On Jan 1, 2011, Let’s Water-Balloon Obama in Effigy, Nation-wide!

People need to get busy organizing productively for their future, but quite frankly, a lot of us need to have a good laugh, maybe moreso. So, why not attempt to

1) provide that laugh

2) put Primary Obama / Dump Obama on the national radar

3) start the evangelizing process for Primary Obama / Dump Obama

4) provide networking opportunities

5) let people work out some of their frustrations, at least temporarily

My plan is simple – Water Balloon Obama in Effigy! Nation-wide!

On Jan 1, 2011, Let’s Water-Balloon Obama in Effigy, Nation-wide! Let’s kick off Primary Obama / Dump Obama evangelizing with a splash!!

Background reading: See Dump Obama diairies by jeffroby, and Primary Obama diaires by themalcontent, both at MyFDL. My own thoughts about an evangelism kit for Primary Obama / Dump Obama are here.

I just had a wild idea, after reading somewhat depressing comments about the state of progressive political power, the Democrats, etc. There’s a lot of dispirited Dems and former Dems, out there, that’s for sure. (See this, e.g.)  I think what makes the gloom much worse than it has to be is that people don’t have much of a sense of what they can actually do to turn things around. If they had a plan they could believe in, and inspiring leaders, they’d wouldn’t have time to spend on articulating feelings of gloom.

People need to get busy organizing productively for their future, but quite frankly, a lot of us need to have a good laugh, maybe moreso. So, why not attempt to

1) provide that laugh

2) put Primary Obama / Dump Obama on the national radar

3) start the evangelizing process for Primary Obama / Dump Obama

4) provide networking opportunities

5) let people work out some of their frustrations, at least temporarily

My plan is simple – Water Balloon Obama in Effigy! Nation-wide! With micro-phones, where the water balloon chuckers let the crowd, and Obama and the Democratic Party if they dare listen, know what they think about Obummer, and what (besides throwing a water balloon) they intend to do about it! Loud microphones! With the press, invited! With TV news camera crews invited! With people in wheelchairs invited! With people dressed as Elvis Presley invited!

For the love of God, don’t forget the Elvis impersonators! Also, a guest appearance by Pigasus would be wonderful.

We don’t have the $$ of the corporations, but we have each other and our creativity. Let’s turn this around, and have some fun, at the same time. Speaking for myself, I don’t enjoy hanging with doom and gloomers, though I certainly have a soft spot in my heart for activists.

(Needless to say, there should also be people passing out flyers describing Primary Obama / Dump Obama, and asking people to volunteer their time. Also, some other Democratic luminaries like Rahm Emmanuel and Max Baucus should also be water-ballooned in effigy.)

Activists: start your engines, and have some fun, at the same time!