Presidential candidate Barack Obama was greeted in Austin yesterday by over 15,000 people in the state’s capital. The Star Telegram reported 20,000.
Sources for the Austin American Statesman suggested the candidate may have raised over $250,000 during his trip to the “Longhorn State.”
Standing on a platform slickened by intermittent rain, the third-year U.S. senator from Illinois and Democratic presidential candidate celebrated the nation’s history of overcoming injustices, ranging from slavery to civil rights discrimination to the denial of voting rights to women.
Obama, who has proposed a phased removal of U.S. troops from Iraq starting in May, said he’s proud of opposing the American invasion of Iraq from the start…
Obama said: “I am an imperfect vessel. This campaign is not going to be about me. Ultimately, it’s going to be about you.”
Urging people to enlist friends on his behalf, he said: “Tell ’em it’s time for you to turn off the TV, stop playing GameBoy. We’ve got work to do.”
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