Obama Election Watch Party, 11/4 @ Flying Saucer

LindseyLohan · Post by **LindseyLohan** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:24 pm

What time do you think the festivities will be at their best? I have class that night but would like to come....

I don't want to miss the excitement/suspense. If I missed the tipping point it would be like showing up 15 past midnight on new years 3000....

MightyKC · Post by **MightyKC** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:39 am

staubio wrote: Will they be changing the setup around at all? I reserved my party room and I was going to do a "war room" setup with a projector, intrade tracking, etc. I assume FS will just throw CNN on the projector? I guess the rest could be done with a laptop or two, since this party cuts into my constituency and sounds like more fun anyway.

It's ours to do what we want. I know that they have the capability to plug in a computer since they do it on Trivia nights. If you want to be the AV guy, IM me and we can hook it up.

Glad to hear the stong response. Should be a blast (assuming there is no October surprise)

MightyKC · Post by **MightyKC** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:03 am

Here is the official announcement on the Obama site. If you are planning on coming, RSVP so I know about how many people to expect. Thanks

http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/de ... ing/gs54z3

(Also if a mod wants to split this to it's own thread, go for it. I don't know how to do it)

scooterj · Post by **scooterj** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:18 am

MightyKC wrote: Here is the official announcement on the Obama site. If you are planning on coming, RSVP so I know about how many people to expect. Thanks

http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/de ... ing/gs54z3

(Also if a mod wants to split this to it's own thread, go for it. I don't know how to do it)

On a related note, Obama will be at Liberty Memorial this Saturday.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/mobokansascity

(Yeah this definitely needs its own thread.)

clubhousepro · Post by **clubhousepro** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:10 am

What a great idea!!! It looks like there have been 60+ replies on the obama website. I'll tell everyone I know to come down and celebrate.

"Ya, you betcha...John and I are the real mavericks"... just threw up a little in my mouth

Get out and vote!

Jess · Post by **Jess** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:01 pm

BF and I are RSVP'd.

alpha_glamourina · Post by **alpha_glamourina** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:58 am

Yea! I look forward to seeing you guys again! What time do plan on arriving?

Post by **mean** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:11 am

Keeps giving me a stupid cookie error when I try to RSVP, btw.

Maitre D · Post by **Maitre D** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:13 am

It would be so hilarious if he lost.

Post by **mean** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:46 am

Maitre D wrote: It would be so hilarious if he lost.

Actually it will be extremely dangerous. We're already seeing preemptive accusations of fraud, and "great concern" about the "integrity" of our electoral system. Of course this "concern" is coming from the right; but then, the jealous man who accuses his wife of cheating is usually the real cheater.

With polls running the way they are, if they keep up until election day, it should be a damn near landslide in favor of Obama. If it isn't, things are going to get messy, legally speaking. There will be, at least, lots of 'splainin to do. And even if Obama does clearly win, the Republicans are already all ramped up to play the fraud card. We need to fix this shit. We simply can't have the loser calling fraud after every election. But on the one hand we've got the right with a boner to disenfranchise and call "voter fraud!" on anyone who makes even a minor error on a form; on the left, you've got people willing to register anyone, including fictional characters. It's ridiculous and untenable. We're spiraling ever downward.

Maitre D · Post by **Maitre D** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:10 pm

mean wrote: Actually it will be extremely dangerous. We're already seeing preemptive accusations of fraud, and "great concern" about the "integrity" of our electoral system. Of course this "concern" is coming from the right; but then, the jealous man who accuses his wife of cheating is usually the real cheater.

Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted - enough to have put John Kerry in the White House.

ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.
Posted Jun 01, 2006 5:02 PM

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ ... ion_stolen

Post by **DaveKCMO** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:46 pm

Maitre D wrote: It would be so hilarious if he lost.

hilarious without preconditions.

Post by **mean** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:33 pm

Maitre D wrote: Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted - enough to have put John Kerry in the White House.

ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.
Posted Jun 01, 2006 5:02 PM

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ ... ion_stolen

Thank you for, um, proving my point.

Post by **DaveKCMO** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:58 pm

back to the topic of watch parties, the official campaign party for obama and light rail will be at the uptown.

Jess · Post by **Jess** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:04 am

alpha_glamourina wrote: Yea! I look forward to seeing you guys again! What time do plan on arriving?

Probably as close to the beginning as possible. We'll have to get in touch and meet up!

ComandanteCero · Post by **ComandanteCero** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:24 pm

shouldn't be too hard reaching your sales minimums with this kind of publicity

http://www.pitch.com/events/obama-watch-parties-759579/

Obama Watch Parties
Jen Chen

Yes, we can ... watch the election-night results together! For Obama fans, tonight's the night to be around other like-minded people to either celebrate a victory or begin four years of collective depression. In Kansas, starting at 7:30 p.m., a whole host of Obama groups will hold a watch party at Nick & Jake's in Overland Park (6830 West 135th Street, 913-681-8535). The party takes over the entire bar, with multiple flat-screen TVs tuned to news broadcasts. In Missouri, Obama supporters will start gathering at 5 p.m. at the Flying Saucer in the Power & Light District (101 East 13th Street, 816-221-1900). For more information and to RSVP, see mybarackobama.com, click on your state and then on "events."

MightyKC · Post by **MightyKC** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:16 am

That's awesome. Thanks to everyone for your support and for helping to spread the word. So far over a hundred people have RSVP'd online and many more people have verbally replied. We will have live video bloggers for Fox 4 news at the party as well. Hopefully we will have something to celebrate but I'm still leary of celebrating too early.

Please spread the word to get everyone out to vote so that we have something to celebrate when the polls in VA and PA close. I'm looking forward to meeting you all. See you Tuesday.

PumpkinStalker · Post by **PumpkinStalker** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:02 am

I think I can make it.

UTDEM · Post by **UTDEM** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:59 am

MightyKC wrote: One of my friends and I have reserved the Flying Saucer on Election night (Nov 4th) and we are going to be holding an official Obama watch party. We have the place from 5 to close and encourage anyone that is supporting Barack to show up and (hopefully) celebrate the event. Should be a good time.

Myself and several colleagues from around the country will be in KC on election night. All have voted early or done absentee ballot for obama. Wondered if we outsiders could join you at the flying saucer........probably four or five of us

MightyKC · Post by **MightyKC** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:01 am

UTDEM wrote: Myself and several colleagues from around the country will be in KC on election night. All have voted early or done absentee ballot for obama. Wondered if we outsiders could join you at the flying saucer........probably four or five of us

Absolutely. The more the merrier (hopefully)

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