Lubbock Left

After the success of last Friday’s Presidential Debate watch party (we packed the pub!), we Lubbock Democrats have decided to do it again!

Come join Lubbock Democrats for a VP Debate watch party this Thursday:

VP Debate Watch Party
7:00 p.m., Thursday, October 2
Murphy’s Irish Pub
3502 Slide Road, Lubbock, TX
Debate starts at 8:00 central
Sponsor: Lubbock County Democratic Party

Since it’s an Irish pub, mooseburgers may not be available…

(But the fried pickles are delicious. Seriously.)

See you there!

Friday’s debate watch party, sponsored by the Texas Tech Democrats and the Dwight Fullingim for Congress campaign, is still on.

DEBATE WATCH PARTY
6:30pm - 9:30pm
Murphy’s Pub
35th & Slide Rd.

The party’s on, come McCain or shine.

The 2008 South Plains Fair is in full swing, and — thanks to Texas Democratic Women of the South Plains — the Lubbock County Democrats have a booth! So far, the energy at the booth is great, and the response from fair-goers has been very positive.

Grace, a volunteer working at the booth, was kind enough to pose for the above photo.

The Democratic Party booth features free campaign literature for County Commissioner races all the way up to House and Senate and our next President Obama. Campaign buttons, stickers, and T-Shirts are available for reasonable donations. Deputy voter registrars can register you to vote on the spot.

We also have free balloons for the kids!

Stop on by the booth and get your picture taken next to a life-size cutout of Obama!

I’ve been told that there will be an important press conference tomorrow (Friday) at 2pm at Lubbock County Democratic Party Headquarters (2809A 74th St).

I have no idea what it’s about.

And there you have it.

Hot off the presses from our County Chair Pam Brink:

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION WATCH PARTY
AUGUST 28, 2008
7:30 P.M. (Speech at 9:00 P.M.)
UNION HALL: 405 50TH STREET
beverages and munchies provided

You can register for the event at my.barackobama.com as well.

Don’t forget that Dwight Fullingim’s campaign headquarters is opening today! 1302 Ave Q, 4pm-7pm.

Friday’s “4th Off Broadway” Democratic Party area is captured in this wonderful YouTube video.

Thanks, Rex!

Yesterday was a blast! I joined my fellow Lubbock Democrats in celebrating Independence Day the best way we know how — by talking about our candidates and registering people to vote.

The Republican Party had what I thought was an unintentionally funny float in the parade. Chris Winn was driving a big truck, pulling a faux oil barrel labeled “drill here / drill now,” and shouting “Energy Independence” to the crowd. I wonder if he understands that more drilling won’t lower the price of oil, or that the big truck he was driving is the real problem.

A Flickr set of photos from the 4th on Broadway festivities is available.

Robert Ricketts and Quepha Lynn
Mary and Lynn Hatfield
John Masselli and Archie Pitsilides
John Miller, Frank Stogner,

Kirk and Stacey Franklin,
Sue and Bob Weninger, and
Marilyn and Peter Westfall

Invite you to a rally and evening of music under the wide West Texas sky as we welcome

Rick Noriega
Democratic nominee for US Senate

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

at the American Wind Power Center and Museum
1701 Canyon Lake Drive
Lubbock, TX 79403

$10 suggested donation
$500 host donation
$1000 sponsor donation
To purchase tickets or to sign up as a host or sponsor, visit
http://www.actblue.com/page/rickettsreception

For more information, please contact Phil Lovegren by phone at (512) 472-7425 or via email at phil@ricknoriega.com

Please make checks payable to Rick Noriega for Senate, and mail to Rick Noriega for Senate, P.O. Box 231163, Houston, TX 77223.

Contributions or gifts to Rick Noriega for Texas are not deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income tax purposes. To comply with Federal law, we must use our best efforts to obtain, maintain, and submit the name, mailing address, occupation and name of employer of individuals whose contributions exceed $200 per calendar year.

Just arrived home from the 2008 Texas Democratic Convention. I had a blast!

I am still gathering my thoughts of the experience, and will post more about it throughout the week.

In the meantime, I have started a thread about the convention at the Lubbock Online Forums.

Big shout-outs to spacedark and jobsanger, two excellent Amarillo bloggers I finally got to meet in person at the blogger caucus (ie, bloggers getting drunk) Thursday night.

Well, I’ve been pretty pumped up about the State Democratic Convention for weeks now, and the past week or so has been very hectic as I try to prepare for it.

Among other things, I look forward to meeting several of my fellow bloggers this weekend.

Hopefully I will have some time to blog about the convention as it happens.

Especially considering tonight’s news that Hillary will suspend her campaign this weekend, it’s a very good time to be a Democrat in Texas!

See you in Austin!