Netroots Nation: A Snapshot in Quotes
Netroots Nation, the progressive grassroots organization that Mollie blogged about here, just closed shop on its fifth annual convention, held in Las Vegas.
Just for fun, here's a snapshot of the convention, in quotes:
First up is TV/radio personality Laura Flanders, introducing Michele Bachmann's challenger, Tarryl Clark:
Another little update from the Right Online folks. Michele Bachmann was there last night. Sen. Franken is gonna wrestle with her...We'll make her wear those fishnets that they're wearing serving cocktails outside. That's the kind of Netroots we like.
Second is the delusional Van Jones, speaking about a global warming trip he took to the Arctic with Jimmy Carter, and others:
The other thing that happened was we had this -- well, we had a meeting with them, we had a delegation -- a meeting of -- a delegation of polar bears and, you know, they were very polite, the polar bears. Us, talking to the polar bears....And the only polar bear that spoke up was the black one... Oh, see you didn't know there were black polar bears and I'm telling you, man. Racism every where....But the black polar bear was honest, man....
Alright, someone's been drinking the Kool-Aid. Don't believe me? Keep reading. His "winning" strategy for the midterm elections is to resurrect the ghost of Jimmy Carter (I know, I know: we need to keep in mind that Van Jones is speaking to a lefty audience, but even he admits that Carter is "a punch line" to conservatives and progressives alike).....and yet:
Jimmy Carter...if we had stayed with his program, if we had stayed with his policies, we wouldn't be where we are today. So he deserves the utmost respect from all of us. We need to rehabilitate Jimmy Carter. If -- if conservatives can rehabilitate Ronald Reagan, we can certainly rehabilitate Jimmy Carter.
Then there's the questionable logic of Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida:
We need to have paid vacation...Why? Because we are not slaves...
He goes on:
What we're promising people is a new New Deal.
And finally, President Obama makes his visionary pitch:
Change has not come fast enough for too many Americans, I know that…It hasn't come fast enough for me either. And I know it hasn't come fast enough for many of you who fought so hard during the election. The fact is, it took years to get here. It'll take time to get us out.
Hat-tip to the American Spectator's Philip Klein for most of these quotes.
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May '10
Re: Netroots Nation: A Snapshot in Quotes
Yeah, that's what sucked about being a slave. Unpaid leave.
Jun '10
Re: Netroots Nation: A Snapshot in Quotes
I can understand why Tarryl Clark was popular at Netroots Nation. A more robotically-loyal leftist you'll never find. The unions can just wind her up and point her in any direction they want her to go.
Jul '10
Re: Netroots Nation: A Snapshot in Quotes
"...if conservatives can rehabilitate Ronald Reagan, we can certainly rehabilitate Jimmy Carter."
They did. He's called "obama."
May '10
Re: Netroots Nation: A Snapshot in Quotes
"The fact is, it took years to get here. It'll take time to get us out."
Is this man ever going to quit whining? I think after a few months of being the most powerful person on the planet, whimpering about the last guy would stop being my go-to line. Sure, it's all about motivating the base for these next few months, but as the scale tips further from Hope and towards Change the number of independents voting Democrat will approach zero.
Oh, and lefties? It won't take long to "get you out." Stick around until November.
May '10
Re: Netroots Nation: A Snapshot in Quotes
And she'll get about 43% after a big national campaign, just like the last opponent (Tinklenberg) in 2008.