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<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="">Dear
Friends, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="">Two
persons are coming to Los Angeles today.<span style="">
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="">This
morning when I checked, my e-mail, I received a nice invitation to participate
in a rally this afternoon with the FIRST person:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style=""><span style=""></span><font color="#3333ff">Obama 08</font><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""> </span></font><font color="#3333ff"><o:p></o:p></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>Dear Friend, <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span><b>Join Senator Obama in LA</b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>Senator Barack Obama will be in Los
Angeles next Tuesday, <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>February 20, 2007 for his very first
presidential campaign <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>rally in California. It's a rally we hope
will build on the <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>tremendous grassroots strength this
campaign showed in its <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>very first weekend, as Obama was met by
thousands of <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>supporters in Iowa, New Hampshire and
Illinois. Now it's <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>your chance to show your commitment to
transforming this <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>nation and changing politics in his country.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>Please join us 2:00 P.M. Tuesday at the
Rancho Cienega <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>Sports Complex in Los Angeles. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>In announcing his candidacy, Senator Obama
said this <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>campaign can't only be about him. He said,
"It must be about <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>us - it must be about what we can do
together. This campaign <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>must be the occasion, the vehicle, of your
hopes, and your <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>dreams." <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>The event is free and open to the public.
Tickets are not <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>required but recommended for faster entry.
You can RSVP <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>below to receive your ticket by email: <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>Thank you! <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style=""><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""></span></font><font color="#3333ff">Obama for America</font> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="">I
thought to myself, "Hey! That's cool!<span style="">
</span>I'd like to check this out.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="">Then,
just a little while ago, I saw this little item posted on AlterNet about a SECOND
fellow who is also coming to L.A. today: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<blockquote><span style=""><span style=""></span><b><font color="#3333ff">Obama To Raise Over $1 Million In One
Night At Hollywood Event</font><font color="#3333ff"><o:p></o:p></font></b></span>
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>Barack Obama is making his first visit to
Los Angeles since announcing his <span style=""> </span>candidacy
for president -- and it's going to be a very busy and financially-productive
visit.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>Along with a public rally to be held at a
L.A. recreation center, Obama will also be attending a series of fundraisers,
including a breakfast in Hancock Park, a lunch hosted by members of an
investment group, a star-studded reception at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, and a
small dinner party with the fundraising co-chairs of the Beverly Hilton event
to be held at David Geffen's Beverly Hills house.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>The cocktail reception is expected to bring
in over $1 million dollars. Among those contributing $2,300 (the allowable
maximum donation) are actors Jennifer Aniston, Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy
and Tom Hanks, studio chiefs Michael Lynton (Sony), Brad Grey (Paramount), Ron
Meyer (Universal), Peter Chernin (Fox), Richard Cook (Disney), and producer
Brian Grazer, as well as Jim Wiatt of William Morris, and Richard Lovett of
Creative Artists.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""><span style=""></span>The dinner at Geffen's home is for people
who helped raise at least $46,000 for the event. About 40 people, mostly part
of the Hollywood contingent, will get the chance to get up close and personal
with the candidate.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style=""><font color="#3333ff"><span style=""></span></font><font color="#3333ff">"The level of enthusiasm and the
breadth of the support have been amazing, especially for a candidate many
people here haven't met yet," Andy Spahn told the Huffington Post. Spahn
is a political advisor to Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who
organized the fundraiser along with their DreamWorks partner Geffen. According
to Spahn, the groundswell of excitement around Obama has been unprecedented.
"Presidents come into town and raise this kind of money, not candidates
that have just announced. These are Bill Clinton numbers."</font><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="">Ah!
yes!<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="">An
intimate dinner at David Geffen's Beverly Hills mansion with forty of
his dearest $46,000-a-head friends (when I read this to Cathy she said:
"So, if you ONLY raised $45,000 does that mean you're not
invited?").<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="">In the
2000 election they LAUGHED at Ralph Nader when he filled Madison Square Garden
with thousands of people who paid for a $20 ticket.<span style=""> </span>I like
Obama.<span style=""> </span>I really do.<span style=""> </span>Nevertheless, this kind of thing reminds me of exactly why this is one African-American who is PROUD to be a
Green Party man.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="">Alex
Walker <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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