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Police concerned about order to stop weapons screening at Obama rally

Harry — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:56:02 EST

The Star-Telegram has an interesting story about security lapses at Barack's rally:

By JACK DOUGLAS Jr.Star-Telegram Staff Writer

Security details at Barack Obama's rally Wednesday stopped screening people for weapons at the front gates more than an hour before the Democratic presidential candidate took the stage at Reunion Arena.

The order to put down the metal detectors and stop checking purses and laptop bags came as a surprise to several Dallas police officers who said they believed it was a lapse in security.

To read the full story, click on this link: http://www.star-telegram.com/251/story/486413.html

ENCOURAGE ABSENTEE BALLOTING

Harry — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:41:05 EST

Please lets encourage anyone whom we find who says they are Obama supporters to VOTE ABSENTEE. This will mean that:
1). They will be free to help on Election Day
2). They become locked in to our candidate... no more vacillating:-)
3). That is one reason Hillary won CA... she encouraged so many residents of Los Angeles in particular, to vote early.
4). I believe she must have encouraged the same in Ohio and perhaps Texas

PLEASE, LET US ENCOURAGE ABSENTEE BALLOTING!

Barack's Legislative Experience

Harry — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:12:20 EST

A wonderful Washington Post article that addresses some of Barack's legislative experience:

Judge Him by His Laws

By Charles Peters Friday, January 4, 2008; Page A21

People who complain that Barack Obama lacks experience must be unaware of his legislative achievements. One reason these accomplishments are unfamiliar is that the media have not devoted enough attention to Obama's bills and the effort required to pass them, ignoring impressive, hard evidence of his character and ability.

Since most of Obama's legislation was enacted in Illinois, most of the evidence is found there -- and it has been largely ignored by the media in a kind of Washington snobbery that assumes state legislatures are not to be taken seriously. (Another factor is reporters' fascination with the horse race at the expense of substance that they assume is boring, a fascination that despite being ridiculed for years continues to dominate political journalism.)

for the full story, here is the link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/03/AR2008010303303.html

ISrael asks: WHERE IS OUR OBAMA?

Harry — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:20:09 EST

Obama's image abroad is really very positive. Whether it is in Obama, Japan, or in Frankfurt, Germany or even in Johannesburg, South Africa, his name and campaign is viewed so positively. And now from Israel, a writer asks:

Where is our Obama?

01:46 17/02/2008 By Yossi Sarid Tags: Barack Obama, Israel
Two months ago, who would have believed that an African American could be chosen as a presidential candidate?

Granted, it was clear from the outset that the Bush-Cheney era would provoke a reaction and that lust for change would flood America from coast to coast. But very few predicted how far the pendulum would swing. Can we in Israel also expect to see the end of an era, ushering in new blood?

For more, go to: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/954788.html

Obama robbed of victory?

Harry — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:48:36 EST

We have heard it before of how vote tallies do not seem to be right. Now I read the following article in the New York Times - so were we robbed of victory? Did you experience something similar? I hear in Los Angeles, there might have been voting problems that seemed to favor our opponent. What do you think?

Unofficial Tallies in City Understated Obama Vote

By SAM ROBERTS

Published: February 16, 2008

Black voters are heavily represented in the 94th Election District in Harlem’s 70th Assembly District. Yet according to the unofficial results from the New York Democratic primary last week, not a single vote in the district was cast for Senator Barack Obama.

That anomaly was not unique. In fact, a review by The New York Times of the unofficial results reported on primary night found about 80 election districts among the city’s 6,106 where Mr. Obama supposedly did not receive even one vote, including cases where he ran a respectable race in a nearby district.

For more, read the original NYT post:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/nyregion/16vote.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=voting+machines&st=nyt&oref=slogin

A Caller talks to Barack's Grandmother!

Harry — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:33:27 EST

Let's keep calling! Who knows, we might just get surprised - see below:-)

HONOLULU -- Sen. Barack Obama supporters got a bit of a surprise on Wednesday night as they tried to gather support for the state Democratic Caucus.

One of the volunteer callers placed a call to a Madelyn Dunham on the call list.

For more, read: http://www.kitv.com/mostpopular/15311653/detail.html

Clinton Long Defended Michigan Ballot

Harry — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:58:44 EST

I was supprised to find that Hillary had long ago defended her action to leave her name on Michigan's ballot while the rest of the candidates took off their names! Here is the article:

Clinton Defends Michigan Ballot Stand

The Associated Press
Thursday, October 11, 2007; 4:21 PM

CONCORD, N.H. -- Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton said it would be foolish to take her name off Michigan's primary ballot and sacrifice her chances against the Republican nominee.

As the only top tier Democrat remaining on Michigan ballot, Clinton is all but guaranteed to win the state's primary. Michigan is tentatively slated to send 156 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, but national party officials have threatened to take away those delegates if the state persists in holding its primary on Jan. 15.

To continue reading, go here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/11/AR2007101100859.html