NH stories
It took me some time to point my finger on it but yesterday I finally realized what I liked so much in New Hampshire - the people here are extremely nice. We were targeting yesterday independent undecided voters, trying to make them attend the televised town hall meeting with Ron Paul. These people are the hottest “commodity” in the NH primaries and we were not the only campaign knocking on their door during the weekend, and yet they were nice - they listened, they answer politely and many times they were also indicating if they will actually attend (or watch on TV) the meeting. But it is not only when canvasing (the clean termed used to describe door to door political solicitation) the drivers here are simply kind and considerate - a phenomena that someone that learn driving in Israel and is now driving in NY find completely unfamiliar.
The town hall meeting was a great successes, by the way, the studio was full of people and the answers given by Ron Paul were wonderful. Sometime I’m getting frustrated with his answers, like the “health care” issue during the ABC debate the other day, but this was not the case here. It was also nice to see that Barry Goldwater Jr. is actively campaigning with Ron Paul. I can develop the point of tell me “Tell me who is campaigning for you and I tell you who you are” but I will leave it with reminding that Chuck Norris is actively campaigning for the huckster.
Yesterday was also the Fox News debate, the one that excluded Ron Paul, and the grassroots were gathering to protest. The original idea was to hold the rally near St. Anselm college, but the parking problems left only the very dedicated to rally near the college. Since the site was also good for sledding Tseela was most happy that we decided to not give up. But if they were not allowed to make noise near the college, were the debate was held, the Paulites decided to hold the rally near the restaurant that hosted the focus group for the debate. Holding a rally in central location, full of bars and restaurants, is a pretty good idea - the combination of combining rallying and a good beer in the nearby Irish pub was really nice. Spending more time with the youth that flooded NH volunteering for Ron Paul I have to say that they are really good kids. They are informed, well read, well behaved and very dedicated - I really enjoy seeing them in action.
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Needless to say, for this reason, and countless others, I've fallen in love with the Swedes. Far more desirable culture they've got to spread than that proposed by your pro-guns, pro-death penalty, pro-die-of-ill-health-if-you've-miscalculated-your-earnings candidate…
… more desirable than anything "my" (in this case, I'm not sure they're any more mine than yours) politicians have to spread too…
Oh… I guess that promised piece about your trip to Israel will remain a mystery…
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