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Secret Service Code Name: ‘Dreamy’

Posted on | August 11, 2012 | 55 Comments

MANASSAS, Virginia — Just left a Romney-Ryan rally in downtown Manassas. The crowd was huge, numbering in the thousands. Other reporters kept trying to make an estimate of the numbers, and all I could say was, “overflow.”

The crowd filled the pavillion and overflowed off in every direction. People stood in line for blocks in the hot August sun, and there were still people in line at the metal detectors when the rally started. Smitty was there with his video camera and I managed to get a few photos myself.

The next polls you see out of Virginia . . . Well, look, the “gender gap” will evaporate instantly now that Paul Ryan’s on the ticket. Trust me on this — chicks dig him. It was like Sinatra with a crowd of bobby soxers at the Paramount in 1944. Elvis at the Overton Park bandshell in Memphis in 1956. Total swoonsville. As I explained it on Twitter:

I’ll be back to update with actual news in a few minutes.

UPDATE: This video just in from Berlin:

UPDATE II: The headline at the Washington Examiner:

Huge crowds line Manassas
streets for Romney-Ryan

Click the headline to read the article by Mark Tapscott.

UPDATE III: Here’s a photo from the rally:

This was the first event where they distributed “Romney-Ryan” signs and the lady holding it is Prince William County resident Donna Widawski, who was a Secret Service agent during the Reagan presidency.

UPDATE IV: By now, I’m sure some of you are wondering, “Yeah, Stacy, but what did they actually say?” Details, details.

My notes show that both ruggedly handsome Republican candidates spoke without a teleprompter. Ryan said that Obama’s policies are “just not working,” that Obama wants a “government-centered society and a government-run economy.”

“Hope and change has now become attack and blame,” Ryan said of the president’s message. The tall blue-eyed GOP running mate then spoke of the American dream on the horizon, “the dream you have for yourself and your children,” and introduced the square-jawed presidential candidate, describing Mitt Romney as “the kind of person made for this moment.”

“Today was a good day for me, I gotta tell ya,” Romney said, flashing his magnetic smile and praising his young running mate for providing “intellectual leadership” for the GOP.

There were huge cheers when Romney promised to “get rid of ObamaCare,” and boos when he spoke of Obama’s claim that small business owners “didn’t build that.”  Romney got another huge cheer by citing the Declaration of Independence’s statement that people are endowed with rights by their Creator, and when Romney said the rest of the famous preamble — the part about “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” — the crowd loudly recited it with him.

“We’re going to stand for America,” Romney said and drew more cheers when he shouted, “I love this country!”

The postlude music was Kid Rock’s “Born Free.” Kid Rock, a Michigan native, endorsed his fellow Michigan native Romney in February.

Is that enough details for you? Gee, so demanding . . .

UPDATE V: To help satisfy your insatiable demand for details, I refer you to Marooned in Marin’s report on the “large enthusiastic crowd” with photos, videos, etc.

UPDATE VI: Matt Vespa on the liberal media’s plan to “assassinate” Paul Ryan. They’re just jealous, because chicks dig him.

UPDATE VII: Michelle Malkin digs Paul Ryan:

Paul Ryan is fresh, young, energetic, smart, courageous, and ready for prime time.
Paul Ryan is a policy wonk AND a front-line warrior whose budget and long-term entitlement reforms have the entire Dem-Soros-lapdog media machine unhinged.
Paul Ryan is ready to fight false media narratives.
Paul Ryan is battle-tested against the White House.
Paul Ryan won’t cut and run when the going gets tough.

And she didn’t even mention his dreamy blue eyes!

 


Category: Election 2012, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Virginia

Comments

55 Responses to “Secret Service Code Name: ‘Dreamy’”

  1. Secret Service Code Name: ‘Dreamy’ « Jackie Wellfonder – Raging Against the Rhetoric
    August 11th, 2012 @ 7:28 pm

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  2. jlwellfonder
    August 11th, 2012 @ 7:30 pm

    LOVE it…lol

  3. richard mcenroe
    August 11th, 2012 @ 7:31 pm

    Using my CBS/NYT Crowd Estimation Matrix, and reviewing the photos and video of the scene, my best guess is there was a good 80-90 people there…

  4. richard mcenroe
    August 11th, 2012 @ 8:01 pm

    Shoulda been Kid Rock and Skynyrd doing “Give Me Back My Bullets” but baby steps, Mitt, baby steps.

  5. robertstacymccain
    August 11th, 2012 @ 8:08 pm

    My poll found that 97% of the women in attendance would gladly make Paul Ryan a sandwich.

  6. FenelonSpoke
    August 11th, 2012 @ 8:08 pm

    And Donna is still a very attarctive women-and smart too.

  7. robertstacymccain
    August 11th, 2012 @ 8:09 pm

    Maybe that wasn’t a scientifically representative sample, but compared to the latest Quinnipiac poll …

  8. gunsmithkat
    August 11th, 2012 @ 8:25 pm

    We should start calling the Won  President Downfall. It would be fitting, his.

  9. Stacy McCain’s man crush « The Daley Gator
    August 11th, 2012 @ 8:39 pm

    […] one, as Stacy describes him, Paul “Dreamy Eyes” Ryan The next polls you see out of Virginia . . . Well, look, the “gender gap” will evaporate […]

  10. richard mcenroe
    August 11th, 2012 @ 8:58 pm

     For when the President needs to film his own Downfall scene on November 7th, I hereby offer this handy guide to screaming orders at nonexistent underlings in his natal tongue:

    “Ambapo ni Wenk? Ambapo ni Steiner? Ambapo ni Axelrod? Valerie, ambapo ni wewe?”

  11. Great, Kid! Don’t Get Cocky #GiveUsRyan | hogewash
    August 11th, 2012 @ 9:08 pm

    […] UPDATE—The Other McCain reports on a Romney/Ryan rally in Manassas, Virginia, and gives the impression that Mitt Romney is doing a better job of campaigning that the reporter’s distant cousin did in 2008. Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmailPrintLike this:LikeBe the first to like this. This entry was posted in Election 2012, Politics and tagged #GiveUsRyan by wjjhoge. Bookmark the permalink. […]

  12. robertstacymccain
    August 11th, 2012 @ 9:15 pm

    Dude, you should have heard the warm-up music: KISS, “Detroit Rock City,” followed by “Shout It Out Loud.”

    Not kidding. I expected Mitt to spit flame and Ryan to waggle his tongue at the crowd or something.

  13. Christy Waters
    August 11th, 2012 @ 9:38 pm

    Paul Ryan is attractive, but it’s his gray matter that turns me on the most. The man knows his entitlement reform. #EconomicPorn. #BowChickaWowWow

  14. Thrilled with Paul Ryan — Cynthia Yockey, A Conservative Lesbian
    August 11th, 2012 @ 9:43 pm

    […] Dear Stacy McCain was at the Romney/Ryan rally in Manassas, Virginia, today. I urge you to read his report because he captures the enthusiasm of […]

  15. justaconservativegirl
    August 11th, 2012 @ 9:51 pm

    It was nice seeing you and Smitty today.  I have to admit, I did like his (Ryan’s) speech today.  I feel more comfortable with the pick after the speech than I did before.  

    So he at least accomplished that today.  

    Oh, yeah, Ryan is dreamy.  There is going to be some swooning going on over the next 87 days.  

  16. My name is Jackie and I live in Swoonsville! « Jackie Wellfonder – Raging Against the Rhetoric
    August 11th, 2012 @ 9:52 pm

    […] I also confess, I’m on Team Dreamy. […]

  17. Liberty Jane
    August 11th, 2012 @ 10:59 pm

    Ooooh. I wanted to go so badly, but my kids desperately needed their laundry done. Please come back to Virginia again, guys! 

  18. Romney/Ryan in Virginia « threedonia.com
    August 11th, 2012 @ 11:11 pm

    […] his co-blogger Smitty was in Manassas, Virginia as the ROmeny/Ryan bus made its way through… crowds were “overflowing”: Just left a Romney-Ryan rally in downtown Manassas. The crowd was huge, numbering in the […]

  19. Adjoran
    August 11th, 2012 @ 11:27 pm

     When I was a kid, we did our own laundry down at the river, beating it clean on the rocks.  Couldn’t afford clothes pins, so we had to just stand there and hold it until it was dry.

  20. Adjoran
    August 11th, 2012 @ 11:35 pm

    The size of the rallies is most encouraging.   Obama’s appearances aren’t in large venues anymore.  He mainly sticks to school gyms, small enough to mostly fill.  But notice you NEVER see the crowd shot from behind Obama. 

    There’s a reason for that.

    Same reason the intro rally to the Democrats’ convention at Charlotte Motor Speedway was cancelled.  He can’t draw as many as a truck race, even giving away free admission (and you know that pains him).  It would have been a humiliation.

  21. Ryan-Mania: The First Romney/Ryan Ad Appears Online + All The Latest Dish « Nice Deb
    August 11th, 2012 @ 11:49 pm

    […] Votes: 509,532 RS McCain certainly seems pleased: Secret Service Code Name: ‘Dreamy’: MANASSAS, Virginia — Just left a Romney-Ryan rally in downtown Manassas. The crowd was huge, […]

  22. melanerpes
    August 12th, 2012 @ 12:05 am

    Last time this many spectators showed up at Manassas was July 21, 1861.  That time, they brought picnic baskets.

  23. richard mcenroe
    August 12th, 2012 @ 12:07 am

     You runnin’ some bull on us, Southern gal?

  24. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    August 12th, 2012 @ 12:23 am

    Good one.  I was thinking the same thing RM.  

  25. Papa Ray
    August 12th, 2012 @ 12:45 am

    I hope he is ready for all the grief that the Media is going to inflict on him and his family. Obama and his Chicago socialist thugs will have no mercy, no dignity, no quarter.

    They intend to win by hook or crook.

  26. sgorgo
    August 12th, 2012 @ 12:46 am

    As soon as Ryan was announced I designed & ordered my very own bumper stickers:

                                                ROMNEY/RYAN
                                                  LANDSLIDE

    I know – don’t get cocky. But I coulda made a fortune today in Manassas.

  27. Wombat_socho
    August 12th, 2012 @ 4:21 am

     Are you sure that’s not “make a sandwich *WITH* Paul Ryan”, boss? 😉

  28. Breakfast Links | Points and Figures
    August 12th, 2012 @ 6:12 am

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  29. Hitler finds out Ryan is the VP pick | The Penn Ave Post
    August 12th, 2012 @ 8:15 am

    […] Posted at 8:15 on August 12, 2012 by Scott Johnson (Scott Johnson) Robert Stacy McCain has a terrific post on the Romney-Ryan stop in Manassas, Virginia, yesterday after the announcement of Paul Ryan as […]

  30. Jenmelton1976
    August 12th, 2012 @ 8:38 am

    He is so HOT!

  31. Steve in TN
    August 12th, 2012 @ 9:28 am

    Would you gals stop objectifying our Veep? For crying out loud…

  32. McGehee
    August 12th, 2012 @ 10:29 am

     They moved beyond “hook” a long time ago.

  33. Romney and Ryan Drawing Massive Crowds in Swing States | The Lonely Conservative
    August 12th, 2012 @ 12:26 pm

    […] Paul Ryan hit the road. They stopped in Manassas, VA for a rally, and a massive crowd turned out. Stacy McCain was there and said the crowd was so big it was hard to even estimate how many people were there.The crowd was […]

  34. #RomneyRyan Ohio: Shout It Out Loud! : The Other McCain
    August 12th, 2012 @ 3:29 pm

    […] character, and about the sober, sound alternative the Republicans represent.After seeing the massive crowds Saturday in Manassas, Virginia, I’m hoping Republicans in Ohio will turn out the same way. Remember […]

  35. Bob Belvedere
    August 12th, 2012 @ 6:20 pm

    So…the real headline is: Stacy McCain Goes ‘Gay’ For Ryan

  36. Bob Belvedere
    August 12th, 2012 @ 6:22 pm

    God And Guns by Skynyrd:
    http://youtu.be/Ql49eLRRJ_E

  37. Bob Belvedere
    August 12th, 2012 @ 6:25 pm

    It was fitting as we are in another Civil War.

  38. Bob Belvedere
    August 12th, 2012 @ 6:28 pm

    Chill, Steve: Let ’em enjoy themselves and have some fun because it’s going to get ugly quickly enough.  You know the Left is going to unleash the vile bile very soon.  This is a time for celebration.

  39. tioedong
    August 12th, 2012 @ 8:35 pm

    Romney and Ryan are Vulcans:check the similarities:

    https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/7/17/XXNgcw0LMk-X5K7CMidsDA2.jpg

    Men like Vulcans because they are logical….
    And women LOVE Vulcans…period

  40. tim117
    August 12th, 2012 @ 9:59 pm

    What nice group of white folks. If only this were 1952

  41. Quartermaster
    August 12th, 2012 @ 10:01 pm

    Your racist views have been seen and noted.

  42. Romney Revived, Obama Slumps | Wizbang
    August 13th, 2012 @ 3:15 am

    […] about half full in a follow-up tweet.But a magical weekend for Mitt Romney:Robert Stacy McCain, in a longer piece wrapping up the Manassas, Virginia campaign stop Saturday, notes:The next polls you see out of Virginia . . . Well, look, the “gender gap” will […]

  43. Report On The Romney/Ryan Campaign in Manassas | THE WESTERN EXPERIENCE
    August 13th, 2012 @ 10:22 am

    […] to the Romney/Ryan event in Manassas. There were over 7,000 in attendance. It was packed. Actually, beyond overflowing would be a better description. The pavilion and surrounding courtyard could not hold the crowd. […]

  44. Ignatz Kant
    August 13th, 2012 @ 12:59 pm

    >>As I explained it on Twitter:<<

    How can one explain *anything* on Twitter?

  45. weedcard
    August 13th, 2012 @ 2:31 pm

    Hey McCain, do you see 11 and 12 year old girls reacting to Justin Bieber and think that they are like that for the rest of their lives?  Are you really this stupid?

  46. He’s Dreamy! - Lawyers, Guns & Money : Lawyers, Guns & Money
    August 13th, 2012 @ 4:45 pm

    […] = [];}Thanks (I think) to a commenter, I see that everyone’s favorite neoconfederate is declaring that ” the “gender gap” will evaporate instantly now that Paul Ryan’s on the ticket. […]

  47. BG, fennel commander
    August 13th, 2012 @ 5:38 pm

    “Chicks dig him.”

    Excuse me: WHAT DECADE ARE YOU LIVING IN? AND HOW STUPID DO YOU THINK WE ARE?

  48. BG, fennel commander
    August 13th, 2012 @ 5:42 pm

    My notes show that both ruggedly handsome Republican candidates spoke
    without a teleprompter. Ryan said that Obama’s policies are “just not
    working,” that Obama wants a “government-centered society and a
    government-run economy.”

    Dude, seriously. You need to get that looked at.

  49. Bobs
    August 13th, 2012 @ 6:24 pm

    Just another Republican Party closet case. It’s pretty clear what kind of poleing McCain is referring to.

  50. BobS
    August 13th, 2012 @ 6:29 pm

    Bet that tongue waggle would have firmed up your poll. Not kidding.