Seattle Dem delegates vote down pledge of allegiance.. after booing.

[Lauri]

So, Clinton's team sent Sean Astin (actor) up here to Seattle over the weekend to rally their troops.. judging by The Stranger (free leftie paper you can pick up at any Starbucks) they werent impressed.

When Clinton’s surrogate finally showed up he was… Sean Astin??? Yes, the man who played Samwise Gangee in Lord of the Rings had flown up to rally the Hillary Clinton troops. Which made very little sense, given that the type of people who show up for legislative district caucuses on a Saturday don’t really need a celebrity (or semi-celebrity) to motivate them to take political action.

Astin’s speech was most memorable for this line: “Should Obama get the nomination I will become a massive Barack Hussein Obama supporter.”

Hussein? Eyebrows shot up. Brows furrowed. Heads turned. A friend in the audience texted me: “Hussein!?” I’m not sure what Astin was up to with that line, but someone probably should have told him that Seattle’s 43rd District is the last place in the U.S. where subliminal messaging around Obama’s middle name is likely to move Democrats toward Clinton. (cause we're die hard lefty socialists!)

Further proof of this: There was some time to kill as multiple tallies of the delegates and alternates were done, and when the time-killer of taking audience questions had run its course and the idea of teling jokes had been nixed, someone suggested doing the Pledge of Allegiance to pass the time. (Are you listening, right-wing bloggers? This is going to get good.)

At the mere mention of doing the pledge there were groans and boos. Then, when the district chair put the idea of doing the Pledge of Allegiance up to a vote, it was overwhelmingly voted down. One might more accurately say the idea of pledging allegiance to the flag (of which there was only one in the room, by the way, on some delegate’s hat) was shouted down.

There were to be 67 delegates to the state convention apportioned at this legislative district caucus: 14 for Clinton and 53 for Obama. I didn’t stay until the bitter end to find out who among each of the candidates’ precinct delegates was voted on to the next level, but I will tell you that The Stranger’s Annie Wagner seemed to be a strong contender, based on the cheers of recognition she got from the (apparently Slog-reading) Obama crowd as she was giving her 30-second speech.

Baghdad Jim McDermott also made an appearance to tell the crowd of delegate hopefulls that the GOP would be trying to bomb Iran any second.. 

http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/oh_those_43rd_district_democrats

[Wretched Excess]

So, Clinton's team sent Sean Astin (actor) up here to Seattle over the weekend to rally their troops.. judging by The Stranger (free leftie paper you can pick up at any Starbucks) they werent impressed.

When Clinton’s surrogate finally showed up he was… Sean Astin??? Yes, the man who played Samwise Gangee in Lord of the Rings had flown up to rally the Hillary Clinton troops. Which made very little sense, given that the type of people who show up for legislative district caucuses on a Saturday don’t really need a celebrity (or semi-celebrity) to motivate them to take political action.

Astin’s speech was most memorable for this line: “Should Obama get the nomination I will become a massive Barack Hussein Obama supporter.”

Hussein? Eyebrows shot up. Brows furrowed. Heads turned. A friend in the audience texted me: “Hussein!?” I’m not sure what Astin was up to with that line, but someone probably should have told him that Seattle’s 43rd District is the last place in the U.S. where subliminal messaging around Obama’s middle name is likely to move Democrats toward Clinton. (cause we're die hard lefty socialists!)

Further proof of this: There was some time to kill as multiple tallies of the delegates and alternates were done, and when the time-killer of taking audience questions had run its course and the idea of teling jokes had been nixed, someone suggested doing the Pledge of Allegiance to pass the time. (Are you listening, right-wing bloggers? This is going to get good.)

At the mere mention of doing the pledge there were groans and boos. Then, when the district chair put the idea of doing the Pledge of Allegiance up to a vote, it was overwhelmingly voted down. One might more accurately say the idea of pledging allegiance to the flag (of which there was only one in the room, by the way, on some delegate’s hat) was shouted down.

There were to be 67 delegates to the state convention apportioned at this legislative district caucus: 14 for Clinton and 53 for Obama. I didn’t stay until the bitter end to find out who among each of the candidates’ precinct delegates was voted on to the next level, but I will tell you that The Stranger’s Annie Wagner seemed to be a strong contender, based on the cheers of recognition she got from the (apparently Slog-reading) Obama crowd as she was giving her 30-second speech.

Baghdad Jim McDermott also made an appearance to tell the crowd of delegate hopefulls that the GOP would be trying to bomb Iran any second.. 

http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/oh_those_43rd_district_democrats

when the majority of the speakers at a convention appear to have missed their therapy session this week, I really think the non-stoned, non-drunk, sane people in attendance probably need to rethink some things.

[Lauri]

the replies on that 'slog' are hilarious.. its just a big bitch fest about 'why are you telling the truth??? someone might see this!!!"

idiots.. 

just be careful of clicking on the link to The Stranger... its one of those rags that has loads of same sex ads on every page..

[Wretched Excess]

the replies on that 'slog' are hilarious.. its just a big bitch fest about 'why are you telling the truth??? someone might see this!!!"

idiots.. 

just be careful of clicking on the link to The Stranger... its one of those rags that has loads of same sex ads on every page..

why doesn't that surprise me?   

[Lauri]

the replies on that 'slog' are hilarious.. its just a big bitch fest about 'why are you telling the truth??? someone might see this!!!"

idiots.. 

just be careful of clicking on the link to The Stranger... its one of those rags that has loads of same sex ads on every page..

why doesn't that surprise me?   

makes ya wonder if the rags could survive without the type of advertising they seem to attract.

it also makes ya wonder why the NYT is going under

[PatriotGame]

the replies on that 'slog' are hilarious.. its just a big bitch fest about 'why are you telling the truth??? someone might see this!!!"

idiots.. 

just be careful of clicking on the link to The Stranger... its one of those rags that has loads of same sex ads on every page..

why doesn't that surprise me?   

Well...I was surprised there wasn't any bestiality or Furry GLBT sex ads butt, that's just me.