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June 10, 2003

Make the Secretaries Feel Better

Howard Dean spoke at Saltillo Plaza in Austin last night, and it was pretty damn cool. As I weaved my way along the railroad tracks I was chided by a young boy in a bright green t-shirt, who wanted to warn me that a train could come along any second and smash me. There were a couple thousand people there, and a very welcome paleta man selling treats. It was a busy night for him, because by the time I made it over, he was out of pineapple, mango and coconut already. I had to settle for strawberry, and it was cold, pink, drippy and delicious.

Dean delivered a remarkably refreshing speech, simply because I think it’s the first time that I can recall hearing a candidate’s spiel without there being at least one thing in it that I didn’t agree with to make me squirm. Dean seems pretty right on. Health insurance, education and equal rights for men, women, folks of color as well as gays and lesbians (he said it loud and proud, too.) Too bad that Jacob is probably right when he says that he has about a snowball’s chance in hell of getting elected.

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Truly, I apologize for this boring and pointless entry. I was all poised to write about the fantastic interview I had this morning and how I hit it off with the interviewer and was feeling very hopeful and as I sat down to write, I got that phone call that begins, “I’m sorry to tell you…” At least he had the courtesy to call. And so. I’m not feeling very forthcoming or sharing or fun right now.

Posted by pogo at June 10, 2003 2:42 PM