Hey everyone,
I have set up a fundraising page in memory of my Dad, who sooo wanted to vote for Obama. He passed last month and I want to honor him. Please help me reach my goal. Thank you
Cresia
http://mybarackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/cresia
Good Reading!
My Vote's for Obama (if I could vote) ...by Michael Moore
April 21st, 2008
Friends,
I don't get to vote for President this primary season. I live in Michigan. The party leaders (both here and in D.C.) couldn't get their act together, and thus our votes will not be counted.
So, if you live in Pennsylvania, can you do me a favor? Will you please cast my vote -- and yours -- on Tuesday for Senator Barack Obama?
I haven't spoken publicly 'til now as to who I would vote for, primarily for two reasons: 1) Who cares?; and 2) I (and most people I know) don't give a rat's ass whose name is on the ballot in November, as long as there's a picture of JFK and FDR riding a donkey at the top of the ballot, and the word "Democratic" next to the candidate's name.
Seriously, I know so many people who don't care if the name under the Big "D" is Dancer, Prancer, Clinton or Blitzen. It can be Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Barry Obama or the Dalai Lama.
Well, that sounded good last year, but over the past two months, the actions and words of Hillary Clinton have gone from being merely disappointing to downright disgusting. I guess the debate last week was the final straw. I've watched Senator Clinton and her husband play this game of appealing to the worst side of white people, but last Wednesday, when she hurled the name "Farrakhan" out of nowhere, well that's when the silly season came to an early end for me. She said the "F" word to scare white people, pure and simple. Of course, Obama has no connection to Farrakhan. But, according to Senator Clinton, Obama's pastor does -- AND the "church bulletin" once included a Los Angeles Times op-ed from some guy with Hamas! No, not the church bulletin!
It is truly ironic that in 2008 we as a nation are still stymied by race. If the real truth is revealed, 90% of the blacks in this country can call themselves 'bi-racial' due to the many children born to woman and the slave master. I know my great-grandfather was Irish, my great-grandmother was Choctaw and I am a combination of all the above plus black. What is happening, much to my happiness are the new generation are less concerned with what is on the outside, looking to the heart and soul of a person.
On another note, how is it the Cheney got a pass from the conservative right (Limbaugh, Hannity, and the lot) when he has a Lesbian daughter with a partner and a baby? Where is the cry out for family values? Talk about hippocrites! I admire BO for allowing people to be who they are without judgment.
