Lincoln Chafee: That All You Got?
POTUS aspirant: Lincoln Chafee
Site: Democratic clambake in Portsmouth, NH
Date: 5/31/15
Attendees: 150 Democrats in lobster bibs
Living on the New Hampshire border is entertaining during Presidential run-up season. When the candidate-critters start running about our news feeds light up with much more than ever makes it to national attention. We get to hear many voices, including local blogger Morey Stettner, who writes for Seacoast Online, the web presence of several small newspapers. He recently ate some bugs and heard a talk:
Waking up like a kid on Christmas morning, I expected to see two presidential candidates in one day: Ted Cruz and Lincoln Chafee.
Who wouldn’t want to spend a rainy Sunday vetting two eighth-tier horses in this race?
Bad news No. 1: Cruz was a no-show in Dover. Reportedly, he rushed back to Washington DC to vote on the extension of the Patriot Act.
Bad news No. 2: Chafee gave the most lifeless seven-minute speech I’ve seen since Tim Pawlenty took the stage four years ago. But I fought off a Benadryl-like somnolence with raw will.
Chafee told us he’s going to announce his candidacy in three days. Good luck with that, sir.
For seven years, Chafee served in the U.S. Senate. During that time, he said Republicans “took the surplus and gave it to the wealthy” and “put us into endless war for false reasons.”
The only breath of life came when Chafee paused, looked around at the well-fed partisan crowd (they had just polished off lobster, corn on the cob, strawberries and whipped cream) and marveled, “How is it possible that Republicans won the House in 2010 and the Senate in 2014? How is that possible?”
Chaffee with soon join Sanders, O'Malley, and Clinton. I gotta say, only Bernie and Hillary seem to be giving it their all so far.
He failed to arouse the crowd. His robotic gestures didn’t help. And his face looked defeated from beginning to end.
At least he showed up.
It's gonna take more than just showing up.
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