Yes, we can.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. ~Barack Obama


Yes, I'm fired up about Obama. If you feel the same way, this thread is for you. According to the Super Tuesday poll, we have more than a few supporters here. (May I say, I'm calling the State of LoT's Democratic Primary results - Obama wins with 77%. Now how does our state divvy up delegates?)

So, now it's on to other states. Louisiana, Nebraska, and Washington are up next. Sitting here twiddling my thumbs, I realized I needed to do something to help, even though the action is far from me.

Obama's site has the goods, of course. Ways you can help:

• Donate. I did.
• Urge Edwards to endorse Obama.
• Make phone calls to the states that are coming up. There are ways to do this online, and there are phonebank parties IRL. In Santa Ana they're calling Washington state tonight. I have to admit that I'm not a fan of this strategy, but it's there if you want to go for that.
• Volunteer. I put my name in, and I'll keep an eye on local events - I'd like to help fundraise, if possible.

Yeah, I'm not exactly an activist, which is why I encourage Obama supporters to do just a little something. Our little something makes a difference.

From the OP. Granted, our threads tend to go off in all directions, but I was a little irritated by iSm's urging Scaeagles on, and his semi-mild condemnation of CP for her enthusiasm regarding Obama. I think the first post does make it clear that she intended this to be a positive thread, and while you can (and do) do whatever you want; I just thought it might be nice to consider her feelings . It's not like there aren't fifty thousand other threads around here where you go and slam Obama to your heart's content.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I was a little irritated by iSm's urging Scaeagles on, and his semi-mild condemnation of CP for her enthusiasm regarding Obama.

I have never been critical of her enthusiasm.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I have never been critical of her enthusiasm.

iSm. ("Mad passion" and "please don't let CP's individual displeasure stop you from posting any interesting tidbits or any damn thing you feel like posting.")

Like I said, no problem. Have fun.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

iSm. ("Mad passion" and "please don't let CP's individual displeasure stop you from posting any interesting tidbits or any damn thing you feel like posting.")

Like I said, no problem. Have fun.

Perhaps "Mad" passion could imply, like, crazy passion, but I seriously didn't mean it that way. I was just using hyperbole to up the already enthusiastic quality of the word "passion."


I stand by the latter quoted statement, and I don't see how by any stretch of the English language it impunes Jen's enthusiasm for her candidate.



For the record, I Heart Cadaverous Pallor. I may not believe in her candidate as much as she, but I admire her passion greatly.



Have fun in Scotland, CP. What are they saying about our election over there???