I watched these videos with interest, and I would bet the fainting is authentic. Fainting would not be unusual given the long hot waits, the standing, the mixed-ages and health of the spectators, the sun (in many cases), and excitement.

Barack Obama has probably seen fainting enough that he takes it in relative stride, and he has probably learned it is safest, and he looks good, if he casually stops his speech and directs medics to the scene.

I’m curious to hear what you other Rentonites think.

Randy
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Here is Elizabeth’s posting, as she left it in my comment section:

I was out driving today and playing radio roulette. Ended up with Dori Monson on 710 KIRO. He was talking about how there have been a person, front & center, fainting at several of Obama’s rallies. When he started watching clips of each event, he said he thought it odd that the person was always front & center, and that he thought Obama basically said the same things each time and always had an unopened bottle of water at his podium that he’d give the person. (It wasn’t the same person at each event.) So Monson’s wondering if these individuals were plants. One caller was a security guy at concerts and he said inevitably someone front & center at concerts faints, and Monson shouldn’t read more into this than people faint.

For sake of objectivity re: Obama, here is Dori Monson’s website.
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He’s got several of these clips on there so people can watch and decide for themselves. Monson thinks this will show up in the press more and wonders if, after this becomes more public, we’ll stop seeing people fainting at Obama rallies.

I hope it’s just that it’s hot, folks aren’t eating, and they’re just getting caught up in the moment and getting light-headed. I keep searching for a politician who is genuine.

Elizabeth