5/2 Jefferson Jackson Dinner -First boos of the night came for (Gov) Mike Easley

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Boos for Easley, or his endorsement?

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on May 2, 2008 - 8:49pm.

The first boos of the night came for Mike Easley.

As Hillary Clinton was going through her list of thank-yous at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, she mentioned former party chairwoman Barbara Allen, party chairman Jerry Meek and the state's Congressional and legislative Democrats.

But when she named Easley — and specifically his endorsement of her — some in the crowd began to boo.

It was not clear exactly why they were booing, but based on calls to the governor's office, some were upset that he took a stand in the contentious race.

Clinton then praised Easley's wife, Mary, and former governors Terry Sanford and Jim Hunt.

By then, the crowd settled down.

...more at the link

I'm waiting for someone to put this on YouTube

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1. Mark Binker of N-R: Making people angry: the Jefferson-Jackson Diner

Making people angry: the Jefferson-Jackson Diner May 3, 2008 Mark Binker News and Record

It wasn't 8 a.m. yet this morning before I got a phone call from someone complaining about my story on Sens. Clinton and Obama campaigning at the Jefferson-Jackson diner in Raleigh last night.

The criticism was over this line:

"...from the crowd, which appeared to heavily favor the Illinois senator and roared when he took the stage 70 minutes later. Audience members roared and came to their feet several times during his speech. Although Clinton got applause, it was not as robust."

The caller said that the audience was evenly split between Clinton and Obama supporters. That was simply not the case.

First off, Clinton got a smattering of "boos" during her speech and Gov. Mike Easley appeared to lose his place at one point when the crowd jeered over his endorsement of Clinton.

Secondly, Clinton got some nice ovation. You could feel - literally feel the vibrations - from the applause that Obama got before he said a word.

Also, eyeballing the crowd, multiple reporters remarked on how many more Obama signs were in the house than there were for Clinton.

And the crowd was simply louder for Obama than it was for Clinton.

more at the link

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2. Anybody who boos at a Jefferson-Jackson dinner is a jerk IMHO

It's childishly rude behavior

Politics involves knowing when to push and when to pull

I voted for Obama -- but if Clinton's the nominee, I'll work to get her elected

Easley as a DLC member is far too conservative for my tastes, and I really dislike many of his policies. Nevertheless, I worked really hard one year to help him get into the governor's mansion, because it was the most sensible way to act at the time, given the other options. On the plus side, he's honest and competent, despises the usual idiotic glad-handing, and prefers to concentrate on hard technical administrative work