--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > <snip> > > > What *really* freaks him out is that it doesn't > > > discourage anybody from continuing to criticize him > > > when he deserves it, which defeats the whole purpose > > > of his "dumping" announcements. > > > > Judy, we've been consigned to Barry's Twitter Hell > > several times. I don't have an exact count, do you? > > Gee, no, I haven't kept track. With me, it goes way > back; on alt.m.t, he'd swear on a regular basis that > he was killfiling me, or ignoring me, was never going > to read my posts again, etc., etc., same song and > dance as he does here. I really should go back some > time and look up all the announcements he's made to > this effect, put them all in one post. It would be > hilarious. > > He's obviously AFRAID of interacting with us. It's > always reminded me of what little kids say, "You > can't see me because I have my eyes closed." > > > Twittering Special Election for Iowa House Rep: I'm at > > Curt Hanson's Dem. headquarters. The polls have closed. > > My home Ward 2 and MUM campus 273 Dems 30 Repubs and > > we're killing the Republicans on absentee ballots. So > > far 1596 Hanson 539 Turdmiester. > > > > Wapello results are coming in. We started with 247 margin > > and we're at 118 now. Eldon just came and we're up 134. > > Two more precincts to go. It looks like we can win this. > > Whoo Hoo! we just won by 107! Party Time! CU > > Bravo!! >
I got home a little while ago. It's been a long day. Poll watching 7-9 am, worked all day, poll watched again 7-9 pm then zipped over to HQ to watch the numbers come in. There were about 100 Dems crammed into a tiny front office, cheering non-stop a good ten minutes while Curt stood on top of a table, thumbs up, smiling, thanking everyone. This was an important win. If Steve Burgmeier had won, the Republicans would have made national hay over Iowa's Supreme Court decision in favor of gay marriage. The Mormons put 80K into Steve's campaign. The turnout was HUGE, over 7,000, more than the general election for State District 90. The Dems had $200K into it and the Repubs had $250K. Money sure drives the vote. Curt is finishing John Whitaker's term so he will run again in 2010. Becky is up for reelection too. We're going to be busy Dems campaigning again in 2010. It's going to be fun.
