tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post5311690111225161445..comments2024-01-09T02:24:27.802-08:00Comments on The Dean's Office: Hail to the King, baby.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-76145217624873005392008-03-27T08:27:00.000-07:002008-03-27T08:27:00.000-07:00I posted it pretty late, zaius. Glad you saw it. ...I posted it pretty late, zaius. Glad you saw it. I thought you might get a kick out of it.Dean Wormerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-25046518949516578702008-03-26T10:44:00.000-07:002008-03-26T10:44:00.000-07:00Cool! Ack! How did I miss this post?Cool! Ack! How did I miss this post?Dr. Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16153875976834518896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-73040034435331444092008-03-25T10:25:00.000-07:002008-03-25T10:25:00.000-07:00freida-The thing that pushed me over the edge betw...freida-<BR/><BR/><I>The thing that pushed me over the edge between Clinton and Obama here in TX was seing how excited young people are about Obama.</I><BR/><BR/>When people poo-poo that young people are excited about the Obama candidacy I just have to shake my head. Is everybody too damn old to remember why THEY personally got involved in politics? I bet that at some point some politician Dean Wormerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-84361879507829586072008-03-23T15:04:00.000-07:002008-03-23T15:04:00.000-07:00I'm glad you and little Dean were able to attend O...I'm glad you and little Dean were able to attend Obama's rally. I think you can get a better feel for the candidate in person (even in a crowd of thousands) than on TV. I appreciate your impressions. I've been luke warm towards Obama in the past but I'm reasonably comfortable with him as the Democratic nominee. The fact that he has generated so much enthusiasm among young voters (and those Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-18364288636677445442008-03-23T13:25:00.000-07:002008-03-23T13:25:00.000-07:00Great pictures. I am super-psyched to get a dappe...Great pictures. I am super-psyched to get a dapper VP with summa facial hair.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, these are my two favorite likely contenders. Kucinich and Gravel were my two favorite unlikely contenders.<BR/><BR/>The thing that pushed me over the edge between Clinton and Obama here in TX was seing how excited young people are about Obama. It's a very real excitement and I think we would be Freida Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489663202315694313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-12193054207237307852008-03-22T11:41:00.000-07:002008-03-22T11:41:00.000-07:00don-Whatever he is, he is not the same as the "exp...don-<BR/><BR/><I>Whatever he is, he is not the same as the "experienced power mongers" club that Clinton was convinced Obama didn't belong in.</I><BR/><BR/>I've always considered this argument odd. Not only are those at the highest level of our government with the most "experience" colossal morons, but the voters themselves have rejected the idea that experience counts more than folksy Dean Wormerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-45342470790996124322008-03-22T09:38:00.000-07:002008-03-22T09:38:00.000-07:00I've got you thinking Dean, you've got me thinking...I've got you thinking Dean, you've got me thinking. What a crazy bloggy world we inhabit.<BR/><BR/>I hear you and I know that you appear to be rather pragmatic.<BR/><BR/>Which is why I liked reading this.<BR/><BR/>Recently I had a conversation with a friend of mine who has been talking to me about Obama a lot. She can't understand my reticence. <BR/><BR/>Then it hit me as we were talking- and I Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-76693648666111170042008-03-22T09:10:00.000-07:002008-03-22T09:10:00.000-07:00Obama has gone a long way to counteract the "They ...Obama has gone a long way to counteract the "They are all the same" worry that pervades most people who have paid attention to politics for the last several years.<BR/><BR/>Whatever he is, he is not the same as the "experienced power mongers" club that Clinton was convinced Obama didn't belong in. (She broke the cardinal rule of party politics: Never throw in with the other side to win a Don Snabulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911180639753508627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-86979707988416264222008-03-22T08:35:00.000-07:002008-03-22T08:35:00.000-07:00Swine-That is a PERFECT characterization.Randal-Ha...Swine-<BR/><BR/>That is a PERFECT characterization.<BR/><BR/>Randal-<BR/><BR/>Ha! Shortly after this we were invited to "catch a comet."<BR/><BR/>On the signing statements it may be a leap of faith but he mentioned restoring the constitution several times and the fact he taught constitutional law. Really it seems to me that it was up to congress to shove those back in the president's face Dean Wormerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-73268749370240815742008-03-22T07:54:00.000-07:002008-03-22T07:54:00.000-07:00Look at all those cultists under the sway of the O...Look at all those cultists under the sway of the Obama mind meld. ;-)<BR/><BR/>What I want either of these candidate to talk about is the rollback of all these goddamn signing statements and the dismantling of this unitary executive crap. Once an office has accumulated power, it's very difficult to get rid of it, no matter how well meaning he or she is. No speakers, so I can't hear what he's Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-6124353159465235852008-03-22T07:28:00.000-07:002008-03-22T07:28:00.000-07:00Bill Richardson is like your favorite goofy uncle ...Bill Richardson is like your favorite goofy uncle that shows up late, but not too late to partiesSwinebreadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947060321484913676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-50854911932321294002008-03-22T07:13:00.000-07:002008-03-22T07:13:00.000-07:00ladybug-I was really lucky to go. Work's been nut...ladybug-<BR/><BR/>I was really lucky to go. Work's been nuts lately. (I have to go by the office on Easter Sunday night to finish a project for example.) But I've cut a ton of favors for my staff lately so it wasn't too difficult to get them to fill in for me.<BR/><BR/>franiam-<BR/><BR/>If you check the Obama stuff in the tag cloud at right you can see by some of my older posts that I'm far Dean Wormerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-31094944617843346922008-03-22T06:23:00.000-07:002008-03-22T06:23:00.000-07:00Hmmm.... I have been so not enthused about him and...Hmmm.... I have been so not enthused about him and you of all people, Dean Wormer may be the force that begins to break the ice for me.<BR/><BR/>Maybe says your favorite neighborhood most pragmatic Catholic!<BR/><BR/>Maybe.<BR/><BR/>You present an excellent argument for getting me to change my mind.<BR/><BR/>Fear not- I don't love Hillary and I would vote for almost anyone to keep McCain out of Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-76548504923890963442008-03-22T05:20:00.000-07:002008-03-22T05:20:00.000-07:00Totally awesome~! We're too "farkin' busy to even...Totally awesome~! We're too "farkin' busy to even contemplate goin' downtown for the day...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the pics!ladybughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08814418184624819506noreply@blogger.com