Friday, October 31, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Firing Up the Crowd
Roxi, Gib, Rob and I joined Roxi's best friend from preschool, Carter, and his dad – as well as 50,000 others – at the Barack Obama rally in Fort Collins on Sunday. We didn't arrive soon enough to see Obama (people started lining up at 4:30 a.m. for his 3:30 p.m. appearance), but we were able to hear most of the speech from afar.
More importantly, we provided an important boost to campaign morale. Roxi and Carter were delighted to find a pile of signs on the ground, instantly picked one up and, without any prompting from us or campaign officials, starting marching past the long line of people waiting to get into the rally, waving their signs and screaming, "Barack Obama!" in perfect tandem. (Regardless of your political affiliation, you have to admit that the democratic candidate's name is awfully fun to say.) Their enthusiasm was well-received, to say the least.
Roxi and Carter are quite the team. Below are two exchanges they had at the rally:
Carter: Let's do running!
Roxi: Now let's do roaring!
Carter: Now let's do running and roaring!
Roxi: Now let's do rock and roll!
At which point, both of them broke into a truly outstanding dance session.
Roxi: You're my best friend, huh? We're always going to be best friends.
Carter: Yeah, there's never going to be a time that we're not friends.
More importantly, we provided an important boost to campaign morale. Roxi and Carter were delighted to find a pile of signs on the ground, instantly picked one up and, without any prompting from us or campaign officials, starting marching past the long line of people waiting to get into the rally, waving their signs and screaming, "Barack Obama!" in perfect tandem. (Regardless of your political affiliation, you have to admit that the democratic candidate's name is awfully fun to say.) Their enthusiasm was well-received, to say the least.
Roxi and Carter are quite the team. Below are two exchanges they had at the rally:
Carter: Let's do running!
Roxi: Now let's do roaring!
Carter: Now let's do running and roaring!
Roxi: Now let's do rock and roll!
At which point, both of them broke into a truly outstanding dance session.
Roxi: You're my best friend, huh? We're always going to be best friends.
Carter: Yeah, there's never going to be a time that we're not friends.
Monday, October 20, 2008
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