Credentialed Up
So now I’m bonafide. This is Kate and me making sure people know where we’re from.
And here’s my papers. Fenway Fran made the oh so classy necklace they are hanging from.
We spent the afternoon hugging people from Texas who arrived safely and our fearless leader, Gilberto Hinojosa, will arrive this evening. He fell off his bicycle and is still healing up.
We heard some rumblings about our volunteers in training being held up at the stadium because somebody is protesting. The price of democracy.
The beautiful thing about free speech is that it can remove all doubt about how crazy and out of touch someone is…
1I found this on Daily Kos. It’s so cool! Can we try to make it go viral?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrC2pFaaR70&feature=youtube_gdata_player
2@Jan … I copied the URL for the YouTube video and put it on my Facebook page .. I’m not happy about the bull___ language, but it won’t be the first time any of those Facebook folks have heard the word! They can deal with it!!
JJ … for the time you’re there, you’ll probably have more then one incidence with protestors … they are just showing their crazier side … be strong for everyone who roots for you!!
3People are protesting because only Democrats listen. We do need to listen more.
4Who knew Fenway Fran was so talented?
@Jan: Thanks for posting this. It is now on my FB page.
5Beneath the video (link in my previous post) there are comments telling where one without the bad language can be found. In case you’re interested.
6Jan / Marcia – That is the work of “Crashing Vor”, a Kossack from New Orleans who is phenomenally talented.
Shoots, writes, edits, does the music and voiceover.
And there is a family-friendly version without the bullstuff. I think it’s also on youtube…
7I wish I was there. Got voted down by the TN Dem Establishment, but who cares. i would be the best delegate ever after you , girl!
8@Jan–I think I first got this last week from a Danny DeVito tweet. (Danny keeps reminding people to get registered to vote, too.) I think that was the “cleaned up” version, but I like this one better; I try to avoid the language most of the time, but here it fits, I think.
It needs to be as viral as it can!
9My friend Mary Lea was supposed to be volunteering at the Charlotte airport. The powers there canned everything in the name of security, bummed out a few dozen formerly-happy volunteers, and left bitter tastes in their mouths. Such is life, or were they freaked out by the very idea of Dem volunteers messing with airport security?
10Y’all are looking good and I hope having a memorable time. Hugs and a little green eyed jealousy.
11I’m sorry to be off topic, sorta, but I was watching the M*A*S*H marathon for a while today, and it occurs to me that if Romney wins, Frank and Margaret are going to be in power.
12The Houston paper has a good article about the Texas Democratic party today http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/09/texas-democrats-tell-national-party-invest-in-us-and-we-can-win/
13The guys who run the Democratic Underground are at the convention as members of the unassigned press. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021266609 Juanita has a large number of fans among the DUers.
14Jan, thanks for the YouTube link. I literally gasped at the ending. Really scary stuff. Have emailed the link to all the people I know.
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