Roger exists, life is good
As I told the Australian reporter who interviewed me last night, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed. Luckily to surround me in our defeat last night were awesome people like Roger (pictured above) who have been fighting the good fight for longer than I’ve been alive. He has been campaigning for impeachment of Bush & Cheney for years. Every Friday he stands on a street corner with other awesome Americans for what they call “honk to impeach.” He is always carrying a petition for San Diego County to pass a resolution to impeach. He is totally undaunted by naysayers and gave the best quote of the night, “you can doubt the power of one all you want… but, just wait until you spend the night in a room with a mosquito! Then you’ll see what persistence can do.” I think his hat really says it all, “IMPEACH the bloody lying thieves.”
Neil made this fantastic poster of Nader for the party. Unfortunately Neil had to work until 8, so we didn’t get there early enough to see all of the Nader volunteers. After Obama was declared, most hit the road. (To cry themselves to sleep, I’m assuming.)
We were right next to the Obama room in “Election Central.”
I guess we’ve got one consolation prize.
Hey, where can I find how many votes Nader got?
Comment by Chris Welsh — 5 November 2008 @ 12:45 pm
Fox News, ironically, is one of the only channels that reported total votes for Nader.
http://elections.foxnews.com/states_map/index.html
Also a good map:
http://www.politico.com/
Comment by Kate — 5 November 2008 @ 1:00 pm
it was sad to feel so disappointed when it seemed like i was SUPPOSED to be all excited. lke feeling depressed on your birthday. many of my friends are excited, my coworkers are excited, the bloggers i read are excited…but i’m sad. i feel like america got bamboozled because she didn’t know any better and didn’t know she should. sigh. 2012! vote for nader!
Comment by amy — 5 November 2008 @ 1:06 pm
AMY:
http://november5.org/
Comment by Kate — 5 November 2008 @ 1:14 pm
Kate,
Signed up for November5.2008. Thanks for the link.
best
betsey
Comment by Betsey — 5 November 2008 @ 1:33 pm
hehe I love this post and I love that man! hehe
Comment by Mariah — 5 November 2008 @ 5:35 pm
I like the Tupac quote.
Way to represent!
Comment by jph3 — 5 November 2008 @ 10:12 pm
yeah, but were you dissapointed because you expected something else to happen . . . .?
Really?
Comment by jer — 6 November 2008 @ 6:02 pm
Jeremy-
When I was about 5 years old I was hell-bent on the idea that Santa was not real. I harassed my mother for months to tell me the truth. I said, “I know he isn’t real.” “Just tell me he isn’t real.” After holding out under much 5 year old duress for a long time my Mom finally snapped & said, “Ok, you already know the truth. Santa is not real. He is just a representation of the Christmas spirit.” (or something diplomatic like that) I was still disappointed. Even though deep down I knew the truth I let myself have a glimmer of hope. I wept for days.
I’m weeping now for my lost hope that I placed in Mr. Nader.
Comment by Kate — 6 November 2008 @ 6:26 pm