Nozell, rhymes with Oh Hell

We walked in support of Governor John Lynch’s re-election but also said hello to US Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter and hopefully our future US Senator Jeanne Shaheen.

I don’t know who thought of it first, but Trevor got his cast signed and Logan his t-shirt signed by all three of them (and NH 1st lady Dr. Susan Lynch)

After the parade we had a picnic with some friends down at Wasserman Park which was nearly empty. The weather held out and it was a great day.

Here are the rest of the photos: July 4th parade, Merrimack, NH

Hillary Clinton & Barack Obama Laughing, originally uploaded by marcn.

Carol Shea-Porter

Paul Hodes

Jeanne Shaheen

NH Governor John Lynch & Dr. Susan Lynch

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Unite for Change

All the photos from the event are here: marcn’s buddy icon
Obama/Clinton @ Unity, NH

First I’m mentioned in NY Times’ blog The Caucus in Richardson Keeps Up a Cheerful Pace

For his final stop of the night, Mr. Richardson’s S.U.V. convoy — noticeably smaller than those of the other candidates — pulled into the parking lot of the Cinemagic IMAX movie theater in Hooksett where he mingled with a small crowd in the lobby not far from the popcorn and soda machines.

Marc Nozell, 49, who lives in nearby Merrimack brought his three sons to meet Mr. Richardson even though Mr. Nozell has already decided to vote for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. A campaign aide snapped a photo of the four of them with the candidate.

As he walked out of the theater, Mr. Nozell was laughing. The aide had left one of his sons out of the picture, but he was still pleased that Mr. Richardson had time to pose with them. Though, he said, it might not bode well for his campaign.

“If you are a candidate you don’t want to be accessible at this point,” he said. “You want to be a rock star like Obama or Hillary.”

Griffin was standing right next to Richardson’s left. Here is the photo:

BTW, he got my age wrong.

And then today a photo in the online version of nytimes.com shows our entire family at the Hillary Primary party at Southern NH University.

All of my photos from last night’s Hillary Clinton Primary victory party are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcn/sets/72157603677800683/

From behind the stage on Primary Night at Hillary Clinton Campaign

Originally uploaded by marcn

More photos later…

Wendy and I had lunch at the India Palace in Nashua and a few minutes after being seated a Democratic presidential candidate comes in and has lunch. Unaccompanied. Only in NH on primary day!

Anyone want to guess who it was?

I do have a photo of this person in my Flickr photostream.

Hillary Clinton @ Manchester Rally

Originally uploaded by marcn

Last night we took all the kids up to see the last Hillary Clinton rally before the Primary today.

They were all troopers, especially Emma who fell asleep during it.

Wendy was psyched that Hillary signed her homemade sign.

Hillary, Bill and Chelsea Clinton

Check out all the photos from last night: Hillary Clinton Rally, Manchester NH

Vermin Supreme, Republican for President (really)
The boys are supporting Vermin Supreme (yes, really registered as a Republican) in the NH Primary

Originally uploaded by marcn

Sunday some of us walked up and down Elm Street in Manchester, NH to just soak in the political atmosphere.

We saw some fun stuff:

Randy Crow, Democratic Candidate for President (with Spencer)

A GOP person protesting Giuliani

Daniel Imperato, Independent for President

Back of Charlie Gibson’s head

Don’t Tax me, Bro!

Bill Richardson who we actuall drove over to Litchfield to see.

Chuck Norris and Mike Huckabee hugging

Originally uploaded by marcn

Sunday afternoon Spencer, Trevor, Addy and I saw Chuck Norris and Mick Huckabee in Windham, NH at a chowderfest.

There were around 500 people there and it seemed a lot of them where there to see Chuck Norris. The crowd was polite, but not terribly enthusiastic.

Spencer was able to give the Governor his Stephen Colbert “WristStrong” bracelet — which you are required to do if you see someone more famous than yourself. We looked for it during the FOX Republican ‘debate’, but didn’t see him wear it. Bastard!

Mike Huckabee

Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris

Gena Norris

Barack Obama

Originally uploaded by marcn

Saturday afternoon Griffin and I saw Barack Obama at the Nashua, NH high school.

Barack Obama at Nashua North High School

Rudy Giuliani

Originally uploaded by marcn

I’m going to start hitting the Republican events — they are much more exciting.

At this evening’s Rudy event at the Nashua Elks’ club there was a Pro-Life protester who started yelling at him — “A vote for Rudy is a vote for Dead Babies” and “You have blood on your hands”. The crowd was Pro-Choice and kind of murmured over the protester. Spencer and I ran into the dude (see the complete photoset for a picture of him) and asked who *he* was supporting — Huckabee.

At the car there was a strange Pro-Life flyer from a mythical Smith 2008 candidate who has a “Negro Problem”. It is copyrighted by Randall Terry. I’ll scan it in later.