obama-sistable

this saturday was the big unity event day for the obama campaign, and there were loads of obama meetups in san diego, including a rather large one in balboa park. i walked over to one here in kensington with our friends from across the street, and was impressed by the turnout (35 folks or so) and the enthusiasm of the group. we watched a video from the obama campaign, enjoyed the peaceful backyard of the host, and talked about why we were interested in the campaign. it was a great opportunity to meet neighbors who have the same concerns about how things are going in this country and how we can help change it.

at the meeting, i mentioned that much of my previous campaign work for democrats has consisted of bugging people on the phone, and copping an idea i saw a while back on dailykos.com, i suggested that we perform community service/volunteer work with our obama gear on. this could demonstrate that this campaign is about more than just electing someone - it's about improving our communities by helping people who need it most during these rough times. people seemed genuinely interested in that, and i'm hoping we can use the e-mail list from the meeting to put together some volunteer events. related web resources include the events page on the barackobama.com website ("events" link on the right), various san diego groups ("groups" link) on that site, the san diego obama meetup.com group, and volunteer.org with volunteer opportunities like one to help restore the san diego river on july 26th. i'm excited to put together some events, and maybe send a message - that the trend of selfishness in this country that contributed to conservative successes over the past decade needs to be addressed and countered by this campaign.

on a lighter note, someone said the word "obamacan" to describe republican obama voters, and for some reason that triggered my memory of detroit octane's performance of the ridiculous "barack obama-sistible" on conan recently. now it's stuck on repeat in my head. here's the original video, subtitles-istable and all.

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