1/3/2008

This is the most famous I’ve ever been

Filed under: — Aprille @ 9:56 pm

Holy crap, Elizabeth Edwards signed my blog. Thanks, Mrs. Edwards. You’re a class act.

The caucuses were fun but tiring. Obama won big in my precinct, which was nice.  I ended up going straight to Obama and staying there, for two primary reasons: I got a chair right away, and it also seemed like Biden and Dodd weren’t going to get their 15%, so I could save myself some work by holding still.

I took some pictures.

Due to posting those pictures on Flickr, I got a request to do a phone interview with Yahoo News. I called the guy, and he wasn’t quite ready to do it so he’s going to call me back. I actually said on the phone with him that I had Googled him and he seemed legit, then I said, “Oh, crap. I shouldn’t say I Googled a Yahoo employee, should I?” I think he forgave me, though.

Apparently it will work as an audio slideshow. They’ll show my pictures and have sound bites from the interview playing. Exciting! I’ll update this when I have more details. I fully predict that I will be talking fast and I’ll hate the sound of my voice, because that’s how it always is.

Also, my favorite mild profanity is clearly crap.

3 responses to “This is the most famous I’ve ever been”

  1. sam says:

    biden is so awesome, i hope he winds up with some sort of consolation prize

  2. Uncle Jerry says:

    Thanks for sending the alert to the Yahoo News. Fun! Good to see the picture of Bisquito. I sat alone for Dodd last night, but easily moved to Obama’s group. Now we might as well cancel our phone service; it’ll be so dead!

  3. […] John Edwards – As a person, I really like Edwards. I think he has a great personality, seems like a solid, hard-working kind of guy, and would be the sort of man you’d find behind a grill at a family reunion with a smile and a sizzling burger for everyone that came by. That being said, I think he is too radically blue-collar oriented. I realize that he is championing for the common man, but the fact is that the changes he proposes to help the common man go violently against the way the system currently works. Sure, I’m all for change in this area to prevent corruption, greed, and so forth, but you can’t change it overnight and Edwards’ plan proposes changes that would ultimately impact the economy in a negative manner. It’s a pity — I think he has a lot of down-home common sense, and as Aprille stated, he and his wife are a class act. I just think he’s too far off the dart board to be viable. Hillary Clinton – I think Hillary has a lot of powerful ideas and I’m interested in the idea of a female president; I think it would lend some interesting emotional leveling to the position. That being said, in terms of change, I worry that she sits too much in the camp of “business as usual” and will be easily pulled into that position again as president. Sure, she’ll make change as a Democrat, but I wonder if her ideas are fresh enough to really break out of the status quo and push for new thoughts and processes in Washington. I don’t think this is the case. I believe she is so able to bridge the gap between parties that she will compromise to an excess instead of standing ground on some key issues. If I had a choice between keeping things steady or throwing the state of the Union into chaos incarnate, well — I’d rather we not rock the boat. But I think it’s time for some new directions, and I don’t know if Hilary can steer the van hard enough. Ron Paul – Gosh I love this guy — solid, true to himself and his beliefs, articulate and interesting to listen to, and not afraid to speak his mind. It’s a shame his position isn’t viable in our government system. Again, he’s too far off the target to make an impact. Electing Ron Paul into office results in a lame duck that can flap its wings all it wants, veto veto veto, and end up with nothing useful by the end of the term. Pure visionary radicals like Paul won’t make changes because the system is designed to filter out ideas that are off the chart. A pity — I’d champion this guy in a second if I thought he’d be effective. Ron, anytime you’re in town, lunch is on me. Mike Huckabee – No, no, No, NO, NO! How many times do I have to tell you people, you do NOT want government involved in religion? This includes someone who is running and getting votes solely on the basis that he is a good, Christian man. What, I ask, does that have to do with the price of tea in China? The fact that Huckabee won Iowa makes me feel ashamed and dirty. Mitt Romney – My opinion of him actually has nothing at all to do with religion because, if anything, he’s been the best at keeping his belief system out of the race. The thing that creeps me out about Romney is how much he just reeks of old-school Republican good-ol’-boys club scent. His entire demeanor is geared towards being a schmuck. Even if he had the best policies in the world, I couldn’t place my trust in him because he just feels like a weasel. Rudy Giuliani – O.M.G. You have to be kidding. A guy whose entire platform is based around a notion of, “I dealt with NYC on 9/11, therefore I can deal with the country.” Besides being a total asshole, Giuliani is incompetent and overblown. Barack Obama – Articulate (and I use that in the non-offensive way), sharp, clear, straightforward, and with an incredible ability to balance both common sense and a reaching for the stars. He is the best combination, as I stated above, of the power of change and the smarts to keep from making changes that will screw up the system. He has made plenty of bold statements, promises, and ideas without going outside the realm of what is possible and plausible. He has reasons for his positions and a pretty clear idea on how he’ll implement them. At this point, I don’t expect rock-solid plans, but I do think you need to have some thoughts on it, and he has some pretty clear ones. That is, in effect, my rundown. The other candidates I haven’t paid enough attention to or they haven’t left enough of a mark on me to matter. […]

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