I’m here at Netroots Nation waiting for Bill Clinton’s speech to begin. I’ve got pretty good seats, so I should be able to see well. CSPAN is here so perhaps you’ll catch a glimpse of me on TV. CSPAN is covering the speech live.
Chuck Rocha rocked the house! Great speaker.
Judd Ligum(?) from Think Progress is speaking – he’s running for the Maryland House of Delegates. He talked about the first Netroots Nation (YearlyKos at that time); many press were there to laugh at the freaks. Who’s laughing now!
Deborah Bowen – California Secretary of State
Simon Rosenberg from the New Democratic Network is speaking now. He was involved in the early Clinton campaign.
I see the cameraman now, he’s not too far from us. He’s wearing an orange shirt – coincidence? Can everyone see my orange manicure? I’d better be on my best behavior since I might be on TV. Hi mom!
Philadelphia’s own Adam Bonin killing with the opposite world NN09 agenda. Nice tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver and now he’s introducing Rep. Brad Miller.
Miller is funny. Lots of blogger in-jokes. I love blogger nerds. Miller rockin’ the house in a different way than the first speaker. Secret Service is here. Big Dog up next!
Clinton – sorry about my voice I’ve been on a lot of airplanes lately. LOL!!! Clinton: [on the blogs] You don’t have to pretend that you aren’t taking a side. So true! Clinton talking about his global foundation. Clinton is discussing the conservative/progessive era. Politicians convinced us that government could mess up a two car parade. LOL! BTW, snuck to the front to get some good pictures of Clinton. Clinton thinks Bush v Gore will go down as one of the 5 worst decisions of the Supreme Court ever. I agree! Clinton thinks “compassionate conservative” was one of the most brilliant campaign themes ever – I’ll give you every thing that Clinton got you with smaller government and bigger tax cuts. Clinton is still a political genius. 2006 elections were the “canary in the coal mine.” Bill – I told Hillary “if we don’t nominate a convicted felon we’ll win the presidency.” (paraphrased) Clinton says the country is more communitarian. Clinton: Republicans are making a terrible mistake just waiting for the president to mess up. Ooooh, a heckler! Clinton: you should go to a townhall meeting. So, some guy paid money to heckle Clinton – dope. Clinton: media sabotaged attempt to let gays serve in the military. Clinton: DADT was pursued differently than intended (Powell). Clinton: Anti-reformers know they have no chance unless they scare Democrats because no filibuster. Yeah – what about Ben Nelson? Clinton favors a public option. Clinton: the status quo will bankrupt this country, the status quo is the worst option. Clinton: it is a political imperative for Democrats to pass healthcare.
Clinton on “Cash for Clunkers.” We ought to do that on steroids for electric cars. Amen! Clinton thinks we ought to stimulate the economy by retrofitting buildings to be more energy efficient. He says we can do it today – the banks have enough money. Interesting speech – this is basically Clinton defending his legacy. Clinton: sometimes you have to take half a loaf. That’s the problem – we’ve been fed crumbs for years and told it was half a loaf.