Went to my first "Visibility" this afternoon & Met Carol King.

[Shoeempress]

Live in a little town, and although I canvass, phone bank, etc. never did a visibility before today. Ok, two hours of holding a sign in my podunk town, how bad can it be? Besides the carpenters Union will be there, so we probably won't get beaten up. 34 people show up, we are all holding signs, chatting, waving at cars. When Maggie Hassen, candidate for Senate in District 2, pulls in and Carole King is with her. Yes THE Carole King. She's in NH stumping for Dems. Had no idea she was here and of course had no camera. Oh, and the visibility went really well. Very surprised how many people are supporting Kerry.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

1. Cool.

I love Carole King -- grew up doing my homework listening to her records when I was a kid.

Is this visibility concept just a NH thing?

[Carolinian]

2. Visibility is fun. Did you get traffic to "honk for Kerry?"

[Shoeempress]

3. Lot of honks, I was stunned. Was under the impression hubby & I were the

only democrats in town. Boy was I wrong. Even had a lady pull over give me all her info and ask for a lawn sign. I was shocked. There's going to be another next week and if that pesky job doesn't interfere, I'm going. Also had a great chat with a carpenter from manchester, talked about lots of really interesting things. It was really fun.

[maxanne]

4. Carole King is great

I met her out in California. I did a stint as a bartender in Tahoe in the 1990's and she came in one night with a crew of people. They were a lot of fun. She was in Tamworth one night last summer with Kerry. How cool that she's campaigning with Maggie.

Shoeempress - what podunk town do you live in?

[Carolinian]

5. During the primaries I was doing visibility for Edwards. My dear husband

is a Republican who cheerfully drove 6 hours to participate in the event. A sizable group of us stood on street corners yelling and waving our signs. My husband went for coffee so I rolled up his sign and held it under my arm. Suddenly a man came up to me and yelled, "Democrats are queers and baby-killers!" I just smiled really big at him and unrolled my husband's sign which said, "Republicans for Edwards!"

[FightinNewDem]

6. Not her again!!!

Sorry to be the turd in the punchbowl, but why do we have to drag Carole King out of the storage room every four years for the obligatory campaign appearance?

If you want to telegraph a "we're a bunch of tiresome Boomer retreads" message, this is the way to do it!

Carole King last had a major album in what, 1978? At least haul out a younger, more recognizable Carole King wannabe like Nora Jones, fer cryin' out loud!

Better yet, deep-six the mellow Seventies navel gazing stuff entirely...

[maxanne]

7. Okay

That's it. A bunch of us old hippies are going to take you hostage, make you wear tie-dye and listen to sixties and seventies music, whilst wearing love beads and living in a commune. You'll be forced to read "Be Here Now." You will call us "brothers" and "sisters" and you will say things like "right on, bro." :)

The Democratic Party is made up of tiresome retreads, particularly in NH. Look at the state party, fa crissake. Nothing could be more tiresome than the Shaheens and their followers.

Don't blame Carole. Blame the DNC, the DLC, and all the party hacks so wedded to the past glory, while ignoring present reality.

[Shoeempress]

8. And don't forget, once you reach 40 your vote only counts for 1/2 as much

as everyone else's vote. Oh, wait I'm wrong. So I guess getting the old hippies out to vote isn't a waste of time.

[maxanne]

10. ha

What say we take this youngsta out and make him eat a bucket of granola while tossing the I Ching? }(

[FightinNewDem]

9. Hey, don't blame the DLC!

I'm a card-carrying (ok, they don't have a card...a lapel-pin-wearing) DLC member, and I pledge to kidnap all of you old fossils and force you to listen to real music like Social Distortion ;)

[Shoeempress]

11. They are OK, but I prefer Linkin Park, and Marilyn Manson. Music that

is totally filled with hate and anger.

[FightinNewDem]

12. Let me quote two great philosophers...

Crow T. Robot of MST3K: "These kids these days. with their loud music and hula hoops!"

Yoda: "Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering".

There's the difference between the shaved head and goatee poseurs of nu metal and rap metal and the true punks. The real punks had a sense of hope buried somewhere in the fury. The nu metal types sound like a bunch of pissy juvenille delinquents, or Shrub at last week's debate. All bile, no hope.

Listen to some of the old school punks and post-punks, such as the Undertones, the Skids (and their progeny, Big Country), the first three U2 albums, the Alarm, and you will see what I mean.

[Shoeempress]

13. I was a punk, when it started. I disagree regarding anger,

it is a great fuel for change, and if I ever lose my anger, I hope I die shortly thereafter, because there is no reason to live.