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snacky and I went to see Bill Clinton speak at the rally for Deval Patrick and Tim Murray.
Bill Clinton? Is totally a rock star. He was amazing. People talk about his charisma and I thought I was prepared but yeah, no, not at all. I'm pretty sure I looked like those teenage girls in Beatles and Elvis footage. I just about swooned. And he was saying things about hope! Positive change! Inclusion! passionately, with conviction, like he really meant it and thought it was all possible. It was exactly what we all needed to hear, I think, and it went over so well with the crowd. You could tell that everyone left feeling great.
One of my co-workers pointed out this morning that of course it did, he was preaching to the converted. But when you energize the converts, they bring you more converts--didn't we already learn that? Before and even during the rally, people had their cell phones out and were making calls for the campaign; they'd handed us all call sheets when we went in. Well over 10,000 calls were made and Snacky made a sheet of them herself, go her!
The other speakers were also fantastic. Tim Murray and Deval Patrick really got the crowd roaring, as did Ted Kennedy, Jim McGovern, Richard Neal, etc. Deval Patrick's wife Diane gave a speech too and she was very impressive. She's a tiny little woman and needed a Scully-box in order to reach the microphones, but she had as powerful a presence as her husband.
It was great to see Ms.snacky--it'd been a while and we had plenty of time to catch up! I was freaking out beforehand because they'd given out more tickets than they had seats, so although doors opened at 3:30 I made Snacky go with me early. We were in line at 1:30.
And we were the first people there.
I toldsnacky, 'Okay, so sometimes it's good to be like Poodle!' *grins*
All through our wait people kept coming up to Snacky and like, asking her questions, asking her permission to go inside, asking her what was taking them so long to open the doors, etc. Snacky handled all their questions and concerns and directed them to the volunteers like a total pro. She was Head of the Line--available for hire to be the Head of other lines and keep the crowds calm and informed.
We made friends with a group of Red Hat ladies who were super funny, and we were aggravated by the incredibly ditzy women sitting behind us during the rally itself, who were encouraging people to yell at cameramen who were standing around blocking their view of nothing, poked Snacky in the head with one of their flags, somehow managed to pull my hair, and one of them was text-messaging while her phone made little sing-songy beeps with every touch of a key during Clinton's speech. Aaaaaargh.
ETA: Ted Kennedy just came into our lobby here at the paper and everyone in my department saw him and said TED KENNEDY. Half of them rushed to the door like the running of the bulls. Hysterical. The people who make fun of him around here are also totally devoted to him; the Kennedys are still treated like they're everybody's family. Jane Swift certainly didn't get that reception when she came through last week, man.
Anyway, yesterday was an absolutely awesome day and a great experience, and I'm so glad thatsnacky and I were able to go--I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
This is the quote that got the biggest crowd reaction last night:
Mr. Clinton said the Republicans’ new way of campaigning is to admit Iraq is a disaster and Afghanistan is in trouble; that Hurricane Katrina was a botched effort and that wages remain low while poverty has increased.
But he added, in the end they say, “You still have to vote for us. And the reason you have to vote for us this November is that if you elect the Democrats they’ll tax you into the poor house, and on the way, you will meet a terrorist on every corner and when you try to run away you’ll stumble over an illegal immigrant.”
Fun. ;-)
snacky and I went to see Bill Clinton speak at the rally for Deval Patrick and Tim Murray. Bill Clinton? Is totally a rock star. He was amazing. People talk about his charisma and I thought I was prepared but yeah, no, not at all. I'm pretty sure I looked like those teenage girls in Beatles and Elvis footage. I just about swooned. And he was saying things about hope! Positive change! Inclusion! passionately, with conviction, like he really meant it and thought it was all possible. It was exactly what we all needed to hear, I think, and it went over so well with the crowd. You could tell that everyone left feeling great.
One of my co-workers pointed out this morning that of course it did, he was preaching to the converted. But when you energize the converts, they bring you more converts--didn't we already learn that? Before and even during the rally, people had their cell phones out and were making calls for the campaign; they'd handed us all call sheets when we went in. Well over 10,000 calls were made and Snacky made a sheet of them herself, go her!
The other speakers were also fantastic. Tim Murray and Deval Patrick really got the crowd roaring, as did Ted Kennedy, Jim McGovern, Richard Neal, etc. Deval Patrick's wife Diane gave a speech too and she was very impressive. She's a tiny little woman and needed a Scully-box in order to reach the microphones, but she had as powerful a presence as her husband.
It was great to see Ms.
snacky--it'd been a while and we had plenty of time to catch up! I was freaking out beforehand because they'd given out more tickets than they had seats, so although doors opened at 3:30 I made Snacky go with me early. We were in line at 1:30.And we were the first people there.
I told
snacky, 'Okay, so sometimes it's good to be like Poodle!' *grins*All through our wait people kept coming up to Snacky and like, asking her questions, asking her permission to go inside, asking her what was taking them so long to open the doors, etc. Snacky handled all their questions and concerns and directed them to the volunteers like a total pro. She was Head of the Line--available for hire to be the Head of other lines and keep the crowds calm and informed.
We made friends with a group of Red Hat ladies who were super funny, and we were aggravated by the incredibly ditzy women sitting behind us during the rally itself, who were encouraging people to yell at cameramen who were standing around blocking their view of nothing, poked Snacky in the head with one of their flags, somehow managed to pull my hair, and one of them was text-messaging while her phone made little sing-songy beeps with every touch of a key during Clinton's speech. Aaaaaargh.
ETA: Ted Kennedy just came into our lobby here at the paper and everyone in my department saw him and said TED KENNEDY. Half of them rushed to the door like the running of the bulls. Hysterical. The people who make fun of him around here are also totally devoted to him; the Kennedys are still treated like they're everybody's family. Jane Swift certainly didn't get that reception when she came through last week, man.
Anyway, yesterday was an absolutely awesome day and a great experience, and I'm so glad that
snacky and I were able to go--I'd do it again in a heartbeat. This is the quote that got the biggest crowd reaction last night:
Mr. Clinton said the Republicans’ new way of campaigning is to admit Iraq is a disaster and Afghanistan is in trouble; that Hurricane Katrina was a botched effort and that wages remain low while poverty has increased.
But he added, in the end they say, “You still have to vote for us. And the reason you have to vote for us this November is that if you elect the Democrats they’ll tax you into the poor house, and on the way, you will meet a terrorist on every corner and when you try to run away you’ll stumble over an illegal immigrant.”
Fun. ;-)
