Hey Barack,
I remember the year 2000. Thats the year that both my grandmothers passed away, and I will always remember the last times that I saw both of them, and I'm glad that I did, because your grandmother is a special, important person in your life and you will regret it if you don't get to say goodbye to her properly.
And while you're there, please don't worry about the campaign, we will keep it going for you while you're gone, and our thoughts and prayers will be with you and your grandmother.
Sincerely,
Chris
You know those Mac vs. PC ads that Apple runs? I think our campaign should put out a spoof of that ad wherein Obama plays the Mac guy and an actor portraying McCain plays the PC guy. I think this could really work:
OBAMA: Hello, I'm Barack Obama!
McCAIN (trembling, scratching head): And I'm John McCain.
OBAMA: You look a little confused...
McCAIN: Well, I keep changing my positions so often that I can't keep track of them anymore...
It has become increasingly apparent that Hillary Clinton's bid for the Democratic nomination is finished. There's also evidence that her campaign is in serious debt and she's becoming increasingly desperate to find a way to pay it off. Perhaps we'll soon be seeing something like this popping into our inboxes:
Dear _____,My name is Hillary Rodham Clinton and I am a former candidate for President of the United States. Unfortunately, my campaign foundered on the shoals of principle and decency, so now I am hopelessly in debt.
Yep, I finally got a little bit of money so I could send a $10 check to the campaign without it bouncing. This, by the way, is the first time I've ever donated to a political campaign (aside from the caucus and county convention where I dropped some cash). Anyway, I couldn't help but to enclose a handwritten note which said:
Just thought I'd share that with all of you in blogging land.
It seems there are these little known enterprises called prediction exchanges. In a nutshell, they act somewhat like stock markets, where traders buy and sell contracts on the likelyhood of future events. Apparently Barack Obama's win in both August and November is a hot commodity in these prediction exchanges the world over.
Anyway, here's a link (opens in new window) to the story in Reuters I found this in. It's much more exciting the way they tell it than the way you read it here!
Note: All links in this post open in a new window.
There seems to be a lot of plog posts around here expressing outrage over the behavior of the Clinton campaign. This is fine, as it's proper to be outraged over outrageous behavior. But, as Obama supporters, we need to constantly step back and look at the big picture.
First of all, the purpose of this contest is to choose the candidate whom we, as Democrats, feel is best equipped to beat John McCain in November. The thrust of Hillary's shrill slander-a-thon campaign is that Barack can't win. Obviously, the majority of voters in the primaries that have been held so far disagree. To date, Obama is winning. He hasn't won yet, but he's closer than Hillary "You Owe Me" Clinton.
If you have Google Earth, point it to the following coordinates:
35°29'57.13" N, 135°44'40.72" E
