ABC News' Devin Dwyer wrote: No gifts, please. Just your name will do.

That's the message President Obama's re-election campaign is pushing in an elaborate nationwide effort to expand the president's grassroots network on his 50th birthday.
While aides plan a glitzy Aug. 3 fundraiser-bashfor Obama at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom, organizers are encouraging thousands of supporters who can't attend to plan and host house parties of their own.

The campaign has rolled out a website dedicated to promoting the parties -- and a glossy 4-page, step-by-step guide that instructs would-be hosts on everything from “recruiting” attendees to electronically relaying participants' personal information back to headquarters.

Who should be invited? “At least 50” friends and neighbors.

Where should it be held? “A quiet and focused place to talk and organize.”

When should it start? “Sometime between 6:30 PM and 6:45 PM ET.”

Aides say Obama will deliver a live video message to house party attendees that will stream over the internet on hosts' computers once the events are underway.

They're also offering help with decorations, selling special “host packs” of birthday hats, buttons, balloons, stickers and signs, all emblazoned with a giant 5-0, “Happy Birthday,” and the campaign's official logo.

And, don't forget to snap a picture, they say. “We're collecting hundreds of photos from house parties across the country and will display them for President Obama at his house party in Chicago.”

Corporeal Whinny wrote:Buffoon,

How about a special edition '50th' commemorative boot for Dear Leader's small, obtuse head?

ABC News' Devin Dwyer wrote: No gifts, please. Just your name will do.

That's the message President Obama's re-election campaign is pushing in an elaborate nationwide effort to expand the president's grassroots network on his 50th birthday.
While aides plan a glitzy Aug. 3 fundraiser-bashfor Obama at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom, organizers are encouraging thousands of supporters who can't attend to plan and host house parties of their own.

The campaign has rolled out a website dedicated to promoting the parties -- and a glossy 4-page, step-by-step guide that instructs would-be hosts on everything from “recruiting” attendees to electronically relaying participants' personal information back to headquarters.

Who should be invited? “At least 50” friends and neighbors.

Where should it be held? “A quiet and focused place to talk and organize.”

When should it start? “Sometime between 6:30 PM and 6:45 PM ET.”

Aides say Obama will deliver a live video message to house party attendees that will stream over the internet on hosts' computers once the events are underway.

They're also offering help with decorations, selling special “host packs” of birthday hats, buttons, balloons, stickers and signs, all emblazoned with a giant 5-0, “Happy Birthday,” and the campaign's official logo.

And, don't forget to snap a picture, they say. “We're collecting hundreds of photos from house parties across the country and will display them for President Obama at his house party in Chicago.”

Commissarka Pinkie wrote:Buffoon: Congratulations. She's a cutie.

Red Square wrote:Happy Obama's Birthday to Buffoon and his gender-neutral family unit!

El Presidente wrote:A "gift" for Dear Leader? I gave at the office. Four years of my life.

El Presidente wrote:A "gift" for Dear Leader? I gave at the office. Four years of my life.

Comrade Buffoon wrote:

El Presidente wrote:A "gift" for Dear Leader? I gave at the office. Four years of my life.

only four years?

El Presidente wrote:

Comrade Buffoon wrote:

El Presidente wrote:A "gift" for Dear Leader? I gave at the office. Four years of my life.

only four years?

It is not the quantity but the quality, Comrade. They are the best four years of my life.

Who is a notorious not give it your aller... and a suspected tea party sympathizer...!
One cannot be too sure these days..

Comrade Whoopie wrote:What!? Is it his birthday again? He just had one a year ago.
(Ahhh, what I meant to say is, isn't it a shame he can't have two or three each year about this time.)

R.O.C.K. in the USSA wrote:On a related note, I VERY highly recommend Ann Coulter's new book, "Demonic". It's essentially about how mobs think and work, with a lot of references to Gustave Le Bon's classic "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind", written in 1895, and a very eye opening and detailed comparison between the American and French revolutions.

It's a must read. It's not the usual delightfully sarcastic Ann (although there are sprinklings throughout), it's a serious study and history of how mobs think and how that applies directly to what's going on today. Get it.

And I vehemently denounce myself for even suggesting such a thing. I'm off to JiffyLobo™!

Bring 50 new people into this campaign in time for the President's 50th
birthday. Choose one or any combination of the organizing activities below—we'll
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