Here I go--Granny D
I sincerely want to thank the many of you who gave me so much information and so many valuable perspectives on the issues I've raised here. In less than an hour I will go into the lion's den to debate Judd Gregg. He, as you may know, is the fellow who prepped Geo. Bush for his debates. My only hope is that George returns the favor!
Otherwise, we are doing what campaigns are supposed to do before a debate: lowering expectations. That is difficult in my case, as we are already just where a campaign would want to be. Going for me are, let's see, age 94, emphysema, arthritis, nearly deaf, no experience debating, didn't read the newspapers this morning. All that is finally an asset!
Love to you all!
Doris (http://GrannyD.com)
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Comments (6)
Grannie D: you were right the first time -- no judge's order is required for the National Security letters that allow one to get library records.
Granny D, you are amazing. You hit all of the important points in your debate. I believe the Senator got a bit miffed at the beginning of the debate - he appeared emotional and defensive, while you seemed controlled and direct.
Everyone else, if you missed this historical debate - a 94-year-old-grandmother vs a 12-year Republican Senator - you can still catch it online in the archives at WMUR and CSPAN.
Congratulations, Granny D, for a job well done!
Ms. Haddock Everyone in my household thought you were wonderful in the debate. Judd looked like Bush sourpuss sometimes. You smiled confidently. You made your points well.
If we had campaign finance reform a career politician like Judd Gregg would not be debating a 94 year old civic activist running for office for the first time!
Average and qualified people just can' t afford to run for office
today.
Christopher
Ironic how average people can't afford to run for office and when people do so not under the banner of the Democratic Party, they are chastised for doing so.
A few years back, I worked as a volunteer on the campaign of a man running on the Green Party ticket for Congress. He funded virtually his entire campaign. After he entered the race against the Republican incumbent, the local liberals and progressives were ready to back him.
The Democrats didn't want a two-way race with a clear choice between almost straight-down-the-line echo of George Bush's campaign versus the Greens, so they called a lot of Democrats and tried to get them to run. The last guy they called ran and the Greens fought spoiler namecalling.
The Democrat, based purely on his party affiliation, got roughly 30% of the vote. The Republican won another term. The guy I was working for came in last (although we did win the county in which we did the most campaigning, which was inspiring). I wasn't surprised. I joined the campaign not to win or lose, but to learn how campaigning works in a real day-to-day sense. I'll never forget the experience and what I learned about people's willingness to look at candidates for what they offer.
You go girl! Granny D rules! That is the way to be yourself! Gregg just did not seem to know what to make of someone honest enough to admit what you did not know and confident enough to let the audience discover his lies for themselves. Here's hoping that enough NH voters were watching to affect the polls and the final poll.
Your sarcasm to pretend to be accepting his lies about the Patriot Act as the truth, knowing that the people already know better was very clever!