More than fifty people listened in a cold wind Saturday to a dozen speakers on the courthouse steps saying “I support president Obama”. Speakers included Gretchen Quarterman (MC), Tony Daniels, Marcus Rhone, Ruth Council, Mrs. Annie Fisher (on the Valdosta School Board), Gladys Lee (from Brooks County), Betty Marini (from Lanier County), Jim Parker, RJ Hadley (from Rockdale County, running for U.S. Senate against Johnny Isakson), Freeman Rivers, Lee Touchton, Gale Eger, John S. Quarterman, and others whose names I didn’t get.

In this example, Gladys Lee asks us all to think for ourselves:

Here’s the public service announcement, which the Valdosta Daily Times printed the morning of the rally:

To support ongoing initiatives, area residents will hold a rally today at noon on the Lowndes County Courthouse steps. Rally participants will hear from citizens in support of President Barack Obama, his words and actions.

The rally is sponsored by the citizens of South Georgia, Brothers United and Issues Concerning US.

The event was not organized by LAKE. The videos are by John S. Quarterman of LAKE. Here’s the YouTube playlist of videos of most of the speakers; more videos are still being uploaded. all the videos are there that were recorded. A few speeches were not videoed due to dead camera batteries. (We don’t claim to be a professional organization; we’re just doing what the press does not.) There are still pictures on the facebook event page. And a few stills by LAKE on flickr

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