Comments on: Blue America: Meet Linda Ketner http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:47:09 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: globalcitizen http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909855 globalcitizen Sun, 31 May 2009 14:27:25 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909855 <p>The more I read the more I am inclined to think that Bush is an ‘accessory after the fact’ rather than the ‘decider’ he pretended to be.</p> The more I read the more I am inclined to think that Bush is an ‘accessory after the fact’ rather than the ‘decider’ he pretended to be.

]]> By: rdwdkw http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909395 rdwdkw Sat, 30 May 2009 20:08:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909395 <p>Welcome to you, Linda.</p> Welcome to you, Linda.

]]> By: SusaninIowa http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909394 SusaninIowa Sat, 30 May 2009 20:07:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909394 <p>Yes I do. I do not know Romjue, but am friends with his occasional partner in crime, Keith. They were part of the Joe Biden support group. Hard to call it an actual campaign. One of the dumb things our Veep did was let Romjue go–one of the few people who had ever actually been through an Iowa caucus. The Delaware Mafia really ran that thing into the ground.</p> <p>Anyway, we watched your efforts with interest after Romjue put you on our collective radar and you came very close. I was really disappointed to see your result on election night. I know you tightened things up relatively late, and can’t help but think that if you started early you would have a good shot. You must have a lot of name recognition already built up.</p> Yes I do. I do not know Romjue, but am friends with his occasional partner in crime, Keith. They were part of the Joe Biden support group. Hard to call it an actual campaign. One of the dumb things our Veep did was let Romjue go–one of the few people who had ever actually been through an Iowa caucus. The Delaware Mafia really ran that thing into the ground.

Anyway, we watched your efforts with interest after Romjue put you on our collective radar and you came very close. I was really disappointed to see your result on election night. I know you tightened things up relatively late, and can’t help but think that if you started early you would have a good shot. You must have a lot of name recognition already built up.

]]> By: LindaGKetner http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909393 LindaGKetner Sat, 30 May 2009 20:04:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909393 <p>You guys have been wonderful to me! Thank you!!</p> You guys have been wonderful to me! Thank you!!

]]> By: LindaGKetner http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909392 LindaGKetner Sat, 30 May 2009 20:04:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909392 <p>That’s EXCELLENT! We’re poisoning our kids and Ag Corporations are making money doing it. Makes me crazy.</p> That’s EXCELLENT! We’re poisoning our kids and Ag Corporations are making money doing it. Makes me crazy.

]]> By: Howie Klein http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909391 Howie Klein Sat, 30 May 2009 20:02:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909391 <p>Linda, thanks for coming by and spending the afternoon with us. I hope this was just the first date and that we’ll spend time together again. Please come back to FDL when you decide what you’re going to do about 2010. We’d like to help you make politicial history in South Carolina.</p> Linda, thanks for coming by and spending the afternoon with us. I hope this was just the first date and that we’ll spend time together again. Please come back to FDL when you decide what you’re going to do about 2010. We’d like to help you make politicial history in South Carolina.

]]> By: LindaGKetner http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909390 LindaGKetner Sat, 30 May 2009 20:01:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909390 <p>LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!</p> LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: LindaGKetner http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909389 LindaGKetner Sat, 30 May 2009 20:00:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909389 <p>Things I would do differently:<br /> - I needed a stronger field operation<br /> - We were going to close with an attack on Brown’s approval to develop a protected space on the coast (and his son-in-law was the developer). The Ad company got the coordinates wrong in the helicopter and took video of the wrong place. It was too late to re-shoot. I would have gone up in the helicopter … patched together something.<br /> - Figure out what Cloud with the NYTs has against gay people<br /> - Hired my 2nd Campaign Manager first - Bill Romjue<br /> When you’re talking 6,700 votes out of almost 400,000 cast, you think of a skillion things that could have made the difference. You know?</p> Things I would do differently:
- I needed a stronger field operation
- We were going to close with an attack on Brown’s approval to develop a protected space on the coast (and his son-in-law was the developer). The Ad company got the coordinates wrong in the helicopter and took video of the wrong place. It was too late to re-shoot. I would have gone up in the helicopter … patched together something.
- Figure out what Cloud with the NYTs has against gay people
- Hired my 2nd Campaign Manager first – Bill Romjue
When you’re talking 6,700 votes out of almost 400,000 cast, you think of a skillion things that could have made the difference. You know?

]]> By: joelmael http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909387 joelmael Sat, 30 May 2009 19:58:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909387 <p>I don’t recall wishing I were female but, I’m thinking I’m thinking…</p> I don’t recall wishing I were female but, I’m thinking I’m thinking…

]]> By: Howie Klein http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909386 Howie Klein Sat, 30 May 2009 19:56:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/blue-america-meet-linda-ketner/#comment-1909386 <p>Waxman’s the chair and he can do it. He’s got a great committee, overwhelmingly Democratic with some stalwart progressives committed to food safety like Tammy Baldwin, Peter Welch, Diana DeGette, Frank Palone, Jan Schakowsky and Lois Capps. You’ve got some nutcase Repugs on the committee too– Sue Myrick, John Shadegg, Joe Barton– but all they can do is howl and make faces. So it will get through the committee.</p> Waxman’s the chair and he can do it. He’s got a great committee, overwhelmingly Democratic with some stalwart progressives committed to food safety like Tammy Baldwin, Peter Welch, Diana DeGette, Frank Palone, Jan Schakowsky and Lois Capps. You’ve got some nutcase Repugs on the committee too– Sue Myrick, John Shadegg, Joe Barton– but all they can do is howl and make faces. So it will get through the committee.

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