Comments on: Something in which to believe http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/ The good old days weren't always good Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:03:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Clareified » Blog Archive » President Clinton: One More Time! http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-84183 Clareified » Blog Archive » President Clinton: One More Time! Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:24:31 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-84183 [...] I had been practicing the line for days. “So, are you going to spoof anymore HBO shows for your commercials? Or are you leaving Big Love to Mitt Romney.” Smile and prepare to laugh appropriately. It was just a few seconds, shouldn’t be hard. (In the interest of full disclosure, Karol wrote the line for me when I told I her I was going to meet Hillary Clinton in a few days and didn’t want to choke.) No sirreee Bob, no choking here. I was once again the VIP guest of a candidate running for the nomination of my party and I was going to take full advantage of that access to speak my mind. As per usual, I laid out an obscene amount of money for the privilege, but this time I had a few friends working behind the scenes so I was promised all the water I could drink and a definite face to face with the woman of the hour. Now, I have been skeptical about the Hillary Clinton candidacy for a long time. I just didn’t see the country welcoming 1) a woman as President (especially women, because we’re bitches and we totally hate women and since females make up the bulk of voters… 2) This particular woman who comes with more baggage than Imelda Marcos from a show store. I mean, why, when it seems like the White House is ours for the taking could the Democratic machine not find some regular, passable, white dude to stick on the ballot. Safe, you know? But after my failed attempt to get excited about Obama, and my acceptance that Kucinich wasn’t going to win, I needed to get on board with a candidate for the primary, so I accepted the invite to meet Senator Clinton and practiced my mini speech. Especially the laugh appropriately part. The line was already around the corner when I arrived about ten minutes early to the nightclub where the shindig was being held. I checked in, got my schmancy VIP room bracelet pass and prepared for an extensive wait. Senator Obama was darn near three hours late and well, this was Hillary Clinton… Happily, about 30 minutes in, the ushers said the Senator had arrived and would be meeting with us in a few minutes. I walked into the VIP room and it was packed with about 100 people — though it was well-lit and airconditioned, so it wasn’t at all uncomfortable. I ran into a friend from Old LLP (and a partner who, although I worked with her for a good two weeks during my tenure there, made no sign that she even knew who I was.) Now, this friend had a crazy hyphenated last name something like Gonzalez- O’Mallory because her husband was Irish, but she was Latina. And I would always make a point of using her whole name when greeting her “Hello Iris Gonzalez-O’Mallory,” I could be heard to shout through the cafeteria. And even after she dropped the Gonzalez and just went with her married name, I stuck to my traditional greeting. A few years ago, I heard that she was divorced and this was the first time I’d seen her since then. Our eyes met pretty much at the same time, and as if reliving her association with me post-traumatic stress disorder style, she quickly said “Hi, Dawn. It’s just Gonzalez now.” Gulp. “Yeah…I heard. Sorry.” And just when I was about to say something derogatory about the bum - who in this case, actually really was a bum, the little voice in my head was all “no, dude.” So I went with the ever neutral “How are you doing?” And she said “Good. It was very amicable. We’re still friends.” Whew. We call that a win for my schizophrenia. By now, the Senator had started greeting the folks at the beginning of the line. She shook hands with each person, and spent some time chit chatting and laughing while a professional photographer took photos. As I made my way toward the front of the line, I started to panic. I can’t make fun of mormons!! I mean, what if she laughs and someone overhears and then it’s like a huge scandal and it’s all my fault we get President Giuliani *shudder.* So I decided to go with the more sychophantic “I always thought I was going to be the first woman President, but if it can’t be me, I’m glad it’s you.” But then, I heard someone in front of me say something similar, so I scrapped that in favor of “Actually we’ve met before. I was a White House intern.” But well, you can imagine why I ended up scrapping that. Then I was going to tell her that earlier that night I heard a rumor that she was going to be salsa dancing. Yes! Perfect! Not cheesy, not controversial and hey, if she actually salsa danced she’d have to give a shout out to the Gimp from the VIP lounge! Done and done. Breathe in. Breathe out. And there I was… two people away, her handlers asking me if I also wanted a picture with my own camera, me stammering yeah — and settting the camera up. She was deep in conversation with the woman in front of me — the aforementioned Iris Gonzalez. They were talking like old friends. How do people do that!!!??? Don’t they know she’s HILLARY CLINTON!!! OHMYGODOHMYGODOMYGODOHMYGOD. And then this happened: Handler: Okay, go on. Hillary Clinton: Thanks for your support. Me: Handler: Okay turn and face the camera HC and I both face the camera. Hillary Clinton: Thanks for coming. Me: I took my camera and sulked out of the VIP lounge. I suck so much. I asked Iris what the hell she was talking about so long. “Oh, I told her I was President of the Hispanic Bar and that we were all excited to have a candidate who supported Latino issues and I wished her luck.” Fuck. Wishing luck, yeah, I coulda done that. We all took our seats for the speech. The woman that introduced the Senator totally screwed up. It was like watching a train wreck. I guess she decided that she didn’t need to write anything down, but then decided to write down “points” because she ended up repeating the same sentence something like 45 times “Hillary Clinton will be the next President of the America” That’s right. Her one sentence wasn’t even that good. I couldn’t watch. But when Senator Clinton took the mic, it was pure smooth. The event was hosted by Latinos and Latinas for Hillary Clinton. So, she began by thanking her introducers and the certain people she knew by name and then she said “It’s great to be here with Latinos and Latinas for…Me.” I laughed so hard. As did everyone else. She then went on to say she loved coming home because New York was the best state in the best country in the world and the audience went nuts. From there she just hit a stride that reminded me what a politician is supposed to look like. “The Bush administration has created a class of invisible people. Minorities, poor people, single mothers and God help us, even the members of the military. Well, I see you.” Huge applaud. She laid out plans for college assistance programs, but also for apprenticeships for young people who don’t want to go or can’t go to college. She laid out her plans for universal health care and universal kindergarten. It was a great speech and she had the audience with her the whole way. I was so impressed that I actually felt sorry for the other Democrats in the primary. I haven’t been watching the debates, but dude, she is going to eat them alive and crap them out the next morning. The night ended with a thunderous standing ovation and I left energized and planning to volunteer. And then I remembered that I was a lazy slacker, so that probably wouldn’t happen — but hey, you all should get on board now. She is our best chance for taking the White House next year. I mean in 2009. Stupid Geroge Bush presidency till 2009. Groan. [...] [...] I had been practicing the line for days. “So, are you going to spoof anymore HBO shows for your commercials? Or are you leaving Big Love to Mitt Romney.” Smile and prepare to laugh appropriately. It was just a few seconds, shouldn’t be hard. (In the interest of full disclosure, Karol wrote the line for me when I told I her I was going to meet Hillary Clinton in a few days and didn’t want to choke.) No sirreee Bob, no choking here. I was once again the VIP guest of a candidate running for the nomination of my party and I was going to take full advantage of that access to speak my mind. As per usual, I laid out an obscene amount of money for the privilege, but this time I had a few friends working behind the scenes so I was promised all the water I could drink and a definite face to face with the woman of the hour. Now, I have been skeptical about the Hillary Clinton candidacy for a long time. I just didn’t see the country welcoming 1) a woman as President (especially women, because we’re bitches and we totally hate women and since females make up the bulk of voters… 2) This particular woman who comes with more baggage than Imelda Marcos from a show store. I mean, why, when it seems like the White House is ours for the taking could the Democratic machine not find some regular, passable, white dude to stick on the ballot. Safe, you know? But after my failed attempt to get excited about Obama, and my acceptance that Kucinich wasn’t going to win, I needed to get on board with a candidate for the primary, so I accepted the invite to meet Senator Clinton and practiced my mini speech. Especially the laugh appropriately part. The line was already around the corner when I arrived about ten minutes early to the nightclub where the shindig was being held. I checked in, got my schmancy VIP room bracelet pass and prepared for an extensive wait. Senator Obama was darn near three hours late and well, this was Hillary Clinton… Happily, about 30 minutes in, the ushers said the Senator had arrived and would be meeting with us in a few minutes. I walked into the VIP room and it was packed with about 100 people — though it was well-lit and airconditioned, so it wasn’t at all uncomfortable. I ran into a friend from Old LLP (and a partner who, although I worked with her for a good two weeks during my tenure there, made no sign that she even knew who I was.) Now, this friend had a crazy hyphenated last name something like Gonzalez- O’Mallory because her husband was Irish, but she was Latina. And I would always make a point of using her whole name when greeting her “Hello Iris Gonzalez-O’Mallory,” I could be heard to shout through the cafeteria. And even after she dropped the Gonzalez and just went with her married name, I stuck to my traditional greeting. A few years ago, I heard that she was divorced and this was the first time I’d seen her since then. Our eyes met pretty much at the same time, and as if reliving her association with me post-traumatic stress disorder style, she quickly said “Hi, Dawn. It’s just Gonzalez now.” Gulp. “Yeah…I heard. Sorry.” And just when I was about to say something derogatory about the bum - who in this case, actually really was a bum, the little voice in my head was all “no, dude.” So I went with the ever neutral “How are you doing?” And she said “Good. It was very amicable. We’re still friends.” Whew. We call that a win for my schizophrenia. By now, the Senator had started greeting the folks at the beginning of the line. She shook hands with each person, and spent some time chit chatting and laughing while a professional photographer took photos. As I made my way toward the front of the line, I started to panic. I can’t make fun of mormons!! I mean, what if she laughs and someone overhears and then it’s like a huge scandal and it’s all my fault we get President Giuliani *shudder.* So I decided to go with the more sychophantic “I always thought I was going to be the first woman President, but if it can’t be me, I’m glad it’s you.” But then, I heard someone in front of me say something similar, so I scrapped that in favor of “Actually we’ve met before. I was a White House intern.” But well, you can imagine why I ended up scrapping that. Then I was going to tell her that earlier that night I heard a rumor that she was going to be salsa dancing. Yes! Perfect! Not cheesy, not controversial and hey, if she actually salsa danced she’d have to give a shout out to the Gimp from the VIP lounge! Done and done. Breathe in. Breathe out. And there I was… two people away, her handlers asking me if I also wanted a picture with my own camera, me stammering yeah — and settting the camera up. She was deep in conversation with the woman in front of me — the aforementioned Iris Gonzalez. They were talking like old friends. How do people do that!!!??? Don’t they know she’s HILLARY CLINTON!!! OHMYGODOHMYGODOMYGODOHMYGOD. And then this happened: Handler: Okay, go on. Hillary Clinton: Thanks for your support. Me: Handler: Okay turn and face the camera HC and I both face the camera. Hillary Clinton: Thanks for coming. Me: I took my camera and sulked out of the VIP lounge. I suck so much. I asked Iris what the hell she was talking about so long. “Oh, I told her I was President of the Hispanic Bar and that we were all excited to have a candidate who supported Latino issues and I wished her luck.” Fuck. Wishing luck, yeah, I coulda done that. We all took our seats for the speech. The woman that introduced the Senator totally screwed up. It was like watching a train wreck. I guess she decided that she didn’t need to write anything down, but then decided to write down “points” because she ended up repeating the same sentence something like 45 times “Hillary Clinton will be the next President of the America” That’s right. Her one sentence wasn’t even that good. I couldn’t watch. But when Senator Clinton took the mic, it was pure smooth. The event was hosted by Latinos and Latinas for Hillary Clinton. So, she began by thanking her introducers and the certain people she knew by name and then she said “It’s great to be here with Latinos and Latinas for…Me.” I laughed so hard. As did everyone else. She then went on to say she loved coming home because New York was the best state in the best country in the world and the audience went nuts. From there she just hit a stride that reminded me what a politician is supposed to look like. “The Bush administration has created a class of invisible people. Minorities, poor people, single mothers and God help us, even the members of the military. Well, I see you.” Huge applaud. She laid out plans for college assistance programs, but also for apprenticeships for young people who don’t want to go or can’t go to college. She laid out her plans for universal health care and universal kindergarten. It was a great speech and she had the audience with her the whole way. I was so impressed that I actually felt sorry for the other Democrats in the primary. I haven’t been watching the debates, but dude, she is going to eat them alive and crap them out the next morning. The night ended with a thunderous standing ovation and I left energized and planning to volunteer. And then I remembered that I was a lazy slacker, so that probably wouldn’t happen — but hey, you all should get on board now. She is our best chance for taking the White House next year. I mean in 2009. Stupid Geroge Bush presidency till 2009. Groan. [...]

]]> By: Casca http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-69976 Casca Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:09:22 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-69976 Stalker Alert! Just sayin', because you have that whole character judgment thing. Stalker Alert!

Just sayin’, because you have that whole character judgment thing.

]]> By: timl http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-69681 timl Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:04:59 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-69681 hidy hey dawn! i just came to your site from hillaryis44 (which i just found out about from the conspiracy theorists at meet the press) and i wanna thank you for making me giggle as i read a couple of your pieces. (btw, I agree, hippies really are annoying arent they?) since i now feel so close to you, i gotta say - it makes me sad that you just dont like dear hillary, but id guess thats cause you ve never met her...so really how could ya know how fun and funny she is. (Im a hillary lover and I hope, a friend, from when I first met her long ago...the first time I really spoke with her in a non group 0 crowd format, was at a house party and I was more then a little semi drunk, she had just become like the most famous woman in the world...and as everyone else seemed to be surrounding her husband and the new prez, she and I had a long chitter chat about navajo creation mythology, hopi kachinas, tootsie roll pops and how fun olives are) Your just gonna have to trust me on this, Hillary is bitchin cool. By the way....take this from someone who lives in and hides from the politico world...never, ever, ever...give or go to a political fundraising event that is not being run by a close friend. Ever, ever. They are always abusive and tedious events. If you dont know the prople who throw these events or give BIG money, you are gonna be treated like cattle. And if you wanna give money to a candidate....wait for an event that youd like to go to anyhow and get a two-fer. For example, I guaran-damn-tee ya that come....whenever the show is at MSG...there will be a special "girl power" event for Hillary there when the Spice Girls come to town. So for a nice check you'd get to jump and shimmie and sparkle in a sky box and scream for your fave SG. (mine is Gerri Spice cause she likes the UN and all)...and help elect the nicest candidate (i said, meant and truly believe in and enjoy the word nice) for President, like ever...or at least since Lincoln, who really seems like one hell of a nice guy...if you werent trying to split up the union or whatever... Btw, since Ive just developed a lil internet crush on you...Id like to share this lil tidbit and to show how silly all this "rockstar" who-ha is...back in my youthful, care even less teens, I used to get a lil high with "Barry" Obama...back in my "go light blue" Columbia U days...(I remember smoking up with him from pot we'd all buy from the real pot-fake record store directly across the street from the cathedral of st john the d...a tres bag o dope stamped with the logo of the starship enterprise...3 bucks,,,oh, the good ol days...) He was a friendly fellow and I did and do like him...but, my goodness, people gotta stop looking for world saving heroes and saviours through the media process of makin em celebrities first....jeeze, its so silly, amazingly stupid and quite annoying....And since I was brought to your site, via hillaryis 44, from the venerabal and hillarious "meet the press"...I also will disclose that Ive also gotten stoned with one of today's panelists who brought up the Hill website to begin with... (I think you can see a patern here, like Louis Amstrong - who's b-day is weds btw - I am always drawn towards and become friendly with those who like a nice smoke and a chat) ..so at least some is right with the world on this sunday semi morn...cause as long as there are some hidden smokers in our body politic, maybe we can make up the damage that two terms in the White House a dry drunk coke addict has caused to this nation, the world and my general mood. hidy hey dawn! i just came to your site from hillaryis44 (which i just found out about from the conspiracy theorists at meet the press) and i wanna thank you for making me giggle as i read a couple of your pieces. (btw, I agree, hippies really are annoying arent they?) since i now feel so close to you, i gotta say - it makes me sad that you just dont like dear hillary, but id guess thats cause you ve never met her…so really how could ya know how fun and funny she is. (Im a hillary lover and I hope, a friend, from when I first met her long ago…the first time I really spoke with her in a non group 0 crowd format, was at a house party and I was more then a little semi drunk, she had just become like the most famous woman in the world…and as everyone else seemed to be surrounding her husband and the new prez, she and I had a long chitter chat about navajo creation mythology, hopi kachinas, tootsie roll pops and how fun olives are) Your just gonna have to trust me on this, Hillary is bitchin cool.

By the way….take this from someone who lives in and hides from the politico world…never, ever, ever…give or go to a political fundraising event that is not being run by a close friend. Ever, ever. They are always abusive and tedious events. If you dont know the prople who throw these events or give BIG money, you are gonna be treated like cattle. And if you wanna give money to a candidate….wait for an event that youd like to go to anyhow and get a two-fer. For example, I guaran-damn-tee ya that come….whenever the show is at MSG…there will be a special “girl power” event for Hillary there when the Spice Girls come to town. So for a nice check you’d get to jump and shimmie and sparkle in a sky box and scream for your fave SG. (mine is Gerri Spice cause she likes the UN and all)…and help elect the nicest candidate (i said, meant and truly believe in and enjoy the word nice) for President, like ever…or at least since Lincoln, who really seems like one hell of a nice guy…if you werent trying to split up the union or whatever…

Btw, since Ive just developed a lil internet crush on you…Id like to share this lil tidbit and to show how silly all this “rockstar” who-ha is…back in my youthful, care even less teens, I used to get a lil high with “Barry” Obama…back in my “go light blue” Columbia U days…(I remember smoking up with him from pot we’d all buy from the real pot-fake record store directly across the street from the cathedral of st john the d…a tres bag o dope stamped with the logo of the starship enterprise…3 bucks,,,oh, the good ol days…) He was a friendly fellow and I did and do like him…but, my goodness, people gotta stop looking for world saving heroes and saviours through the media process of makin em celebrities first….jeeze, its so silly, amazingly stupid and quite annoying….And since I was brought to your site, via hillaryis 44, from the venerabal and hillarious “meet the press”…I also will disclose that Ive also gotten stoned with one of today’s panelists who brought up the Hill website to begin with… (I think you can see a patern here, like Louis Amstrong - who’s b-day is weds btw - I am always drawn towards and become friendly with those who like a nice smoke and a chat) ..so at least some is right with the world on this sunday semi morn…cause as long as there are some hidden smokers in our body politic, maybe we can make up the damage that two terms in the White House a dry drunk coke addict has caused to this nation, the world and my general mood.

]]> By: on_thg http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68858 on_thg Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:59:46 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68858 "Yet another throwback to the ’04 presidency AND his wife has cancer…uh…President of Hope College in the other America, maybe but not my guy." James E. Bultman for President ... he's from the other America! “Yet another throwback to the ’04 presidency AND his wife has cancer…uh…President of Hope College in the other America, maybe but not my guy.”

James E. Bultman for President … he’s from the other America!

]]> By: Dawn Summers http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68787 Dawn Summers Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:01:30 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68787 hahahah...and i feel worse! :( hahahah…and i feel worse! :(

]]> By: bitter http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68760 bitter Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:50:17 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68760 Oh good. I totally read something incorrectly. I feel sooo much better now! Oh good. I totally read something incorrectly. I feel sooo much better now!

]]> By: Dawn Summers http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68756 Dawn Summers Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:21:30 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68756 hahahahah...it was more than $100. hahahahahaha hahahahah…it was more than $100. hahahahahaha

]]> By: bitter http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68752 bitter Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:51:07 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68752 You know, I paid $100 to go to an Obama event in NYC a few months ago, and no one got anywhere near him. I'm a little bitter that you paid $100 and that was considered "VIP." If anything, the price for a handshake should be going UP. You know, I paid $100 to go to an Obama event in NYC a few months ago, and no one got anywhere near him. I’m a little bitter that you paid $100 and that was considered “VIP.” If anything, the price for a handshake should be going UP.

]]> By: feral cat http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68743 feral cat Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:00:28 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68743 That was a very fun read. Really well done. It's like a screenplay, so keep at it. And, yes, we wonder if the "homeless brother" he slept with will make a guest appearance one of these days on the TV. "Don't bag on the French" is my favorite moment. He's kind of a scoldy pants. That was a very fun read. Really well done. It’s like a screenplay, so keep at it. And, yes, we wonder if the “homeless brother” he slept with will make a guest appearance one of these days on the TV. “Don’t bag on the French” is my favorite moment. He’s kind of a scoldy pants.

]]> By: Hillary Is 44 » Blog Archive » Equal Time http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68740 Hillary Is 44 » Blog Archive » Equal Time Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:53:14 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68740 [...] Today we provide an Obama supporter and contributor an Equal Time opportunity. (Politico.com linked the wonderfully named Dawn Summers blog on its website and we discovered the Dawn Summers site there.) [...] [...] Today we provide an Obama supporter and contributor an Equal Time opportunity. (Politico.com linked the wonderfully named Dawn Summers blog on its website and we discovered the Dawn Summers site there.) [...]

]]> By: Dan http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68623 Dan Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:14:45 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68623 OK That was VIP room? Sounded like something from '28 weeks later'. That's the campaign style? In NYC? Feck. OK That was VIP room?

Sounded like something from ‘28 weeks later’.

That’s the campaign style? In NYC? Feck.

]]> By: Save The GOP http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68560 Save The GOP Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:01:49 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68560 [...] Courtesy of Dawn Summers. Its a long but worthwhile post to read. [...] [...] Courtesy of Dawn Summers. Its a long but worthwhile post to read. [...]

]]> By: Consigliere http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68384 Consigliere Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:50:46 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68384 Go Fred!! Go Fred!!

]]> By: Dawn Summers http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68288 Dawn Summers Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:35:30 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68288 Put up the hat right now. Put up the hat right now.

]]> By: Karol http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68287 Karol Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:26:41 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68287 <i>Anyway, he talked about his first night in New York as a student at Columbia and how he slept on his bags in an alley in Harlem because his housing didn’t work out. And that the next morning he washed his face in a hydrant stream next to a homeless “brother.” It was a very striking image and you just hope and pray it’s all true so that we don’t have a classic “oh my favorite song as a child turns out to be a song that wasn’t written till I was in college” incident later on in the campaign.</i> BTW, if this totally bullshit story is true, I'll eat my hat. Anyway, he talked about his first night in New York as a student at Columbia and how he slept on his bags in an alley in Harlem because his housing didn’t work out. And that the next morning he washed his face in a hydrant stream next to a homeless “brother.” It was a very striking image and you just hope and pray it’s all true so that we don’t have a classic “oh my favorite song as a child turns out to be a song that wasn’t written till I was in college” incident later on in the campaign.

BTW, if this totally bullshit story is true, I’ll eat my hat.

]]> By: Casca http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68272 Casca Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:53:50 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68272 RACIST! What's with the colored wristbands? From each according to his talents, to each according to his needs! Workers of the world unite! Viva Le Revelocion! Please wash your hands before leaving the restroom. There, now that is done, you may make the check out to cash, and mail it to Casca at General Delivery, Coronado, California. Obamba... meet the new buffoon, same as the old buffoon... Dean, only less psychotic. RACIST! What’s with the colored wristbands? From each according to his talents, to each according to his needs! Workers of the world unite! Viva Le Revelocion! Please wash your hands before leaving the restroom.

There, now that is done, you may make the check out to cash, and mail it to Casca at General Delivery, Coronado, California.

Obamba… meet the new buffoon, same as the old buffoon… Dean, only less psychotic.

]]> By: Michael Bates http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68241 Michael Bates Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:56:44 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68241 Jake's right. You pay for the VIP experience at a GOP fundraiser, you get treated like a VIP. No cheesy cash bar, either. Very classy for B. O. to tell his gold donors, congratulations, it's the last event of the day, you got screwed. And, please: "don't bag on the French"? He's making Dubya seem eloquent. Yes, I would like to see more posts like this. Jake’s right. You pay for the VIP experience at a GOP fundraiser, you get treated like a VIP. No cheesy cash bar, either.

Very classy for B. O. to tell his gold donors, congratulations, it’s the last event of the day, you got screwed. And, please: “don’t bag on the French”? He’s making Dubya seem eloquent.

Yes, I would like to see more posts like this.

]]> By: Jake http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68218 Jake Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:15:39 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68218 Dude, you got totally ripped off. I have been to a number of Republican events of this type, and you ALWAYS receive the following: Free food A handshake from the hero A chance to talk to the hero A 6 by 8 picture with the hero This has been true whether it was the president, governor, senator, or representative. All you got was 100 words in a sweatbox with a "Don't Touch Me" ending. A classy woman like you deserves better. (Excellent writing Dawn) Dude, you got totally ripped off.

I have been to a number of Republican events of this type, and you ALWAYS receive the following:

Free food
A handshake from the hero
A chance to talk to the hero
A 6 by 8 picture with the hero

This has been true whether it was the president, governor, senator, or representative.

All you got was 100 words in a sweatbox with a “Don’t Touch Me” ending.

A classy woman like you deserves better.

(Excellent writing Dawn)

]]> By: dawn summers http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68137 dawn summers Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:11:12 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68137 Ok, now I'm crying. See? Oh...wait...oh well. Ok, now I’m crying. See? Oh…wait…oh well.

]]> By: Fisch http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68134 Fisch Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:59:11 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68134 "Fisch, I basically embedded that video as a gentle reminder that I have footage of you doing a jig and I know how to post it." Then you continue to act because of me. You know the great debate between whether we have free will or there's determinism. Well, for me it's free will, and my free will causes you to live in perpetual determinism. You're an apple or tangerine at best. “Fisch, I basically embedded that video as a gentle reminder that I have footage of you doing a jig and I know how to post it.”

Then you continue to act because of me. You know the great debate between whether we have free will or there’s determinism. Well, for me it’s free will, and my free will causes you to live in perpetual determinism. You’re an apple or tangerine at best.

]]> By: Dawn Summers http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68132 Dawn Summers Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:38:27 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68132 Fisch, I basically embedded that video as a gentle reminder that I have footage of you doing a jig and I <i>know</i> how to post it. Karol, you're his target audience. You're his target audience. Racist. Chilly, I could have won. Fisch, I basically embedded that video as a gentle reminder that I have footage of you doing a jig and I know how to post it.

Karol, you’re his target audience. You’re his target audience. Racist.

Chilly, I could have won.

]]> By: Chilly http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68113 Chilly Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:06:29 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68113 The Stud/8 "I busted out of a limit tournament in the first orbit" story would have been much more interesting. Oh, and the Dems are still looking for a VC. The Stud/8 “I busted out of a limit tournament in the first orbit” story would have been much more interesting.

Oh, and the Dems are still looking for a VC.

]]> By: Karol http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68110 Karol Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:01:53 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68110 I just don't know what to make of this. You're his target market in every way. I just don’t know what to make of this. You’re his target market in every way.

]]> By: Fisch http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68103 Fisch Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:29:35 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/06/25/something-in-which-to-believe/#comment-68103 Good stuff. Bottled water. Not your post. Good stuff.
Bottled water. Not your post.

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