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We got in to Verizon Wireless Center pretty easily – much easier than any concert I’ve been at here. On the way in we weren’t searched once, I’m a little bitter because I totally could have carried if I had known that.

Not quite 5pm yet, we’re still at the “warm-up act” portion of the event. Some country band I’ve never heard is playing.

The band is actually playing a song called “Drill here, Drill now”.

I’m looking around at the crowd, and I’m pleasantly surprised at the number of young professionals here – there are a lot of people here in my age bracket, which makes me feel good.

The crowd is chanting “Sarah! Sarah”

The LT GOV is out and speaking. LT GOV Skillman is probably one of the most underrated aspects of the current administration.

Sarah is on, and the crowd is going ape-shit. The people down in the pit are screaming their heads off.

Ha! She just kind of took a cheap shot at Tina Fey, and she dropped a reference to the ultimate Indiana movie, Hoosiers.

The crowd does not like the phrase “raise your taxes”, wow. She’s really hitting Obama hard on the issue of taxes and the economy, and we’re eating it up.

She’s now hitting the ACORN issue – ACORN is now under investigation by the FBI. She also touched on the issue of Obama’s actual ties to ACORN; while also pointing out that talking about someone’s actual record isn’t mean spirited.

I am tired of the word “maverick”. So very tired.

Hahaha, there are some protestors from Code Pink being escorted out after causing a ruckus.

She’s basically hitting the standard talking points, firing up the base to get the vote out come November.

I’ll post a final wrap-up tomorrow, but this has been a fun event and an interesting look at a part of the political process I’ve not seen firsthand before.

My new IDPA holster should arrive today. I order one of Galco’s M5X or MX5, I forget which. Sorry for no link, you’ll have to google it. Writing html on my crackberry isn’t that easy. Back to the holster though.

The rig itself is Galco’s kydex/polymer holster, designed for doublestack 1911s with a 5 inch tube. When I found out that my Blackhawk holster wasn’t IDPA legal do to the offset from my body (side note: IDPA’s holster rules are insane and nonsensical at times) I realized I’d need a new rig for the state championship. I ended up going with the Galco because I’ve had tremendous experience with every other Galco holster I’ve owned, and I’m hoping that their polymer rig is as good as their leather rigs.

I’ll have a full write up in a couple of weeks, after the State IDPA match – I figure there’s no better “trial by fire” than an all day 250+ round pistol match.

If all goes according to plan, I’ll be attending the McCain/Palin rally this afternoon in Indiana. Sarah Palin is scheduled to be there, and I’ll be liveblogging the event. Watch the blog later today for almost realtime coverage of the rally with Sarah Palin.

I’ll be curious to see if any hecklers and Obama supporters show up – I accidentally saw two minutes of Keith Olbermann’s show yesterday, where he basically said that Sarah Palin was inciting people to violence against Obama voters. I assumed he was full of crap (his lips were moving) but I’ll now have the opportunity to actually witness one of these rallies. I mean, if the legacy media is to be believed, a Sarah Palin rally is just one step short of a KKK rally, because all of us Republicans are racist, you see.

All kidding aside, I’m actually pretty pumped about this – so come back this afternoon for live coverage of the event!

Check out the Gun Nuts Radio Blog for a preview look at Smith & Wesson’s latest addition to their M&P-15 line of rifles, the M&P-15R, chambered in 5.45×39, the Russian service rifle cartridge.

I don’t own any ARs right now, but since I’m getting in the market, I’ll add this one to my list just for the cool factor it has.