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In reply to the discussion: Jerry Nadler's taken a lot of hits on DU for not being as smooth and crisp as Adam Schiff [View all]DFW
(54,358 posts)I usually can never make these things, as I usually can't go running over to North America every time someone wants to celebrate something. But this one time, it was in Washington, and I WAS going to be in Washington that day. The weekly that Katrina edits, The Nation, is the country's oldest continually published political magazine, and she knows EVERYBODY. The Nation was founded right after Lincoln's assassination in 1865.
My brother drove. He, my wife and I got there early. Katrina greeted us at the door, and I figured, this being Washington, maybe a few other people I knew or recognized might show up. A few???? I turned out to be one of the token nobodies invited. Mostly, there were somebodies!
Here is a partial list I remember off the top of my head: E.J Dionne, Eleanor Clift, Dennis Kucinich, Raúl Grijalva, Elizabeth Warren, Jerry, Rev. William Barber, Cecile, Stephanie Schriock, John Nichols. Give me some time, and I might remember the rest. My coolest accomplishment that night was asking Rev. Barber if he had been approached to speak at the Democratic Convention the next year (2016). He said he had not. I asked him if he'd be willing, and he said he'd be honored. I contacted a friend who was DNC treasurer, and the next thing I knew, Barber was going to be speaking at the Convention!