Members of the Belleair Women's Republican Club waited with excitement for Ann Romney to speak at the Largo Community Center on Wednesday afternoon. Club members spent the morning waving campaign signs on street corners.
Debby Whisenand's feet may have been sore, but she hid the pain with pure enthusiasm. She began at 7:30 a.m. waving Mitt Romney signs at the corner of McMullen Booth Road and Drew Street, and then headed over to Women for Mitt's event at Largo Community Center, decked in her GOP best — a red shirt under a white blouse and blue pants. Her lapel was adorned with just a small, glittery part of her extensive Republican and patriotic pin and button collection. Each one had a story. Whisenand, a Romney campaign volunteer and member of the Belleair Women's Republican Club, arrived at 1 p.m. with her sister sister Denna Shiben of Largo and friend Bonnie Royal of Clearwater. Ann Romney was not scheduled to speak until 4:30 p.m. Why did they come so…
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The Republican presidential hopeful's wife will be here for a "Women for Mitt" rally.
Ann Romney is coming to Largo. The wife of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will be at the Largo Community Center for a 4 p.m. rally Wednesday, Sept. 12, the campaign announced. The public is invited to RSVP online for the "Women for Mitt" rally. The Largo Community Center is at 400 Alt Keene Rd. Doors open at 3 p.m. Mitt Romney had been scheduled to be in Oldsmar for a campaign event this week that was canceled. Ann Romney visited All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg last month while the Republican National Convention was going on in Tampa. All attendees at Tuesday's rally will go through "airport-like security and should bring as few personal items as possible," the campaign said. No bags, sharp objects, umbrellas, …
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rick barasso
10:13 pm on Thursday, September 13, 2012
How is it, Republicans can stand on the side of the roads waving signs, yet homeless individuals are arrested for doing the same thing? more ›