Unity Event Open Thread

Sure wish I could be there for this, (4.00 / 1)

but I am stuck in MA at this time.

I wonder if either of them knows that from Unity they are only 12 miles from Washington...

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by: GreyMike @ Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 10:53:53 AM CDT

Unity Among ALL Supporters (4.00 / 1)

I'm not able to get to Unity today either, but I managed to get to Manch yesterday for the Michelle + Jeanne forum.

You all read the awesome summary from Kathy.  I just wanted to add this anecdote:

After the event, I was chatting with a Shaheen staffer when WCVB TV came up & asked if she could ask a few questions.  I knew the question that was coming:  "Did you support Clinton or Obama during the Primary?"  

Newsflash: this is New Hampshire, where we had the choice of MANY very good candidates.  There was more to the story than him vs. her, but I'm sure I was edited out of the news because I didn't fit the mold....NOT the story they were looking for.

I did manage to squeeze in how sick & tired I am of the Bush regime & how we are ALL ready to get the Republicans out of office.  ;-)

Have fun in Unity, everyone.  


Paula M. DiNardo
Dover NH

A Blue Hampster since 2007!

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by: pdinardo @ Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 11:03:22 AM CDT

Caught a bit on cable news (0.00 / 0)

Live on CNN and MSNBC.

They panned the crowd and I saw Ken Burns.

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by: elwood @ Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 12:46:51 PM CDT

Watched it streaming on wmur.com (0.00 / 0)

Bit of a spotty stream, but I got the gist, none the less... Thought I saw Chaz...were you there?

Couldn't see anyone else, really.  But heard the speeches, watched them both work the rope lines (entering together), I thought, what a secret service nightmare!

Great event, wish I could have been there.

But, this morning on Morning Edition, heard them replay some of his NH Primary night "concession" speech at Nashua South, I was there, and hearing bits of it gave me chills...

Feeling hopeful since 2004...

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by: Kelly Nordstrom @ Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 19:36:49 PM CDT

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The Secret Service came prepared; I went through a metal detector to enter the clearing. (0.00 / 0)

And then I was wanded.

I'm not complaining, of course, but it's not like there was an incredible amount of danger at the rope line.

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by: Douglas E. Lindner @ Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 22:42:21 PM CDT

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parting pics (4.00 / 1)

the 10 million dollar woman and the phenom make peace in Unity

"Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does." Allen Ginsberg

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by: JonnyBBad @ Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 13:53:19 PM CDT

That is a great shot (0.00 / 0)

I love the way that's framed.

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by: JimC @ Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 14:17:18 PM CDT

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not my pic.. (0.00 / 0)

Getty

"Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does." Allen Ginsberg

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by: JonnyBBad @ Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 18:02:47 PM CDT

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I was going to say, (0.00 / 0)

I thought the set of bleachers facing the podium were press only.

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by: Douglas E. Lindner @ Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 19:24:35 PM CDT

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I was there! (4.00 / 3)

It was great!  Hillary was fantastic...great speech, Hill.  Obama was good.  I look forward to us all working together to get the White House back!

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by: Minerva @ Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 15:15:32 PM CDT

I was there (4.00 / 1)

I was at the back of the crowd standing outside the bleachers, but it was still a good event.  I'll have to watch the speeches on YouTube, though, because I couldn't hear well back there (except when Obama got really fired up and leaned in to the mic).

Also, anybody else have a hell of a time getting out?  I live in Manchester and I didn't get home until 5:30.

Anyway, great event, great symbolism, it served its purpose.  An astute analyst from the NHIOP, whose name escapes me, was one of Chris Matthews' guests tonight.  She commented that this was a good photo op, but a lot of the people there were from New York and Vermont, so it's not exactly an appeal to win swing state New Hampsire.  Good analysis, I think, but it was still worth having it here in the Granite State because it was so closely fought here.  The event was designed for symbolism and for the national audience, and it served that purpose very well.

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by: Douglas E. Lindner @ Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 17:47:01 PM CDT

It was pretty fun, I was behind them and on (0.00 / 0)

National TV for a couple hours. It took us until like five thirty to get home too, from Hooksett/Manchester, but we shuttled to Sunapee, and were one of the first ones out, so we stopped in Warner for foooood. =)

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by: vertexoflife @ Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 19:48:39 PM CDT

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I'm going to differ (0.00 / 0)

Not sure that is a totally accurate analysis. While I agree that this event was made for national tv, having the event in a swing state, and one won by Hillary, was part of the calculation. And it worked, it received incredible coverage in NH. I must have had dozens of people ask me was I going to Unity, and afterward, did I go to Unity.


"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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by: Kathy Sullivan 2 @ Sat Jun 28, 2008 at 13:58:23 PM CDT

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Do you want a President? (4.00 / 1)

Looking good, Mr & Mrs Guv..

Lynch's speech had a verse about: Do you want a President that....?

The crowd, quick thinkers they were, quickly cut the Guv off. By the time he said, for the 3rd time, "Do you want a President?" the crowd responded "YES, YES WE DO!", "We do want a President."

We have gone without a real one, long enough.  

www.KusterforCongress.com  

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 22:04:57 PM CDT

Thanks everybody for the coverage (0.00 / 0)

Lots of great shots, in three different threads! It looks like a great event. It was an overcast day in Boston yesterday, but a glorious day in Unity.

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by: JimC @ Sat Jun 28, 2008 at 13:19:52 PM CDT