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libertangoI got to shake Howard Dean's hand tonight.
It was a Washington State Democrats fund-raiser, hosted by Kay Bullitt in the yard of her Capitol Hill house, with former Governor Mike Lowry as MC.
Dean wasn't actually expected to show up. He'd been billed for the event, but then switched to a different one downtown with Nancy Pelosi. Both Ulrika and I thought it was fairly classy for him to put in a brief appearance after all.
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No actual picture of when I shook hands with Dean, but here's a selection of what I got:
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Also present was Ron Sims. Sims is currently the King County Executive, and is a candidate for Governor. Here we see him doing some hand jive (Sims is on the left):
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A fairly cool night. I got to shake hands with Dean as he was leaving, working a reception line. I told him I'd been a precinct delegate for him, and managed to get a few extra seconds of reaction time, and what seemed like heartfelt gratitude. (Apparently Washington sent more Dean delegates than Vermont, his home state, to the Democratic National Convention.)
Lowry has an old tradition of doing fundraisers around a cajun shrimp theme, but hasn't done one for a while, it seems. Good to see the tradition back, if only for a night. (Reportedly this is the last time the Bullitt manse will be open to the public.)
And, carrying through on a theme one keeps hearing: Turnout was outstanding. They'd expected 600.
They got 800.
It should tell you something about how big the "yard" was that 800 people fit in it fairly comfortably.
It was a Washington State Democrats fund-raiser, hosted by Kay Bullitt in the yard of her Capitol Hill house, with former Governor Mike Lowry as MC.
Dean wasn't actually expected to show up. He'd been billed for the event, but then switched to a different one downtown with Nancy Pelosi. Both Ulrika and I thought it was fairly classy for him to put in a brief appearance after all.
*^*
No actual picture of when I shook hands with Dean, but here's a selection of what I got:
*^*
Also present was Ron Sims. Sims is currently the King County Executive, and is a candidate for Governor. Here we see him doing some hand jive (Sims is on the left):
A fairly cool night. I got to shake hands with Dean as he was leaving, working a reception line. I told him I'd been a precinct delegate for him, and managed to get a few extra seconds of reaction time, and what seemed like heartfelt gratitude. (Apparently Washington sent more Dean delegates than Vermont, his home state, to the Democratic National Convention.)
Lowry has an old tradition of doing fundraisers around a cajun shrimp theme, but hasn't done one for a while, it seems. Good to see the tradition back, if only for a night. (Reportedly this is the last time the Bullitt manse will be open to the public.)
And, carrying through on a theme one keeps hearing: Turnout was outstanding. They'd expected 600.
They got 800.
It should tell you something about how big the "yard" was that 800 people fit in it fairly comfortably.
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Date: 2004-09-05 01:57 am (UTC)