Getting Started. . .
I’m standing in the Cyber Cafe in the Exhibit Hall after picking up my registration, ribbons, and delegate card, and there are lots of people starting to trickle in. I’ll be riding with friends to the offsite location for Ministry Days to hear John respond to the Berry Street address in just a few minutes (I suppose I’ll listen to the address itself, too… ;-) ).
I hadn’t thought too much about how next year’s UUA presidential election will affect this year’s GA, but it’s definitely starting. The Morales and Hallman booths are right next to each other at the front of the hall, both staffed with enthusiastic volunteers and filled with lots of free stuff (and chocolate!); the campaign ads are right next to each other in the program book, and there are several opportunities over the week to hear what they both have to say.
I don’t know either candidate, though I know people firmly in both camps. Ferreting out the more public differences between them will be an interesting task — knowing someone personally is one thing, and gives a unique perspective, but those of us who don’t have that “in” are so far in the dark.
And of course the Barack and Hillary comparisons are flying wildly. Oy. I will do my best to not let my feelings about Hillary color what I might learn about Laurel Hallman.
More later!
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Comment by jacqueline
June 25, 2008 @ 12:07 pm
Thanks so much for sharing your experience while you are there. I only went to GA once and felt like a fish out of water… Love to hear what people think who fit in!