Official Meet-Up - DUer Kaiden: Obama Will Walk To Invesco From Pepsi Center

[Hissyspit]

Kaiden snagged a ticket to the acceptance speech with the help of a friend who is a woodwright, and has been working on building the stage. He told her that Sen. Obama will walk to the stadium. Part of I-25 will be closed. Kaiden said her friend reported the Secret Service were checking out the route. Has anyone heard about or posted about this?

Whenever anyone enters the dining room and asks "Is this Democratic Underground?" everyone yells, no , this is Free R..." well, you know. :-)

Here is who at Racine's so far:

HawkeyeX
Kaiden
blondie58
cathandler
Roon
Elad
intheflow
heydukelives
donheld
LordJFT
RadFemFL
El Supremo
Froward69
TurnCoBlue
Ava
...says she's on her way.

[Hissyspit]

1. KGNU Fan just showed up.

She is a DJ for a local community radio station.

[Hissyspit]

17. Additional DUers who came to greet and eat:

librechick
nederland
hlthe2B
wndycty
Juan de la Dem

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. There in spirit with you Hissy!!

Remember when we were in DC and you and evlbstrd were blogging from that bar? Fun time, great memory! :hug:

[Hissyspit]

21. We talked about that tonight!

intheflow was there in D.C. and was at Racine's tonight.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Damn. What an assemblage.

Have a certified DU good time!

[colorado thinker]

4. I wanted to be there but I have to get up at 4 a.m.

and I'm getting too damn old to party all night and get up in the morning . . . Have a great time!

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Give Ava a hug from me

and post some damn pictures. Nudes are preferred :)

[Hissyspit]

6. Pictures will be forthcoming.

[Hissyspit]

7. wndycty has arrived, now.

Everyone is having a great time getting to know each other.

[Hissyspit]

8. and Juan de la Dem.

We can't drag him away from the speeches on T.V., though. :-)

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

15. Sorry bro, had to hear it. Thanks for all you do. You truly are my number one read

Speeches tonight off the charts.

[Hawkeye-X]

18. When I first saw you, you weren't wearing a nametag..

And took me a LONG wait before I figured out who you were...

And it looks like you never finished your nacho order - must be one hell of an order!

:yoiks:

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

20. I think you are confusing me w/ another DU'er

no nachos for me. I didn't get there until late (8:00) as one of my boys had baseball practice.

[hlthe2b]

9. Still hoping to get there... but at least 90 minutes from freeing up

Save me a seat, though!

[Hissyspit]

10. Ava, who is here with the Alabama delegation, says that when she tells people

that she came here from Alabama, they say "did you come with a banjo on your knee?"

[Hissyspit]

11. We're all eating and watching the Biden speech now. n/t

[Hawkeye-X]

12. Hissyspit - it was a GREAT pleasure meeting you

I know you wanted to blog a little bit more - but the wife needed me, and I didn't want to leave her alone too long. I was delighted to see this being a big hit - and it was great meeting everyone - especially Elad and Ava.

Can't wait to see everyone's pics!

Hawkeye-X

[Hissyspit]

19. No, no problem. I was done. I just had to fix some typos.

Thanks for setting up the laptop. :thumbsup: :)

[populistdriven]

13. I wish I was there with you, what a great group you are. HAVE FUN!

[hlthe2b]

14. I was the latecomer and missed several of you, but

I'm SO glad to get to meet everyone! I really feel optimistic that things are going our way and you all are the reason! Travel safe for those who will be heading home soon and to my Denver colleagues, I think we "done good" with our 'little' convention! Let's see those Repubs even try to match it! :toast:

[Hawkeye-X]

16. I wanted to meet you too - but had to go early..

I'm sure everyone was a ham with you!

How many were still left when you came in?

[hlthe2b]

23. I think about 10.... My day started at 4AM & I was rather bleary

eyed...Sorry to miss you, too, Hawkeyex. Maybe we can do an inauguration party!

[qwlauren35]

22. NOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not even a Christian and I will be praying with all of my might that he not walk.

November 22, 1963 was probably the last time that a president rode in an open car. But to WALK?????????

The man must have a death wish.

[otohara]

24. Fun Night

pleasure meeting all of you.

[donheld]

25. It was a lot of fun

We should do that more often!

[Hawkeye-X]

26. I want photos!

Please

[Buddyblazon]

27. I'm sorry I missed you all....

:(

[wndycty]

28. Sorry to respond so late but I just wanted to thank everyone for the great time!

It was great meeting everyone.

wndycty

[kgnu_fan]

29. It was really fun meeting you all in person!

I have been a "reader" of DU since its very beginning but I have never posted anything until recently. I feel like I know you all as old friends... I was so happy to have met you finally!!!

PEACE!