MASON CITY IOWA CAUCUS REVIEW

[Julia]

I swear nothing compares to to the impact of him in person. For the first five minutes, I was in total pain, sheer pain....fighting back tears. It is so hard to see him AND KNOW WHAT SHOULD BE!!!! I fought tears and INTENSE emotion, and it absolutely hurts, the reality standing in front of you is KILLER!!! He's OUR PRESIDENT and that debacle robbed us of too much! How many lives would not have been lost, had that 1 Supreme Court judge not voted against him, it was 5-4--- 1 lousy vote, I DO NOT KNOW HOW GORE HAS SURVIVED THIS...... I WANT JUSTICE LIKE NEVER BEFORE How can we NOT get him back!!!!!! Once he started talking, I was ok. I was 3 rows in front of him, about 10 ft away...and by God....at the end of his speech, I would not settle for a handshake. I hugged him....heart to heart with the President we have GOT to get back! I can not possibly come close to describing in here all that happened in that room. Except to try. At first we were there so early that I got to pick my seat and lots of time went on with just a few people in there, like 25, but then we found out that the doors had been closed holding them out. When the doors opened it was like a floodgate. The gym filled to capacity with people standing in the back. They knew Dean wasn't going to be there. Like me, they came to hear what Al Gore had to say. At first, before I heard audience reactions throughout and all around me, I thought they were all Deanies and I was jealous. And then I started to realize that yes there were alot of Deanies, but the majority are careful voters who are still very cautious about deciding. Iowans take their job very seriously. They know their votes are pivotal to the whole thing and they don't place their votes lightly. They know Al, and they, like me, were there to hear him first hand and sense the SPIRIT of what he projects. I can say a whole lot and I will. I've got alot to talk about. It's going to have to be in pieces and continued tomorrow as I'm exhausted and will have to stop soon. JUSTICE! >:

[Julia]

HIS APPEARANCE: Perfectly fit, primed, and ready for battle. DEMEANOR: Calm, collected, polished. Confident, yet always humble. Ready. Like someone EXPERIENCED in Presidential and world leadership role for more than a decade has earned. Ready.
ROAD WARN? Absolutely not. Calm, been there - done this. Ready for battle
PROJECTION: WE ARE ONE, WE ARE A MOVEMENT, IT'S NOT ABOUT A CANDIDATE, WE ARE CREATING CHANGE, A MOVEMENT OF RISING-UP PEOPLE, NOT ABOUT ANY SINGLE PERSON, ITS US vs. , and ITS US vs the old way things were done.

(Whoever said he was stiff or boring is a lying, jeolous, intimidated, weak, impotent male, paid to say falsehoods til some people buy into it. ) This President, the REAL President is STELLAR.

(P.S. And we need to put those two photos (of Gore next to current pres) on the home front page of this site. Those photos speak so much louder than words ever could. Immediate reaction. Speaks mountains without a single word. We gotta put it out front, may be on that post card too. It works guys. It really works)

to be continued.

[Julia]

Created a new thread called ANOTHER LOST OPPORTUNITY to continue with the content of his speech, not just my personal reactions. Now I know I told you all about "the hug", but some of you may not have heard that I also handed him a letter inviting him to visit this very site to see our humble works. And I might add, If you were him, and some Phyllis Diller look-alike, came up, grabbed and hugged you, and shoved a letter into your unsuspecting hand inviting you to a website about a group supporting you, wouldn't you be curious enuf to go check it out? (that hair-do was all part of the plan u see). Anyway, just think, somewhere, sometime when we least expect it, one of them guests...........might just be the genuine article.