HRC sends Sean Astin up to Seattle to fuck up her campaign, lolz

NOT KIDDING

(not posting this on the primaries thread because it will be sucked into the middle zone in three seconds. Also, thread ego, etc.)

This from the latter story from Eli Sanders:

Hillary Clinton’s surrogate? He was very, very late, causing a lot of grumbling from the crowd, which was overwhelmingly pro-Obama.

(...)

When Clinton’s surrogate finally showed up he was… Sean Astin??? Yes, the man who played Samwise Gangee in Lord of the Rings had flown up to rally the Hillary Clinton troops. Which made very little sense, given that the type of people who show up for legislative district caucuses on a Saturday don’t really need a celebrity (or semi-celebrity) to motivate them to take political action.

Astin’s speech was most memorable for this line: “Should Obama get the nomination I will become a massive Barack Hussein Obama supporter.”

Hussein? Eyebrows shot up. Brows furrowed. Heads turned. A friend in the audience texted me: “Hussein!?”

...

This happened in the 36th and 43rd districts. The former district is mine. Now I'm really really sorry I didn't stick out as an Obama delegate. I was schoolmates with th'Astin once upon a time. (OK, back in junior high for two years.) He's a great guy! I could have talked some sense into him. Ah well. :(