Slog - Comments on Ballard Goes to Obama http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama As far as I can tell, anyway. Adams Elementary School in Ballard was packed--the caucus was supposed to happen in the cafeteria, but by 1 pm the room was solid people, with lines still out the door. Some precincts had to move to the gym while others met out in the hallway and on the front lawn. Apparently the headcount was three times that of 2004's turn out. At least. As far as I could tell, all precincts went to Obama. According to one volunteer, the average was 4 to 1. The vibe was really friendly. Once we separated into... Copyright 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:21:27 -0800 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:44:30 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by NapoleonXIV It's sounding pretty universal for Obama.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932594 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932594 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:29:09 -0800 Comment by wisepunk First question:

Where are we having the results party?

Second question:

When is the stranger going to notice that most of the sloggers and readers don't live on cap hill?

Thanks for the ballard results, now lets have a slog party somewhere besides Moe?

]]> wisepunk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932601 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932601 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:30:11 -0800 Comment by Jerod 4+8+8+8=32? Really?

]]> Jerod http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932613 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932613 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:32:44 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV You're not counting the first four years of the Chelsea Clinton Administration, Jerod.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932619 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932619 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:35:31 -0800 Comment by unPC RE: the Clinton-Bush dynasty argument:

Certainly the last dynasty we had : FDR, FDR, FDR, FDR and his hand ipckeed successor-- was a TOTAL DISASTER.
And before that that Adams family -- horrible! Opposing slavery and all that. Just awful. Sure glad that after the Adamses we got back to those slaveholder presidents.

And what Dan said:

"Please don’t put us through that bullshit again. Don’t waste our time. Let us vote in a primary."

As predicted it's Obama 75% in Seattle. He'll be annointed the front runner tomorrow morning on the talk shows.


]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932620 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932620 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:35:39 -0800 Comment by unPC oh and at my caucus Hillaria was critized for being in the pocket of the health care industry and big pharma and the insureres which is why she didn't get health care thru in the 1990's. Because they was doing their bidding.

Riiiight, that's what the problem was. She was in bed with the Thelma and Louise folks. Riiiiight.

Plus this:

Obama's black so if we vote for him it shows we're not about race anymore, and that's good; he is for hope and unity and people like that; and his voluntary health care plan will be more acceptable to republicans so they won't fight it and it's sure to be passed pretty quickly.
Clinton: a woman, for universal health care.
No mention of Iraq!

Obama 4 delegates, Clinton 1.

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932631 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932631 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:42:17 -0800 Comment by Peter F God DAMN it -- we got NO POUND CAKE!!!

]]> Peter F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932635 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932635 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:43:27 -0800 Comment by skweetis Since seemingly every precinct in seattle went overwhelmingly for Obama, do our super-delegates now have to listen to us? Can Ron Simms really negate the wishes of thousands of voters invested enough to go stand in a gym swathed in the musky funk of their neighbors for hours on a Saturday afternoon?

]]> skweetis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932639 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932639 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:44:50 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV The Super-Secret Clinton plan is to make Erica C. Barnett a SuperDelegate, and give her eleventy-zillion votes.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932642 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932642 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:46:37 -0800 Comment by Marko Constans Sounds more or less like the Central District Caucus I attended as far as mood and results go. Worth noting was the overall lack of organization. It was as if the folks running it--whoever they might have been--had no plan for running a smooth process. It seemed that organizers were unprepared for the turnout. The whole thing was incredibly half-assed, but still a lot of fun, with high energy and an overwhelming vote for Obama (at least the room i was in).

]]> Marko Constans http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932644 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932644 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:46:55 -0800 Comment by Wolf @ #3:

Yeah, somebody's math suggests the fucked up mentality of the electorate. You have to wonder if they even bothered to get GEDs before caucusing.

I think they should be sterilized before the "stupid gene" can be passed on. Maybe we should require proof of sterilization before allowing them in to the voting/caucusing process. It might mean the extinction of the species, but with 8 years of GWB in the White House, would anybody really notice?

(this is a completely sarcasm-free post, one of the few from me)

(and I approve this message)

]]> Wolf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932681 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932681 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:03:04 -0800 Comment by noey @3 and 21. the sign was assuming Hillary gets the nomination and subsequently wins the general. that would be 8 years as Bush Sr under Reagan, 4 on his own, 8 years of Bill Clinton, 8 years of W, and 4 for Hillary. mathematically, that equals 32, yes?

]]> noey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932729 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932729 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:20:59 -0800 Comment by Jay #5 Ever hear about that whole term limits thing? And quite frankly, I wouldn't compare decades under Bushes and Clintons to FDR. It's insulting.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932736 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932736 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:24:05 -0800 Comment by Jerod @12: That makes sense. Counting the Reagan years is a stretch though.

]]> Jerod http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932777 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932777 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:50:09 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @5,

How is the same guy getting elected four times a dynasty?

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932892 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932892 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:38:58 -0800 Comment by non sequitur @6 someone brought up the same healthcare issue as an anti-Hillary point at my caucus (43-1367) as well.

]]> non sequitur http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932903 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932903 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:54:47 -0800 Comment by elenchos It's great that the coolest Stranger writer lives here in Ballard.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932922 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932922 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:18:05 -0800 Comment by daniel Adams & his son were great Americans and presidents. However I think that modern America can aim for a broader democracy. Ironically Clinton I embodies this idea as one of the least privileged presidents in our history.

43 presidents
2 father-son pairs
500 million+ total Americans (?)

This doesn't add up to me.

]]> daniel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932995 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c932995 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:48:41 -0800 Comment by Chris in Tampa I don't consider either Adamses great presidents, but aside from that, both of them served only one term. Not applicable.

FDR is a valid argument, and certainly a good one, considering he was one of the greats. If you count Teddy, it becomes even more dynastic. Nevertheless, those were some damn good political genes, and I'm not convinced the Clintons share them.

]]> Chris in Tampa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c933054 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c933054 2008 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:09:21 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV The Elder Adams created and signed the first Alien and Sedition acts in order to curtail a free press and prevent criticism of his government.

The rationale was that alien citizens of enemy powers were using seditious attacks (i.e. engaged in free speech) to weaken the government. In reality, Adams just wanted a way to throw Jefferson and the Democratic party in jail.

John Quincy wasn't that bad, tho.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c933101 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c933101 2008 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:03:02 -0800 Comment by Jesse WTF didn't I get pound cake and macadamia cookies?

]]> Jesse http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c933158 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c933158 2008 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:20:56 -0800 Comment by Ronan I was there. I bought one of those delicious macadamia and white chocolate cookies for 75 cents. In my mind, the real winner of the caucus was... me. That coookie was just something else, really. W00t w00t to my fellow Dems of precinct 3318!

]]> Ronan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c937286 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/ballard_goes_to_obama#c937286 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:44:30 -0800