Drunk, but not forgotten

OK, it's been a whiskey bender here. But I have a picture and some video. We crashed the Dell Computer talk this morning with McCain.

After I got the hand shake, I followed him out. TOMORROW, Mike Huckabee.

Bill Clinton Rally's For Hillary at UT 2/27/08

The Bill Clinton for Hillary Rally was attacked by the Ron Paul Revolution. As Bill made his opening statements, a Ron Paul supporter behind the press riser spoke through a megaphone over Clinton's amplified voice.

“Clinton is a liar,” then something that sounded like “He gave all our money to China,” and, of course, “Ron Paul Revolution.”

That lasted a few minutes, and I could not see through the bank of cameras next me to report what happened to the one man "Ron Paul Revolution" and his megaphone, but no shots were fired. (You can hear the megaphone and the rest of the speech on this podcast.)

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Bill had a red face and looked old. I guess I have an image of him from the 1990s and the Texas sun and the Starr Report aged him as much as the last eight years under Bush, particularly if he has considered how many votes his blow job cost Al Gore in 2000.

The vote in the primary was not the only concern—Hillary wants the superdelegates, so Bill asked that supporters go to their precinct and vote a second time on the caucus. It's legal and a bit weird, but he wants back in the White House.


Personally, I do not like Bill Clinton, or Hillary, but I find Bill to be an excellent speaker and I felt like voting for him after the rally. But he isn't running and I already voted early for Obama.


Talking about Hillary's work with children, Mr. Clinton spoke of stuff she did in the 1970s and how after work, she would describe to him things she ran across, like child abuse, where children have cigarette burns on their arms.


All I could think about was Bender, from “The Breakfast Club.”
“This is what you get when you spill paint in the Garage.”

Please visit http://nvnewswire.com for video and a photo essay from this rally.

JOHN MCCAIN ON SENATOR OBAMA'S REMARKS ON IRAQ on CNN in Ohio.

U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today issued the following statement on Senator Barack Obama's remarks in last night's debate:
"In last night's Democratic debate, the American people saw two candidates arguing over how fast to retreat from Iraq at a time when military and political progress are undeniable to any objective observer. Today, thanks to the troop surge that Senators Clinton and Obama opposed, our soldiers have Al Qaeda in Iraq on the run. If Senators Clinton and Obama have their way, Al Qaeda in Iraq will be resurgent and given a new lease on life, putting U.S. forces back on the defensive.


"Last night, we also heard Senator Obama say that once he withdrew US forces from Iraq he would 'reserve the right' to act 'if Al Qaeda is forming a base in Iraq.'  Is Senator Obama unaware that Al Qaeda is still present in Iraq, that our forces are successfully fighting them every day, and that his Iraq policy of withdrawal would embolden Al Qaeda and weaken our security?


"Senator Obama talks about the costs of the war in Iraq -- despite our increasing success -- but refuses to address the catastrophic costs that would result from precipitous withdrawal and defeat in Iraq. Surrender and defeat in Iraq will ultimately cost far more in lives and treasure than will continued success and achieving victory with honor.


"Thanks to the sacrifices of the brave men and women of our armed forces, sectarian violence is down, civilian and military casualties are down, and long-delayed political compromises are being reached. Yet, the Democratic presidential contenders deny progress and see only gloom and doom. Where is the audacity of hope when it comes to backing the success of our troops all the way to victory in Iraq? What we heard last night was the timidity of despair. Our allies deserve better, our soldiers deserve better, and so do the American people."

Behind the Scenes at CNN

Here is a response from my friend Tym, a union worker at one of the CNN events, wrote after I told him I had tacos when I did the CNN debate as a journalist.

“You just got the standard catered fajitas deal for the press- I was working the crew. We got roast beef and cheesecake and other yummies. I was there until 11 pm tonight and will be back to finish tomorrows at 8 am. Its been like that all week. Other than sleep I've been pretty much living there since Sunday building the stage and stuff. Something like 50 hours total by tomorrow, about a grand of work. Yup, I'm definitely voting Democrat now.

"The secret service agent woman with the chewing tobacco was kinda cute, too. She likes the grape vita water by the way. Come to think of it, all the secret service were super mellow and polite and friendly to the crew.

"It was fun to look down on the press from the upper level where y'all weren't allowed. There were two porta potties placed at opposite ends of backstage that we had to also pipe and drape around, the CNN crew referred to them as PPSs (potential president shitters) Hillary needed one of us to put up an extra light by hers but I heard she was very graceful and polite about it. They locked us out during the debate itself but we got to stay on the clock and watch the live feed from the cnn crew room upstairs and I had another piece of that kick ass cheesecake and raided the press catering downstairs for some nachos.
It was a good week to be a union stagehand in Austin.
Second Email:

"Obama's got it. That's obvious. Hilly's great with words and one smart cookie and all that but she comes off as a politician still. She's polished - notice how she always looked straight at the camera while Obama was working the room, making eye contact so much it looked like he was watching a tennis match. God bless John McCain- the only  Republican decent and honest enough to lose to a black man with an absent Daddy from Kenya. I wonder if anyone has ever asked him what tribe his dad was from? Not a good time to live in Kenya at the moment.

"I kinda like “John boy”- he is so damn decent and all sincerely trying to take the real high ground not just the bombastic bullshit of the usual suspects on that side of the aisle. He really is the perfect opponent for a black man and a woman.

"The big question is who Obama is going to take as his running mate. Will it be young righteous Johnny Edwards or Hilly? He'd love it if it were Johnny but he'd be insane to pick anyone but Hilly. You know they'll have cut that deal to keep a united front. No way they are going to let some Republican back in. That much was clear at the debate.

"You didn't see the live individual camera feed that showed them playing footsie under the desk. The secret service confiscated that one.

"Obama's got it. Meanwhile [President] Bush is IN Africa. The SS must be going nuts this month. I think Bush was sent to Africa by the cabal of those in charge to see if he's be nice enough to get bumped off for their sins- the ultimate scapegoat."

Opinion on Bill Clinton Rallying For Hillary

Nader to Run for President

Well, it seems just like yesterday I painted Nader's portrait for the Blue Moon Presidential Fountains. And now he is saying he will run for President again in 2008.

Bill Clinton Asked me for money

It would appear that things are not going so well. Bill Clinton asked me for cash this weekend. He said Hillary needs over a million bucks to get ads that would match Obamas.

Forget about Clinton. Please donate to my meager funds so I can continue to cover the primaries.

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Here is the full letter from Bill Clinton

Dear Friend,

Thursday night in the debate, in one remarkable moment, we saw the kind of president Hillary is going to be -- the strong, compassionate, and brilliant woman who will make us proud as president.

Everyone in the upcoming primary states of Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island, and Vermont needs to see that moment. The campaign has put together a 60-second ad with the video, but we cannot run it without your immediate financial support. We need to raise $1.3 million in the next 24 hours to put this ad on the air.

Watch the ad and make a contribution to help us get it on the air.

We're just 10 days away from a monumental day of voting, one that will decide the outcome of this remarkable contest between two history-making campaigns. The Obama campaign realizes the stakes and is putting it all on the line with a massive advertising campaign.

We have to give Hillary the resources she needs to make this a fair fight -- including running the ad based on her amazing moment from Thursday night's debate. We need to raise $1.3 million to get this ad on the air and to match the Obama campaign's ad spending in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island, and Vermont. We have to reach that goal in the next 24 hours.

Watch our new ad and contribute to help us get it on the air in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

With your extraordinary help she will win. And knowing that you are there for her now, as you have been throughout this race, means more than you can possibly imagine.

We can do this together. Let's keep working.

Bill Clinton