Progressive Lobby Day for Marriage Equality - 300 of us, less than 75 of them

why can't I recommend this? (4.00 / 1)

wish I could be there but am home with the baby as the nanny is sick....planning on calling O'Toole at least to say that it should come to a vote - regardless of what his vote is.

Scott Garrett - on the wrong side of, well, everything.

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by: Adam L @ Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 15:01:32 PM UTC

heh...and now it is promoted (0.00 / 0)

nice.  perfect timing.

Scott Garrett - on the wrong side of, well, everything.

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by: Adam L @ Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 15:02:08 PM UTC

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our massive crowd .... (4.00 / 2)

.... is too big for the State house.  It's 11:02 and we're STILL milling in.

activist for hire.

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 16:03:11 PM UTC

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looks great (0.00 / 0)

Frank LoBiondo Record and Jon Runyan Watch

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by: Hopeful @ Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 15:03:06 PM UTC

Hopeful (0.00 / 0)

Your new LoBiondo signature is funny as hell. See, that's what I need in life, a snappy signature.  

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  

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by: Rosi Efthim @ Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 15:58:20 PM UTC

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equality (4.00 / 2)

activist for hire.

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 15:13:31 PM UTC

Field of Dreams (0.00 / 0)

Picture #2 I love best. Reminds me of the last shot of Field of Dreams. Remember? The movie ends just as the field becomes real for everybody. And people just start driving there, because they have to. That's what that phot reminds me of, with the rally already started, and people in the background still coming.

That field was in Iowa. You know, Iowa. Where they already have marriage equality ...

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  

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by: Rosi Efthim @ Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 15:42:45 PM UTC

I meant Picture #3! n/t (0.00 / 0)

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  

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by: Rosi Efthim @ Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 15:44:48 PM UTC

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I wanted to go there in 2004 (0.00 / 0)

When a bunch of us were in Iowa, volunteering for the Dean campaign for the caucuses, I really wanted to get assigned to the area where the actual Field of Dreams is located so that I could get a quick glance at the place, thinking that there was a very good chance that this might be my only trip to Iowa in my lifetime.  Alas, it was way too far away from Des Moines and was being taken care of by a satellite office, so it was not meant to be.

Hopefully, there will be another Presidential candidate in my lifetime who inspires me enough to want to do that again, and whether it is in 2016, 2020, or so on, I'll be able to share the experience with my wife, Robin, who I met as a direct result of the Dean campaign ending when it did, and my children, Jacob and Rachael.

I know that this has nothing to do with marriage equality, but your reference to Field of Dreams made me think about Iowa 2004.  Even though the outcome wasn't what we had hoped for, it was still an incredible experience.  I wonder how different, if at all, the world would be today if Howard Dean had won Iowa and NH and actually went on to win the Democratic nomination?  Would we have won the Presidential election that year?  Would we have retaken the House and the Senate?  Would we have real healthcare today, instead of the watered-down nonsense that we will be lucky to get?

I once wrote an outline for a screenplay that I would like to write one day, which explores the question of how my life might have been different if, instead of ending his Presidential campaign in February 2004, Howard Dean ran as an independent candidate and asked his supporters to run for Senate, Congress, and other downballot offices throughout the country on his slate, and if in the long run, I am better off with history playing out how it did.

Thinking about it now, it would be just as much fun to write a time travel screenplay, where someone goes back in time and changes history so that Howard Dean becomes President in 2004 and then comes back to see how history unfolds after this change is made.  If anybody with an interest in screenwriting has any desire to work on either of these ideas with me at any point in the future, let me know.  

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by: Bertin Lefkovic @ Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 20:48:56 PM UTC

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Fields of Dreams (0.00 / 0)

was in the Congressional District where I managed a campaign for Congress in 2004. It literally comes out of nowhere as you are driving through the corn.  We spent 4th of July there as my candidate played a game with then candidate for President John Kerry.

Nearly all the cars in the parking lot had license plates from different states showing how far people came to see it.  They had a little stand for souvenirs too. I still have my framed poster up on the wall.

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by: Jason Springer @ Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 23:17:30 PM UTC

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If you would have visited (3.00 / 1)

when Dean was running, you'd have met me because before the Congressional campaign, I was organizing that county along with a few others during the caucuses for the Dean campaign.  What an experience out there in the corn.

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by: Jason Springer @ Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 23:19:03 PM UTC

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any idea of crowd numbers (0.00 / 0)

I so wanted to be there today, but my Real Estate Law midterm is a priority right now.

So how many GSE people showed up and how many of the bigots showed up?

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by: tabbycat31 @ Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 17:06:51 PM UTC

300 of us (0.00 / 0)

75 of them

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  

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by: Rosi Efthim @ Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 20:42:57 PM UTC

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