Comments on: Interview With Connecticut Secretary Of State And Convention Delegate Denise Merrill http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/ Reality-based political commentary Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:57:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Suddenlyreflective http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80965 Suddenlyreflective Thu, 28 Jul 2016 22:45:56 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80965 Speaking as one who came of age in Connecticut, I'm not certain what there is to recommend my state. Heubelin Tower, maybe? Nice neighborhoods? I mean, we've got a lot of places to visit, but they're so small that they're not going to show up in the kind of kid's book that's titled "Learn About the 50 States." What's in Texas? The Alamo! What's in Georgia? Old plantations! What's in Kentucky? Coal Mines! What's in Connecticut? Uh...seafood? Hell if I know. CT used to be a manufacturing powerhouse but that all dried up after World War II when the factories moved west. Now we're a state with wealthy suburbs and depressed, crummy cities full of Black people in poverty and even THAT isn't unique. I don't know. You come to Connecticut and tell me. You can see it from the outside. I can't. Speaking as one who came of age in Connecticut, I'm not certain what there is to recommend my state. Heubelin Tower, maybe? Nice neighborhoods?

I mean, we've got a lot of places to visit, but they're so small that they're not going to show up in the kind of kid's book that's titled "Learn About the 50 States." What's in Texas? The Alamo! What's in Georgia? Old plantations! What's in Kentucky? Coal Mines! What's in Connecticut? Uh...seafood? Hell if I know.

CT used to be a manufacturing powerhouse but that all dried up after World War II when the factories moved west. Now we're a state with wealthy suburbs and depressed, crummy cities full of Black people in poverty and even THAT isn't unique.

I don't know. You come to Connecticut and tell me. You can see it from the outside. I can't.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80906 nypoet22 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:12:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80906 me too liz. me too liz.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80889 Elizabeth Miller Thu, 28 Jul 2016 10:58:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80889 I don't know, Joshua, I keep getting this feeling that he's trying to be so outrageous - so ridiculously outrageous - that there is no way, no how that he could ever be elected as POTUS and leader of the free world. I still think that prospect scares him to death. If that's his strategy, I sure hope it works! I don't know, Joshua, I keep getting this feeling that he's trying to be so outrageous - so ridiculously outrageous - that there is no way, no how that he could ever be elected as POTUS and leader of the free world. I still think that prospect scares him to death.

If that's his strategy, I sure hope it works!

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80888 nypoet22 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 10:53:19 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80888 @liz, the method is to say absolutely anything, no matter how outlandish, to keep the attention on HIM. it's the all press is good press theory, and its effectiveness is depressing but predictable. @liz,

the method is to say absolutely anything, no matter how outlandish, to keep the attention on HIM. it's the all press is good press theory, and its effectiveness is depressing but predictable.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80860 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 27 Jul 2016 21:50:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80860 TS, Do you think there could be some method to Trump's madness? TS,

Do you think there could be some method to Trump's madness?

]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80827 TheStig Wed, 27 Jul 2016 17:45:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80827 I think the breaking news has changed a bit. Trump has just asked the Russian's to cyberspy for him. Trump has thrown himself under his own bus. I think it might be time to call in the guys wearing white coats carrying nets and a syringe full of tranquilizers. I think the breaking news has changed a bit. Trump has just asked the Russian's to cyberspy for him.

Trump has thrown himself under his own bus. I think it might be time to call in the guys wearing white coats carrying nets and a syringe full of tranquilizers.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80773 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 27 Jul 2016 04:28:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80773 Heh. Heh.

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80772 Chris Weigant Wed, 27 Jul 2016 04:26:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80772 LizM - Fear not, I don't even subject my OWN comments to that level of scrutiny! :-) -CW LizM -

Fear not, I don't even subject my OWN comments to that level of scrutiny!

:-)

-CW

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80771 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 27 Jul 2016 04:01:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80771 Chris, <I>Not really. I think I changed "there's 400,000" to "there are 400,000" but I have to be technically correct in such things for journalistic and ethical purposes. Also, I'm a pedant...</I> Yes, a pedant. Thankfully, you don't subject our comments to the same level of scrutiny. But, I now have a better understanding about why it is I always get so frustrated when I use one too many commas or put the apostrophe in the wrong place or any number of other grammatical errors. Which is why I keep asking for an after-posting edit function, you know ... :) Chris,

Not really. I think I changed "there's 400,000" to "there are 400,000" but I have to be technically correct in such things for journalistic and ethical purposes. Also, I'm a pedant...

Yes, a pedant. Thankfully, you don't subject our comments to the same level of scrutiny.

But, I now have a better understanding about why it is I always get so frustrated when I use one too many commas or put the apostrophe in the wrong place or any number of other grammatical errors. Which is why I keep asking for an after-posting edit function, you know ... :)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80770 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 27 Jul 2016 03:54:28 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80770 Chris, So, any chance you can swing an interview with Vice President Biden? :-) Chris,

So, any chance you can swing an interview with Vice President Biden?

:-)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80769 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 27 Jul 2016 03:51:39 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80769 Chris, Automatic voter registration is essentially what we have here in Canada where, through our income tax returns every year, we authorize Elections Canada to update their voter registration records. We also don't have voting machines but, in national, provincial and municipal elections we only and simply vote for the candidate in our riding and not directly for Prime Minister. So, the ballot is a very simple piece of paper with all the riding candidates names on it and we mark our choice with an 'X' ... of course, we have only one tenth of the US population with no "down-ballot" choices to make. Chris,

Automatic voter registration is essentially what we have here in Canada where, through our income tax returns every year, we authorize Elections Canada to update their voter registration records.

We also don't have voting machines but, in national, provincial and municipal elections we only and simply vote for the candidate in our riding and not directly for Prime Minister. So, the ballot is a very simple piece of paper with all the riding candidates names on it and we mark our choice with an 'X' ... of course, we have only one tenth of the US population with no "down-ballot" choices to make.

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80766 Chris Weigant Wed, 27 Jul 2016 03:04:13 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80766 LizM [4] - As she mentioned, Oregon is showing all other states the way forward... automatic voter registration is going to work wonders. -CW LizM [4] -

As she mentioned, Oregon is showing all other states the way forward... automatic voter registration is going to work wonders.

-CW

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80765 Chris Weigant Wed, 27 Jul 2016 03:02:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80765 LizM [3] - Not really. I think I changed "there's 400,000" to "there are 400,000" but I have to be technically correct in such things for journalistic and ethical purposes. Also, I'm a pedant... Denise was a <em>great</em> interview and a very impressive SoS. I kicked myself later on for not asking her on her take on being a female SoS of a state who is supporting a female SoS of the country. Seems an easy connection to make, but then hindsight is always 20/20... :-) -CW LizM [3] -

Not really. I think I changed "there's 400,000" to "there are 400,000" but I have to be technically correct in such things for journalistic and ethical purposes. Also, I'm a pedant...

Denise was a great interview and a very impressive SoS. I kicked myself later on for not asking her on her take on being a female SoS of a state who is supporting a female SoS of the country. Seems an easy connection to make, but then hindsight is always 20/20...

:-)

-CW

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80762 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 27 Jul 2016 02:17:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80762 It is hard to understand how the greatest democracy on the face of the earth finds it so difficult to register its voters and, frankly, to run elections ... especially considering the number of elections run in any given year and the length of the campaigns. That 400,000 eligible voters who are not registered really jumped off the page, I must say ... ??? It is hard to understand how the greatest democracy on the face of the earth finds it so difficult to register its voters and, frankly, to run elections ... especially considering the number of elections run in any given year and the length of the campaigns.

That 400,000 eligible voters who are not registered really jumped off the page, I must say ... ???

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80761 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 27 Jul 2016 02:11:07 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80761 <I>The following interview has been lightly edited for length and grammar.</I> What? Connecticut's Secretary of State has bad grammar!? Really? The following interview has been lightly edited for length and grammar.

What? Connecticut's Secretary of State has bad grammar!?

Really?

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80745 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 27 Jul 2016 00:03:43 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80745 I think they were okay with it. I think they were okay with it.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/07/26/interview-with-connecticut-secretary-of-state-and-convention-delegate-denise-merrill/#comment-80742 nypoet22 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 23:36:45 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=12557#comment-80742 what did delegates have to say about bernie's motion to suspend the rules and nominate hillary? what did delegates have to say about bernie's motion to suspend the rules and nominate hillary?

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