Subject: Vote now PBS poll on Pailin
PBS has an online poll posted asking if Sarah Palin isqualified. Apparently the republicans knew about thisin advance and are flooding the voting with YES votes.
The poll will be reported on PBS and picked up bymainstream media. It can influence undecided votersin swing states.
Please do two things -- takes 20 seconds.
1) Click on link and vote yourself.
Here's the link:http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html
2) Then send this to every single Obama-Biden voteryou know, and urge them to vote and pass it on.
The last thing we need is PBS saying their viewersthink Sarah Palin is qualified.--
(CNN) — McCain supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there's no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis.
I say let Biden and Palin debate on Friday … THIS FRIDAY!
AP is reporting that now Hillary says she is open to being his VP. Nice, perhaps she should consider conceding first!
I think if she wants to be his VP she should be the 2118 Super Delegate to endorse him and actually let him have the limelight tonight instead of making it all about her. Besides, if she was the 2118th she would SHARE the limelight with him!
Bill and Hillary Clinton should be the 2117 & 2118th Super Delegates for Obama!
If Bill and Hillary were the 2117th & 2118th Super Delegate for Obama it would give Hillary the most incredible and graceful exit possible from the campaign and would unify the party like no other action possible!
It would also go a long way to position to get anything she wanted from the party!
While this may seem unlikely, at the rate we are going today it just may be possible.
Brian H. in Castle Rock, CO
I haven't heard this one the news yet!
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02192008/news/regionalnews/mike_bloomberg_claims_vote_fraud__98367.htm
February 19, 2008 -- Mayor Bloomberg charged yesterday that "fraud" was behind the unofficial results in the New York Democratic presidential primary that produced zero votes for Barack Obama in some districts.
"If you want to call it significant undercounting, I guess that's a euphemism for fraud," said the mayor.
Unofficial tallies on election night gave Obama no votes in 78 out of more than 6,000 election districts.
MILITARY DONORS FAVOR ANTIWAR CANDIDATES:
My wife and I had to make a decision today. Do we invest in our daughter’s education or her future?
It was a tough decision when you don’t have lots of money in your pocket.
We talked about how import it was that we continue to fund her education so she can have a prosperous future. But we also talked about what that future will look like, with or without an education.
In the end, the decision was actually easier than we thought. Although her status in the future was important, it was what kind of future she lived it that would really make the difference.
We are at a crossroads in America today. Do we make incremental changes that will make the future a little bit better or do we need to leap away from what we think is possible and into what could be possible. The answer was to take a leap!
We donated that money to Barack’s campaign today to make sure that her future would be boundless. To make sure that Americans from every party woke up and made the sacrifices necessary to bring true change. A world not ravaged by poverty and global warming, but a world of tomorrow only imaged by dreamers like JFK or as my daughter would say: Walt Disney.
When I was a child I went to Disneyland and saw the “World of Tomorrow” and I am sad to say it is not here. But what I do see is what Walt achieved; a place of magic and wonder that inspires the minds of children.
I want all of America to inspire the minds of children; for every school to be a place where those dreams are put on the road to realty.
For that reason we chose Hope!
We chose Barack Obama!
See the new video from the Black Eye Peas using Barack's stump speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY
I am not sure what to think of this video, but it was a bit strange.
It may be completely untrue dirt being used by the Republicans. Then again, true or not, it is the type of things I expect to see in a Hillary/McCain campaign.
I really don't want to see this kind of campaigning. I am sure they will find something from Barack, but I think there is just to much to work with if Hillary wins.
However, if this is true then it is just another case of politics as usual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq8aopATYyw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMfUajhL24I&feature=related
Now I don’t want to sound harsh in any way, considering I myself have been brought to tears by Barack’s speeches, but the timing seems a little strange. I will let you judge for yourself.
At 12:09 PT today MSNBC Anchor Norah O'Donnell aired a clip of Hillary Clinton getting emotional on the campaign trail again today. Nora asked Clinton campaign Senior Advisor Lisa Caputo, "What's with Hillary getting emotional the day before Primaries?"
Hillary Clinton was being praised at an event at the Yale Child Study Center, where she worked while in law school in the early 1970s by Penn Rhodeen, who was introducing her.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/04/hillary-clinton-cries-in-_n_84823.html
Read the article from Time ragarding Hillary Garnishing wages.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1709472,00.html
My 72 year old father-in-law was over last month and we were talking about the housing market and I said how no one seemed to be talking about a stimulus package for the economy. He said, yeah none of the people running for office are talking about it. I said I did just see Hillary put one out today and he went off on how stupid and terrible she would be for the country.
You could see a deep rooted hatred of her, I don't know where such hatred could come from but it was there for sure. I didn't respond to that comment, but asked who he thought was good, McCain? He said no, the young guy. Romney? No, he said Obama! I almost fell of the couch! I thought wow, if Barack can get even my father-in-law who is a staunch Republican Evangelical to vote for him, without me ever saying a single word to him, then this guy can really bring anyone to his side. Then he found my birthday present from my wife, Obama's book Audacity of Hope, and brought it up to me in my daughter's bedroom to see if I was almost finished with it so he could take it home! When I said I just started reading it he said he wanted me to save it so he could read it before Feb 5th. I think if we really want to win the general election this year we should encourage other Dems to think hard about voting for Hillary since every Republican will come out of the woodwork to vote against her. Even if they think she is the better candidate, remind them it would just be another 2000 election all over again with a 50/50 split in the country. Even if she wins it would be a rallying point to fight against her as president for them, blocking much of the change we really need right now. Especially against global warming. I am so tired of the fighting and brokered deals in Washington, they get us nowhere. Today a political analyst/teacher from DU mentioned that no matter who is elected President the only chance for significant change by any President is in their first few months as president. They have to bring the two sides together in those first few months or the momentum will die and so will the hope for change. No matter how smart, right or dedicated Hillary might be, I fear the republican right will fight her tooth and nail. Maybe I am wrong here, but I think we really need to put someone in the Whitehouse who hasn't been "stewed and seasoned until all the hope is boiled out of them" and someone who doesn't have so many back door favors owed to people who helped them get things passed that will be used to add this or that pork, etc.
I am too young to remember Robert or Bobby Kennedy, but I am not too young to have felt their spirit growing up.
I am too young to have seen “The Beatles” perform live, but I am not too young to have felt the pain of John Lennon’s death.
I am too young to have seen the acts of courage done by "the greatest generation." But I am not too young to appreciate what they did for our world.
There is a quote about America and the attack on Pearl Harbor. It says, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
It's time for "the sleeping giant" to once again awaken and lead the world.
I want my generation to be "the greatest generation."
I want the rest of the world to believe in America once again. To say, “thank God, here come the Americans.”
I hope this year, we will not just elect Barack Obama, but it won't be a 50/50 split like the last few elections.
This time the world will see that a true majority of Americans really do care about the big issues of our time.
That once again America will lead the world to peace and prosperity.
It’s time for Barack Obama.
That’s right; the wife of the Terminator just endorsed Obama. Yesterday Maria Shriver, another Kennedy, endorsed Senator Barack Obama
"He's not about himself," she told a cheering crowd at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. "He's about the power of us and what we can do if we come together. . . . He is about empowering women, African Americans, Latinos, older people, young people. He's about empowering all of us.""I thought, if Barack Obama was a state, he'd be California," Shriver said as the crowd of thousands roared in a chorus that rose as she ticked off each attribute: "Diverse. Open. Smart. Independent. Bucks tradition. Innovative. Inspirational. Dreamer. Leader."“Every single person can come to you and tell you, 'You should vote for this person' or 'You should vote for that person.' `It's not right to speak up. It's not right to speak out.'” “But this is a moment to have a conversation with yourself, not anyone else. Have a conversation with your own heart. And ask yourself, 'What kind of America do I believe in?'”On Saturday, Obama also received the endorsement of Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert.
Now I understand why The Denver Post and The Rocky Mountain News had Bill Clinton on the home page of their website the morning after the Obama event.
Bill's crowd was smaller than the number of people in the overflow and turned away from Barack's event. Yet when I went to check I was appalled to see Bill on the home page. The Rocky Mountain News link was so buried (4 levels down) on their website it took me five minutes to even find the article on the Obama event.
The post claims Hillary, "mastered the intricate details of national and international security." Excuse me??? Where was this mastery on Oct. 10, 2002, the day of the vote on the Iraq War Resolution?On the floor of the Senate she said, "It is with conviction that I support this resolution as being in the best interests of our nation. A vote for it is not a vote to rush to war; it is a vote that puts awesome responsibility in the hands of our President and we say to him - use these powers wisely and as a last resort."
Wow, there is good judgment, trusting Bush! By that time his poor judgment was obvious to anyone paying attention.
She voted against the Levin Amend:
Howard Schuman, a sociology professor at the University of Michigan, asked in Thursday's Democratic debate in Hollywood, "Before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, you could have voted for the Levin amendment which required President Bush to report to Congress about the U.N. inspection before taking military action. Why did you vote against that amendment?"
"The way [the Levin] amendment was drafted suggested that the United States would subordinate whatever our judgment might be going forward to the United Nations Security Council. I don't think that was a good precedent. Therefore I voted against it.”--Hillary Clinton, Democratic Debate, Jan. 31. 2008.
Here was Senator Levin's Oct. 2, 2002 quote setting out the senator's position back then:
“Our resolution also affirms that the United States has at all times the inherent right to use military force in self-defense. There is no veto given to the United Nations in this resolution of ours. Quite the opposite. We explicitly make it clear we maintain, of course, a right to use self-defense. And we provide that the Congress will not adjourn sine die this year, but will return to session to consider promptly proposals relative to Iraq if, in the judgment of the President, the United Nations fails to adopt or enforce the United Nations resolution for which he and we call.”
Not much doubt about where Senator Levin stands either!
The Denver Post Article:
Democratic nominee: Clinton is better preparedBy The Denver PostArticle Last Updated: 02/01/2008 11:08:37 AM MST
The following endorsement will be published in Sunday's Denver Post in the Perspective section.
When Democrats gather in Denver in August to nominate their candidate for president of the United States, they will make history by nominating someone other than a white male for the nation's highest office.
Whether the oldest political party (with roots dating back to Thomas Jefferson) chooses the first African-American or the first woman to bear its standard, it will send a powerful message that the promise of "liberty and justice for all" truly does mean all Americans.
But as important as that symbolism is, Democrats have an even greater responsibility: to pick the most qualified candidate to lead America at a time when it faces great challenges at home and abroad.
Measured by her long record in public life and her thoughtful proposals to deal with America's most pressing problems, The Post believes that candidate is New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
We chose Clinton despite our high regard for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, whose eloquence and vision lured young voters and independents into Democratic contests in record numbers in Iowa and South Carolina. Clinton has similarly shown a powerful appeal to women and Latinos in New Hampshire, Nevada and Florida.
The difference between the two candidates is that Obama's eloquence is not matched by his achievements in the mere three years he has spent in the U.S. Senate. In contrast, Clinton's long record in public life shows her well prepared to deal with two of America's greatest challenges: ending the war in Iraq and solving our health insurance crisis.
The two Democratic candidates share some commonalities. Both seek to end the war in Iraq, recast the American economy to better serve poor and middle-class citizens, begin dealing with climate change, rein in the runaway budget deficits of the Bush administration and restore America's standing in the world. But while they share a common vision of America's future, Clinton is more likely to forge that vision into real progress.
America must seek a swift end to the war in Iraq. But our precipitous withdrawal in 1975 from an unpopular war in Vietnam led to executions and mass imprisonments of Vietnamese who had fought on our side of the war and a desperate exodus of refugee "boat people." We must end this war honorably, without betraying the brave Iraqi voters who proudly waved their ink-stained fingers to show their faith in America's promises to the tender mercies of al-Qaeda torturers.
Clinton is well prepared to oversee a careful disengagement from Iraq and to serve as the military and diplomatic leader of the free world. She served with distinction on the Senate Armed Services Committee, where she mastered the intricate details of national and international security. Obama has no comparable experience on military or diplomatic issues.
If Iraq is America's most pressing foreign issue, health care is our most serious domestic problem. Clinton led the ill-starred 1993 fight for health care reform. She learned from her past mistakes and was a key architect of the successful Children's Health Insurance Program. Now, Clinton's plan for universal health insurance is far more comprehensive than the hit-and-miss proposal put forward by Obama.
Clinton's health insurance plan was inspired by the one pioneered in Massachusetts by former Gov. Mitt Romney — whose success in that effort is one reason The Post has endorsed him for the Republican presidential nomination.
Obama has criticized Clinton's health care plan because it requires citizens to buy coverage while subsidizing low-income workers. But Obama's voluntary plan simply won't work, any more than a voluntary Social Security plan could work. By allowing seemingly healthy people to avoid buying insurance, Obama would simply saddle the taxpayers with the costs of their care if and when they are stricken by such catastrophic illnesses as cancer.
We genuinely admire both these candidates and confess we'd like to see them team up in Denver in a Clinton/Obama ticket. Marrying Hillary Clinton's proven record of performance with Barack Obama's uplifting vision would truly make history for the Democratic Party — and possibly for America as a whole.
An email from a family member:
Hey Brian! I am very impressed with Barack Obama and his staff. They took middle school students (non-voters) and made them VIP’s at the speech, placed them in the FRONT row and interviewed them. That to me is a strong indication of what is really important to Obama. He has our full support!
Dre's Social Studies teacher, held a short essay contest with his students. The winners were taken to the Barack Obama speech with Mr. Morris, where they ended up in the front row. Dre got to shake Barack Obama's hand and was also interviewed by a member of Barack's staff and later today by the Englewood Herald, his essay will be published with them. Dre, by the way, took first place in the contest and I have enclosed his essay. On the third slide, even though it is a little blurry, is Dre shaking Barack's hand.
Thanks again!SMS Principal's Secretary
Barack Obama Political Rally
Short Essay Contest
by Dre Gentry
The 2008 Presidential Election is so important to me and the people of my generation for several reasons. It is the first election with a woman and black man as candidates for president. The outcome of this election could determine the direction of American Politics for the next century. For example if Obama was elected, American History, especially African-American history would be shaped by whether Obama is a strong president, a weak one, or even if he is assassinated. Being a young black man myself, this election has the potential to change the course of my life. This election is not just about minorities but it is the first true test of the growth of American Politics since the assassination of Martin Luther, King, Jr. Have we as Americans finally matured? The 2008 election may hold the answer.
Anyone can participate in a caucus without any training at all. But if you wish to be a Chair or Secretary of your precinct's caucus, this training is highly recommended.
Caucus Training ClassSunday, February 3, 1:30-3:30pmCastle Pines North Community Center7404 Yorkshire Dr, Castle Rock 80108 (map)
Douglas County is divided geographically into 138 precincts and has more than 30,000 registered Democrats. In Colorado all Democrats are called once every two years to attend their Precinct Caucus. This is not only a civic duty, but is responsible for our vibrant political culture and pivotal role in the selection of the next president of the United States.
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Location: Castle View High School
5254 North Meadows Dr, Castle Rock 80109
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Castle+View+High+School:+5254+North+Meadows+Dr&near=Castle+Rock,+CO+80109&fb=1&view=text&latlng=39409220,-104895840,14992637528231164017
Please join the group for the Castle View H.S. caucus location:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/CastleViewHSCaucusLocationCastleRockCO
Here is a link for all the caucus locations in Castle Rock:
http://www.douglasdemocrats.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=140&Itemid=111
