[This is not -- I repeat NOT -- Late Nite. Do not panic. More delicious TRex snark to come... -- CHS]
Home again, home again. Whew!! Back to work in a couple of hours. If I didn’t love my job, I wouldn’t be very happy about that.
Hello, kitties! Hello, messes! Hello, overdue library books! There was a HUGE storm while I was gone and a beautiful old oak tree got blown down at the end of the street. There’s twigs and leaves and debris everywhere, even all the way up to the house on my covered porch. I need to get out there and sweep before I go to work.
But before I go any further, I want to give a huge broad-band shout-out to all my peeps who helped make this episode of My TRexcellent Life ™ possible. Here. I brought a list.
First off, all of the people here at FDL for donating. You guys rock so hard. You (we) are the best community on the web. Bar none. This adventure was something I will cherish for the rest of my life. Thanks for having faith in me, probably even more than I have in myself.
In CT: All the bloggers and readers I met, which was mind-blowing. FreakDaddy for dinner. Desa for miles. All the Connecticut bloggers, and especially Spazeboy and CT Bob. Bob Geiger, the fabulous Lindsay Bayerstein, MC Matt Stoller (The Infamous Preppy Enforcer of the Blogger Elite), Matt Browner Hamlin, Tom Tomorrow, and of course, the unstoppable Xtina Siun and Gina Cooper, our all-girl media SWAT team. And a big thank you to Urban Pirate, who was kind enough to order pizza at 1:30 in the morning to feed all of us in the blog room who were too nervous to eat dinner when we were supposed to.
At the campaign: Of course my darling Julia, Eric Tung (Gemini brother! Hollaaaaaaaaaa!!), that great bluff Irish long-shoreman Tom Swaaaaaaan!! (Give it up, y’all!!), campaign manager extra-ordinaire. Matt from New Haven, Lauren, the lovely Rosemary, and the woman with the beautiful blue-green eyes with the two labs and a great Dane.
At the home front: John and Alicia for spoiling my cats rotten while I was gone. Rot. Ten. My brother and Lisa for talking me down off the ledge, oh, twenty times or so.
And of course, Jane, who is my new long-lost best friend, Christy for manning the control tower and Pach.
Right, then. See you at late nite!
Y’all be good!
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Hey TRex!!! We finally met! I took lots of pix when I crept into the blogger room. This is my fave: http://i8.photobucket.com/albu…..71edit.jpg
Also, I was there during this episode, and it warmed my heart- http://www.courant.com/news/na…..4950.story
…No one was more elated about his concession speech than the bloggers who packed a media room to watch the senator on television.
“I expect my opponent will continue to do in the general election what he did in this race,” Lieberman said from the screen.
In unison, the bloggers yelled back: “Yeah, kick your ass!” …
xxoo
TRex – you are SUCH an effing rock star! great meeting you and all the other wonderful and inspiring patriots!
Valley Girl – oh jeeze, that “supporter” bawling during ned’s acceptance speech described at the end of the courant article was me.
This is nice, but I prefer the TRex SMASH! editions of Late Nite. :-)
And, from this humble reader (and mostly lurker), thank you for your efforts. You’ve helped keep me
sanefrom going more insane lately.On to November!
You did good, my friend. I’m glad it worked out that we could meet. On to the next battle – the work has just begun.
It was great to meet you TRex. There’s always some nugget of insight in what you write and the snark makes it that much better.
And that post last night was left me speechless.
TRex, Aside from the debris on your street, I’m glad everything was fine at home and that you had such a fantastic time in CT! Valley, Hope you had a good time with your friend as well as with the Lamont campaigners. Congrats to both of you!
Thanks again, TRex, and all those others — lots of folks from around here — who have made it possible to think of the next step.
Slightly OT, it just dawned on me that we have finally, explicitly, reached the stage of obsession about the purity of our fluids;->
TRex in da house!
NED in da Senate!
OT: There is a great diary over at Kos that demonstrates that Bush knew about the London “terror” issues at least on Sunday and issued the order for the red alert on Wednesday – prior to Mehlman’s and Cheney’s and Lieberman’s demagoguery regarding terrorism, Dems and Lamont. It very much looks like the typical Rovist stage setting. Orwell lives.
This shit has got to be brought out and the public informed. Sorry if this has already been posted and discussed.
Who the hell is Sapzeboy?
Come back soon, TeRx
:)
mayan @ 11
Olberman was all over this tonight. Catch the reruns if you can.
prostratedragon @ 9
Yes. Although, according to Countdown’s re-run of Lisa Myers’ story from FIVE months ago, the Government Accountability Office reported to Congress that their agents were able to smuggle aboard airliners at 21 US airports the components of the bombs that — suddenly — caused such a kerfuffle today.
And I’m stickin’ by that: it was a kerfuffle, a giant kerfuffle, but still just a kerfuffle.
Spazeboy @ 12
I was waitin’ for that one….
TeddySanFran @
15
it ain’t there no more ! and I still wonder if he has 6-pac abs…(homage to Margaret Cho)
It was a special unique time. Let’s keep it going!
WaPoO Friday chatz:
Congressional Reporter Jonathan Weisman at 11 eastern:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00751.html
Former Homeland Security Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin at 11 eastern:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00846.html
Travel writer Keith L. Alexander at Noon eastern, re “impact of the terrorist plot on summer and fall travel and the financial implications on the airline industry:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01052.html
Submit your questions now!
Have you seen the latest driftglass? What a great idea. Lamont supporters dying their fingers purple!
http://driftglass.blogspot.com…..-supp_1155 17870691201996.html
it was a kerfuffle, a giant kerfuffle, but still just a kerfuffle.
(Gesundheit) Yes, indeed!
A big, hearty, west coast “thank you!” to all the bloggers for your tireless efforts that some of us could only watch from a distance. You rule.
GO NED!
TRex,
You rock. Whether on your game, flat out exhausted, rocking and rolling or grooving to the gospel.
I was tucked away in bed when last night’s late night came up and didn’t read it until just a little while ago. Breathless.
Continue to do what you do best, bring out the laughs, the tears, the snark, the shouts. And by all means attack Michelle M. hard and often.
(((((hugs)))))
Political Wire
A new Zogby Interactive poll found that 79% of Democrats nationwide were happy Sen. Joe Lieberman was defeated by Ned Lamont in Connecticut’s Senate primary. “Just 12% said they were not pleased with the results of the primary, which riveted political junkies across the nation. Another 10% of Democrats said they were not sure what to think.”
In addition, 71% of Democrats were disappointed in Lieberman’s decision to continue his campaign as an independent.
I love that Zogby poll, *ilson.
*smooches*
mayan #10 @ 6:58,
Story at AmericaBlog says that Bush knew as early as last Friday. Was advised both Sat. and Sun. and even talked to “Yo Blair” about it.
Cheney, when he spoke out about terra and the wimpy Dems. “British govt. had not launched it’s raid until well after Cheney held a highly unusual conference call with reporters to attack Dems. as weak against terrorism.”
Snip
As reported in Agence France-Presse.
Also, an unnamed WH official said: “This is going to play big, weeks before Sept. 11th…”
Snip
Bush knew and stayed on vacation while 10 planeloads of people, probably Americans, were put at risk AGAIN.
Imho, this has legs if it can be proven about the negligence and use for political purposes.
Sorry, do not know how to send you to AMericaBlog, and Christy, Jane, hope I did not break protocol here.
Great meeting you TRex!
I think we need to unseat sitting senators more often. You down Spazeboy, RevDeb, Selise, valley girl?
BRAVO to ALL!
I’ve never seen anything like this in politics.
May the FDL spirit grow and prosper. If something like it could only blanket the world, we’d have no war no more no more. (I can dream, can’t I?…)
Imagine, an amorphous group of folk who simply want to work together for the sake of peace and justice in the world, and are downright stubborn in their resolve to do just that.
The NERVE!?! *g*
Apparently it’ll take a little while for some entrenched jugheads to settle down and accept that concept at face value. Well, I’m thinkin’, they’re just gonna HAVE to get used to it sooner rather than later.
Rest up folks. We’ve got work to do.
OT: I’m stepping away to watch “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” on FX…I highly recommend it if you need some ridiculously off-color humor…
Matt Browner-Hamlin @ 26
Imagine the fun we’d have taking out Ted Stevens? Would bloggers descend on Alaska?
For the right candidate I suppose.
*ilson46201 @
22
this is gonna hurt Joe’s feelings……it’s not very nice and very polarizing and partisan.
shame on all those Dems.
Matt Browner-Hamlin @ 26
Hey, can your left coast buds get in on that, please?
Adie @ 7:33
Well I’m a Leo, so stubborn is kind of in my nature hehe.
UptownNYChick @
29
this is gonna hurt Joe’s feelings……it’s not very nice and very polarizing and partisan.
shame on all those Dems.
boo, fucking, hoo !
Kurt @ 31
I loooooove Leo men. It takes the heart of a lion to put up with me. You single, Kurt?
Cry me a fucking river!
Great job by everyone at FDL in getting a real Democrat on the ticket in Connecticut.
I just posted a comment on the last thread at #127 I found interesting from another website. If anyone is interested please read it. It has a lot to say how many people feel about what is happenning to our country.
Go Ned….!!!!!
UNYC:
this is gonna hurt Joe’s feelings……
stinkyman’s hurt my feelings already, stealing that 100% absolute victory feeling with his idiocy about “half-way through the game.” What a
wanker, loser, toolstatesman Joe is! Acancerlion of the Senate! He’s aturncoatsenior leader of his Party!How long, exacty, are Joe’s feelings gonna be important in this equation? C’mon Senate Dems, get with the American People Program!
after running a bruising campaign, Ned and family are taking some time off for a quiet vacation … his response to Whiny Joe’s diatribe was done via telephone from Maine…
*ilson46201 @ 22
Wow – that makes me feel so much better.
If Lierman keeps this up it will grow to 99.9% in a few weeks. Go for it Joe – you can do it.
Do you think this will give our beloved Dem office holders a bit of a spine and they’ll bring out the hook? They say Lierman’s mind is made up and there’s nothing they can do – but there’s plenty they can do.
Matt Browner-Hamlin @ 25
Matt,
Let me know who, what, where, when. I’m in. Though it is getting awfully expensive to keep doing this.
What is the price of democracy? Priceless.
TRex @ 34
Hey! Don’t we have a no-flirting rule here, or what?
And Trex, we need an update on whether you found useful all the items you were recommended to pack. Hmmmm?
TRex et all,
I’m so thankful for all the firedogs have done to help bring about the Lamont victory. I wish I could have been in CT to
feel it the way you all must have.
I don’t know what the future plans are for the kiss float but I think it deserves to be preserved as part of this Smithsonian Collection.
http://www.LieberLoser.com or
http://www.Sore-Loserman.com
Kurt
FDL proves w/o a doubt ya don’t have ta be Leo or macho to be stubborn! That’s something we all share, or we wouldn’t be here, eh?
u&trex go play pattycake in your own yard…
good doggie…calm down or off you go…
Hey TRex! thanks for the story from the plane last night…
completely OT: Steve Soto has an interesting article up on Left Coaster:
Lamont Needs to Assume He’s Running Against Rove
anybody got any ideas of how to run against crazy and evil?
TRex @ 7:31
Yep, unless you count the tyrant kittycat who owns me hehe.
Teddy @ 40
Not to worry. We asked and he told us he was only into cuddling. Yeah, we were doing a mother hen number, which he probably didn’t appreciate. It’s just that we care about our fellow FDLers.
TeddySanFran @ 40
Gentlemen don’t kiss and tell.
Teddy,
Any chance you will be in SoCal next week? I’m going out to spend the better part of a week with my mom in LA. Mommybrain will be off camping. We are both disappointed in the timing.
Hey, I am just trying to be a good little soldier and be patient and wait for the Dems to stroke Joe’s ego and then push him off the stage.
Personally, I would have mocked him on live TV yesterday morning. That You-tube clip where the TV guy says to him “They are going to abandon you, You know they are going to abandon you.” and Hadassah says, rather snappily, “We’re with him.” is perfect commercial for how pathetic his ego has made him.
}}}}}}UNHAND ME U HEATHENS{{{{{{
Now g’WAN! SHOO! fore ya break the comments again wit yer rough-housin’.
I’m watching Chappell’s show and he’s got a Trex baby hatching from a dinosaur egg. Right now. Cute effect.
T Rex ,
The pleasure was all mine. We in CT can’t thank you and all the FDLers enough for all your hard work.
I am a lurker by trade, I have not worked a political campaign in *%$#@ years. The CT bloggers and the FDLers who traveled here were like a cattle prod with fresh batteries, very inspirational.
Thank you for your very kind words the other night. It felt like getting carded and under charged at the liquor store. My wife has been repeating your description between laughs. Now get those glasses checked before someone gets hurt. Oh and what Spazeboy said.
Yuo’re very welcome TRex.
CT on Tues Eve. —
TREx, Matt B-H, Selise, RevDeb, Kirby, Spaze, CTBob, Jane, CTBlogger, CTKEith, DeanFan, Matt Stoller, Chris Bowers, Atrios, VG, Siun, Scarecrow, Jerome and others I’m spacing. (many apologies)
I am SERIOUSLY not worthy.
I have hope for the future with this crowd leading the fight.
I will always be a loyal soldier T. Together we can do great things
*ilson at 37
I’m really glad to hear Ned & family escaped for some well-earned R&R away from it all.
He looked very very tired twd the end of Wed., & I was afraid he would begin stammering like a normal person. Nope. Exhaustion-override button working beautifully! Every time he opens his mouth, he wins over a ton more fans. What. A. Guy! ;->
NYTimes
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 — Israel has asked the Bush administration to speed delivery of short-range antipersonnel rockets armed with cluster munitions, which it could use to strike Hezbollah missile sites in Lebanon, two American officials said Thursday.
The request for M-26 artillery rockets, which are fired in barrages and carry hundreds of grenade-like bomblets that scatter and explode over a broad area, is likely to be approved shortly, along with other arms, a senior official said.
But some State Department officials have sought to delay the approval because of concerns over the likelihood of civilian casualties, and the diplomatic repercussions. The rockets, while they would be very effective against hidden missile launchers, officials say, are fired by the dozen and could be expected to cause civilian casualties if used against targets in populated areas.
our plucky beleaguered ally, bringing freedom and democracy to the Middle East…
stagehands at 53 please?
I’m sorry I missed you Karen Allen, VG, Siun.
Of course, we’ll be back soon.
oh, that was an instantaneous delete!
Spazeboy, Teddy & Deb -
I’d go to Alaska to take out Stevens, Montana to take out Burns, Colorado to improve upon Salazar…
Whatevs, the list is long.
But let’s make sure Joe drops out first.
Urban Pirate,
There is no such thing as not worthy. We are all in this together.
Ain’t it grand? Can’t think of a group of people I would rather hang out with.
online hugs aren’t as good as the in person ones, but at least we got a chance to do that.
#53,
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.
That’s pretty funny.
TRex, it was awesome to meet you! Thanks for coming to our tiny little “short-ride” state, and kicking it with the Lamont bloggers! Man, that was a hell of a primary, eh?
Not only was it cool to meet so many FDLers who made the journey to witness the event, but it was a fantastic honor to be there with the very finest people on Earth to share a special moment when history was made!
I don’t think I’ll ever forget the buzz I felt in the blogger’s war room that night. It was amazing.
So…
Are we gonna see you back here in November? ;)
TRex? *ilson?
Seriously, is there something you can do, NOW, about 53, please. – thanks
53 is well-vaporized — hit F5 to refresh totally your page
and the Daily Show is covering my state, Indiana, as the terror capital of the USA
*ilson46201 – 64:
are you wearing your nifty get-away boots?
*ilson???? dumpatroll????!
Urban Pirate–Next time. Even better!
OT a wee bit: Just saw this over at Raw Story: Judges Consolidate Suits Over Bush Telecom Spy Program in San Francisco
Some might think that “consolidation” is not a good thing for these Illegal NSA Domestic Communications Eavesdropping cases because having more judges means more chances to win.
There is truth in that, but it is also true that it means more chances to lose; and also to set that loss as a precedent.
I take this as a relatively good thing because the judge that the consolidated case was assigned to has been unwilling to be bound and gagged by the Cheney Admin.
Judge Vaughn Walker seems like one of the good guys. He refused to dismiss the case against ATT even after the Cheney Admin insisted he must because of the “State Secrets” privilege.
Plus, Judge Walker is part of the 9th District which has been known as the progressive bastion of the Federal judiciary.
Adie,
I had to refresh the page in the browser (not just hit the refresh comments button) in order for those odious comments to disappear.
CTBob,
Today I reserved a room in the same hotel for Nov. 5-8. Don’t know if I can get away from the church to do it, but the reservation is in.
Hopefully, HoJo will melt into a puddle before then and we won’t have to.
*ilson THANKS MUCH! so rattled I forgot yer previous hints about F5. she doesn’t need that(!)
Urban Pirate @53 – More Blogger folk:
Bob Geiger, Jeffrey Feldman, Stirling Newberry, Jerome Armstrong, Gabe from CLP, Ali Sevino, Macon Phillips, Ari Berman, Ari Melber, Adam Green, Neil Fink, Lindsay Beyerstein, Branford Boy, rkrider and Tom Griffin. There were so many more…
CT Bob–Lamont needs workers even before November. Things need to be refined. This is the big time now.
It was great meeting you as well, Mr. TRex! You can sit next to me in the media room any time — no matter how much you’re cursing your computer and our snail’s-pace network connection! :-)
Cheers, my friend!
Bob
karen allen @ 74
Anything we can do for him while not in CT?
*ilson–I can’t understand why the citizens of Indiana put up with that Plainfield, Indiana training farm. Are you familiar with it?
sweet! Colbert on Daily Show
which Plainfield training farm?
Colbert is getting better by the day.
They are eviscerating Geraldo!
Thanks all. FDL is pure platinum ;->
Gonna go tip over for a few hrs & heal some nerve endings. nite allzzzzzzzzzz
Jane terminally eviscerated Geraldo 10 years ago in NBK
Rev Deb–Things can be done no matter where we are. Conference phone calls to plan strategy and refinements for a start. We should talk.
All you FDLers did a fine job up there in CT. Thank you all.
TRex, you look positively civilized, if maybe a skosh overdressed, in the photo.
Karen Allen
e-mail me at my name at mac dot com and we can find a way to talk.
Matt Browner-Hamlin @
72
I have a crush on Stirling. What a mind.
atrios has a hilarious post up now about his CT expedition, complete with pics… lots o fun!
http://atrios.blogspot.com/
Gordon @ 83
That was the idea. You can never look too nice to get your picture in the papers.
Which leads us to the topic of tonight’s Late Nite post, coming up shortly.
Just a bit…
Oh, and I have to thank Bob Geiger for the styrofoam cooler filled with ice-cold Amstels he generously provided for the blogger’s war room. Believe me, it provided the fuel I needed to keep going full-tilt after 10 or so hours of shooting video and blogging.
It was great meeting you, Bob!
Salon
test
*ilson46201 @ 8:25 pm (#90) – [from the Conason article] The opportunity costs and the diplomatic damage are obvious in Afghanistan, in Israel and Palestine, and in the international struggle against Islamic extremism
and not so obvious in North Korea, New Orleans, and Lebanon. There must be another half dozen things I’m not thinking of, as well. Plus, there’s the even less obvious oppurtunity cost the next time a crisis comes up and we’re still rebuilding our military after this disaster.
CTBob-
Glad you’re here so I can shout out a tremendously ginormous THANK YOU for the outstanding job you and Kirby did Tuesday keeping the updates coming all evening at Connecticut Bob.
I think a few thousand of the page views you got that night were from me as I bounced around trying to find a foster home when the toobz got clogged here. I parked myself at your place and stayed to the end. (Um, I hope that hitting refresh every 30-45 seconds for a couple of hours wasn’t excessive.)
You did a wonderful job and I’ll be checking in frequently from now to November. (I didn’t see a tip jar anywhere, but I’m good for a couple of $ if Kirby is going to start demanding payment now.) *g*
Colbert just now:
Lieberman is running as an “independent Democrat,” which is the political equivalent of a labradoodle.
ROTFLMAO!
Colbert just kicked Lieberman’s ass out of the park.
CT Bob @ 89
CT Bob: I’m a freelance network TV photographer. I’ve seen several of your videos. Do you work in the business? If you don’t, you could if you wanted to! That shot with Boxer and Loserman was outstanding…asking tough questions and remaining polite. There are many “pros” that can’t pull that off. However, you should work on the soiling yourself part ;)
Seriously, thanks to all who brought this campaign into our homes for us out-of-staters. Really, really appreciate the efforts!
Colbert just said that Lieberman will save Americans from the candidate they choose !
*ilson46201 @ 97
ROFLMAO
Shorter Colbert on Joe: You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?
That labradoodle line killed me too.
New thread, y’all.
Colbert lurks at FDL, no doubt about it! LOL
Matt Browner-Hamlin @ 26
count me in!
RevDeb @
79
Stake needed here.
prostratedragon @ 105
stake needed for NoJomentum even more.
RevDeb @
105
A-men!
selise @ 103
selise @ 103
In Nov I’m definitely making the schlepp to Meriden – or where ever Lamont headquarters is. I was just too tired Tuesday night after “poll greeting” for four hours to drive to the Sheraton – and during the weekend I thought I was more needed in Bridgeport & Norwalk I was thrilled to get to meet Maura and Maxine Waters). But I’m sorry I didn’t get to spend time with RevDeb, TRex, CT Bob, Kirby and the rest of the FDL gang.
Anyway, there were a lot of great, passionate people involved in the Lamont campaign and soooo many volunteers. To be sure, there are lots of Dems around the country who would love to have the same winning experience.
In these digital times, it should and is possible for the numerous people around the country who want to help Lamont in some way personally, to do so.
trex –
great to meet you, great to have been part of such a great night. feels nice to win one for a change. y’all don’t forget the nutmeg state, now. it’s a long road to november. ned’s in a one-way tie for first place – let’s keep it that way.
Hi TRex,
Meeting you was piles of fun, even if you press-ganged me into guard your and Jane’s computers in the Sheraton blogger room on primary night, and then helped expose me to Jane’s icy wrath when I thoughtlessly stole her seat. =)
Eric (New Haven law student from Toronto)