Patience folks! Nashville was awesome

[Wiley50]

but we are all trying to digest an overload of input and most are still traveling. I live close by and managed to get a nap this afternoon. But, I want to tell everyone that it was a massive success.

And I don't want to scoop any of the major players as I mostly floated around gathering whatever info I ran into and making contacts. I didn't really "DO" anything myself.

One small thing that I remember best was Clint Curtis' appearance. Perhaps because it was very short.

Clint was clearly not comfortable with public speaking. He acted like he was ready to sit back down, when he received a standing ovation before he had ever said a word. He kept glancing pleadingly at Brad.

I will try to paraphrase what he had to say to my best ability:

" I'm a republican, myself. But I want to tell you Democrats what you need to do."
" Democrats are people who care. Republicans only care about winning. and they've won. They have the ball and can do what they want to do"
" My best advise is for all you caring people to put all of the things that you care about on the back burner for awhile. Get together and play to win. It won't take long. Maybe two months."
" Put the environment, the whales, all of your collective projects aside and kick their ass"
" Then you've won. And you can do what you want."

Makes sense to me.

So, I'll sit back until our big fish make their reports.
You had to be there.
And you should have.

Wiley

[autorank]

1. Great post, love Curtis' advice...geez, guy's smart!

[liberalla]

2. I know you said "patience folks!"

But, I can't wait to get more details!

Thanks for the tidbits you posted!

[Fly by night]

3. Go to the "I Showed Up" thread -- where news is posted on the "Nash-ional"

[Bill Bored]

4. Yes, we have to THINK like THEY do, and ACT like Democrats.

Or something like that. :)

[tommcintyre]

5. "Put... all of your collective projects aside and kick their ass"

Yep... that would do it.

[KaryninMiami]

6. Read the story in today's paper- Front Page of local section!

http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/05/03/68078488...

Don't forget after reading the story to please send a thank you note to the reporter (Laura)for the great work on the story and for the hours of extra effort she devoted to it. She promised to write more and is going to need our help in the weeks ahead (once she settles in to her new job in NM), on researching facts for the next few stories. She "got it" alright- and that's a great thing!

Give her one of our great DU thank you's so she will continue to tell this story- OUR Story in the weeks and months ahead!

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Thanks all!

[yourout]

7. ??? Link works but article is missing.

Hackers at work again.

[Fly by night]

8. Try this link

It worked for me.

http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/05/03/68078488.shtml?Element_ID=68078488

[yourout]

9. Thats better.....thanks.

[ccarter84]

10. short and sweet, I look forward to longer...

articles later, but hey it made frontpage for their paper and I think thats a pretty big accomplishment in these days