I LOVE DICK!!!!

[ZombieNixon]

Dick Durbin, that is. I just got back from seeing him speak and it was HERKIN' AWESOME!!! For the most part, he talked about student loans (appropriate for a college campus) and immigration (because it happens to be the subject of most GD flamewars these days...well...not because of that...but for the same reasons...you get what I mean!). Best part: when he said the proudest vote of his life was voting against the Iraq War. STANDING OVATION, BITCHES!! :woohoo: Except for the four College Republicans sitting behind me, but they asked stupid questions and he tore them down. It was pretty sweet. When he talked about Paul Wellstone, you could just feel the poignancy in the room. It was touching. :cry: And I got to shake his hand at the end!! *does a little dance* I'm actually taller than him...that was kind of strange...me...taller than the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate...it's eerie. :silly:

Oh, and I took this picture. Dick Durbin getting worked up over student loans:


:D

Sadly, my camera sucks and takes ten seconds to take a picture of anything, so I couldn't get a picture with him. :( Oh, well, it was still cool! :D

[Radical Activist]

1. Where was he speaking?

Durbin doesn't get the respect, attention or recognition that he deserves here at DU. I guess because he hasn't run for President. When everyone complains about all the Senate Democrats being a complete waste they often overlook Durbin reliably standing up for progressive ideals.

[ZombieNixon]

2. The DePaul Democrats (for whom I am the webmaster) had him come

speak in the Schmitt Academic Center. :D

[Fleshdancer]

3. Cool!

and it sounds like you found your mind in time for his visit. Kudos to you! :D

Just out of morbid curiosity, what did the college chicken hawks ask?

[ZombieNixon]

4. OMG, their questions sounded so scripted.

I could hear them behind me discussing what to ask next, but when they spoke you practically hear how their brains are wired differently from ours.

One asked, regarding immigration, "How do you know that these illegal immigrants are going to come out of the shadows for the promise of American citizenship when they know they have to pay back taxes?"

The other one was totally outrageous coming from a college students. "How can you condemn (the CEO of Sallie Mae, who uses the interest and profit made on student loans to build his own private golf course) for being a good businessman?" I wanted to punch the guy, but Durbin dealt with him in a much better fashion. :)