June 23, 2008 - 8:46pm
D’Allesandro honored by Manchester Dems
By Brian Lawson
Category: LocalTags: Barack Obama, John Lynch, Hillary Clinton, Jeanne Shaheen, Betsi DeVries, Carol Shea-Porter, Lou D'Allesandro, Manchester Democrats, Jim Craig
MANCHESTER- Manchester Democrats honored state Sen. Lou D'Allesandro (D-Manchester) at their annual Flag Day fundraiser.
Gov. John Lynch (D-Hopkington) told a story that he was at Fenway Park for New Hampshire Day and a guy came up to him and said he knew D'Allesandro.
"I think half the free world has been either taught or coached by Lou," Lynch told the crowd of 100. "Not only is he a leader in his district, he's a leader in the state."
D'Allesandro told the group that "life is all about relationships."
"Life is all about relationships and life all about additions not subtractions. I've been blessed to add so many friends over the years."
He added, "I think one the greatest compliments I can have is that I've helped make someone else's life better."
Democratic presidential candidates U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) wrote letters honoring D'Allesandro.
"Going door-to-door in Manchester with Lou was on the great highlights of my campaign," Clinton wrote. During the primary, D'Allesandro endorsed Clinton and campaigned for her in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
"Nobody looks better in a black silk shirt than Lou," joked former House leader Jim Craig (D-Manchester).
The daughters of former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D-Madbury) and U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter read letters from their mothers.
The Manchester Democrats also gave state Sen. Betsi DeVries (D-Manchester) the C. Arthur Soucy Award and Patti Cornell the Mary and Henry Sullivan award.
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Lou's "wisdom"
"D'Allesandro told the group that 'life is all about relationships'."
Translation: It's not about right or wrong, it's about who you know.
Or, perhaps,
It's about bringing people together, helping each other, and in this particular case, devoting one's life to helping one's community.
All New Hampshirites are better off for the contributions of Lou D'Allesandro, yourself included, if you even live in this state, which leads me to my last point:
If you're going to attack the honor of another, the least you could do is to respect the reader, and the person you are attacking, would be to use your real name, staking your honor on your belief that what you have said deserves to have been said. Anonymity on the internet has its good uses, but attacking people for no particular reason and with no identifiable impetus other than partisanship is not one of them.
The Republicans' loss...
The death of the NH Republican party started when people like Lou D'Allesandro, Dave Nixon, Ralph Hough, Susan and Malcolm McLane, Hillary Cleveland and thousands more left the party.
...is the Democrats' gain!
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