This has been a very exciting week at work! Ever since John McCain trashed the museum during the debates on Tuesday, the local and national media has been everywhere. We held a press conference on Wednesday and it was like a debate in itself. The reporters were asking really hard questions like "why do you even need a new projector" and "doesn't $3 million seem like too much money?" Yikes!
First of all, we are hardly asking for a new "overhead projector." For those of you that didn't see the debate, check out this clip with McCain's comments and a news station's response. (Don't worry, the clip is only a minute and a half long.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ullQiM5Tmg
What has been really cool, is that despite our worries, people from all over the country have been calling and emailing to stick up for us! Our phones are ringing off the hook. Even more, an NBC science blog started telling its readers to send us money so we wouldn't need an earmark. Overnight money started flooding in from all over the country!
Here is a link to that blog in case you're curious:
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/08/1518907.aspx
One of my Republican friends said "look, John McCain is already doing good things for America!" What a loser! But it has been really touching to see all of these people that have never heard of us, and clearly will never visit the us, willing to part with their money just to tell us they don't think our museum is "a bunch of pork." Oink oink, McCain!
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Look at me getting a special shout-out as a 'loser' ;-) I am glad that your museum is getting so much publicity - that's awesome! Careful - if McCain gets elected and keeps making these comments, money will keep flowing in and then you will lose your job because they won't need a fundraiser! Just add that to your list of reasons to vote for Obama. That's the first on my list... and I didn't think that I could think of any reasons to vote for Obama, HA! Go McCain!
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