McCain draws crowd of 15!

McCain lands at Columbia Regional Airport
Monday, October 20, 2008 | 10:10 a.m. CDT
BY Amanda Kushner, Hayley Tsukayama

Sen. John McCain stopped in Columbia on Monday afternoon.

The Republican presidential nominee from Arizona landed at the Columbia Regional Airport around 12:30 p.m. As McCain disembarked from the plane, a man yelled, "Go get 'em, John."

McCain shook a few hands and embraced Christine Ellinger, the campaign's fourth congressional district co-chair.

Ellinger said McCain is going to tour Columbia businesses "and get to know people and what they're doing and daily life."

A crowd of about 15 people assembled outside the airport's fence to see him descend from the plane.

Florence Phillips was dropping off her daughter at the airport when another of her daughters, Cheryl Daubin, told her McCain was landing.

"Your man is coming," Daubin told her.

Phillips, who also saw John F. Kennedy at the Joplin Airport in 1962, said she was upset at the small size of the crowd gathered to see McCain.

McCain campaign volunteer Jane Stuart agreed. In 2000, when then-Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush visited the airport there was a much larger crowd, Stuart said.

News of McCain's plan to stop in Columbia surfaced on Thursday but remained unconfirmed by the campaign until Monday morning.

McCain stopped at Buckingham Smokehouse Bar-B-Q after leaving the airport in a motorcade.

McCain's stop in Columbia is between a pair of rallies in Missouri — in St. Charles at 9 a.m. and in Belton at 3:45 p.m.

Check back with the Missourian for more updates and a full story.

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He's really closing the enthusiasm gap!

That's so sad, even in his home state.  John McCain deserves more than that even if I am not voting for him.

It shows me just one thing - the power of dummies with mics. Every time Palin opened her piehole, $$$$$ poured into Obama's campaign bucket. Seriously, her words of stupidity helps Dems raise even more money. The same with Bachmann. It's not the first time she's been own3d.

Watch the ownag3 start at 5:50

Classic Carville: This is a picture of the City Hall. It looks like a bait shop in S. La."

And this takes the cake - Carville's calling the shot.

The real ownage starts when she opens her mouth.

But 6:50 isn't bad either, when he responds to her accusation that he is sexist.


Carville v. Bachmann is not a fair fight. Entertaining, like Seth Petruzelli v. Timbo Slice; but not fair.

The second video is why he's not on CNN round tables any more, he hurts ratings.

I agree - it wasn't a fair fight - but she didn't have jack to counter him with.

He's not on the CNN anymore? I am at work when they're on, and I usually see the highlights on Huffington Post.

I was just joking about CNN cutting him.

BTW, I am no longer backing Obama, I'm backing Ack.

Holy shit she's an Ackerman Girl now? Who the fuck is Ackerman? This jam is amazing, yet again, even with the same exact beat and video.

U R a racist? That man is a known white supremacist. I have the exclusive video from HBO to prove it.

But only he can protect us from the Soviet Union.

And the Empire of Japan?