Report on your Dean House Party

[Le Taz Hot]

Ours was WONDERFUL! We have 2 Dean groups here in Fresno and one in the foothills. It's the first time we've been able to get together at one place at one time. It was great! LOVED having Melissa Ethridge introduce the "guv." I'm guessing we had about 40 people arriving and leaving at various times. Considering most of us are in the middle of phone banking against the recall AND our two-week long fair starts tomorrow, I thought that was pretty good. Our House Party goal was a modest $200.00. We raised $500.00. And . . . we broke the Guinness Book of World Records at 3557!

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[Le Taz Hot]

1. Kick

What? NO ONE went to a House Party?????

[RevolutionStartsNow]

2. I did!

Actually, I had one. Just me and 1 other person, and my dog, but it was fun. I couldn't have a "real" party, so I invited my friends and family to join on the internet and had a virtual party.

There was another thread here about house parties, last night.

[Le Taz Hot]

6. Another thread? Ooops.

Sorry, I didn't see it. I was at a House Party. ;-)

[hedda_foil]

3. Here's my report

Here's what I posted on the blog.

What an amazing evening! Before I put away the leftovers from my house party, I absolutely have to post this to the blog.

I expected 5 people, but more than 20 showed up, with nearly everybody donating at least $25 to the cause. The most exciting thing about my house party, though, is the story of 6 people who couldn't donate because they're not American citizens. They're French political science majors in a year-long foreign exchange program at Northwestern University.

The grad student who brought them asked me this afternoon if they could attend and of course I said yes! These wonderful kids were absolutely swept away first by what the Gov said on the conference call and then by the video of his announcement speech, which I played for them after the call. One girl said that she wished she could vote for him! The others asked if there was any way they could participate in both the campaign and the process. Well, since I happen to be a board member of the Democratic Party of Evanston, as well as chair of my ward, I told them absolutely! They can't register voters, vote or contribute, but they can take part in our local meetups, join Generation Dean, and work on the Get Out the Vote drive before and during the primary election in March.

The most touching thing to me was that they affirmed the Gov's statement that other countries used to look up to the US as a beacon of freedom and democracy. After what we've gone through the past two and a half years, I had begun to wonder whether that was really the truth. I can't tell you how thrilling it was to hear foreign students not only confirm that it is, but to watch them speaking the words of our founders along with the Gov while we were watching the DVD together.

God Bless Governor Dean for giving us reason to believe again, and for showing a few young French students that the spirit of America still burns bright.

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[CMT]

4. that is a great and inspiring story

Thank you Hedda!!

[LizW]

8. Excellent report

Thank, hedda!:)

[DJcairo]

5. There was no "record". Dean asked Guiness to start one

[RevolutionStartsNow]

7. Oh please

Get over it.

We're just having a little fun over at the Dean campaign. Give us a break.