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It's getting ugly... did anyone see that picture of the littlest Palin flipping another kid off??? WOW! I'm positive that my 6 year old (who has an older 12 yr old sister & 10 yr old bro.) doesn't even know what that means. How sad. Good job, Hockey Mom...I guess your kids are pitbulls too.

FIRED UP?

By Julie - Sep 13th, 2009 at 3:24 pm EDT

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agree with Robert Borosage's article in the Huffington Post that the Democratic Party has been very docile and passive throughout this entire process. That includes the Democratic supporters. (i.e.: US)
I haven't been a Democrat for very long. In fact, I have been a registered Independent for 17 years. I switched my party affiliation so that I could vote for President Obama during the Primary Election. But during the past election, I began to read about Senator Obama, watch the Primary Debates, and then I decided to read his books. After reading both of them, I realized that he stood for all of the things that I did, and believed as I did that there had to be common ground. To some degree, I still do believe that. But what I think has happened is that the FAR right has been able to circumvent any logical discussion about this subject - by using scare tactics (like death panels, illegal immigrants getting free healthcare) they have placed doubts in the minds of normally very rational people.
My parents are two of these people that the Right Wing have been able to frighten with their fear-mongering tactics. It is very sad, and also disappointing when you see this happen to otherwise intelligent people. It also really makes me angry. Angry at the President for not taking charge of his own party, angry at the Democratic Party for their lack of a cohesive discussion regarding this matter, and anger at all of US, the people who got the President to where he is right now. Just because he's in the White House doesn't mean he can govern effectively without OUR SUPPORT and OUR voices. But I am THE MOST ANGRY at the media, for not addressing the real problems. The uninsured, the people whose claims are rejected for whatever reason the insurance companies decide to give them. The media is being completely irresponsible by not covering the real issues. Even the respected channels are starting to act like cheesy tabloid programs. It's embarassing.
We really need to stop talking about doing something, and we NEED TO DO SOMETHING instead. If we don't mobilize, and organize like we did during the election, The President will not be able to move forward with his agenda. HE NEEDS OUR SUPPORT. We need to march, we need to protest outside of the opponent's offices. We need to go to Phone banks, and we need to call all of the people that voted for the President and his Health are Reform Plan.
LET'S DO IT!!!!!
Julie R

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Yes, We Can

By Julie - Nov 5th, 2008 at 3:03 am EST

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YES, WE CAN!!I have been such a cynical person. I realized that tonight as Barack Obama-President Obama, was giving his FIRST PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH!!!! What he said tonight made me realize how I need to do more. It is not over. It is just the beginning. I have supported Obama since he announced his candidacy. I heard about him, I read his books; I examined his Senate voting records. I "VETTED" him. And even though I voted for him in the primaries, encouraged (and harassed) my friends to vote for him, tortured my children and husband with the news for close to 2 years, bothered people in Pennsylvania for a few nights, wore an Obama-mama shirt every weekend to my daughter's volleyball games, stuck bumper stickers all over the back of my car, (even after I have said for years people that did that were attention-seeking), fought with my conservative parents multiple times, begged my conservative brother, schemed with my little Democratic sister & aunt (on how to convert them), I donated a what little bit of money I didn't really have to his campaign every month, BUT tonight-I realized that I had totally prepared myself for Obama to lose. I was ready for a fight. I was remembering 2000. I was remembering 2004. I was expecting problems, and I was waiting for something to happen. I was so sure something bad was going to happen. I have to say, I stayed up last night to see the Dixville Notch election. When he won there, when they have not voted for a Democrat since H. Humphreys, I seriously saw that as a sign. When they showed Ohio and Pennsylvania, I felt like maybe was starting to happen. And then something did happen - and it wasn't bad. I slopped some dinner on the table for the kids (4) and then I glued myself to CNN. Somewhere in between the kids tattling on each other, finding the Halloween candy that I JUST hid, taking baths, signing homework, and the 52 minute lecture from my Dad about why we are in the War in Iraq, and that we need a balance of power in Washington, D.C., Barack Obama became President of the United States. Barack Obama won. It happened so fast. When I logged onto CNN live, and I saw Jesse Jackson crying, and I saw the enormity of the crowd at Grant Park, I knew. I ran back to CNN, and un-paused (I love TIVO!!!) CNN, John McCain came out & conceded. And I'm going to pull a Michelle Obama here- "For the first time in (this election), I have been proud of Arizona." John McCain was truly a gracious man, and proved himself to be a servant of his country. His concession speech could not have been better. He truly vindicated himself with that speech. I realized when I saw President Obama come out with his family, it was real. It was really happening. No "recount", no Supreme Court. It was here, and it was real. I can't remember a time in my life, besides the days my children were born, that I have been so moved and so inspired by something. I realized that this election has changed me, and there was no way to hide behind my cynicism anymore. I was so happy for my children, that they would be able to grow up in a country with so much HOPE. But with President Obama's words of hope, and inspiration about what we need to do, to come together, to serve our country, I knew that this movement isn't over. There's more to do. This is just the beginning of CHANGE. Our country spoke tonight, and it spoke LOUD!!!We are all really good at something. I think after tonight, if everyone thinks about it, what they think is especially important to them and their lives, (education, the environment, healthcare, the economy, jobs, the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan) if you dedicate yourself to that cause in the best way that you know how - then our country will be better off, a little bit, everyday. If we keep moving toward our goals, together, and never forget what we did in this election, we can CHANGE THIS COUNTRY. I think tonight is the first night that I have really believed that.

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