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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

I find the Talking Heads and all the hype about it being Hillary's 
responsibility to go out and campaign for Teflon to be rather interesting. 
Perhaps her followers are as mystified and, perhaps they are also bent out 
of shape, over all this insistance that it is her responsibility to unit the 
party.

Now, I've watched and participated in a whole bunch of elections over the 
last 40 some years and this is a first.

You never saw the Talking Heads or heard the radio newscasters or the 
newspapers demanding or casting aspersions on folks such as McNasty being 
told he had to get out there and get Bush elected, Brown told to get out 
there and get Clinton elected, Dean told to get out there and get Kerry 
elected,  Humphrey to to get out there and get Johnson elected, Reagan told 
to get out there and get Nixon elected and so forth and so on.

So, what's up this year?

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <eureka AT hctc.net>


> Just got back from the Texas State Democratic Convention
> were I served (first venture into politics) in my county's
> delegation. [This means I was elected by all 19 democrats
> here. Ha ha.] Anyway, it was an interesting experience.
> Mostly, I enjoyed attending the meeting on energy, where
> peak oil was discussed and the need to quickly develop
> wind and solar alternatives. Although I see the large
> arrays of wind generators every time I cross west Texas, I
> did not realize if Texas was a country [as it is in many
> Texans' minds] it would rank 7th in wind generation.
> Unfortunately because of the oil and gas industry and all
> the driving we do we also rank high in the amount of CO2
> we are delivering to the atmosphere. They had maps showing
> the potential for both wind and solar throughout the U.S.
> The need for local food production was also brought up.
>
> As for the actual caucus, those of us for Obama (who had
> BTW already won the nomination) wore whatever we happened
> to put on that day, and those in the Hillary camp had
> matching bright yellow tees and caps and sat to
> themselves, which seemed like an act of devisiveness. It
> was kind of like walking into a wedding where you had to
> choose between the bride and groom sides. It was my
> observation that Obama delegates were diverse--every race,
> age, sex and economic background, but the Clinton
> delegates where largely comprised of older vociferous
> white women. Then the staff decided to integrate us to sit
> alphabetical by county, and that was chaos. Chelsea showed
> up and spoke for less time than it took to introduce her.
> I wondered what the purpose of the visit could be?