A Democratic Party member considers the purchase of Barack Obama campaign materials
during a Democratic Party caucus meeting yesterday held to select delegates for the 8th Congressional District.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Luke Thomas
April 14, 2008
Congratulations are in order for the Barack Obama for President delegates selected by caucus vote yesterday to attend the Denver Democratic Party Convention in August.
Rebecca Prozan, London Breed and Brian Wang each won the prestigious honor of representing the 8th Congressional District. Supervisor Chris Daly, coming off the flu and a week of supporting liberty for the people of Tibet, also earned his welcome on the convention floor as an alternate delegate.
Rebecca Prozan
London Breed
Brian Wang
Supervisor Chris Daly
Some of you may be asking, who is Brain Wang? According to Paul Hogarth over at BeyondChron, Wang has earned his stripes working as an Asian-American outreach worker for Obama. He’s also a quite the poet and moved several undecided voters following a recital of a poem he penned just hours before the caucus meeting:
“O Mama”
By Brian Wang
Why do I support Barack Obama?
Because of my Mama! She’s my Dalai Lama,
shielding me from trauma, putting me in pajamas,
it’s no wonder my relationships are destined for drama
I asked her, after a recent debate,
whether she could relate to our favorite candidate
She told me she voted for Jesse Jackson in ’88
and a racist co-worker filled with hate, asked her,
“Why would you negate your voice, your weight, on an African American head of state?”
And my Mama said simply:
“If Jesse can run and be the one,
then maybe someday, so can my son.”
Before the 687 votes were counted, delegate nominees were afforded a 30-second window to help persuade undecided caucus attendees to vote for them. One nominee said she’s waited 60 years for a candidate like Barack Obama to come along. Another nominee said Barack Obama changed his life.
Fog City Journal is hoping to cadge a ride to Denver in the spirit of the Blues Brothers. After Denver we’re heading for Obama’s home state, to Sweet Home Chicago. We’ll need money, lots of it, so don’t be shy about clicking on the donate button to your left.
Luke Thomas
Luke Thomas is a former software developer and computer consultant who proudly hails from London, England. In 2001, Thomas took a yearlong sabbatical to travel and develop a photographic portfolio. Upon his return to the US, Thomas studied photojournalism to pursue a career in journalism. In 2004, Thomas worked for several neighborhood newspapers in San Francisco before accepting a partnership agreement with the SanFranciscoSentinel.com, a news website formerly covering local, state and national politics. In September 2006, Thomas launched FogCityJournal.com. The BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, 7x7, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian and the San Francisco Weekly, among other publications and news outlets, have published his work. Thomas is a member of the Freelance Unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521 and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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