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I made it out early. Later in the afternoon I spoke with someone who had been stranded at the site for several hours. Only after people began cursing the staff and some senior citizens were in obvious need of revival did the campaign start handing out free bottled water to the soaked, overheated guests. The campaign even held buses so some dignitaries could get out first.

It had become apparent by the end of the day that the campaign really hadn't given any thought to the comfort of the people it had bused in. They were nothing more than props, hauled in and out of this tiny town to serve as a backdrop for the media event (and campaign commercial?) the campaign had dreamed up.

The poor folks who gave up an entire day of their lives to see this event got sunburned, dehydrated, then soaked all so Obama could have his symbolic unification rally in this remote town.

It was also ironic that the campaign that has made so much out of promising the swift and orderly withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq could not even manage an exit strategy for Unity, N.H.

But, hey, what's the suffering of a few thousand people if it serves the greater cause of getting Barack Obama elected president?

topics:
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Iraq