hey everyone sweetie-gate has arrived.  pack up, it's time to go home.

Heading off to my state convention, Chairman Dean is going to be there  ​, I'll let you all know how it goes.

Ted Kennedy had a stroke

;_;

edit: They are now reporting that he had a seizure, not a stroke.

I am listening to the live Obama town hall meeting and he is talking about the environment, and I am loving it. I like the cap and trade system I think, but will it really generate that much money?

Just got back from the State convention. We were interrupted during a heated debate over whether to criticize the death penalty in our platform by the news of Ted having a stroke/seizure. We were all in shock and it was pretty awful.

We had a bunch of silly stupid resolutions such as GET UHC and GET RID OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND which while great and all, are really only symbolic. But then there was the kicker, a resolution to impeach Cheney and Bush. The debate got heated as many felt the house would be best served concentrating on other issues, but we finally passed it. While symbolic only, it was a huge statement about how we feel about our current leadership.

We had the usual suspects speak, our two democratic congressmen/women Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes, the speaker of the state house and the senate (first time since the civil war nh house and senate has been dem controlled), our Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen, and then the man of the hour, DNC chair and Governor of Vermont Howard Dean. He gave an impassioned speach about unity as two I guess you can assume Hillary supporters tried to interrupt the speach quietly with huge COUNT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA 2 MILLION VOTES signs. It was idiotic but nobody said anything to them as that would kind of be against what we are about. I even found time to sign up to get information about running for state rep, so it was a good day all around.

I encourage all of you to get involved with your local town/cit/county democratic party. It's a great way to meet more like minded people, and to get into local politics.

i have been trying to get involved with my local democratic party but so far it looks like i'll have to physically show up in their office to get any attention

so let's take the california marriage ruling (minus the stupid bullshit) here, with how it affects this election.  as cool as it is, it leaves a sinking feeling in my stomach because this is a perfect situation for the Dems to take back the white house, but here comes a non-issue to distract everyone.  it's like fucking clockwork.  will people really come out in force for mccain if they see that the almighty institution of marriage is threatened?  can we make that call yet?

I think honestly the fact that Arnie is a Republican and the people who hate gay marriage also hate California might keep it from being an election breaker. plus I THINK John McCain might have the smarts not to do that, since the only way he's going to win is with those independent votes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/weekinreview/18zernike.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

interesting article on potential future female presidential candidates

oh god

Ted Kennedy diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor

That's really terrible. Kennedy has been a great guy for US politics.

...actually, I can really imagine Ted Kennedy doing a John Wayne and kicking cancer's ass. He's got that kind of spirit.

In all likelihood, Kennedy won't make it... he is 76.

Well, with 16% of the votes in, Clinton is winning in Kentucky 51%-46%, which isn't too big of a margin. CNN has already declared her the winner. However, none of the western counties have sent in results, so it's only the urban college centers that are voting for Obama. I just moused over a county that was 88% Clinton and 7% Barack haha

P.S.

the revolution never stops....

anyways clinton will win kentucky by like 30 points, obamas gonna win oregon by 15 or so

edit: oh god this is so sad

http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=6d2156e1-15e9-4d90-902c-23cdfd712303

there's something wrong with me when I react with GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY to that video.

but GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY.

are you kidding me?

an OLD MAN CRYING ABOUT HIS FRIEND WITH A BRAIN TUMOR is gay?

you guys are awful