Official Kick-Off of Idaho Veterans for Obama!
Veterans and non-Veterans are invited to attend
Thursday, July 31st, at Veterans Memorial Park (Boise, ID), Obama for America will kick off the Veterans for Obama national campaign efforts in Idaho! Speakers will include Idaho Governor and Korean War Veteran, Cecil Andrus; U.S. Senatorial Candidate and Army Veteran, Larry LaRocco; and, former Idaho Campaign Manager for Hillary Clinton and Vietnam War Veteran, John Greenfield. This event is FREE and open to the public and press. Food will be available.
Date: July 31st (This Thursday)
Time: 6pm
Location: Idaho Veterans Memorial Park - Veteran's Picnic Shelter
930 N. Veterans Memorial Pkwy., Boise, ID 83703
Event Sign up
If you would like to volunteer at this event or with Idaho Veterans for Obama, please contact:
TJ Thomson, Air Force Veteran
Obama for America State Chair - Idaho Veterans for Obama
This looks great TJ. Glad to see you leading the charge of organizing the veteran vote! I plan to be there. I am both the daughter and granddaughter of veterans. They protect us both here and abroad, and we owe them no less here at home. That is one of the many reasons why I support Barack Obama.
Posted by: Colleen Fellows | July 30, 2008 at 12:49 AM
I'll be there too; I'm not a veteran for Obama (yet), but I'll certainly be interested to see how much energy there is at the gathering. (My wife, who is a veteran's wife for Obama, will be there as well.)
Posted by: Bubblehead | July 31, 2008 at 11:56 AM
I just got back from the event; I'd say there were over 150 highly energized people there. It was great hearing from Larry LaRocco and especially Gov. Andrus. T.J. did a great job putting everything together; he did us District 20 Dems proud! Only problem I noted was John Greenfield saying that Abraham Lincoln had no military experience prior to being elected President (he was a Captain in the Illinois militia during the Black Hawk War: http://www.il.ngb.army.mil/museum/HistPeople/Lincoln.htm ), but this small inaccuracy was vastly overshadowed by seeing the former head of Sen. Clinton's Idaho organization come out so strongly for Sen. Obama.
I'm still not supporting Sen. Obama for President, but I could see myself switching my vote is Sen. McCain continues running an inappropriately negative campaign.
Posted by: Bubblehead | July 31, 2008 at 08:34 PM
Bubblehead, thanks for your report. I'm shortly putting up a slide show (tonight) and a write-up Friday morning, so I hope you can report your comment there. Thanks!
And thanks for getting a head count. I was guessing 100+, anyway. Did you get in the veterans' photo we took at the end?
Posted by: Julie in Boise | July 31, 2008 at 09:55 PM