As Margie drove us through Wasilla towards home today after a trip to Anchorage, ahead of us I saw a substantial group of people waving political signs. I figured that it was undoubtedly Sarah Palin supporters, Wasillans who want to see their former Mayor in the White House. So I got my point and shoot ready, rolled down the window and prepared to snap a couple of frames as Margie drove by.

But they were not Palin supporters! They were Obama supporters! A long line of them.

Keep in mind that Margie did not slow down nor stop as she drove by, and I was shooting with a point and shoot camera that takes a good two seconds after one shot is taken before it can do another - when I am lucky it is that fast. Then you will get the idea that the line really was long - a long line, for Barack Obama, right here, in Wasilla, Alaska!

This guy was taking pictures of the Obama supporters. I have no idea who he is or what he might have been shooting for, but here a couple of observations: he appears to be shooting a Mamiya 7, a very serious and expensive medium format camera from the days of film, a camera unlikely to be wielded by anyone other than a very serious photographer.

Look how he is dressed - he is all bundled up in a way that no one else is. It looks like he thinks it is cold outside. This makes me think he comes from Outside, that he is a photographer from the Lower 48. Wasilla has been crawling with them, lately, and with reporters and videographers.

Of course, I could be wrong. He might live down the street from me and I don't even know it. 

I think this guy was at the end of the line. Now, don't you Palin people get upset with me and start calling me names. If it had been you holding signs as we drove by, I would have done the exact same thing as I did with these folks, this evening. I would have taken pictures of you and I would have posted them right here, right now, in this blog. And in my comments, I would have been very polite.

But tonight, it was the Obama folks turn.

Actually, I must correct myself - Margie turned right, here, at the light, so she did slow down to make this turn. Still, the line was long - 70 people long, I am now told in comments.