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In reply to the discussion: Well, hi there DU! How’re y’all doin’? Whatcha been up to? [View all]DFW
(54,399 posts)I was at the Denver convention in 2008, and it was heady stuff, indeed. Howard was still DNC chairman then, and it was a laugh getting all those "who the hell is THAT guy?" stares when I got a big bear hug from Howard when he saw me. Plus hanging with pals from the Texas Democrats, and just a string of good people (Henry Waxman, John Conyers, Amy Goodman, John Nichols, the list just went on and on). It was not an easy decision this time to pass, as you can imagine, plus ten times the perks as well!
But I DO need the down time, and I'll be seeing most of the people I would have seen sooner or later. My wife is happy I won't be disappearing for one week out of our vacation, and I'm happy to spend time with her that is not restricted to the hours between 11:30 PM and 5:00 AM. I'll be doing the local radio show tomorrow that I always do once a year here, and WDR (West German Radio) has asked if they can do some phone interviews during next week's convention. Other that that, though, I'm taking it very easy.
I felt like Dr. Zhivago in that scene where, after some particularly brutal carnage of the Russian Civil War, he just turned on his horse and rode away. Zhivago had had enough of the fighting, and so had I. I think I have come back to a more civil place.