Two Stories, One Romney Rally

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Reuters writes the following about Mitt Romney’s Sunday night rally on the outskirts of Philadelphia:  “The rally drew a huge crowd, but Romney arrived some 90 minutes after he was expected and hundreds of people streamed out of the rally as he spoke, angry and cold after waiting at a facility with no bathrooms or hot drinks for sale.”

Contrast this with the account I received from two people, whom I know personally, who were there:  Romney’s plane was delayed about 90 minutes in Cleveland because of a problem at the Philadelphia airport.  Despite this unavoidable flight delay, 35,000 people braved the the cold to greet and cheer on the GOP nominee.  And “there were plenty of bathrooms ([my son] used one) and there were hot drinks (we all had hot cider, there was also hot chocolate).”  

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