I volunteer for Hillary in Londonderry and unknown to the campaign, I put out a few hundred signs the other night. We covered the entrances and exits of I 93 exit 4 and 5 as well as major intersections in town.
This morning as I got off at exit 4 northbound here is the scene I was presented. I grabbed the quick photo and also called WMUR who said they would go look. If the Highway guys had done it they would throw the signs in the dump truck.
Now, I don't know which campaign did this but it is the lowest of low life campaigning. It is my assumption that it is rogue, young Obama supporters who have yet to learn the niceties and civility most of us follow with each other. I have friends on every campaign and we respect each other's work and we listen to each other's candidates. Edit Sat. 11:30ish PM: I do not know if it was Obama's people but I do know that there was only one other group of signs in the area. Obama and they were still standing. Today most signs by all candidates in the same stretch of road were gone. Probably taken by highway folks and dumped. The signs I spoke of were not taken they were thrown.
The second part of this diary addresses the Rudeness and theft of the 100 Club Dinner.
So why did I say "The Obama campaign goes Chicago"?
Yesterday I volunteered to help my NH Democratic Party at the 100 Club Dinner. I left work early and helped with ticket registration at the front door. The doors opened at 4PM and I was standing there watching the people walk in for over 3 hours.
Some background. This event is the big get together for all Democrats, no matter who they support. In 2004 I sat with Dean and Kerry supporters and we all cheered all the candidates and gave them the respect they deserve.
There are NO Undecideds at the 100 Club. Perhaps 500 people actually pay $100 for the tickets with the remainder being purchased by the campaigns.
Team Hillary handed out the tickets on Thursday and most of these working people came between 5:30 and 6:30.
Obama instead had a table outside and handed out free tickets, first come first served. I give them credit for managing. We on the ticket line were mostly Hill supporters who support our party year round. It was obvious when the doors opened at 4:30 what was happening.
We were swamped for the first hour with young people. High school and college kids who beat the traffic and filled the hall before the working people arrived. These were all carrying free Obama tickets and signs they got out front.
Those same kids were the ones who rudely stormed the stage before Bill Richardson got off, shouting Obama, Obama.
Those same kids were the ones who were incredibly rude to a sitting U.S. Senator as she stated her case. Hillary Clinton was cheered by the 50% Clinton supporters in the house and where I was sitting most of the Obama supporters cheered just as we all cheered for Kucinich.
Edit Sat. 11:30ish Yes, I have no idea if these were kids or college students and I should not accuse a class and apologize. I will however add that it may even have been the entire Obama NH staff who are mostly out of staters. I saw many of them at the event but only know a few personally. The Hillary junior staffers were not at the event, they were in their offices working. If it was staff that is even worse as nobody has ever made this into a rally before.
Like I said, there are no undecideds and we all support the Democratic nominee.
In this short clip you can hear Boos and shouts from the rude, Obama crowd.
Pack the hall for the TV. Get the reporters to report how NH Booed Hillary and how Obama rocked.
Well I don't know if Obama rocked because many if not most of us Clinton supporters were so pissed that we left the hall as Obama came on. All we showed him was our butts.
