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"Wondering why all those handmade signs you saw in the audience last night during the Republican National Convention looked so similar to each other? That&amp;#x27;s because they were all made by RNC staff or volunteers beforehand and distributed to selected attendees!I know this because last night, returning to my seat just before Meg Whitman&amp;#x27;s speech, I noticed that the nice young lady sitting next to me all of a sudden had a sign when she didn&amp;#x27;t before. Here she is, Christine Hall, 23, with her &amp;quot;handmade&amp;quot; sign. I asked her what it said, and she showed me, then added bluntly that she didn&amp;#x27;t make it. I looked all around us and behind me were a gaggle of identical &amp;quot;Students for McCain&amp;quot; signs. &amp;quot;I [heart] Mac&amp;quot; made a few appearances as well. Clockwise from left: Liberty University students Grace Woodson, 20; Kelly Cook, 21; Chelsey Fortin, 20; Jennifer Schmidt, 20. There were also multiple &amp;quot;Palin Power&amp;quot; signs that a volunteer was holding to distribute until right before Palin&amp;#x27;s speech. This last one annoyed me because an older gentleman in the Idaho Delegation got one of these signs and held it up constantly, totally obstructing my view of the VP nominee! I&amp;#x27;m not the only one who noticed this. Check out this You Tube entry from a KQED reporter showing the &amp;quot;Sign Shop&amp;quot; backstage. Even the Democrats are not above this trickery. Here&amp;#x27;s video of DNC volunteers handing out &amp;quot;handmade&amp;quot; Obama signs at an Obama speech. And politicians wonder why voters are cynical."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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