Photo by Gary Porter. Click here for the full size and to see the rest of the slide show. Here's the story in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
And here's the blog post by Headless Blogger -- who commented on my earlier post to say he'd gone to Cedarburg. Despite arriving some time after 9 for the 11:30 event -- an outdoor event -- he couldn't get anywhere near the stage. But he did try to figure out whether the women he saw were trying to wear their hair in the style of Sarah Palin.
Another commenter on the earlier post, M.E., said:
Headless Blogger, I was there, too! We arrived just before 10 and gave up on the line as it was easily a half-mile long, maybe more. However, we hung around an intersection a block or so from the rally site, and managed to see the motorcade go by.I like the small-town America backdrop they got at that intersection in Cedarburg, with a good-looking compressed crowd. Tough luck, though, for the folks who tried and couldn't get near McCain and Palin.
... I think McCain has a *chance* at Wisconsin. Without Palin, nothing, but with her ... anything is possible.
However, Bush spent lots of time here in 2000 and 2004 and never got Wisconsin to flip to red. We're blue-purple at best.
AND: One more story of trying and failing to get into the happening intersection in Cedarburg:
We walked for blocks and blocks trying to try to find the end of the line, yet as far as we walked, we could only see blocks of people stretching before us. The line curved all the way around the downtown Cedarburg area; it was easily over half a mile long but I couldn't see the end, so who knows? Could have been a mile.
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I'm all about the Giants.
They have a hell of a time, what with Jack, errant knights, occasional smart-alecky rabbits.
Speaking of which, it is 1:20 a.m. and I need to get some sleep.
Good night all.
I thought better of trooper but EST is an hour ahead of me so I suppose I will have to forgive him
Rog, I was Googling for places.
It's still Versailles, followed by Sergio's near Miracle and 32nd.
I have never liked La Carreta's medianoche sandwiches. Too salty. :)
Good night, Dogwood!
mee too--night all--
its always versailles, Victoria--kitchy but great food and service
Thanks and TTYL
We have Versailles out here, too. Same place?
It would be nice if newcomers like myself were clued in were the meeting was. I went to the new post and carried a conversation with myself for about an hour.
Were is this community organizer? I want to lodge a complaint ;)
Now we can talk about Dogwood and Roger J!
Roger, you too! And sorry for "down here it's called" so and so. Sometimes my pedantry really sounds arrogant. Night night. :)
Blake, from what I heard, it's a different Versailles, though also Cuban I believe.
IIRC, I heard from a friend who was born in pre-Castro Cuba that Cafe Versailles was a very famous cafe in Havana.
I'm guessing the expats who were exiled all over the world, choose the name in hommage!
It doesn't look like ours. What's funny is that it's often in high rent places, but it's very low rent food.
A big crowd, maybe.
But keep in mind that the McCain campaign has announced that Palin will do no interviews with reporters. I guess she is afraid she might get ask some tough questions.
Whereas, Obama just got interviewed by Bill O'Reilly of FOX News.
Well, at least one of them has some guts.
Imagine what it would be like if Sarah Palin became President and had to face the Washington media, if she's afraid to even do local interviews with reporters from channel 9 in Podunkville.
pedantry
I still recall my last school teacher in the Dominican Rep calling me 'pedante' and when I looked it up it sounded like a compliment to me.
Yeah, keep running with that "afraid" meme.
With the majority believing the media's out to help Obama and hurt her, most people are going to sympathize.
Imagine what it would be like if Sarah Palin became President and had to face the Washington media, if she's afraid to even do local interviews with reporters from channel 9 in Podunkville.
Eli, considering the absolutely disreputable things that were said by media about her, even before the arena was closed in Dayton, and the fact she SLAYED the Democrats by that speech in the RNC...
...I'm guessing that they are making her prep for her first interview.
Clearly, the media want nothing more than to stop her momentum. She should expect a lot of gotcha questions, the better to make her look incompetent.
Like "Governor Bush, can you tell me who the President of Pakistan is?" in 2000.
Remember?
Blake, I like stick-to-your ribs, could feed an army portions kinda food. ;)
Well, this would definitely qualify.
It sticks to everything.
If I had one non-gift wish this Christmas, it would be for Blogger to put it back the way the comments were.
Oh well. Just in case, night Blake! Night guys.
I'm lallygagging in the other threads.
Today, I signed up for home delivery of the NYT.
If signing up for home delivery of the NYT helps Ann keep her vow of cruel neutrality during this election then I think we should start a petition to nominate Ann to the Supreme Court of these United States of America whatever the party that is ultimately chosen.
I'm Sarah Palin and I approved this massage ;)
Imagine what it would be like if Sarah Palin became President and had to face the Washington media, if she's afraid to even do local interviews with reporters from channel 9 in Podunkville.
The false assumption there being that the President "has to face the Washington media". Bush has mostly ignored them; I expect future Republican Presidents to do the same. What's the advantage in being interviewed by partisan Democrats?
I've now read this thread closely, rather than skimming, and I see that I owe both Ruth Anne and Victoria a thank you, which I do, most sincerely. Thanks! And sorry for the early omissions--both of them ([not] noticing at the time and, therefore not acknowledging or expressing appreciation.).
"Community organizers were quick to fire back."
Every time I see this quote I think of the line from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (about a threatened philosophers' strike):
"It'll hurt, buster, it'll hurt."
Thanks!
Thanks back. :)
It was Trooper who sniffed out the miscreant first. He's got the best BS detector on Althouse.
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
That was a funny film.
Rats are really in charge.
[ahem]
Mice.
Right. How noble of you.
[ahem]
Film?!?!
Yes - it raises to the level of film. It had that many yucks!
I call the Airplane comedies FILM!
Lem,
I believe the offense there is referring to HHGTTG as a film rather than its purer form, a BBC miniseries--or its even purer form, a series of novels--or its most pure form, a radio show.
(I think that's the correct reverse sequence.)
I stand corrected.
I did not know about it's provenance ;)
Blake: It wasn't that funny.
(ducks)
Yeah, you better duck.
Actually, the five books are (conveniently) written in decreasing order of humor and increasing order of writing skill. The first is the funniest and rather unsophisticated in terms of writing style. The last has nary a smile in it, but it's cleverly crafted to make sure there'd never be a sixth book.
The BBC series was cute and had some moments, most especially with the great narrator of the Guide.
The movie was mediocre, with a few chuckles, but way better SFX.
I never did hear the radio show.
Blake: I only ever read up to "42", which I think was in So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!. I noticed they got less funny as they went along, and lost interest.
The first was very funny and, as you say, very loosely written. I imagine the old radio shows were terrific. I wonder if they are available on iTunes? (Everything will be, eventually.)
Well, the number 42, as in the answer to the Ultimate Question, appears at least as early as the second book.
"Fish", book four, has one short chapter that made me laugh. Regarding whether Arthur Dent was intimate.
Book five, I read back-to-back (twice) just in amazement at how thoroughly dedicated it was the proposition of being the last book.
Oh, and did a radio series in 2000 based on the books, and I'm sure you can get that. The one from the '70s, I don't know.
I just had to find Cedarburg on a map. From the picture it looks like a Norman Rockwell painting! Nice to see all those bitter, disillusioned folks in Wisconsin clinging to their guns and religion like we do in Texas.
Coming to the party very late, but a couple of random thoughts:
1. Are their any GOP community organizers? seriously. I thought it was a jig for grad students at progressive schools, or as a gimmick to get into law school. sort of like squeegy man
2. regarding Esq. I worked for a few months in 2001 in Hampshire with a bunch of retired British officers. moderately old school traditional well bred types. I enjoyed their manners and speaching mode, particlarly when they made reference to my "Lady Wife" coming to visit. reminds me of leaving calling cards at the General's house. I bet only Roger and I get that reference, but then we Cavalry Officers are a better breed :)
3. I think Ann's fascination with Palin is less about the girl makes good angle and more about the prejudice and sexism associated with self-made woman makes good. and of course it certainly drives traffic.
all palin, all the time :)
I thought it was a jig for grad students at progressive schools
I like it!
My recollection of Cedarburg -- I'm not sure if I've been there, actually -- is that it's quite a touristy little place with quainte little shoppes selling artwork. I'm sure a good deal of Illinois money gets left behind there.
Cedarburg Dairy is a fairly famous dairy -- but I think it was acquired by someone else in the 90s.
Lawgiver,
I meant gig :)
Drill--funny you mentioned calling cards--I was telling my office mates about that particularly military custom only yesterday--one card for each lady in the house. The sterling silver card try was by the entry.
Isn't an "esquire" the gofer who follows along a knight and carries his equipment? Kind of like a caddy?
Alpha -
You would do well to avoid posting your complete ignorance of the Catholic faith and crass stupidity regarding "pissing off Catholics."
Just because you got the DNC press release doesn't make you qualified to speak what does and doesn't "piss off" Catholics.
To wit:
1) I am a lifelong Catholic and I attend services every week as does every member of my extended family. To a person, we are all absolutely behind the choice of Palin as VP.
2) Re-read your DNC press release. It specifically says "Catholic Democrats" not "Catholics." Now engage your brain before engaging your keyboard next time. A group of people who were explicitly in support of Obama are "pissed off" by Palin: is this supposed to be some kind of news to any one but you? I guess your next posting will be the shocking news that "Corrupt Chicago Politicians Pissed Off Because Palin Won't Stay Home and Bake Cookies"?
3) Saying that Palin disparaged community organizers is a blatant falsehood, and you know it. The only ones who even claim that to be the case are people like yourself who are so far in the tank for Obama that you'll be the last ones out even after the "Low Gas" light comes on for his campaign.
4) You really ought to follow the news about the furor raised the last time a prominent Democrat decided she knew the church's teachings. Try reading the smackdowns of Pelosi from everyone including her own pastor about her ignorance of our faith. Do you really want to throw Palin in the briar patch of trying to make an issue out of how Catholics should vote based on their explicitly pro-life beliefs vs. your imagined slight of community organizers?
Go ahead. I dare you...
Cedaburg? ROnald mcdonald gets taht kind of crowd!
Well, remember, Bush would have carried Wisconsin if it weren't for massive and widspread democratic vote fraud.
However, who knows if the GOP will be able to reign in some the most ridiculous excesses this year.
CNN refers to an appearance by McCain and Palin in a "small conservative town." Cedarburg is not actually named. I know a few people from Cedarburg. They are not particularly conservative.
My former friends from Cedarburg are so far left they have a effigy of Lenin in their living room....kidding.
I went to the Cedarburg rally and couldn't get in. I'm guessing 2-3 thousand couldn't.
BTW, the last two elections WI went Democrat by less than 20,000 votes both times - much of that attributable to voter fraud in the big lib cities of Madison and Milwaukee. Palin and her twangy accent bring out a lot of moderates and WI votes McCain.
-----Catholic Campaign for Human Development. She belittled Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's experience as a community organizer in Catholic parishes on the South Side of Chicago, work he undertook instead of pursuing a lucrative career on Wall Street.
Liberal lies. Obama was working with a far more lefty organization...Acorn...
We find some important details in an article in the journal Social Policy entitled, “Case Study: Chicago — The Barack Obama Campaign,” by Toni Foulkes, a Chicago Acorn leader and a member of Acorn’s National Association Board. The odd thing about this article is that Foulkes is forced to protect the technically “non-partisan” status of Acorn’s get-out-the-vote campaigns, even as he does everything in his power to give Acorn credit for helping its favorite son win the critical 2004 primary that secured Obama the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate.
Before giving us a tour of Acorn’s pro-Obama but somehow “non-partisan” election activities, Foulks treats us to a brief history of Obama’s ties to Acorn. While most press accounts imply that Obama just happened to be at the sort of public-interest law firm that would take Acorn’s “motor voter” case, Foulkes claims that Acorn specifically sought out Obama’s representation in the motor voter case, remembering Obama from the days when he worked with Talbot. And while many reports speak of Obama’s post-law school role organizing “Project VOTE” in 1992, Foulkes makes it clear that this project was undertaken in direct partnership with Acorn. Foulkes then stresses Obama’s yearly service as a key figure in Acorn’s leadership-training seminars.
http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=NDZiMjkwMDczZWI5ODdjOWYxZTIzZGIyNzEyMjE0ODI=
I'm not sure that McCain's military ribbons were ever a real consideration when talking about his chances to win the election. It's always about the here and now, as it should be.
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