OMGOMGOMG HOLYCRAPHOLYCRAP (pic)

[ZombieNixon]

Yes...that is me (and others, but they're not imporant, just the rest of our College Dems E-Board :P) with Dr. Gov. Mr. Howard B. Dean III, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Today, less than three hours ago. And...I was on stage with both him and Senator Mr. Democratic Whip Richard J. "Dick" Durbin (he had to leave before the picture :(). :D It's not even the end of the first quarter and this is already the best year for our organization ever. We are THE group to beat on campus. :bounce:

I shook both their hands...twice. :D

Extra brag: E-Board (that is...all of us in the picture, myself included) got to stand *on stage* with both Durbin and Dean as they spoke. :D :P

Edit: Here's a pic of Durbin:


All but my right ear is blocked from view by Dick Durbin's head. What an honor! :P

Oh, did I mention that we have Dean on our Podcast!! :woohoo:

[crim son]

1. Cool!!!!!

Fantastic picture and what a fine-looking bunch. Wish I'd been there!

[matcom]

2. WHO is the hot babe in Red?

:wow:

[ZombieNixon]

4. Our...*thinks*...community service committee chair.

:P

[matcom]

7. i have a community service "project" I need her help with

really. its for the good of the "community" :*

[ZombieNixon]

12. Don't go kissing up to me. I don't have her phone number.

Well, it's on the E-Board contact list which I have somewhere, but I'm not looking for it right now. :P

[GOPisEvil]

5. No, no, the one with the glasses on the left...

What IS it about glasses?

I need help.

[matcom]

8. ARE YOU F*CKING BLIND?????11111

:eyes:

dude. red. RED!!!111

[GOPisEvil]

Nope. Not blind.

Heh...diff'rent...uh, strokes...you know...

Plus, you've already gotten drool all over the one in red. :scared:

[matcom]

14. that ain't "drool"

:P

[GOPisEvil]

15. You are a very bad man.

:P

[ZombieNixon]

9. She's the policy committee chair.

And she's married. Sorry. :P

[GOPisEvil]

13. DAMMIT!!!

Figures I'd go for the policy chair. Wonky women are hot!

[matcom]

21. HA HA!!

:rofl:

[GOPisEvil]

26. Don't you have a cold shower to take or something?

[lizziegrace]

28. ...

:rofl:

girls with glasses??

;)

[GOPisEvil]

34. I can't explain it.

:shrug:

But yeah...those new-ish geeky/fashionable glasses work for me. :)

[lizziegrace]

How about reading glasses

on an old broad? ;)

[GOPisEvil]

51. Hmmm...

...intriguing. ;)

[lizziegrace]

52. Good answer

:hug:

:)

[GOPisEvil]

53. :)

:hug:

[LSK]

24. I gotta agree with you on this one

[Hissyspit]

68. I like the one with the glasses, too.

[Blue-Jay]

37. All of those young ladies are very attractive.

Except for the one on the far right in the striped shirt.

(What, what?)

[ZombieNixon]

40. *snort* I'm sure Kurt appreciates your comments, too.

;) :P

[Tulum_Moon]

3. Are you the Zombie just to the left?

With the red eyes? Sorry I could not resist! :blush:

:yourock:

[ZombieNixon]

6. No, actually the one with the massive red-eye is our group president.

:P

I'm the one two to the left of Dean with the blue shirt and tie.

[lizziegrace]

29. He's next to the girl with glasses

;)

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. Woo Hoo!

Did Dean make any mention of his support for Kerry?

And, anyway...what did Dean talk about with you?


You are famous! You have met greatness! :bounce:

[ZombieNixon]

16. He might have mentioned Kerry when he spoke to the press afterward.

We were all in the greenroom getting ready for the pic by then, so I didn't hear.

But the event was a GOTV rally, so we got Dean and Durbin in their most crazy, furious modes...it was awesome! :D

[skygazer]

11. What a great pic

Congrats!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. My dear Zombie!

Wow, what a wonderful pic! You, my dear young man, are going places!

Good places!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

Wait till lelapin sees this!

[tigereye]

18. yay!

nice pic of you! Good for you guys for working so hard!

[Haole Girl]

19. Thanks so much for sharing that with us!

What a good looking group! :)

[miss_american_pie]

20. Very cool!

:thumbsup:

[LSK]

22. Deans in town???

Why isnt this shit every announced!!!!

Maybe he will be at Duckworth HQ tonite?

Are you all wearing Duckworth for Congress buttons?

[ZombieNixon]

25. Yes...well, by now he's out in the 10th district at a Dan Seals fundraiser.

Your questions:
1. We only found out about it at 10 AM Monday so had less than 60 hours to prepare the whole thing (and we pulled it off fantastically...there was a huge crowd. :D)
2. Maybe. I know he's going to Seals, maybe Duckworth, too.
3. Yes. Buttons or stickers. :)

[LSK]

27. shit, and I took my digital camera out of my laptop bag this morning

:grr:


You saw my Durbin pic right? :P

[ZombieNixon]

32. Yes, actually, I believe I did.

:D :thumbsup:

[Guava Jelly]

23. thants just tooo freaken cool!!

check you out rubben elbows with the big dogs :)

[lizziegrace]

30. This is great ZN!

I felt the same way when I got to meet Kerry and Edwards. :)

[ZombieNixon]

36. Yeah, it was freaking awesome.

I called lelapin right after with the OMGOMGHOLYCRAP speech because I had to tell someone who wasn't in the group. :D

[lizziegrace]

39. Too funny!!

I'm sure she was thrilled to hear from you, since you like to talk on the phone so much. ;)

She's working this evening right?

[ZombieNixon]

43. Hehe...:D

Yeah...five to...nine...eight, maybe...I kind of forgot to ask in the excitement (also because I had to go to work myself right after the Dean thing...though I could have used it as an excuse not to go since both of my supervisors were there, anyway...but, you know, fourth day of work and all...don't want to set a bad impression :P)

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

31. Hey Zombie, great pics...

Channel 5 just ran this story on the 6:00 News. From the report it sounded like you guys had a great turnout...

:woohoo: for you and the DePaul University Young Dems.

We should have another Chicago DU meetup. It's been ages....

[ZombieNixon]

35. I wish I'd known when it was on.

I hope someone in the group TiVOed it. I have my own video with a camera I set up on a tripid, but I don't know how much of it is good since there were people walking around and blocking the lens for much of it.

And...yes, yes we should. :D

[Mutley]

33. That's awesome!

:bounce:








I might be a little jealous. :P

[ZombieNixon]

38. Only a little?

:P

Hell, I'm jealous of me and I was there. :D :P

[Mutley]

42. Okay, maybe

A Lot.


:rofl:

[Missy Vixen]

41. Congratulations!

I'm so excited for you! :woohoo:

Julie

[graywarrior]

44. Did you drop the DU word?

You'e better looking than the chick in red.

[ZombieNixon]

45. Well, I didn't really get much of a chance to do so.

With a schedule as tight as theirs, I was damn lucky to get more than a few words in edgewise. :)

[Ptah]

46. Good work, ZombieNixon.

Thanks for doing all you do.

:thumbsup:

[SeattleGirl]

47. That's a great picture, ZN!!

That must have been an absolute blast!!! :woohoo:

[ZombieNixon]

48. Oh, it was.

:D

[Oeditpus Rex]

49. What happened?

Did Dean holler "FREE SOFTWARE!"?

[ZombieNixon]

50. No, but we did get him to record a sound clip for the podcast.

:P

[bigwillq]

54. How cool!

What great pics. Must've been an exciting day!

:hi:

[wildhorses]

55. herk on dude

:headbang:

[XemaSab]

56. Cool!

[LadyoftheRabbits]

57. Awesome!

I love it. And your phone call following it. :P :*

[ZombieNixon]

58. Heh...

:P :* Yeah, I had to tell someone. :D

[Ava]

59. Lucky You!

I've gotten to meet Harry Reid but no other Congressmen yet. You're a lucky guy! :P

so how were their speeches?

[ZombieNixon]

60. Umm...fucking incredible!!

:D

Seriously...it was GOTV rally, so we get both Dean and Durbin in their craziest, most furious modes. :D

[Ava]

61. Wesley Clark was at Alabama University a few weeks ago

I missed it because i was getting things set up for our protest/vigil, but i hear he gave a pretty awesome speech too.
It must be something about the college atmosphere. ;)

[ZombieNixon]

62. Yeah, maybe...

We only found out they were coming at 10 AM on Monday, so we had a grand total of 52 hours to get everything prepared...get a good room (we ended up with the best room in the university), book the mics, get a membership signup table outside, reserve a video camera, alert the media, and not to mention publicizing the event to make it worth them coming...it went marvelously. :D

[Ava]

63. sounds like ya'll had your hands full!

and like ya'll pulled it off really well. congrats! :hi:

[ZombieNixon]

64. Yes, thank you.

'Cept they were fifteen minutes late because Dean got stuck in traffic from O'Hare...oh well. :P

[Ava]

65. I myself had an experience once in O'Hare

I was 12 years old and got lost for about 40 seconds, which was long enough for me to flip out :rofl:

hey, it was my first time flying! :P ;)

[ZombieNixon]

66. Eww...

x(

O'Hare's actually not that bad, just very busy. :P

[Ava]

67. "not that bad"

you darn city boys! :P

come to a small town and bama and see how you manage to navigate your way around here :rofl:

edit: i will say, i've flown many times since then, and Atlanta Airport is by far the most hectic airport i've been to.

[zeemike]

69. What a nice looking group of young people

Makes me proud of the democratic young.
Why are the repugs so ugly?

[ZombieNixon]

70. Because what's on the inside shows through to the outside?

:shrug:

[LaraMN]

71. Oh COOOOL!

What an awesome experience, ZN! I'm so glad you shared pics! I got to shake Kerry's hand in '04, (and he rubbed JackMN's head) and I will never forget it!

[ZombieNixon]

75. It was cool.

Dean didn't rub my head...:( :P

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

72. I assume you're the guy with the diagonal blue stripes tie at the front then? -nt

[ZombieNixon]

74. Yep.

I bought the tie and the pants at the last minute when I found out I had to dress up. :P

[Deep13]

73. Well, someone has to say it:

Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhh!:headbang: