Login HereFrom the Take Back America conference -- Joe Wilson, Digby, Rick Perlstein.
Ladies and Gentlemen, DigbyBy: Jane Hamsher Tuesday June 19, 2007 7:39 pm |
From the Take Back America conference -- Joe Wilson, Digby, Rick Perlstein.
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Unoed?
Jane!!
Yeah, we’re having us some fun now.
So why Digby? … and Digby is a woman after all!!
Looks like a ton of fun.
Jane,
I can see you peeking there behind Digby! Hope all is well and you are feeling your oats…
dakine01 @ 7
She gave an amazing speech. We were all very proud to be up there with her.
Wasn’t Digby awesome?
The moment we’ve all been waiting for. Thanks, Jane, for bringing digby home!
What. A. Show.
Look at that stage full of Patriots!
I knew it! She’s a woman.
What a voice she is for the progressive blogosphere. There is no one out there quite like her.
The Big Reveal! Yay!
Go, Digby, go! I’m watching the clip now, but I think it’s awesome that she’s made the Big Time … superb analysis comes out of the Santa Monica bunker.
Big smile right now. =)
All right - a woman!!!!!
(boing) Inward three-and-a-half somersaults, tuck, feet slightly apart on entry with resultant splash
g’evening everyone
Why isn’t everyone wearing pajamas and smoking jackets?
Eureka Springs @ 16
Does my turban count?
Suzanne @ 15
Evening. We’re all cheering. Oh, the dive, too!
Digby is the best!! Congratulations, Digby!!!
newtonusr @ 11
And after that speech, Digby For President!!!
Where are all the women bloggers? And how come they don’t blog about all those important things I care about?
Jane, love that hat.
Digby is an exemplary writer and thinker. good for her!
Bunch-a terrific people working & havin fun together. Doesn’t get any better! ;->
Dig-BEE! Dig-BEE! Dig-BEE!
WHOO-HOO! GREAT speech!
WOW!
She’s just amazing.
Thanks, Jane (You’re amazing, too!)
Outrageous! WoooHoooo. Jane, you are the cat’s pajamas!!
Watching now. This is excellent.
Dover Bitch @ 19
Hey DB, you’re doing a pretty good job maintainin’ the tradition your own self…
I hang my head in shame that it never even remotely occurred to me Digby might be a woman. I feel like someone’s just rearranged the furniture in my brain.
Anyway, great job Digby!
w00t!
Great Speech!
Digby RULES! Jane ROCKS! Lookin’ good girl. Love the turban…next step: BAGGING *wink
Evan @ 32
Ouch! Who told you to put the coffee table there!
For someone “unaccustomed to public speaking,” that was a wonderful speech from top to bottom.
Left Blogistan already has a very strong group of spokespeople (Markos, Atrios, Jane, etc.) but I think Digby would be a great addition to the ranks of the “liberals who go on the radio/teevee and tell it like it is.”
Then again, I don’t want anything to take away from her super blogging… So, on second thought, get back to Santa Monica, Digby!
First Digby post ever?
Quote:
This gets to one of the most frustrating aspects of dealing with this administration. We keep expecting that they will be held accountable for lying, or breaking their promises or misrepresenting their policies or any number of other things we can file under the heading of WTF? But, because they are moving so fast and with such focus we simply cannot assess the damage before they are on to the next item.
They execute, they don’t plan. Their vision is a laundry list. They do not reassess their policy goals, ever, because they do not really have goals. They have an itemized agenda. And, they just keep moving. Like sharks. They don’t have regrets and they never question. They have faith that whatever their team is doing, it must be right and the most important thing is to GET THE JOB DONE.
That’s why this administration is so irrational and incompetent on every single level
These people are not natural leaders. They are natural followers. Like lemmings, they are following their instincts without knowing that they are all jumping off the edge of a cliff. Unfortunately they are taking us and the rest of the world with them.
Never entered your mind?
Okay, the part where I felt guilty, only a little, for all the Woo Hoo - I am woman, here me roar! So, never mind. Your admission of It Never Entered My Mind relieves my guilt.
Thank You.
I love how she also memorialized Steve Gilliard at the very end. The News Blog was where I first learned Digby was a woman (Steve wasn’t coy about pointing it out). Sigh … still missing the good Mr Gilliard.
Great speech. Reminds me why Hullabaloo is a daily stop on the inter-toobz.
Yay!!!!
(and, I see that Joe has “gone native”…)
Fabulous speech, and I’m glad she “came out”. She’s as thought provoking and insightful in person as on Hullabaloo.
More Digby, please!
Wow, I came to this post after watching Frontline. What a breath of fresh air. Digby’s speech was one of grace and joy for me. Thank you Jane for introducing her to me.
Awww, what a great speech! Thanks, Jane, for posting it. This is the power and the glory of this country, in full display.
dakine01 @ 30
Today, when everybody was doing their best Spartacus “I’m Digby!!” I was thinking… well, it’s obvious I’m not!! There’s only one Digby.
What a fantastic speech and how beautiful of her to end it with a memorial to Steve Gilliard. I’m moved to tears tonight.
She’s so cute I could just sop her up with a biscuit!
Awwwwww.
DIGBY I LOVE YOU!!! LET ME BE YOUR HOUSEBOY!!
Dover Bitch @ 45
Lovely, touching speech. Jane, thank you for sharing it.
It’s so nice to put a face with a name! I always want to know “what Digby said!”
Jane Hamsher @ 16
Absolutely.
Just finished the video with watery eyes. sniff.
When we are all rich progressives you all need to ride onto the stage atop white horses..)
Great speech Digby! Thanks for saying what we bumbling inarticulate angry lambs cannot.
The Snarky one wanted to know why she made 22 sound young. Help me to not laugh.
Digby does us proud!
That was so excellent. Tears of joy! Jane, you look so beautiful and so does Marcy!
She inspires us all.
I love the “apology” to Broder.
Wow, what a great speech. Digby, as usual, is so spot on it’s hard to process.
Everyone looks so good. Thanks for posting it Jane.
The netroots really does rock.
I so gotta get a high speed connection - it is going to take hours for this to download on my dialup
Digby: that was great. Thanks. And thanks, Jane, for posting it.
Suzanne, it is so worth the wait! Just fantastic.
I feel so sorry for people in this country who don’t even know the netroots exist. Especially when I know that they have an internet connection. It is really sad to me.
Digby!
Ocean Park, represent!
I loved her description of the qualifications necessary to be a pundit:
-I have ideas, I write them down-
It’s nice to meet you, Digs.
Whoa! Digby is a chick! Well shut my mouth!
LoudounLib @ 58
oh, it is!
Excellent!!!!!!!!!
Ah, exactly as I pictured her. Feisty and as articulate in person as in print.
Welcome out, Digby!!
Thanks for the stage here, Jane!! and shout out to Marcy!
Are ya’ still here, Jane?
blondes rule!
Sangemon @ 55
Seconded
A compelling intelligent summary of why the netroots matter.
Brilliant and elegant.
Oilfieldguy @ 63
And you’re suprised? At FDL?
Sangemon @ 55
You can always listen twice.
Dammitall, that was cathartic!!!
I’m actually tearing up because the rational, passionate voice of the left is FEMALE.
And a hello to emptywheel, too.
Rayne @ 72
Often has been throughout history
Hey, what’s Duncan Hack doing up there on that Firedoglake video? Is he going to follow Eli over here? Are we going to be stuck in a never-ending open thread?
Elliott @ 61
simply eloquent.
OT ~ Tonight’s FRONTLINE online…ENDGAME
Watching Digby’s speech I could see passion, sanity, and intelligence, all in one person speaking. How rare is that? We’re lucky to have her, along with others like Markos, Duncan, our own Jane and Christy, the late Steve Gilliard, et. al. I didn’t know how hopeless I felt until I began to feel hope again. “Freedom soon will come, then we’ll come from the shadows.”
Scarecrow,
That was a baited hook I threw out there, and you took the line. Many, many times I drag my knuckles through the lake in a very modified spoof of the legendary Merkin Patriot.
I paint a target on myself as a representative of those who breed in the shallow end of the gene pool. Sometimes pups bark at me.
Wow! I am proud to say I knew Digby when she was a man, baby! SHE has got MOJO!
Wow! I had no idea Digby was a woman. She is truly amazing I read Hullabaloo everyday.
Clarity. Sage.
TexBetsy @ 74
Yeah, TexB, I think this is the swing of the pendulum. I give Fukuyama credit for this model, that the pendulum swings through human development in the opposite direction when it goes too far one way.
The opposite of an excessively-testosteroned cowboy-wannabe overgrown toddler is a firm-handed mother figure. Perhaps not a mother in fact, but a mother of invention, willing to correct and recreate the way back to sanity.
Loo Hoo
You Have Mail (personal)…
I’m sorry to OT, but, it’s Late Night…and it’s All SO Good!
Still listening to the first clip . . Jane, Marcy and is that The Therapod?
How kewl!!!
What a beautiful group of patriots, one side to the other . . . and a good on at the podium, too . . .
Let there be hope.
Let that hope include the middle class and NOT be lost among the elite communicators in the blogosphere . . . let the voices of the blogs reach the masses . . . tell yer friends about the blogs, ask them to read them . . . or we are lost.
Good work all. An honor to view those clips . . . FDL rawhks.
Waving to Jane from over here, jumping up and down for attention.
Elliott @ 82
And a powerful mind.
Jane Hamsher @ 17
YES!
Love the scarf, too.
Oilfieldguy @ 79
I wasn’t doubting you. I was hatched in that end of the pool, but I have to believe in evolution.
You look at that group on the stage and you see America’s new media. What a proud moment for them all, and for us.
Great speech, Digby.
Boy, can Digby emote. With those glowering eyes when she mentions the destruction of America’s cherished Constitution, she intimidated me, and I’m on her side. Then for her to be surrounded on stage by the brightest stars in the progressive blogosphere –that is just icing on the cake. Great speech. And great video clip, Jane.
Let’s keep it for the to be built American Progressive Bloggers Library. Not only will we educate ourselves but educate as well the future generations of ourselves.
Jane, how perfect that you all chose Digby as the spokesperson for the progressive bloggers. It is such a treat to see and hear her “out loud.” Thank you for letting us look through the window at this event; you do us proud.
So we finally see who Digby is! That’s great and congrats to all for the award and to Digby for her great speech. I already knew that she was a woman; the “she” and “her” in reference to Digby was my first clue, but I had no idea where she was from or what she looked like. It really is good to put a face to a name. I was kinda hoping she’d mention Arianna at Huffington Post, for all she’s done to promote blogs and get you guys into the Libby trial, but I guess you can’t think of everything or please everyone in one short speech.
I notice that she mentioned Al Gore’s book, which I am currently reading. I wonder if anyone else got an odd feeling when the news came out that Bloomberg left the GOP today; I heard about the same time that he’s become friendly with Gore. I now can’t help but wonder if the two of them might be planning on turning politics on it’s ear here this fall or early next year. Third party? A winning ticket? Sure would like to know what others think about that?
Scarecrow @ 89
You were tearing it up pretty good yourself this morning, Scarecrow. Great morning here, too.
Thanks, I needed that.
When I finally talked Digby into having coffee two years ago she shot me an email the night before saying ‘I might not be what you expect…’ Boy was she right. I called TBogg and said ‘you’re never gonna believe this…’
Since then we’ve become very close friends and I often laughed when I thought of what people would say if they knew how girly ‘Digby’ could be. She’s a wonderful person and an amazing friend and confidant and I’m so happy everyone gets to see how aamazing she is for themselves now.
BTW it’s not in the clip but Ned introduced her. It was great, we all had such a lovely evening. I’m glad that thanks to video everyone gets to share in it.
Not used to public speaking, she says….
Damn, I am so proud! This video was quite a treat.
((( Jane ))) thank you!
Scarecrow @ 89
And yet, they are not the media; they are more effective for being “commoners”, citizens. The only things that set them aside from the everyday person on the street are passion, a strong sense of self-empowerment, and the ability to write coherently enough to convey their passion over the internet.
It bugs the snot out of me that the corporate media treat the left blogosphere as radicals located three standard deviations away from normal, when the truth is they are citizens who don’t need to be paid to hunt down and write about the truth. Look at them, scrubbed and shiny and sport-jacketed and lipsticked where applicable; flaming radical Stalinists? Hardly.
jane hamsher @ 95
Thank you Jane, is was wonder full.
jo6pak,
I haven’t seen you around in these parts before. In case you are new, welcome! Your handle speaks for so many Americans. I hope they will join us.
What a coming out party for Digby!!!
And what a dynamite speech! Is there a transcript??? Now to read through the comments…
Bob in HI
Okay, let me say it. I am so proud of our team. To name some names would be futile because the bench is so deep and wide and full. Just to be a part of it just busts my buttons.
I could not help but notice how supremely gracious Digby was deflecting praise to everyone.
And passion, holy shit.
At my computer reading Hullabaloo, FDL, Daily Kos, Huffpo and many others I have become a concrete person with a community. I have learned to listen, write, and think. When I move out into the tactile world it is with the energy of the netroots.
Thank you Digby for being the glue that sticks us all together.
I’ve thought for some time, and like so many others, that Digby was a hugely valuable thinking asset of the netroots. After (FINALLY!) seeing and listening to her, in awe, I hope even more fervently that some deep pocketed angel would give her all the material support needed so she would have no worries in that regard and had her time free to be a brain and a conscience on a full time basis.
My goodness if only I could be so ‘not used to public speaking’. Absolutely fantastic. It gives this Aussie great hope for the future of the US, which in turn affects us downunder too.
Most excellent!
don’t want to be a spoiler, but I was under the impression all along that Digby is a woman. Not sure what it was that tipped me off though….
Even so, what a FANTASTIC reveal, and what an impressive panel. I am so lucky to be a part (miniscule part) of the progressive blogosphere! And now…let’s…take..back..America!!!
Digby is the
Icing on the cake!
(not sugar and sweet mind you, but the best part)
anyway, Congratulations to Digby for this award, I remember going to over many times from links from fdl, always insightful, deep, and thought provoking.
Well deserved.
OT: The NYT on the administration’s “debate” over whether to attack Iran-Glenn Greenwald……………Salon
It is, I believe, a positive development that The New York Times today has a front-page article documenting how active the debate is inside the Bush administration over whether to attack Iran. Perhaps the article will elevate the attention level paid to this very real and very dangerous possibility.SNIP
You Rock Digby!!!
Digby rocks! Thank you for posting the video.
Sometimes I had the distinct impression Dibgy was a guy, and other times I was sure she was a woman. Mostly I didn’t care since Digby was smart, funny and knew how to verbally slice and dice the idiots of the right so well. But I’m really happy she’s on our side.
The Digby identity was revealed to me many many months ago. As a blogger, with a teensy blog that only my mom, brother and sister reads, publication of this identity would have given me traffic, but ruined the confidance of people I like.
I am glad Digby was given the opportunity to come forward on her own terms.
jcricket @ 105
Is your handle about “cricket” - the second most fantastic sport in the history of man (Hockey is first !!!) or about that insect that one hears but never sees ? *g*
Rayne @ 98
Yes, “anger is the only sane response.” But look at it from the other side. It is the “traditional media” who are looking, somewhat longingly, at the people on the stage. To have their passion again! And they know it is they who may be three standard deviations away from what they should have been. No, this is a transition moment, and they must sense it.
Can anyone list the standing left to right?
And wow, after hearing all of Digby’s presentation, I too am bawlin like a baby.
And Gilly is honored, right at the end.
Bless her, that Digby, bless her soul.
Ok, enuff verklemptia . . .
Which one was Drifty? Atrios? Kos?
And if I was right about TRex, then the three of FDL (well, I think of March as a FDL Pup) were looking GOOD up there . . . in honor, and honoring, self and others . . well done.
Damn, still got eyewet stuff to wipe off . . danm.
I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!!!!!!!!
GIMME BACK MY COUNTRY!!!
Thanks . .
Waiting for video to load. Now that Gilliard is gone, dammit, I hit Digby regularly……..glad to hear that she payed homage to the best of the best. She and Marsh, and Jane are powerful voices…..thanx to them all.
Hi Loo Hoo
I come by everyday to listen to every one, this was treat to see what every one looks like and that there is light at the end of the tunnel. We just have to remember to never give up, because it will be a long fight and worth every minute.
jo6pac
Gosh darn, Thanks Suzanne.
Really long day.
I’ll try to catch up!
Really thanks!
Whatta blonde. What can I say?
Scarecrow @ 113
spot on, Scarecrow
demi @ 116
Welcome in!
I guess this is sexist of me, but for some reason I had assumed Digby to be a guy. I’m very surprised (but in a good way) by this turn of events.
Standing O
Yaya Yaya Yaya!
Scarecrow @ 112
I’ll agree on this: those folks on the stage have passion that is three standard deviations away or more than what the corporate media musters.
Sure, there are blowhards, but they blow hard, hence the name. They do not have the zeal to dig for the facts, double-check and refute anything that does not jibe with what they have uncovered. And those people on the stage are everything they aren’t in that regard.
Now if only we could find a way to undo the horror of excessive consolidation in media ownership, these folks could remake the world.
demi, i was a blonde as a child, and it occasionally will tag me, even into adulthood :)
Rayne @ 82: Here’s your pendulum for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqPPdj6WqyQ
Welcome (back) Newtonuser,
Gosh, now that I’m here… I’m pooped.
Loo Hoo - You’ve got (personal Email)