"President Obama" (Aaaaaah)

MaineBOB — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:48:24 EDT

This email by Alan Konell was forwarded to me tonight
I am reproducing it here to help worried Obama
supporters... Try this Obama Mantra....

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Here's a good approach.. This is such an obvious
answer ... Remember how powerful our thoughts
are!

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To all my friends who have had enough --

I want to make two specific requests (discussion
follows):

1) 3 times a day (more is better) I suggest you
say or just think to yourself "President Obama"
and when you do to imagine it being true right
now and feeling all the great feelings that go
with this thought.

2) Please forward this email to all your friends
who you know for a fact are voting for Obama and
will be thrilled when he wins, encouraging them
to send it on to their friends.

Discussion:

It dawned on me that many of us are getting caught
in the fear orgy the Republicans love to create
because most of their policies are based in fear.
They even fail to recognize that the opposite of
fear is not hope but trust and expectation. So
eliminating fear requires practicing trust and
expectation.

Fearing the Republicans is just more fear and
feeds their cause. They want us to be afraid,
even if all we're afraid of is them. I don't
expect us to never experience fearful thoughts,
but when we notice that we are would be a good
time to think "President Obama" and experience
the pleasure that this reality brings.

When I first thought of this I anticipated that
some, me included, would react with, "well just
thinking about it won't do it. Way too
'airy-fairy' What we need is to be in action."
Interesting thought, but aligning our thoughts
with what we want never hurts and imagining what
we want never precludes getting into action. In
fact, imagining "President Obama" is more likely
to inspire those actions that will create this
wonderful outcome.

Not to mention, if a whole bunch of us are
feeling good, instead of afraid, resigned and
helpless, then we will probably get a whole lot
more done. Practice this thought and notice that
it makes you feel good and certainly more
resourceful. The decision to send this email came
to me last night after deciding to practice this
thought myself yesterday. "President Obama"
Aaaaah. Happy and relieved. Like taking off a
shoe that's too tight (or in this case, maybe a
noose).

I did the math and if each of sends this to ten
others and only five send it on then in 13 rounds
this email will reach over 244 Million people.
Probably less because of repeats. If we send it
to more and let's say 10 send it on then in 9
rounds 1 Billion emails will be sent. Staggering
and no-one is asking you to send any money
anywhere or informing you that you have inherited
money from a long lost relative.

When I first heard Barak Obama speak in 2004 at
the convention, I thought 'This man could be
President someday." I like many others are
inspired by him and know that behind his inspiring
words is a strong, thoughtful and courageous
intelligence. Let's join together to make

"President Obama" (Aaaaaah) a reality by imagining
together that it already is. Thanks for your
help.

Alan Konell, M.S.W.

Obama ... tell 4 Stories to WIN...

MaineBOB — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:24:46 EDT

There is a great article on Huffington Post by Drew Westen titled "Why Voters Say they Don't Really Know Barack Obama (and Why They Don't Really Know Much about John McCain, Either)"

Link

Drew offers great historical perspective on won and lost presidential campaigns, AND what is happening right now. Scary that a guy like McCain could win. It's the kind of article I would love the Obama & Team to Read and ACT ON....

Here is the most relevant quote:

"...four stories: the story you tell about yourself, the story your opponent is telling about himself, the story your opponent is telling about you, and the story you are telling about your opponent. Candidates who offer compelling stories in all four quadrants of this "message grid" win, and those who leave any of them to chance generally lose...."

Thanks

-MaineBOB

Maine State Democratic convention May 30th

MaineBOB — Sun, 25 May 2008 10:50:14 EDT

I continue to be excited about supporting Sen. Obama as a Delegate from my town of China Maine...Covered in this post:

* My Connection with the Obama Campaign

* Lack of Maine Dem Convention promotion

* Maine Superdelegates... uncommitted

* Write Governor Baldacci... switch to support Obama

* Meeting Link for Maine State Democratic Convention. See Ya There!

- MaineBOB

MaineBob's Blog

"President Obama" (Aaaaaah)

Obama ... tell 4 Stories to WIN...

Maine State Democratic convention May 30th