Gardeners for Obama
One of the interesting things about the Barack Obama campaign is that it is bringing people together around more than just their support for Barack Obama, but around their personal interests too. For example, one of the groups at the official Barack Obama web site is Gardeners for Peace and Obama. This group is focused on environmental issues, and does more than just talk.
Consider the blog entry created by PonyGirl, a member of the group. She talks about a recent Obama campaign activity which did more than just hold a rally for Obama. In Minneapolis, Obama supporters came together to clean up the riverfront part. “You would be hard pressed to find narry a cigarette butt,” she writes.
That tells you a lot about gardeners, and about supporters for Barack Obama. These aren’t the kind of people who sit and think about how things might be. They get up out of their chairs and work to match what is to what things could be. They plan ahead. They care about the world around them.
It’s a good sign for the Barack Obama presidential campaign that it has grabbed the support of gardeners.
To try to see the other side, I searched Google for any groups of gardeners who might support McCain. I only got the following message in response, “No results found for “gardeners for mccain”.
That tells me what I need to know about the John McCain for President campaign. I’ll join Gardeners for Obama.
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:41 am
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