What Are Your Favorite Political Moments of 2003?

[slinkerwink]

Let's see.....since I'm a Dean supporter....*rubs chin* Aha! Here's a top five political moments list below.

1)Breaking our own record by going over 15 million buckaroos!

2)Gore Endorsement of Dean in NYC---that one really stunned me and had me yelling in joy in my dorm room at college.

3)The AFSCME and SEIU endorsements of Dean, which also shocked me since both unions, not one, had made the double endorsement.

4)The Jefferson-Jackson dinner, especially when the Dean supporters filled the entire half of the stadium seats, and there was that "Win With Dean" banners.

5)The bat breaking $1 million just as Dean came onto stage in Bryant Park in NYC during "Sleepless Summer"...

Now, you put forth your own favorite political moments of your candidate's campaign in this thread :hi: I'm interested in hearing what your favorite political moments are!

[CMT]

the political story of the year

is the emergence of Howard Dean from near no-where in the polls to front runner for the Democratic nomination. Even if I were supporting another candidate I think I would have to concede that.

[demnan]

1. Actually, mine has nothing to do with the Primary

but my favorite political moment was Hillary Clinton serving a shoe cake to Tucker Carlson on Crossfire!!!!

[slinkerwink]

2. ha, that was great! I saw that one!

[Hippo_Tron]

6. I loved the caption "Shhh Tucker doesn't know"...

And I was thinking to myself no they wouldn't...

[slinkerwink]

3. vanity kick

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

4. Kucinich calling out the corporate media whores at the debates

Ted Craphole didn't see it coming, the smarmy bastard! It's so rare to hear unvarnished truth on TeeVee that it's special each time.

[clarknyc]

5. Mine?

Mine is Dean's "What I what to know is..." speech at the California Democratic Convention in February.

[tedoll78]

9. BINGO.

That was a key moment. If Dean wins in 2004, this speech will be dissected repeatedly in political science classes for years to come.

[quaker bill]

10. I agree

That one is right up there. I also enjoyed the tucker tasting shoe bit!

[poskonig]

11. That's my favorite 2003 moment also.

That speech was totally cool.

[revcarol]

7. Bush's landing on the carrier.

I laughed until my sides split. Still brings a smile to my face. It was so FUNNY, the jerk.

[slinkerwink]

8. ha, can't wait for that one to be used in a Dem ad....

:evilgrin:

[corporatewhore]

12. Kucinich at National Campus Greens Convention

THat was the first time i heard him speak i was moved to tears and felt so inspired and so full of hope made me (gasp!!!) campaign for a dem (still am getin some flak from some GP anarchist and ISO friends but most of those would love to see dk in charge as well)

[Fleshdancer]

13. It all started with Plaza Santillo baby!

When 3200 supporters packed it in for a Dean rally in Austin Texas in June I knew the race was going to be Dean's to win. I was right.

Happy New Year!

[RevolutionStartsNow]

20. I remember that

I remember reading the Blog afterward and being stunned. 3200 people? In Texas? I know it's Austin, but this was June, and the event was barely publicized. That was amazing.

[Fleshdancer]

22. Austinites only had 2 weeks to prepare for it

I'm still not sure how it happened. 2 weeks, 3200 people in June in Texas. I know it happened because I was there, but it's still hard to believe.

Glen Maxey is a God. Just in case anyone here had their doubts.

[corporatewhore]

14. not really cannidate moments but gen political

WTO meetings in Cancun being stopped
Bolvians bootin out their CEO in chief
Taking on Sauron (Free trade)Amazing Show of solidarity in miami at ftaa protests unioners retirees greens socialists animal righters environmentalists and anarchists teaming up putting away grudges and critisims and making agree ments before hand (only go after the enemy the cops and the corps kudos to the afl cio for not being afl cia) Singing Solidarity forever with total strangers while being frisked by crazy riot cops
the killer Ds standing up against Jim Crow and Tom Delay

SCOTUS for randam acts of sanity

[mandyky]

15. The whole month of September

when the whore media was stunned by the Dean machine. October wasn't too bad either! LOL

[RevolutionStartsNow]

18. Yeah, that was sweet

Especially after sitting through August hearing about how Dean would be taken down in September. The sky didn't fall, it exploded!

[mouse7]

16. Special Prosecutor named in Plame case.

2003 has sucked for the most part. This was the only thing that made me feel a little light might be at the end of the tunnel.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

17. Some personal favorites

All Dean-related:

1) The very first time I clicked on Dean For America.

2) Donating to the first bat at the end of Q2, in June, that went completely nuts and made people start paying attention.

3) Meeting Howard Dean in San Jose in September, especially taking a picture of my daughter with him, and with Joe Trippi.

4) Not a single moment, but all the combined moments of watching Dean move up up up in the polls.

5) The Gore endorsement, which I heard about while on a Field Trip with my daughter -- I was the crazy mom, reading my email and grinning from ear to ear.

[Fleshdancer]

23. Well if we're talking about personal moments...

For me it was when I got my Time Magazine signed from Dean. While he was writing, I informed him that the Texas Education Agency's budget was slashed by almost 40%. He looked up and said "Somehow that doesn't suprise me". I stood there thinking...well, no. I guess it wouldn't. lol

[ErasureAcer]

19. Hearing Dennis Kucinich speak and meeting him afterwards

That was awesome.

He received raucus ovations here in Minnesota when he said he would end the federal death penalty and close the School of the Americas.

I still remember it...my hands hurt from clapping so much.

A candidate that believe the American Government shouldn't killing its own or training others to kill their own.

That is the sign of a man of great morals.

Please, people in the mountain and pacific coast time zones...give a couple of bucks to Dennis and help him reach his goal for 1.7 million in Q4.

Time is running out.

www.kucinich.us

[corporatewhore]

21. same here

at the green convention several times the whole audience stood up and appluaded during his speech particularly when he said
end school of americas
withdrawl from nafta wto
signing nonproliferation treaty
time for america to be the leader in human rights environment and that we should lift the whole world up that way
My hands were red and i got to hug him after words!!!!

[kodi]

24. al gore's speeches. nothing else will be remembered by history

gore's speeches were amongst the best ever given by american politicians in the modern era and they delineated clearly the challenges facing the nation and america's place in the modern world.
they stood out like verdant green oasises in relief to the dry desert of current american politics.

[Loren645]

25. Seeing President Clark finally enter the race

What else?

[tedoll78]

26. I went to see Dean here in Austin.

It was around May. It was so hot outside. And crowded to hell and back. About 3000 of us showed-up to hear him.

And when he arrived, the cheers.. so.. loud..

And when he began to chant "You have the power!" the crowd yelled and screamed so loud that I literally felt the sound resonating in the cement below my shoes. It was loud.

That was my best political day of the year, no doubt.

[corporatewhore]

alotta political inspiration in austin this year

Kucinich National Green Convention
Kucinich making formal announcement of hs running
Dean at Satillo Plaza (i dont know all the times he came)
Killer D rally
Killer D welcoming home
Sock puppet time in senate gallery (spent alotta summer in there)
Also felt inspired when we closed down area around ut for a couple of hours day after the bombing

[Walt Starr]

27. The Gore endorsement

I had been wavering between the candidates for weeks before that. It was what put Dean over the top for me.

[incapsulated]

28. Hand's Down...

Clark announcing he would run.

The anti-war demo in NY.
Gore's speech about the Patriot Act.
Rangel and Young getting on the Clark campaign.
Hmmm...it's been a lean year, happy political memory wise... :(

 
 

[Polemonium]

29. well it's not a moment really but

the amount of grassroots political involvement has been inspiring. Imagine the level of debate we can achieve, Imagine a Democracy again. Last year I couldn't do that.

[jsw_81]

30. When 10,000 people showed up to hear Dean speak

On a hot summer evening. In Seattle. Five months before the first primary.

[Sugarbleus]

31. There are so many but

I keep remembering the townhall thingy where Kucinich and Sharpton told Koppel to(essentially): "bite me"