Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Rick Santorum Rally!!!

The primaries in Arizona are next Tuesday, the 28th, so our city is full of fun political events! It's like Christmas for a politics geek like me.

Tonight, Rick Santorum had a rally downtown. I REALLY wanted to go, so I packed a bunch of snacks and took all 4 girls alone.

We got there a bit early. I joked with people that I brought the whole rally with me, and we got 3rd row seats. The NY Times interviewed me. See the article here. I am still cracking up.

A few speakers spoke first. Someone from the Center for Arizona Policy, Len Munsil, a lady from the Arizona Right to Life, and some other guy, I'm not sure who he was.

My favorite quote from Len Munsil was, "We need a president who has more children than vacation homes!" HAHA!!

Santorum spoke well, he's very witty. I truly enjoyed it. The kids got bored pretty quickly, and a random old lady behind me stomped off saying, "I can't take it anymore," in regards to my kids. They were not being naughty, just a little antsy, so boo to you, old lady, you shouldn't have chosen to pull up a chair behind 3 rows full of children.

Unfortunately, we didn't get to meet him, since I did end up in the bak to try to settle the kids. I should've waited it out a few minutes. Oh well...

Here are some pictures. I've been trying to get them in chronological order, but Blogger won't let me.







Lily rockin' the sign.
Enter, Santorum family!
Hooray! I dunno why, but hooray!!
Intro with some of his lovely family looking on.
Bring it!
Amelia rockin' the sign and sticker (and Mardi Gras beads)!!
The stage. I'll take "Courage" over "Change" any day.
Charlotte ready in her sweater vest.
The view from the back.
He talked for a really long time!

2 comments:

  1. This is AMAZING!! Hooray for you!! And, I love that his slogan is "courage"! So proud of you for going and being more brave of a mommy than I would be (I can barely take my boys out to the sidewalk). Also, congrats on the NYTimes interview! Too cool!

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  2. Leila, when I saw the "Courage" sign, I thought of you. I knew you'd love it! I love it too!!! YES! COURAGE!! Last night lifted my spirits so much. It was so fun.

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