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Bowling with My.BarackObama.com
I just got back from the Personal Democracy Forum - a conference on politics and the Internet. Much of the conference was spent swooning over My.BarackObama.com - Obama’s social networking site extrordinaire. However, many criticized the site for perpetuating a traditional power relationship where policy ideas flow down but not up the food chain.Few saw it as a vehicle for citizens to actually shape Obama’s political platform.
No doubt this assumption is right. But perhaps the real value of My.BarackObama is the fact that citizens are using the site to engage with one another often face-to-face - interactions that could trigger future organizing efforts around local issues and a more civic-minded citizenry.
In Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam warns that civic disengagement threatens democracy by weakening the bonds that tie us together. Detached from our communities, increasingly fearful of others, we’ve become a nation that cares more about protecting our alarmed-houses and private educations rather than our collective rights and aspirations.
If a stronger civil society becomes a sustained outcome of the Obama campaign, than we will have won whether he wins or loses.
Hi Everyone:
I"m proud to announce a new Associated Press story "Political Ringtones the Bumper Stickers of 2008 Campaign."
RingTones08.com is positioned right along side of the Obama campaign and Slate Magazine as leading innovators in the use of ringtones for political purposes.
RingTones08 has also been covered by the WSJ and the New York Times’ David Pogue.
We’ve bought the mugs, t-shirts and lawn signs. Now it’s time to ring.
And a big thanks to AP’s Heather Clark for writing such a great article.
Ring it ON!
OBAMA Nomination Means BIG $$ for Mobile & Cable
I don’t think anyone is happier with Obama’s victory than cable and mobile execs.
Generation Y can’t get enough of Obama and cable/mobile providers are more than happy to deliver whatever content this advertiser-targeted audience wants to see.
Proof of Obama’s Boon to Mobile/Cable:
- RingTones08 downloads have gone through the roof ever since Obama clinched the nomination.
- In an effort to get in on the act, Virgin Mobile USA just announced the results to a text-based survey about the 2008 Election.
- MSNBC has gone from being lost in obscurity to taking Fox to the cleaners.
As someone sort of in the biz (if you can call a free site that doesn’t advertise a "biz"), I’d like to take this time to thank Obama with the following ringtones from his St. Paul MN speech.
Obama - John McCain Trips to Iraq not hard-hit US Cities
Obama - What Change Means for Diplomacy
Previously posted:
Video - Obama St. Paul Speech as He Wins Nomination (Part 1) including first pump from Michelle - a US presidential campaign first.
Obama - Change Because We’re American’s First - from MN Speech
Obama - America, This is Our Time - from MN Speech
Obama - This was the Moment - from MN Speech
Ring it ON Obama!
NOW IT’S REALLY OBAMA TIME
With Clinton’s concession speech on Saturday, we have finally and definitively exited the primary stage of the 2008 election.
Celebrate this occasion by ringing out clips from Obama’s St. Paul, MN nomination speech. The selection includes:
Video - Obama St. Paul Speech as He Wins Nomination (Part 1) including first pump from Michelle - a US presidential campaign first.
Obama - Change Because We’re American’s First - from MN Speech
Obama - America, This is Our Time - from MN Speech
Obama - This was the Moment - from MN Speech
Ring it ON Obama!
IT’S OBAMA TIME
Welcome to the general election!
With the coming concession speech this weekend from the great and admirable Hillary Rodham Clinton, it’s time to ring out an Obama battle cry with a new slew of Obama ringtones.
From Obama’s St. Paul, MN nomination speech last Tuesday, the selection includes:
Video - Obama St. Paul Speech as he Wins Nomination (part 1) including fist pump from Michelle - a US presidential campaign first
Obama - Change because we’re Americans first - from MN
Obama - America This is Our Time - from MN Speech
Obama - This was the Moment - from MN Speech
Ring it ON Obama!
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