ago actually.
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Never been to a presidential rally, but did hear Reagan campaign for a Mississippi Republican gubernatorial candidate in the early 80s at the Jackson Coliseum. Tammy Wynette was there and sang "Stand By Your Man". For those of you with access to a time machine, I highly recommend it.
Nowadays it’d have to be at the Neshoba County Fair.Never been to a presidential rally, but did hear Reagan campaign for a Mississippi Republican gubernatorial candidate in the early 80s at the Jackson Coliseum. Tammy Wynette was there and sang "Stand By Your Man". For those of you with access to a time machine, I highly recommend it.
I've met several folks who were campaigning, but never had an interest in the line, crowd aspect.
I saw both Pat Robertson and Jesse Jackson make campaign appearances at Mississippi State in ‘88
I’m on vacation right now, returning to work Wednesday. Can’t wait to tell everyone how much fun I had at the Trump rally
Security at the above events was nowhere near as intense as it was for Bush 41’s graduation speech at State in ‘89 since he was President and neither Robertson nor Jackson were elected officials…
Would never.
I was about 40 yards from Slick Willy when he was campaigning in Jackson in ‘16.
Was walking out of Hops and Habanas and they were headed to Cups
Just about 40 yards and 15 state troopers between me and a former president was pretty cool
I was about 40 yards from Slick Willy when he was campaigning in Jackson in ‘16.
Was walking out of Hops and Habanas and they were headed to Cups
Just about 40 yards and 15 state troopers between me and a former president was pretty cool
Dad took me to see Bush at the State Capitol back in '92. Was neat as a kid. Couldn't pay me to go to a rally as an adult. They don't do anything for me. I'd go to an inauguration if I had the chance though.
I went when John Kerry came to jackson in 2004. I believe at Tougaloo's gym , maybe 3-400 people there.
I have no idea why he came to Mississippi, but a good time was had by all.
I have no idea why he came to Mississippi, but a good time was had by all.
That was Reagan’s first campaign stop in 1980 after the gop convention. There’s plenty reading one can do on it, it was something of an infamous event.
No and I can’t imagine a scenario, outside of being retired and a nearby rally, in which I’d spend my personal time listening to a politician spout off about how great he or she is. I just don’t get it.
I don’t know how many have been to rallies but I’ve had a theory for a while that this is really golfer
and this is really paindonthurt
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I did not attend either!
Damn glad I didn’t, but thinking back, I would not have wanted to attend those events then nor now.
I saw Reagan at the Neshoba County Fair. I was supposed to see Gary Hart speak at State but he stayed in Washington to vote on the Farm bill. His wife came instead and read his speech.
Saw Trump at the Madison Central gym in 2016. Drug my eldest son to the rally. He was 14 at the time and never heard of Trump. We waited in line for an hour and ended up standing about 50 feet from the stage. Trump spoke 1.5 hours. He was funny as hell and we laughed the entire time. My son still thanks me for taking him - especially since Trump’s rise in notoriety.
Was that a presidential rally or galactic imperial rally?
Jackie straight up looks like Emperor Palpatine these days.
Never been and can't imagine ever going.
Not sure if I would go even if I were paid $1000. Whatever I would do instead wouldn't make me that money, but it still wouldn't be worth going.
Not sure if I would go even if I were paid $1000. Whatever I would do instead wouldn't make me that money, but it still wouldn't be worth going.
Yes, I saw Jesse Jackson talk at the MSU Student Union the year he ran for president, I shook his hand and noticed he was wearing a bulletproof vest, then a few weeks later Pat Robertson spoke and was running as well. I am pretty sure Reagan won that race but didn’t come to Starkville. Neither were very impressive but we had Reagan at that time. Today’s acrimony was not there at the time, or maybe it was. Things always seem nicer in retrospect. I miss Reagan.
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Never been to one, don’t plan on ever going. I did meet RFK Jr about 20 years ago. Was a very nice and knowledgeable guy. Couldn’t believe I was talking to a Kennedy.
On my drive home I thought, “That guy is gonna be President someday.” And then the worms got him.
On my drive home I thought, “That guy is gonna be President someday.” And then the worms got him.
I got tackled by Jesse Jackson's Secret Service detail in 1984. He was in the Union and I had no idea. Apparently, I walked right past someone at the door who wanted to check my backpack. I took about 4 steps inside the Union and I was on the ground.
I got to attend George HW Bush's nomination acceptance speech at the 1992 GOP convention in Houston. Friend of a friend got me a pass, and I went because it was the POTUS and I had never been to something like that. Went to a pretty wild GOP bigwig donor party after that (I was not a bigwig donor, the guy just got us passes).
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Yeah, he was farming alright, playing the field and fertilizing it
I was at the Ronald Reagan campaign rally at the Oktibbeha county boys and girls ranch out on hwy 82. I was in school at state. It was pretty cool.
No. And there is a 0% chance that I will ever attend a rah rah session for any politician unless I accidentally stumble into it in a drunken haze.
I went to a Trump rally in Tupelo at the Bancorp Souther center in 2020. It was worth the wait and the place was packed. Would definitely do it again, even though he says the same thing at practically all of his rallies.
I feel like I view people who donate to presidential campaigns and attend presidential rallies the same way normal people view me for donating to NIL and attending Mississippi State sporting events.
Did he pretend to blow the microphone at the Tupelo rally too?
Did he also ramble on at the Tupelo rally about how hung Arnold Palmer was?
Did he claim legal immigrants were eating your cats and dogs back then?
Did he brag about how often people ask him how he puts on his pants at the Tupelo rally?
Did you listen to him rant about how he would rather be electrocuted than be eaten by a shark?
Did he promise to pay off all the debt like he did in 2016 and has done in '24?
Did he tell you and everyone else at the Tupelo rally that he doesnt care about you and he just wants your vote?
...cuz all of the above barely scratches the surface of what he has said at his epically long rallies this time around.
I cant imagine he straight up told you he doesnt care about you, pivoted to talking about Palmer's big dick, and then blew the microphone in Tupelo.
^haha, that last sentence actually made me laugh.
I saw George Bush speak on the steps of the MS Capitol in 1992, that was pretty cool. A buddy of mine went to see Clinton the same year and got in the front row and was visible in his Mets hat on the front page of the Washington Post the next day. I can't remember if we kicked him out of the young Republicans after that.
in 1974 (methinks) I and my entire high school senior class came to the Coliseum in Jackson to hear Richard Nixon speak. The people hosting the event had given away more tickets than the Coliseum could hold so we were stuck outside with all the protesters. So we joined in shouting IMPEACH! IMPEACH! Fun times those were.
Dan Quayle had rally at my high school in the 80’s. I went but only because it was during school hours.
This was my one and only experience as well. High school senior class trip over to Jackson but we got in. As I recall only the cool schools were allowed inside. They just told you they didn't have any more room.**
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