Boots on the Ground – A Mudflatter in D.C.
Just got a report from one of the scads of Mudflatters who are in D.C. this week. Fawnskin (who hosted the Southern California Mudstock recently) checked in to give us a peek into her pre-inaugural activities.
All in D.C. are invited to send me updates & pictures to share!
*********(report from Fawnskin below)******************
I attended the Emily’s List luncheon today which was the epitome of our country’s progressive hope evidenced by the power of women. I’d bought a table for the event and as there was a congressperson at each. I was in great anticipation of just who would sit down next to me! I dared not hope, but hope came through!
Someone said, “Hi” put out her hand and said, “I’m Debbie Wasserman Shultz”.
Except possibly for Hillary or Senator Kay Hagan, this is the one person whom I’ve admired most throughout this election, and she was my luncheon mate for the talking and hob-nobbing and general feeling good of the occasion!The speeches from the honored, and the atmosphere of things being done and people getting things done permeated the afternoon. We (all two thousand of us) lifted the rafters when Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the ballroom, and once again reminded us how far we’d all come with the rights of women…but how much harder we had to fight to make our freedoms available to women world wide.
I cried the first tears of the week this day. Many more are to come as I absorb the joyfulness of the thousands here in the capital of these United States.
It will be a blast to get the shout outs from DC – thank you for posting them!
Ah Yes – That Ms.Schultz……..I would pay good money to watch her take piss-ant Sarah Palin to school on any subject !!
Yippee! You met our “Little Debbie”, my Rep. from South Fla. I’ve watched her since I moved here (2 weeks before Hurricane Andrew – not a nice welcome to the state) and knew she could go places).
I expect to be writing her a lot on the next four years, but I also suspect it will be in support of what she’d do anyway. She really does work in our interests here.
That even included getting us needed money from those earmark thingies.
Am I first?
Looking forward to getting updates from Mudflatters!!! It makes it even more exciting, and in this electronic neighborhood full of strangers who have somehow become friends, more personal.
Yipee (jumping up and down)!
Keep up the post, Mudpups in DC; this is awesome:-) After my trip to Costco, it’s time for the flannel pjs…
Jumpin’ jive, I’m number five (ok couldn’t resist…)
CO almost native – You’re a poet….and didn’t know it!!
Hey folks
OT but I’m sure that’s is something that everyone is interested in…
Go to the Immoral Minority blog. Starting at paragraph 14 in the story about the Alaska native family is an update about Dennis Zaki. He’s made it to Bethel.
Hello Fawnskin! You GO GIRL! from Lori, attendee at your amazing So. CA Mudstock meet-up.
Lori in Los Angeles (09:51:13) :
Hello Fawnskin! You GO GIRL! from Lori, attendee at your amazing So. CA Mudstock meet-up.
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Same from me, NSWFM CA!
I hope we can do something like that again (scaled down in the food department) to hear about your momentous trip.
austintx (09:42:31) :
CO almost native – You’re a poet….and didn’t know it!!
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I was waiting for someone to say that:-)
OT: CNN just reported…… Bush pardons border guards. Thankyou Mr. Bush.
Sharon – Bush only commuted the sentences , not pardoned. They get out now , but are still felons.
Cool, I got goosebumps reading that!
Thank you, Fawnskin. Just hearing the excitement in your voice made me feel like I was a part of the luncheon. So glad to hear you were blessed with your choice in tablemates!
Enjoy your time in DC, and thanks for the updates!
* I meant the entry, not the OT posts*
How about we keep this topic pristine and unadulterated? It’s pretty significant. Let’s use the forum, as wished, for the off topic updates…K?
ot: little snippit from gawker, apparently the White witch or Bristol herself won’t let Levi’s sister Sadie see little Tripp:”Umm Im not aloud to see my nefu and my mom isnt either.we arnt palins so therefore we are white trash and bristol doesnt want her baby around us. so mom and i are really upset over it i just hope levi pulls his head out of his butt and lets us see our nefu and her grandbaby but i will tell you the whole story when i see you…”
Mercedes supposedly left this on a person named Mellissa Wilfong Myspace.
http://gawker.com/5133740/the-hillbillies-of-wasilla-saga-continues
Interesting….
Dang that Gawker! I’ve been sitting on that for weeks, hoping that something a little more interesting would come out before the leak was reported and sealed up. Argh…. AKM
austintx
thankyou for the correction. I guess I was just so excited to hear that they would be out of prison in March that I failed to report correctly. Either way,I’m happy to see that they will soon be joined by their familys.
Ripley – ok so sorry. I was just so excited to see the news that I had to share.
Thanks for that report, Fawnskin. Cheers to you from Moose Pucky and the slough.
Looking forward to lots of fresh track being made in D.C.!!!
Moose Pucky will be toasting Fawnskin on Inauguration Day from a really cool Hollywood cup received from a favority Mudpuppy secret Santa.
Crystalwolf – really enjoyed your OT, even if it is probably a set up/maybe?
UK LadyNo Gravatar (11:37:49) :
Crystalwolf – really enjoyed your OT, even if it is probably a set up/maybe?
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? This lady says she lived in Wasilla, google her and you will see comments her+Mercedes? Don’t want to say too much and hijack thread…
Crystalwolf – will google away
and Ta v much.
The champagne is chilling and I am enjoying all of the wonderful posts from folks fortunate enough to be in Washington this week. Keep it up!
Ooh you’re so lucky! DWSchultz has been a voice of reason throughout the entire campaign. Big fan!
I was telling a fellow blog reader in e-mail this morning:
I am not sure if it is one more day until the Bush Regime is out of power, or if it is one more day till Obama takes office and I can stop saying elect before his title…
I am OK, but I am floating in a muffled limbo, suspended in in a hyper-sensitive “What the fluff are they going to do on their way out?!” state. Maybe it is what they once said was Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It certainly feels like the same thing as I felt once the ex was away and I was no longer getting beat on.
I want to feel like it is the night before Christmas and I will wake up tomorrow and get great presents from Santa Obama but, I know this is not how it will go down. I DO believe the fight we fought was just and that in many ways we won, so hopefully the elation will arrive. I needed to feel like I mattered and taking those fuckers out of power WAS a good thing. Slamming the door on the same old republican shit was a good thing. Now we just have to keep it up because nothing good comes easy and this is in reality just starting. So many things to fight for…
I keep telling myself, this is JUST the start. We STILL have a lot of work to do.
Nice to hear that you were at the Emily’s List event. Our own newly elected State Senator Jeanne Shaheen was honored as well. NH’s first woman senator and a democrat too – yipee! It has been great to watch Jeanne Shaheen succeed, she is a great voice for NH and for women’s voices everywhere.
I wish I was there! My sister in law will be there. I cant even imagine though! Just to feel the excitement!
To begin their transition, they asked everyone to do a day of service. I will be teaching native youth-and doing art with them in which we will use our language. while cooking a meal for the students who may not have food.
What is everyone else doing?
How cool to have been at the Emily’s List luncheon. I watched it on CSPAN live, and was so moved by these great and strong women. Onward, Sistahs! Onward.
How lucky to have had Wasserman Schultz at your table. During the campaign she held her own every time some dimbulb attacked Obama or Hillary. She spoke factually and intelligently. The world already seems brighter to me this week.
Wow! Thanks for the update Fawnskin…I really admire DWSchultz. She was out there promoting Obama 150%.
“I cried the first tears of the week this day. Many more are to come as I absorb the joyfulness of the thousands here in the capital of these United States.”
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and I cried again, reading that! I sure wish I was able to be there, but it simply didn’t fit the budget.
For the day of service, I dropped off some food to the local food bank, and will try to do that on a regular basis.
Hello Fawnskin, you lucky girl from SoCalWolfGal, another attendee at the So CA Mudstock meet-up! Keep your eyes and ears open – looking forward to the next update. Cannot believe this is finally happening!
so sorry, martha…
Jeanne Shaheen was absolutley marvelous in her comments and impressive with her credentials.
i would reveal little tidbits about our dc Mudstock vi, but want Deep Blue to have the honor of reporting on our meet today.
I will give a special Mudflats shoutout to each and everyone of you tomorrow as i watch our magnificant President Obama being sworn in on the capitol steps.
oh, geeez. here come the tears again.
austintx (09:05:28) :
Ah Yes – That Ms.Schultz……..I would pay good money to watch her take piss-ant Sarah Palin to school on any subject !!
Me too!!!!! Debbie Wasserman Schultz is one tough and smart congresswoman. I love listening to her
we had a fun saging party to hustle Bush out the door. I smell like smudge.
Fawnskin, Your report gave me chicken skin. What an event! And having Debbie WS as your tablemate! Awesome in its own right, and as a bonus, it puts you at 2 degrees of separation from Rachel Maddow, who had Debbie on her show a number of times during the campaign.
I was in DC for an inauguration once. But it was Reagan.
Two Boots on the Ground
On this day of the inauguration, shortly, after midnight, I find sleep to be an impossiblity. I am in Alexandria, Virginia. Within six hours I will be joining the throngs of Americans entering the Metro Line or walking across bridges into our Capitol City. I will be simply this. One of many.
We will be witnesses to a new day, a new hope, a new opportunity for peace and prosperity, even in these troubled times. While steps from the Capitol, my thoughts and prayers will be with one place, the State that I love, Alaska.
It is time now. It is time to look past our present day trifles and think what is best for our land. The only answer I can think of is protect and fight for our home. Create a State where our environment, our greatest supporter of human life form, remains diverse and healthy. Create a State where our wildlife can thrive — where polar bears will live long past the next 50 years. Create a State where our diverse cultures can pursue their unique design yet come together for common good. Create a State where education is valued, where a 66% high school graduation rate is an insult to our people. Create a State with a sustainable economy. Create a State where the least among us find hope and desire to accomplish their greatest dreams.
These are my wishes. This inauguration leads me to believe they are not only possible but probable.
Hi Fawnskin – you lucky girl to be in DC! Thanks again for the wonderful time at the SoCal Mudstock – yes, we must do it again!!! (With all the food!)