Deanial
"They nodded. Behind me I heard the puppy yipping at the cops. Back at the event, Dean was already speaking. I didn’t go inside, but the speech was being broadcast on a loudspeaker outside the restaurant. When we got there, he was just settling into "four.""We need jobs in America. We’ve got to build roads and infrastructure, and invest in renewable energy," he was saying. "And we’ve got to bring broadband internet communications to even the most remote parts of America, so that those communities can share in the economic development of this country."
I raced back across the street, where the cops were finishing up with the Wickers.
"Forget something?" John said.
"Nah," I said. "I was just listening to this guy’s speech. He was saying that we need to bring broadband internet communications to the country, so that there would be more jobs. I was just wondering if you thought that was a good idea."
"Jeez, I don’t know," John said. "I guess it would be nice. I think they got that—what is it?"
"Broadband internet communications," I said.
"Well, I don’t know," John said. He turned to Cynthia. "Do they have that at the Salvation Army center?"
Stumping by Numbers with Howard Dean
originally posted by zagg