Rockstar Obama (Updated)
Obama has officially reached for rockstar status. In his latest solicitation for donations he promises to break conventions and be the candidate of the people, not of the Democrat Party;
Barack has made it clear that this is your convention, not his.
On Thursday, August 28th, he’s scheduled to formally accept the Democratic nomination in a speech at the convention hall in front of the assembled delegates.
Instead, Barack will leave the convention hall and join more than 75,000 people for a huge, free, open-air event where he will deliver his acceptance speech to the American people.
It’s going to be an amazing event, and Barack would like you to join him. Free tickets will become available as the date approaches, but we’ve reserved a special place for a few of the people who brought us this far and who continue to drive this campaign.
If you make a donation of $5 or more between now and midnight on July 31st, you could be one of 10 supporters chosen to fly to Denver and spend two days and nights at the convention, meet Barack backstage, and watch his acceptance speech in person. Each of the ten supporters who are selected will be able to bring one guest to join them.
Below is a screen shot of the email. You can click it to make it legible;
That ought to make the delegates feel important, shouldn’t it? They’ve been wined and dined by Hillary’s campaign and Obama is just going to walk out on them to talk to the rabble. You can bet it won’t be the rabble who’ll be protesting him, though. They’ll be carefully selected and screened rabble.
I hope there’s plenty of smelling salts on hand.
UPDATE: Bits Blog reports that Obama plans to give a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to mimic JFK and Ronald Reagan;
Believe me BO, we knew Reagan and you are no Gipper.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Politics
I actually like his plan to say F-U to the delegates and speak to ordinary people who want to pack into a stadium. Of course, being in front of such large, riled-up crowds is where he appears more effective (than in a convention center with a smaller group of seasoned politicos).
Will it be Michael Jackson or Janet Jackson headlining the Half Time Show?
Mac couldn’t fill a stadium if he paid people to come.Understand he just hired a speech coach.That’s a start for “Mr.Excitement”
Hey Jonn-keep me posted about when Obama will be in Berlin, and I promise I’ll go see how welcoming he is to anti-war views these days, or if I get thrown under the bus. 🙂
Figure Code Pink will crash a stadium event.
A/S,
Obama will be there to rededicate The Wall once you and the rest of the IVAW finish restoring it.