rhubarb at the YearlyKos

Unbeknownst to all of you, two of my roommates in college have become major bloggers and progressive movement types: Justin Krebs and Matt Stoller. Both are at the Yearly Kos (in Chicago this year) and I stopped by what appeared to be a continuous afterparty last night at the McCormick Place Hyatt. As -- I believe -- the only representative of the avant garde poetic community at the Yearly Kos, I did my best to promote your interests. Because that's what I'm all about.

rhubarb: So who are you supporting in the primaries?
New York Democratic Party State Chair: Hillary Clinton.
rhubarb: Ha ha ha good one.
(stony silence)
New York Democratic Party State Chair: I am the New York Democratic Party State Chair.
rhubarb: Yeah, but, come on, Hillary? She's awful!
(more awkward silence)
rhubarb: Wait, I get it, Hilary is Senator from New York, you have to support her.
New York Democratic Party State Chair: It's not that hard.

Talking Points Memo Guy: So poetry blogging huh?
rhubarb: Yup! It's changing everything. We're doing for poetry what you're doing for politics! I've even heard poets use the phrase "blogosphere"!
Talking Points Memo Guy: How much traffic do you get?
rhubarb: Well . . . some weeks I break twelve hundred.
Talking Points Memo Guy: We get over two hundred thousand visitors a day.

American Prospect blogger: What's the poetry blogosphere like?
rhubarb: It's great . . . very vibrant . . . kind of like a pyramid, you know, in terms of traffic, everyone visits Ron Silliman's blog . . . it trickles down from there . . .
American Prospect blogger: Who?
rhubarb: He was big in the 70s.
American Prospect blogger: What is it like politically? Do you guys get involved in politics?
rhubarb: Well, you know, most poets are like "whatever you are, I'm slightly more left wing."
American Prospect blogger: That's cute.

Campagin Manager for Mark Udall: So what do you do?
rhubarb: I'm a scientist.