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I was in NY a couple of weeks back and they were barricading streets around MoMA for an incoming presidential motorcade. Given that regular traffic in that city makes our worst traffic look desirable... I'll just say I'm glad I was on foot.

tk. on October 19, 2010 at 2:54 PM

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Gawd, this is turning into a clusterfuck. I wanted to go, but this just sounds like a huge pain in the ass.

Graham on October 19, 2010 at 2:55 PM

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I would suggest that stuffing parcels behind shrubs outside the convention center will probably be frowned upon by security tomorrow.

Get it done today, folks!

Reymont on October 19, 2010 at 3:30 PM

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I'd imagine this won't be until after everyone has arrived. Doors open at 4 and close at 6. So people riding MAX over will be traveling before 4pm and he's prolly not coming in then until after 6pm.

divebarwife on October 19, 2010 at 3:55 PM

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I'll watch everyone's backpacks, but I charge a fee of "I get to take one item of my choosing from each bag".

The One True b!X on October 19, 2010 at 3:56 PM

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...because apparently anyone who is capable of walking the one and a half blocks from the Rose Quarter Max stop to the Convention Center Max stop can't be a terrorist.

Stu on October 19, 2010 at 4:27 PM

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If I want to see a spineless man offering platitudes, I'll dig up an old Mr. Rogers episode.

seanpdx on October 19, 2010 at 5:04 PM

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I'm told the OCC will have DOZENS of places to lock your bike.

Carl on October 19, 2010 at 5:13 PM

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shouldn't matter. if you're not already there hours before Obama, you're not getting in. and he'll be out of there & gone by the time most people fight their way to the door. so it really shouldn't matter, but no doubt fail will occur.

tabarnhart on October 19, 2010 at 5:37 PM

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@seanpdx: Mr Rogers was a well decorated war veteran and doesn't deserve the pejorative "spineless".

ujfoyt on October 19, 2010 at 6:21 PM

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Actually, I should have said a highly decorated war veteran.

ujfoyt on October 19, 2010 at 6:22 PM

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I thought he was pretty well decorated, actually.

Yeah, you shoulda seen the clusterfuck that was Joe Biden at Pearson Air Museum in the 'couver today. Obama will be fifty times that, and everything will be hella stupid in the near vicinity.

on October 19, 2010 at 6:34 PM

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OBAMA AND SARA PALIN ARE RELATED:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101013/ap_on_…

HE IS ALSO THE EIGHTH COUSIN TO DICK CHENEY:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte…

Spindles on October 19, 2010 at 6:54 PM

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OBAMA IS AN ATHEIST AND A BIG JOHNSON.

Rusty! on October 19, 2010 at 7:37 PM

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What's up with tickets? I received a couple of emails about RSVP's which I did...but there wasn't anything mentioned about tickets. How do we actually get in?

SarahPalinLies on October 19, 2010 at 11:14 PM

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So what's up with tickets for this event? I RSVP'd to the invitation I received in email, but no mention was made of tickets. How do we actually get in?

SarahPalinLies on October 19, 2010 at 11:15 PM

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Next election, I will vote for any presidential candidate--regardless of political affiliation or world view or philosophy--that opts to take the MAX from the airport to town like the rest of us fucking normal people do.

martin on October 20, 2010 at 12:28 AM

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Yeah, because that's reasonable, Martin...

pdxslc on October 20, 2010 at 2:20 AM

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Yes: imagine if the Max line from PDX to the OCC was shut down for three hours, minimum. Imagine how well that would go over.

on October 20, 2010 at 4:05 PM

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