Sounds like sorority or fraternity pledge week. Haha.
Was anyone else on todays OFA call? Whose doing what on the 21st? Anyone have something set up in Olympia? Let me know. I know the OFA people will be doing something but don't know what yet. Our county party chair was on the call as was another of our national delegates so they will be planning something. You can watch for that on MyBO events and all will be welcome and but that doesn't mean we can't do additional things too.
One thing I will add from the call. Someone brought up that you don't have to go out and canvass. You can contact everyone on your e-mail lists and give them a link to sign the pledge on line which will be very helpful and there is a way to set up a phone bank online and call from home like we did during the GOTV phase so you can participate if you can't get out or if you live in areas where the houses are too far apart to door bell effectively.
Oh and if you haven't signed the pledge please don't forget to do it yourself. Every vote counts.
Someone asked about doing this in high traffic areas. You have a right to stand on a public street corner anywhere as long as you don't block the sidewalk and you should be able to do it in front of public buildings like the library or post office. If you are a college student or know one who would go with you, you could do it in the commons areas on Friday as well. Pretty much anywhere you would be allowed to register voters. If you are going to a meeting that would be appropriate between now and next week you could take hand outs and leave them on the table if you aren't allowed to speak. There is nothing magic about Saturday. That's just the designated day. Feel free to get an early start or do more on Sunday. The budget debate will be going on for weeks. The show of force is the thing not the exact day.
Yellerdog-Olympia
I've come to the conclusion that this has gone past the beneficial stage. I was one of the first and most vocal about holding Barack accountable but I quit this group. I wasn't sure that this was a good idea to begin with. Look at the facts. The MSM is watching and we're acting like a bunch of drunk rednecks having a family brawl in public that threatens to burn the whole trailer park down. It's OK I are one. Like Senator Webb, I'm proud to be a redneck. Don't be offended.
Yes I know we'll eventually get over it and make up. That's what families do but the MSM isn't going to report that. They have a vested interest in not reporting it in fact. Using us to triangulate with our own guy is way too much fun. It makes the race seem closer than it is and improves ratings. We are playing into their hands and we have to knock it off.
Barack I still disagree with you on FISA. I don't know what you have bought into or why. It still makes no sense. Your statements are so vague that either you don't understand it, they are lieing to you or something else is going on. So be it. FISA is a done deal anyway. If we lost a fight it doesn't mean we are going to loose the war. Focus people. Focus on Victory. The White House is where the marbles are. Maybe Barack will fix the FISA thing when he is in office. We know McCain won't. Our choice.
Victory is a big red, white, and blue moving van with the Obama symbol and YES WE DID emblazoned on the side parked out front of the WH on Jan 20.
Victory is waving Bu-By as Air Force One lifts off carrying Shrub into history on Jan 20.
Victory is Barack Obama's right hand held high taking the oath of office and ushering in "The Dream." That which Martin and millions of others could only dream about. On Jan 20, 2009 the sun will rise on the very day that we have finally begun to heal that which has so greatly divided our nation for so very long. We can't mess that up people. We just can't.
Victory is the beginning of the end of our 7 year national nightmare and crisis. Defeat is more of the same or worse and it can get a lot worse.
So everybody out of the pool and back on the bus. "My friends," we still have a hell of a ride to take. This bus is going straight to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC.
YES WE CAN, YES WE WILL, YES WE MUST!.....................................YES WE DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Obama Campaign and the Thurston Co. Democratic Party is looking for someone who would like to do Voter Registration at St. Martins before school is out or during the Summer Quarter. You would set up a table in a public area and just ask people to register or change their address if they need to. We'll provide all the materials and get you going. Feel free to recruit people to help you. As you know college students are a core part of Barack Obama's base and turning out new voters is critical to our campaign. You can play a vital part in electing Barack and helping the down ticket in WA State.
If interested, E-mail me. rayleeholden@live.com
This is the story about the new GOP slogan being the same as for Effexor, a popular anti-depressant. To really have fun with it though be sure you click on the side effects and think of them as the new GOP Platform. You will notice that the first one is suicidal ideation. Now theres a real Republican talking point. But given the economy maybe they are on to something. Anyway read and enjoy. You can't make stuff like this up.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/12/gops-new-slogan-already-b_n_101376.html
There are still several ways you can help out with our Change We Can Believe In Voter Registration Drive beginning May 10th.
1. We'll have a booth a the Olympia Farmer's Market. Come by and register or change your address if you have moved. Bring friends or family, a neighbor, or a disabled person who might otherwise not be able to get out. The weather looks good. It will be a good day to take in the market and the Wooden Boat Show.
2. Canvass. We are specifically canvassing 6 neighboorhoods in Lacey that have no data yet. You could join one of those teams or just pick up some forms and go knock on doors in your own neigborhood. Everyone counts. Lacey walkers please show up about 9AM.
Please do not leave your car parked at the market all day. It will be towed.
3. It is Wooden Boat Weekend. You can pick up a clipboard and walk around and register people on the boardwalk. Not everyone makes it down to the market.
The primay isn't over and it's important we stay strong. The Super Delegates are watching our grassroots efforts as they answer their question about electibility. They are also watching to see who has the best downline organization to help in the other democratic races. We know the answer. Now lets get out and show them.
The important thing is to do something positive. Don't sit at home. Come on out and lend a hand.
You can get more information the mybarack.com event section, RSVP at info@tcforobama, or just show up.
And especially to you in Asheville and Buncombe County. You kicked some ass today. Love you all. We watched Barack's victory speech with tears in our eyes. A native Heel in Olympia, WA. Hi-sis.
Now go call WV and OR. We can't give up a single delegate until it's over and HRC just said she isn't quitting.
If we can keep on this roll there won't be enough Super Delegates left uncommitted in two weeks to matter. Enjoy the day. If you are in NC or IN do not dispair. Hillary can't win. Go vote and be proud you are making history. Show the superdelegates what we can do.
We are still a couple of thousand short of the 1.5 million. Make an donation if you can. Be part of the 1.5 million person campaign. We shall not be moved. We cannot be defeated. We the people will prevail. VOTE OBAMA.
Take the kids with you. They will remember it all their life. My parents took us with them to vote for JFK and let us pull back the big leaver that actually registered our family's votes. It still gives me shivers.
Now Christmas in May. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/5/72816/86327/270/509265
This is one of the most anti-semantic and disgusting things I've ever seen. Meanwhile many Jewish people are on the fence over whether Barack Obama seems strong enough in his defense of Israel. He in fact totally supports Israel but isn't willing to say he will blow up the world to save it.
Watch the clip, comment and pass it on. If it ever saw the light of day on the MSM it would move Wright story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uViQ0hVV57Q
The guy actually claims to be anti-sematic. Decide for yourself. I was so angry I sent the URL to the Jewish Defense League (JDL)and asked where their outrage is? If you do so, be respectful. They are a very powerful organization. They aren't anti-Barack and could be a major ally especially in the fall.
On Saturday May 10th the Thurston County Democratic Party in conjunction with the Coordinated Campaign and the Thurston County for Obama Campaign will hold a kick-off voter registration drive. Volunteers will meet at the Olympia Farmer’s Market a 9:00 AM to pick up their registration materials and maps. For this kick-off we have targeted six new neighborhoods in Lacey. These are neighborhoods for which we have no data so we volunteers will canvas all the houses.
Voter registration is a fundamental step in the political process. You can’t get them out to vote if they aren’t registered. Voter interest is running high and voter registration is up nation-wide so lots of people should be glad to see you. Over the next couple of months additional drives will be conducted to cover the entire county and this is a great time to get trained up and be ready to go.
Please RSVP to rayleeholden@live.com or call 360-956-0235.
To our Obama Supporters: You are the spearhead of a national grassroots effort the likes of which has never been seen before. This kick-off is co-sponsored by Obama for America and is important to the national campaign at a very critical time. The National Democratic Party needs to elect more than just a Democratic President. They need a national candidate with long coat tails who will help all the way down the line. The Super Delegates are watching.
The HRC Campaign was invited to participate in this 50 State Effort but they declined. This is Team Obama’s opportunity to get the publicity and send our message. We are the players. As Democrats, Barack expects Grassroots Team Obama to get out the vote, support local and state Democratic candidates, and bring them right on into office along with him. We’re going to take back the Senate, re-elect Gregoir and elect a sold slate of local candidates.
If you can’t walk: We will have an Obama table from 10 to 3 to register voters and we’ll be stocked with Obama gear. Stop by and say hello. Pick up a sign, a sticker, button, or Tee for a donation to help the local office. Thurston County For Obama is a local grassroots group that receives no financial support from the national campaign. Your local contributions are welcome too.
Dear Tarheels-
I was born and raised in your beautiful mountains and am a UNC alum. How I wish I could be there to stand up with on Tuesday for Barack Obama but alas I'm writing from another state where life has called me.
You, my fellow Tarheels at a crossroad. You have in effect become the latest incarnation of a firewall. This time for Barack Obama. With your strong support and a big victory HRC's campaign from hell will begin to loose steam, finally wake up, and realize that its dead.
She can't win. If you look at the numbers you will see that she can only prolong the race and injure the party and Barack Obama in the fall. If National Party plays by the rules Hillary Clinton cannot win the nomination. A vote for Hillary on May 6 is a waste. However this is exactly the time for our side to pour it on.
Most of you are working people just like my Mom and Dad were. The textile mill in which my father labored to raise us kids is long gone. Gone to China or some damned where but it isn't in NC anymore. The Clintons and their corporatist, NAFTA crap are not the friends of working people. Don't get side tracked by the circus around things like Reverend Wright. His name isn't on the ballot. He does not speak for Barack Obama. The gas tax roll back never had a chance even if you support it. Congress isn't even going to take it up. It's a complete red-herring and HRC knows it.
Don't be over confident and not vote or discouraged by something you hear in the media and not vote. Go vote. Our country is in a mess. The overwhelming majority of people believe we are headed in the wrong direction. This is our chance. Maybe the last for another generation to begin setting things right. It won't be easy. We desperately need leadership not dictatorship and with all my heart I believe that Barack will be that leader.
The nation is watching you North Carolina. Send a clear message Tarheels. We the people are strong so we are a threat to the moneyed establishment. Send a message to the corporations and to lying liars who want a free ride on your strong hard working backs.
Vote for Barack Obama on May 6th.
I'm a Yellow Dog Democrat from Asheville via Olympia WA and I approve this message.
Go Heels.
You guys at the campaign are geniuses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw9o481X4f8
Hey NC and Indiana, get with the program. Just do what Bill says
I'm sure Hillary won't mind. Hahahahaha
If we each do even one positive thing to get Barack elected each day, it will be overwhelming. Here is a quick thing you can do.
Take a moment to sign this petition and demand that the party follow it's own rules. We count delegates not popular votes or anything else. My position is that that when Barack reaches a majority of the electable delegates, he is 132 short at the moment counting Guam, then Hillary is mathematically eliminated. The rest of the contests should be canceled and the Supers ratify the will of the people by the party rules.
This poll made the rounds before but if you missed it or didn't sign please do so. In aggregate our voices are more weight than as individuals.
http://www.colorofchange.org/
While the daily circus contines there are other issues going on that effect us more than the good reverand Wright all though you couldn't tell it from the corporate media. Read my Kos Diary about the new Poll Tax and ask youself what have you done for Barack today besides obcess on the cable news BS. Remember he is only 134 pledged delegates short of a win so this is just a distracton. He also picked up three supers today. Hillary got two but we'll take 3 to 2 and move on.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/30/181116/369/870/506615
As you know, when Barack Obama clocks in 1871 pledged delegates it will be mathematically impossible for Hillary Clinton to win. She will have been mathematically eliminated. As of today Barack is only 134 delegates short of winning. Despite the MSMs desire to keep this thing going, Hillary can't win. It's over.
I just sent an E-mail to Howard Dean reminding him of this fact. I'm sure he knows it but it's time he begins to hear it from us in a big way. I reminded him that by the rules we keep score by the number of delegates won, not popular vote and not popularity. Any change in the rules now would constitute a fraud. It would be like changing the rules in the last minute of the Superbowl to say that the team with the most yards wins or the one that filled more seats wins. Can you imagine? There would be a riot and that is only a football game.
Write Howard Dean. Tell him, in the name of party unity, to end the primary when Hillary Clinton is mathematically eliminated. I'll also be contacting Nancy Perlosi and Howard Reid as well. Here's the link to Howard Dean. Lets fill up his box. Pass this on to other groups and blogs.
Contact Howard Dean today: ww.democrats.org/page/pt/chairman/wbi9ifgk4s9w
Background: Bill Moyers is a member of the United Church of Christ and an ordained minister. The UCC is predominately a liberal white church and is in no way a black cult. Trinity Church in South Chicago is predominately a black congregation of the UCC but has Hispanic and white members and doesn't discriminate against anyone.
The modern concept of liberation theology mostly came out of South America where it was associated with liberation of the people from the various right wing dictators installed or propped up by the US. It was condemned by Pope John Paul II because he, like the US incorrectly associated anything to do with a peoples movement as Communism. Liberation theology, as Moyer's informs, is in part the story of the freeing of the Jews from Egyptian slavery. Liberation theologists believe that God takes the side of the oppressed and enslaved.
There is nothing cultish about Liberation Theology either. It has a world wide following, particularly amoung repressed peoples. As you might guess Liberation Theology is condemned by many conservative Christians and by repressive governments everywhere exactly because it promotes power to the people. That's we the people as in Yes We Can which is a very scary concept to the establishment. "We" is a dangerious word because there are always more of us than them. It's especially dangerious when "we" get the notion that God is on our side.
I don't watch TV so I didn't see the Bill Moyer's Journal interview with Reverend Wright. I just finished reading the entire transcript and found it as profound in it's own way as Barack's Philidelphia speech. When taken in the context he presents, if you understand anything about history and about liberal Christianity, he is absolutely and profoundly correct.
I know the transcript is a lot of reading but you will never fully appreciate or understand the entire contavercy if you don't take the time to read it. If you want to dig deeper go read some of Martain Marty's work and by all means go find MLK's speech about the "evil war vietnam" given in 1967 at Riverside Church.
This is the part where he explains the God Damn America. He later explains the connection between the words damn and comdenm. What is he saying is God Comdem America for her evil ways much as MLK did. Of course that's pretty scary stuff for a black man to have said then or now.
BILL MOYERS: "One of the most controversial sermons that you preach is the sermon you preach that ended up being that sound bite about Goddamn America.
REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT: Where governments lie, God does not lie. Where governments change, God does not change. And I'm through now. But let me leave you with one more thing. Governments fail. The government in this text comprised of Caesar, Cornelius, Pontius Pilate - the Roman government failed. The British government used to rule from East to West. The British government had a Union Jack. She colonized Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Hong Kong. Her navies ruled the seven seas all the way down to the tip of Argentina in the Falklands, but the British government failed. The Russian government failed. The Japanese government failed. The German government failed. And the United States of America government, when it came to treating her citizens of Indian descent fairly, she failed. She put them on reservations. When it came to treating her citizens of Japanese descent fairly, she failed. She put them in internment prison camps. When it came to treating citizens of African descent fairly, America failed. She put them in chains. The government put them on slave quarters, put them on auction blocks, put them in cotton fields, put them in inferior schools, put them in substandard housing, put them in scientific experiments, put them in the lowest paying jobs, put them outside the equal protection of the law, kept them out of their racist bastions of higher education and locked them into position of hopelessness and helplessness. The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law, and then wants us to sing God bless America? No, no, no. Not God bless America; God damn America! That's in the Bible, for killing innocent people. God damn America for treating her citizen as less than human. God damn America as long as she keeps trying to act like she is God and she is supreme. "
Here's the Link: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04252008/transcript1.html. Please take the time to read it and to pass it on to others. Just because the rest of the country is miseducated as Write says doesn't mean we have to be.
Now it's getting down to the down and dirty nitty f..ing gritty.
Rep. Geoff Davis, a Hebron Republican, compared Obama and his message for change similar to a "snake oil salesman" [at a Northern Kentucky Lincoln Day dinner].
He said in his remarks at the GOP dinner that he also recently participated in a "highly classified, national security simulation" with Obama.
"I'm going to tell you something: That boy's does not need to be on the button," Davis said. "He could not make a decision in that simulation that related to a nuclear threat to this country."
He later claimed that he "mispoke."
Bull Crap. If you are from KY you know exactly what the word boy means when applied to a black man. You only say it if you mean it or it slips out and it 's what you really meant anyway.
Oh now I get it. Arrogance and elitist are just code words for a term I heard a lot growing up in the segregated south. Uppity. I term applied to any black man who presumed to speak truth to power. As applied to the likes of MLK it was generally used with the N word. So anytime Barack Obama comes close to speaking a truth like racism still exists or that people are angry with government and turn to their family and church then that uppity N...needs a good slapping down.
"Beneath the enormous charm and cool persona of Obama beats the heart of an arrogant man. With increasing frequency, the 46-year-old one-term senator from Illinois orates as though he resides at Olympian Heights. By his presumptuous demeanor, he suggests that he sees what no one else sees, and can do what no other person can do; he is America’s healing balm. Peter Wehner" http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTliNjljYTU2NDZiNWE3ZWE2NTdjNTRmZGI0ZWI3YzU=#more
