Kerrycrats, I've got news!

[WildEyedLiberal]

After the birthday bash party, I got the emails of a couple of Kerry's staffers, whom I've kept in touch with for the past couple of months. One of them works for his Boston office.

It's official: I'm going to be interning for JK this summer in his Boston office.

BOSTON, LOOK OUT!


:evilgrin:

I shall be staying with one of our number, who will no doubt post in here shortly.

EDIT: I would NOT have had this amazing, wonderful, once in a lifetime opportunity if NOT for the wonderful, amazing souls in the JOHN KERRY FORUM who made the Birthday Trip happen. My deepest, deepest gratitude and love for ALL OF YOU without whom I would never have met John Kerry, never have met so many wonderful, LIFE-LONG FRIENDS, and never recovered from the depression of 2004. You are a lifeline, a beacon of light in the otherwise dark, cynical cutthroat world of politics, and you mean more to me than words can express. I hope I get a chance to meet ALL OF YOU someday, and I hope as many of you as can come out and visit me this summer in Boston!

[ProSense]

1. You lucky

:evilgrin:


Congratulations WEL!


:toast:

[karynnj]

2. Congratulations! That really should be fantastic

[TayTay]

3. Congratulations!

We can par-tee in Boston this summer. (Get Red Sox tickets now. They tend to sell out. You have to see the Sawx while you are in Boston in the summer. It's a must. Bleachers will do.)

We should have a mini get-together in Boston this summer. You will be here, the player to be named later will be here, I'll be here, we have lots of Boston folks here. This could be fun.

Congratulations to you! (Work hard and make us proud my dear as I KNOW you will.)

:bounce: :party: :dem: :hug: :yourock: :applause: :patriot:

(BTW, I am so proud of you. This is wonderful.)

[WildEyedLiberal]

8. Oh yes, meetups this summer are a definite.

I am SO swamped with school but it's hard to concentrate on anything with this excitement looming on the horizon. I will definitely be in touch with you Massholes more as the date approches (and midterms aren't breathing down my neck).

[babylonsister]

4. Holy moly, you lucky, lucky person you! Congrats! nt

[globalvillage]

5. That's incredible!

You are going to have a blast, I just know it.
I am excited, jealous and very, very proud of you, WEL.
Work hard, have fun and behave yourself.
And if you can only manage two of the three...

This is truly happy, happy news. Congratulations. You deserve this opportunity.

:yourock: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :applause: :yourock:

[FreedomAngel82]

6. Congrats!!!

You're so lucky. I'm happy for you! Do you know what you're going to be doing? Please keep posting and telling us how it goes!

[WildEyedLiberal]

7. Oh I will definitely keep you guys posted.

Thanks for the warm wishes everyone!

[WildEyedLiberal]

9. Be sure to see my edit to the OP

I have been given this opportunity because of you :grouphug:

[TayTay]

11. You'll like Boston a lot more in the summer than the winter

It's way, way prettier than when you saw it in the slushy snow and ice. Remember to have some fun and enjoy yourself and take in the sights and sounds of the city. (Free concerts on the Esplanade, the World-famous 4th of July concert and fireworks that are second to none and all that stuff.)

Boston is the second 'youngest' city in America, after Austin Texas, in terms of the average age of it's citizens. The city is full of interesting things to do and see in the summer. Have a great internship, learn a lot and have some fun. This truly is the opportunity of a lifetime and I am so happy for you. Remember to keep us posted on what it's like and, ahm, have a great time!

And if we had something to do with this, so much the better. It's nice to know that 'they' know we are here and that 'they' recognize a great intern possibility when 'they' see one. Good for us all! Ahm, btw, want to take a tour of vote-rich Southern New Hampshire? I could show you some of the cities and towns and places that are famous every 3-4 years. No particular reason, but you are graduating in '07 and haven't made any plans yet for after graduation, right?

[Island Blue]

10. That's fantastic WEL!

This will be the experience of a lifetime for sure! Have fun, learn a lot and make lots of contacts. Wow! I am psyched for you. (And a little jealous too. :)) This is really exciting!

On edit after reading your edit. I think I'm going to cry now. :grouphug: This is an amazing group of people, for sure!

[_dynamicdems]

12. This is fantastic! CONGRATULATIONS!

:woohoo: :yourock: This is a great opportunity! You must be psyched! :party:

You are going to :loveya: Boston when the weather is nice! Just don't drink too much :beer:

[wisteria]

13. Well good for you! A once in a lifetime experience. I am happy for

you.

[emulatorloo]

14. How exciting - BOSTON is a hell of a place to be, especially in the summer

Do a great job for the Senator. We are all counting on you.

(and convince him to withdraw from the DLC, so we don't have to hear that IDIOCY in GD-P all the time :evilgrin: )

[WildEyedLiberal]

16. I think I will

Shit, he'd win a ton of votes just doing something that idiotically symbolic.

[FreedomAngel82]

28. Oh please do!!

[ray of light]

15. That's so cool! Congratulations!

[WildEyedLiberal]

17. Thank you

:hug:

I know I wouldn't be there without all of you.

[ray of light]

49. I have fond memories of you inviting me to the kf!

AND of you explaining to me what all those abbreviations were. (lol) Thanks for leading me the way here and good luck to you!

You deserve it! And so does Vek too!

The KF has really been a nice sanctuary, hasn't it?

[LeftyLizzie]

18. That's so awesome! I'm jealous . . .

I'd love to intern in his DC office, since I go to school in DC, but I'm sure those positions are hard to get. You're really lucky to get one! I actually have an internship lined up at the Heinz Foundation offices here in DC, and I was supposed to do that this semester, but unfortuntely my class schedule wasn't flexible enough :(. Oh well, I'm sure you're going to have tons of fun!

[karynnj]

21. Congratulations to you as well

That should be a very interesting internship.

[WildEyedLiberal]

22. That sucks, can you do the internship over the summer?

Keep on trying, it'd be an awesome experience!

[LeftyLizzie]

26. Actually, I'm going home for the summer . . .

I'm an only child and my parents are having major separation anxiety! And this is probably going to be my last summer at home, because I'll probably spend one summer interning on the Hill and another abroad. Plus, I'm going to work on a campaign at home - my congressman, Jim Davis, is running for governor of Florida, and he's a friend of my parents, so I think that'll be a lot of fun. I'm going to try to do the Heinz internship next semester. Sometime down the road, I definitely want to intern on Capital Hill, though. I have some people who I could intern for on the Hill, but I'm holding out for Kerry!

[FreedomAngel82]

29. Just wondering but

how did you get the internship? Are they hard to get? I'm sure someone like Kerry is really hard.

[jillan]

33. Was that a freudian slip?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[WildEyedLiberal]

36. LMAO

HOW did I miss that the first time?

:evilgrin:

[ProSense]

34. I agree.

:rofl:

[JI7]

25. keep trying for it

you might not get it this year, or maybe not even next. but something might come up someday.

another KErry forum member John Kleeb got to intern also . even though it wasn't for Kerry it was still good and he had the chance to see other congress members.

[jenndar]

19. That's great!

You must be so happy!

[Noisy Democrat]

20. Awesome!

Congratulations, WEL! That is wonderful!

[JI7]

23. WOW

CONGRATS. that's so great. in a weird way i feel excited myself even though it's you who will intern for him. maybe it's because it feels like we are connected to him more. or that with you working for him if there is something we really feel he needs to know you can get it to him.

there are so many times i hope JK knows certain things (and he probably does) but it's good to know you will be there for him.

you will be on official record as a JK intern with photo and probably on his website. try to get as close to him as you can in that pic.

(hopefully this will help you get a job working for him after college, specially for a certain election campaign)

[WildEyedLiberal]

24. That's what I'm banking on

;)

BTW, you (and everyone) should totally feel free to come visit me in Boston this summer, time and money permitting. I can't wait! I hope I get to see him a lot, since I know he'll be in DC a lot.

[FreedomAngel82]

30. Maybe you can get him on election fraud

Hope, hope? Do you already have a place ready for you?

[JI7]

41. i just realized now, it's the Boston office, not DC

where you will be interning. that's probably better because there are laws which limit what one can do in their Senate office and just on Capitol Hill concerning campaigning, especially for another office.

working in Boston might mean you have more opportunity to work on things that aren't just Senate related and maybe campaign related. it also seems less formal than dc where there are other Senators and the actual Senate session going on. maybe you will catch JK in something other than business suit especially since it will be summer when he should take time to relax.

[FreedomAngel82]

42. Yeah

That would be cool!

[politicasista]

27. Congratulations WEL!

Hope it turns out to be a blast and great experience for you. :hi:

[jillan]

31. Does Teresa know about this?

WEL!!!!!!!!



I am sooooooooooooooooooooo

excited for you!!

This is the most exciting news - really it is!!!! wooo hoooo



Promise you will keep in touch.



A dream come true - Good goin' !!!
:toast:

[WildEyedLiberal]

32. I shall assuredly post updates

And no, don't tell Teresa! :o

:P

[jillan]

35. You're going to have to let me live vicariously thru you.

It's so exciting - like a family member getting a huge promotion.
But better :) much better:)
I have a feeling who the other person is, and if I'm right, that is
amazing - it is a dream come true.

[FreedomAngel82]

43. Get us some

pictures. }(

[jillan]

37. This is just sinking in...

If you are an intern, and another Kerrycrat is going to be also....

I have no doubt in my mind that John Kerry will be the 44th President of the United States.

With the two of you providing the knowledge of being here, being on DU, from the blogishpere, you are going to be the best campaign additions to his staff. During the 2004 campaign I used to get so frustrated that no one seemed to be reading the JK forum, because if they were, things would have been alot different, they would have seen things from our eyes. And now - drum roll please - they will.

This is amazing. Awesome. Exciting.

Kerry in 2008.

Ohmigosh - I'm doing my Kerry cheers again!

[FreedomAngel82]

44. Yep!

I hope so! But with 2008 I have had strong emotional pull towards Kerry being president in 2008 and have had visions of him being president. Of course I could be biased. :blush:

[sandnsea]

38. Oh joy oh joy oh joy

I am jumping up and down for you!! This is so wonderful WEL, incredible! I can't even imagine how excited you are, what an opportunity.

:applause:

:woohoo:

[GRLMGC]

39. Congrats

I wish I could be there with you. I'll see you for a few days though when I come visit Boston again!

[JanusAscending]

40. YOU GO GIRL !!!

Congratulations, and I'm green with envy. I know you'll do us proud !!:party: :toast: Love, DC

[saracat]

45. Congratulations! Have a great time! I envy you!

You will be terrific!

[beachmom]

46. Congratulations, WEL!! Wow, really incredible!

I am so excited for you -- you will learn so much and be able to give insights to the staff that are truly unique. Please, please, please post when you can -- I think I've said before I'm a stay at home Mom with two small children and must live vicariously through people like you who are doing great things.

Just on the practical side, what wonderful resume action!! Just curious, is this the type of work you want to do once you graduate (politics)? Even after John Kerry retires? Or does it represent a unique place in time? Either way, what a great experience you will have. You deserve it, with all the time and effort you have put in promoting the Senator on this and other boards!

[MH1]

47. Woo-hoo! Congratulations!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

:patriot: :toast: :party:

I'm jealous! Oh to be young again.... :evilgrin:

I'm definitely making a trip to Boston this summer! Too bad most of my vacation allowance is already spoken for x( but I'll figure something out. :)

After a summer of WEL, Boston will never be the same....

[Mass]

48. Congratuations, WEL.

[Blaukraut]

50. Holy cow, WEL

I step away from my computer for a few hours and all hell breaks loose again. I am so happy for you and Vek. If there is anything at all you two might need while you're here, just say the word. And we better have a mini meetup. I'm looking forward to seeing you guys again :-)

[Vektor]

51. Please see my "Interns need help" post!

:-)

[kerrygoddess]

52. Congrats and Good Luck!

Look out Beantown... two wicked gals will be on the loose!

[kerrygoddess]

53. DUPE

Hmmm... not sure what happened.

[Luftmensch067]

54. Fantastic news!

I'm away visiting family so can't read as much as usual, but this is truly awesome! So happy for both you and Vek, and looking forward to seeing you while you're here in town!