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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:48 AM
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Here's how close I was at the Convention
This is from my SEAT!!!
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:50 AM
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1. <Wipes drool of geniph's mouth> n/t
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Pachamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:50 AM
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2. Wow...I had tingles just sitting that close to the TV...You must have been
...in bliss....how has it been? What's the mood there? Do tell...
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AnnitaR Donating Member (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:52 AM
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3. Oh my gawd!
I am soo jealous!

Please post more about what it was like being there in person!
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:04 AM
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6. i will, tomorrow!
for now, it's three in the morning, i'm so excited i can't type, and i have to get up in four hours!

More updates tomorrow!!!
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Tight_rope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:54 AM
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4. Congratulations my friends...I'm envious!
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:54 AM
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5. Why couldn't it have been me????????
Just once. Once in a room with Bill Clinton. It can be a very big room. I can be very far away. Just once.
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:05 AM
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9. he is beautiful, just beautiful
and his speech was phenomenal.

i swear, he looked at me! really, it must have been me, not the other thousands of people in there!

:loveya:
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:09 AM
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15. Of course it was you.
I just know it.
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AP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:05 AM
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7. Are you from IA, NC or Mass?
Edited on Tue Jul-27-04 02:08 AM by AP
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:05 AM
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11. Washington state!
Directly behind Ohio!
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 09:14 AM
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20. I just asked the very same question!
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:05 AM
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8. damn
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Only Me Donating Member (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:05 AM
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10. I cried when Hilary announced his name on my TV , It is no telling..
how big a blubbering idiot I would have become if I'd gotten that close to him!!! :7
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:06 AM
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12. it was transcendent
i can't even begin to describe.

MUST.SLEEP.NOW.!!!
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Johnyawl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:07 AM
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13. if Geni got any closer to the BigDog...
...he'd get impeached again. :evilgrin:
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:13 AM
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16. Honey, you know me TOO WELL
probably because you married me!

:loveya:
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Pachamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:47 AM
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17. Hope your there too John....there are 4 more days & big dawg is hanging
around the convention center....

PS: Saw your site....I'm a fellow sailor....or Scalawag I should say here on the DU.... :hi:
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 09:09 AM
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18. No, John wasn't able to come
:cry: We couldn't afford it. I wish he was here. He should be here.
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Pachamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 12:41 PM
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24. Hi fellow Scalawag! Thanks for representing us in Boston...
Hi Gen...that's a bummer John couldn't make it....but wow, is it great that your able to be there and what seats!

I hope you report more on the experience while there....I'm with you there in spirit....Big Dawg's speech is still resonating with me this morning....

:hi:
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:09 AM
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14. lucky you
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 09:13 AM
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19. Do you live in a swing state, Massachusetts, Iowa or NC?
:wow:
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Bushfire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 09:41 AM
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21. Two thumbs up for a great photo!
and a better real life experience. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 09:43 AM
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22. I envy the hell out of you, geni!
You were that close, huh?

He looked great, didn't he? Tanned, fit, ready to kick repuke ass! I would have given anything to be there, and to see Al Gore and Senator Clinton. Damn! Maybe someday.........
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 09:43 AM
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23. Color me green.
*sigh*
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-04 02:02 AM
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25. Take a look at the pictures I posted today!
of me with Patty Murray, and one of Barack Obama about five feet from me!

Boy, am I ever jazzed!
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-04 02:06 AM
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26. I love you - you suck - I'm jealous - I love you - you suck - I'm JEALOUS!
Geniph, thank you so much for sharing your fantastic rock-star photos and experiences!!

Can ya blame a girl for being jealous??
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