We did baby !! Battered and bruised, tired and heck but it was worth it, wasn't it ? :)
In our life time !!!!!!
Thanks to all the new friends I've made and new people I've met. It was a wild ride, and now the healing begins and work to turn this nation around. We can do this ! Our new president elect and Vice President elect are counting on us to do our part !
Way to go DEMS !!!!!!!!!
We wanted to get this content to other area supporters, so we joined the site & opened this blog. I doubt we'll have more content before the election, but you never know....
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Slanderous Business Message Appalls Greenwood Citizens
"THIS IS THE BEST
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
HELP ME CHANGE THAT
'B. HUSSEIN OBAMA'"
Dear Friends,
My husband and I have spent this election cycle truly watching the primaries and now the general election. Neither of us are party members, although my husband grew up as a staunch republican. We had decisions to make now that is was voting time. After the debates, and reviewing policy positions, I believe we will both be tallies for Obama. So not even as democrats, but as people, we were appalled to see a private business billboard with their message space donated to a slur against Obama. Ignorance, and angling against ethic prejudice should have no face in politics. Especially in a year with so many extremely important issues to demand our true thought and attention. I am forwarding this to our local Obama friends in the hope that we let this business know their message is not only inappropriate and offensive, but it is alienating customers; our family will not be providing any income for this business. I think it is really important that we address these local issues as directly as possible and with as much exposure as possible. We are hoping to forward the photo, but I am not sure it will always attach. Please contact me if you would like the photo and do not receive it. The photo is also on our profile, please have a look. We are also sending this notice and photo to the local Obama headquarters & local media.
The billboard was for:
Delta Electronics
413 Montague Ave
Greenwood, SC 29649
phone 864.229.3949.
It read:
THIS IS THE BEST
'B. HUSSEIN OBAMA'
Shown exactly as typed, with the name in quotes, showing the middle name, but not first... If it had just stated 'Barack Obama' we would have kept driving, but the "B. HUSSEIN OBAMA" struck us as inflammatory and as a direct attempt to allude negatively to Barack as a Muslim, many people I have spoken with here still believe that element of slander against Barack's faith. Just thought you all should know.
The business hours are listed as M-F 9am-6pm. Please remember to let them know how their billboard message selection is being received, but also remember who we are representing, lets keep our messages more appropriate than theirs! Please feel free to share our message with others, and contact us if you have more followup ideas for us. If you are interested in our updates please message us back or e-mail us. Thank you.
Best of Luck
~Rustin & Diana of Greenwood, SC
Emm..walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...must be a duck!
"...Long before he was "Joe the plumber," Joe Wurzelbacher lived in North Pole and Eielson Air Force Base, according to Alaska public records. A family member says Wurzelbacher came to the state in the mid-1990s and stayed about four years — long enough to have the son who can be seen standing next to him in the now famous YouTube clip of Wurzelbacher grilling Sen. Barack Obama about taxes. Kelly Morrison watched the debate with her husband in Midtown Anchorage. As the candidates sparred over someone named Joe the plumber, her husband kept telling Morrison that it had to be the Joe they know. Morrison’s sister, Jennifer, is Wurzelbacher’s ex-wife. They’ve known him for years. At one point, Joe worked as Morrison’s plumber when they both lived in Arizona. Then someone on TV said Joe’s last name. “I’m like, 'That’s Joe!’ And (my husband) said, 'I’ve been trying to tell you that the whole time,” Morrison said. Alaska records show Wurzelbacher listed a North Pole address in 1992 and 1993, and Eielson Air Force Base address in ’94 and ’95. He applied for hunting permits, owned an old Ford and a new Dodge, and paid a $76 fine in Fairbanks court for speeding. It was unclear Thursday afternoon whether Wurzelbacher registered to vote while living in Alaska, and if so with which party, Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai wrote in an e-mail. Wurzelbacher’s son was born in the Fairbanks area in 1995, Morrison said..."
"...Long before he was "Joe the plumber," Joe Wurzelbacher lived in North Pole and Eielson Air Force Base, according to Alaska public records. A family member says Wurzelbacher came to the state in the mid-1990s and stayed about four years — long enough to have the son who can be seen standing next to him in the now famous YouTube clip of Wurzelbacher grilling Sen. Barack Obama about taxes.
Kelly Morrison watched the debate with her husband in Midtown Anchorage. As the candidates sparred over someone named Joe the plumber, her husband kept telling Morrison that it had to be the Joe they know.
Morrison’s sister, Jennifer, is Wurzelbacher’s ex-wife. They’ve known him for years. At one point, Joe worked as Morrison’s plumber when they both lived in Arizona.
Then someone on TV said Joe’s last name.
“I’m like, 'That’s Joe!’ And (my husband) said, 'I’ve been trying to tell you that the whole time,” Morrison said.
Alaska records show Wurzelbacher listed a North Pole address in 1992 and 1993, and Eielson Air Force Base address in ’94 and ’95. He applied for hunting permits, owned an old Ford and a new Dodge, and paid a $76 fine in Fairbanks court for speeding.
It was unclear Thursday afternoon whether Wurzelbacher registered to vote while living in Alaska, and if so with which party, Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai wrote in an e-mail.
Wurzelbacher’s son was born in the Fairbanks area in 1995, Morrison said..."
Anchorage Daily News: http://community.adn.com/adn/node/132881
Congraulations To My President !
Senator and our first lady (smile) are the classic example of elegance and grace. He won that debate hands down. Just watching the two after the debate working the crowd shows they are people oriented. Michelle worked the crowd while Cindy stood back. He will be a great leader ! The polls all across the net shows he was favored. Let's hope that everyone voting was of age. (smile)
On the other hand, Senator Biden of course won the debate with Sarah Palin, but to me seemed to be in a somewhat somber mood. My condolences to the family for their lost. I also understand Senator Biden's feelings about sending a child to Iraq. I also had a child in Iraq, when I put him on that plane, eight years ago, I asked him "Are you scared?" He said "Yes," I said, "Me too," but when he came home this time, he got out of the military.
I figured Senator Biden was in a somber mood because of what was happening in his personal life or he was just totally pissed because he had to debate a total inexperienced air-head ! How dare she call Senator Obama inexperienced. ("I can see Russia from my back yard") Oh lawd !!
Senator Obama is poised, knowledgeable and brilliant. Race has to be a factor in this contest, because by all measurements Senator Obama should be so far ahead of these air-heads in the polls that the election should be over already!
My friends. I knew this was coming. Our convention that was meant to nominate Barack will be a mess. I knew this was coming when ole girl took so long to give in !!! (Pleas read)
Supporters of Hillary Clinton are planning a number of rallies at the Democratic national convention in Denver to express their disappointment with the party’s presidential primary process.
The Denver Group, formed by two Clinton backers, has filmed a TV commercial and scheduled a large reception in Denver for August 26.
Another pro-Clinton group, 18 Million Voices, is organizing a march on that day in Denver “and nationwide to support Sen. Clinton and advocate for women’s rights worldwide,” according to its Web site.
Some of the Denver Group’s goals are at odds with those of the Democratic Party, The Hill newspaper reports. It wants an open convention, with Hillary’s name placed in nomination, as well as a genuine roll call vote with Clinton as a legitimate candidate instead of what it calls a “coronation” of Barack Obama.
Clinton backers in Denver will hold signs reading, “Denounce Nobama’s Coronation,” according to the Denver Post.
Heidi Li Feldman, co-founder of the Denver Group, said her organization has raised up to $40,000 and bought six print ads in addition to the TV commercial.
One print ad showed a picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt and asked, “Would Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi have kept his name off the ballot?”
The ad pointed out that Roosevelt went into the 1932 Democratic convention short of the necessary delegates to sew up the nomination and won on the fourth ballot.
Marc Rubin, the other co-founder of the Denver Group, said there is “palpable anger” at the Democratic National Committee.
Hillary recently declared that Democrats must unite behind Obama and disclosed that she is in talks with the Obama camp and the DNC about her role and the role of her delegates, according to The Hill, which added:
“Clinton and many of her backers believe that, if there is a strategy of recognizing the New York senator’s delegates at the convention, it would be a cathartic experience and lead to a more unified Democratic Party.”
© 2008 Newsmax. All rights reserved.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/06/AR2008080601081.html
By Perry Bacon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 6, 2008; 9:45 AM
Barack Obama's national Muslim outreach coordinator has resigned amid a controversy of over his connections to a man who the Justice Department named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the racketeering trial last year of several alleged Hamas fund-raisers.
Mazen Asbahi, a Chicago lawyer who had been appointed to help Obama reach out to Muslims, stepped down on Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported late last night.
The paper had inquired about his relationship with Jamal Said, who served on a board with Asbahi in 2000 that is a subsidiary of the North American Islamic Trust, which holds titles to mosques, Islamic centers, schools, and other real estate around the country. Said had been named in an investigation of alleged Hamas fund-raisers, which ended in a mistrial last year, the paper reported.
Who in the world are all of these dang people !!! They're splitting the vote to many different ways !!?!?!?
(These candidates were copied from msn.com/election 2008 page)
Time Magazine
Interesting article about Obama's campaign strategy in the South. This could be where the battle as won, as Ohio and Florida might be steeper climbs. The article mostly touches on driving voter turnout for African-Americans (I believe turnout is usually around 50%), while trying to appeal to more white voters than usual. Money is going to be tight as the battleground states require a lot more resources. This is just another example of why we must do what we can at the local level -- whether that is driving voter registration, exchanging healthy dialog with potential voters, phone banking .. etc.
I haven't seen much of a SC campaign presence yet (although preparatings might be taking place), so I'm going to get a couple things started. Keep an eye on this blog during the next could weeks.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/03/AR2008010303303.html?referrer=digg
QUOTE:
"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. "
This is stunning, and a disappointment...
I wish someone could explain to me why the best candidate we've had for President of the United States continues to have to be drug into the media to defend himself over two individuals. Whether it's a former pastor or real estate developer, why do we continue to see any candidate weather a storm like this with so much as stake right now?
Have we forgotten about the characters in the lives of both Bill & Hillary Clinton? Of John McCain? In our own lives?
Again, it is stunning to see that in the year 2008 we are here on a Tuesday night in the Spring season and our attention remains fixed on this while gas is almost unaffordable, food choices at the grocery store are having to be seriously altered to meet a budget that no longer can sustain it, and jobs that can sustain average Americans are harder and harder to find. We have troops on the ground in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, and all over the world. A soaring trade deficit, national debt, and we are talking about a man not even in the running for the most powerful political office in the world?
Where is our Leadership? Where is the muscle in the Democrat and Republican Parties of the United States? Where are the decent political leaders who should be outraged that Barack Obama is continually being attacked over this mess? Where are any of our leaders?
Are we going to gamble away this wonderful opportunity we have to shake this off, roll up our sleeves, and make a fantastic nation even better?
Still want answers? How about asking Illinois? I ask you. Barack Obama is the junior Senator from your state. Are we to believe that your collective judgment somehow overlooked this man, passing through your State Senate, onto the U.S. Senate, and to the position of Presidential Candidate Frontrunner and you somehow missed whatever secret everyone keeps digging for? Or, can we just say that Senator Obama is a great guy, and we can all follow him together?
It is a hot topic on the media waves, and after a few months of the 2008 Presidential Primary season, we now focus on what the actual numbers say. There has been a challenge that states needed in order to win the General Election are more in favor of Hillary Clinton and John McCain; negating the overwhelming number of states that Senator Barack Obama has won, along with the delegates that his campaign has brought in.
With the help of the running tally listed on msnbc.com, from the exit polls of real voters, the following below facts are laid out. We have analyzed not only the delegates in the states, we have also looked at the Electoral College counts themselves since they ultimate decide the outcome of the office and Florida and Michigan Delegate counts are not counted.
Texas - The state that saw a statistical deadheat between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton (Obama took the Caucus, Clinton the Primary, and Obama the delegates by 99-94).
If we further break down the numbers, we have 2,050,000 (rounding down) votes for Barack Obama in a General Election, assuming that only ½ of Hillary Clinton supporters come over for Barack, and the other ½ vote for an alternate candidate. If we get very (Santa Claus) generous, we can give John McCain that ½, raising his total to 1,410,000 (rounding up). This leaves a short-fall of over 600,000 votes, the likes of which cannot even be made up for by Huckabee’s total that rang in at 532,000.
Result? Obama takes Texas, and its 34 EC votes.
California is the big heavyweight, and we’ll go ahead and get it out of the way, right away. An analysis of the Golden State reveals the following; 52% Clinton – 42% Obama – 4% Edwards. Being generous again, we look at a 50% split for the two, giving Clinton 54% and Obama 43%; total vote counts of 2,200,000 for Clinton and 1,830,000 for Obama..rounding them both down slightly. Adding the conservative 50% from Clinton to Obama again gives Barack 2,881,013 total votes to McCain’s 3,564,047 with all the GOP vote + ½ of Hillary’s count. That’s a difference of 683,034.
Result? McCain takes California, and its 55 EC votes.
Florida has been perhaps the single-most controversial state in electoral news over the history of the United States; far eclipsing any vote rigging that ever occurred before (it is the information age, and should be theft-proof and fool-proof) As we all know, the Florida Democrat Primary will not be counted toward the delegate totals. However, it does deserve mentioning here. A breakdown of the actual vote shows that another statistical dead-heat! (word is getting familiar, yes?) With Senator Clinton receiving 50% of the votes cast, Barack Obama took 33% to John Edwards 14%, with an additional 1% left-out. Now, we’ve been more than generous to both Mrs. Clinton and Mr. McCain, so let’s give Mr. Obama the benefit in round number three. Even if we add all the votes cast in the Democrat Primary, we have 1,684,390 votes for Democrat Candidates to 1,916,212 for the GOP. It is not likely that either Hillary or Barack are going to pull away nearly 250,000 Republican voters from McCain, which means that the Democrat nominee will need to bring in new voters. Barack Obama has brought out record numbers of new voters by every account given. Can he find more than 300,000? With over 17million people reported as living in the state of Florida, that means that only 21% of the population actually voted. The trends show that there is only one candidate who picks up big clumps of new voters. That candidate is Barack Obama. Adding just 4% of the population to the numbers for Obama, and we get 2,364,390 for Barack; leaving McCain with 448,278 new voters he will need to find in order to just tie. With all eyes on the Sunshine State, not even the Bush machine can hoodwink the population this time. Advantage – Obama.
Result? Obama takes Florida and its 27 EC votes (that makes it 61 – 55 in favor of Obama, so far)
As long as we are speaking about Florida, let’s go ahead and look at her sister Michigan; a state where Barack was not even on the ballot. To keep it simple, and short, let’s look at ½ of Hillary’s totals again, and the rest coming from those uncommitted and the remainder of the field that was on the ballot. Rounding down Senator Obama by a few again, he totals 429,699 with only ½ of Hillary’s voters. McCain draws in more than 2x that number, at about 866,436. However, Democrats have won the state in both 2000 and 2004, and there really was no election held at all in Michigan. Sorry Johnny, we have to give this one to Senator Obama. Romney and the rest of the GOP field creamed you here, and even with all the GOP vote, you simply will not move the Democrat mid-west.
Result? Obama takes Michigan and its 17 votes (while we’re up here, let’s go ahead and throw in MN, IA, and WI, bordering states where Barack easily wins over all with the numbers: EC totals = 27)
So far, we have Obama v. McCain – Big States, with Big Numbers at:
As this starts to look like a run-away election, let us go ahead and allow our candidates to go back to their home states to pick up support. Just to pre-face, both New York and Illinois carry a large number of votes; 31 and 21 respectively, while Arizona brings in 11. We will start with Arizona.
McCain takes 480,351 votes with every GOP number cast during the primary (he only won 47% in his own state, far below both what Clinton and Obama brought in from their respective states!)
Looking at the Democrat side, we will give Obama everything from his party for 379,642. The GOP has had this state on lock-down 3 of the last 4 Presidential Elections. And though Mr. Gore did lose his own home –state during the 2000 election, we’re going to give the Cactus State to John McCain.
Result? McCain takes his own state, and its 11 EC Votes.
You have to go back to 1984 to find a Republican Presidential Candidate who won in NY. Most of us are familiar as well with Illinois’ history with Presidential production. Giving both states to Obama, we now have the following EC totals:
Obama – 157
McCain – 66
From here, we will narrow things down to just the states where Democrats have dominated during the last four Presidential cycles; going back to 1992 and forward to look at the total Electoral College votes for the two main candidates for the General Election; Barack Obama and John McCain:
Adding in the states of OR, WA, NH, NJ, CT, RI, ME, VT, DE, and MA, we get 70 more EC votes for Barack (if my math is correct…) That gives Senator Obama 227 votes in the College; just 43 shy of what he would need to secure victory. With 293 votes still on the table, John McCain would need 204 of them to Barack’s 89 in order to come back and secure victory.
Given the numbers where McCain actually won convincingly during the Primary, here is how it should pan out by the trends:
Victories in Miss, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, UT, WV, KY, and Montana, for McCain place him at 133 Electoral College Votes.
With the landslide victories that Barack saw in the following contests, we give those to the respective Illinois Senator: Alabama, Alaska, D.C., HI, Idaho, KS, LA, MD, Nebraska, ND, SC, VA, WA, WY, and he picks up 106 more votes.
Our new totals
Obama – 333
McCain – 133
With 72 votes still on the table, Senator McCain can have all the rest, and will still need 65 back from Barack out of those above numbers!! States where Barack not only won big, but many of which McCain did not do so hot at all.
Elect-ability? What do you think?
North Carolina... Tobacco Road... Home of the Mighty 82nd Airborne Division, the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, and Pope Air Base... A historical state with a deep historical past in the United States; dating back to the original Province of Carolina that stretched from the Atlanta to the Pacific!!
Folks, we know that we are always going to have people who absolutely will ignore logic… consciously, and otherwise ignore the opportunity to get at the true roots of our inner most feelings about our individual lives, and where we have room for each other in our hearts and futures while living side by side… shopping in the same stores… going to enjoy the same arts… cheering for our own children and each others’ at the Saturday soccer game… joining each other for lunch from the roadside workers, to the college campuses around the country, to the factories and technology corridors that come and go from Indiana to North Carolina…
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have just seen history in the making again. The question after November 4, 2008, though, will be whether we find ourselves on the better side of the very making of the same… This is our time… This may be our last shot and time… Two weeks to go until we have another Carolina go to the polls, and another state from the great mid-west do the same… More folks from the New South and the wheat and Corn Belt have weighed in with the Hope of Today and Tomorrow… The Hope in Barack Obama…
It has been tiring for many of us… a process a lot longer than most of would have ever imagined… Just as Senator Obama mentioned, it is not just about winning, though… Rather, it is how we win… We can win… We must win… We will win…
How many phone calls can we each make? How many doors can we knock on? How many points can we win each state of North Carolina and Indiana by that will further close the door on this nomination for America; for Barack Obama?
Semper & Respectfully,
Kent D. Fletcher
Dist 46 Democrat Candidate
S.C. State Senate
Greetings South Carolina !
My name is Madura Wijewardena, and I am in the campaign’s National HQ in Chicago. I am working on a new program that the campaign has introduced in South Carolina. This new program is aimed at supporting grassroots groups around the country - starting with South Carolina ! Our hope here is to learn from you and support you as best we can.
Before jumping into what we’d like to see in the future, I’d like to start by thanking you for all your hard work up to this point - without you, we would never be where we are ! As mentioned earlier, the goal of the new program is to support, as best we can, the activities of all our wonderful grassroots organizations. Before we can know how to best to support you, however, we need to know where you are and understand how your organization works.
We have some exciting national projects coming up, including a week long phone bank into Pennsylvania April 12th - 20th, that we’d love for you to take part in - so please, send me an email (mwijewardena@obamafd.com) with an update on your group: what you have planned for the next couple of weeks, what you’ve accomplished this far, and how we can help you continue to grow!
I look forward to working with you!
Thank you very much.
Best,
Madura
The clip and story says it all...
73% of troops voted during the last Presidential Election, and more are expected to this time around...
3am at Tun Tavern... Philadelphia, PA; April 20th, 2008.
NBC just reconfirmed their intent to be there... Will you?
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Story?id=4244798&page=1
Semper...
Hey folks....
This is a great feel good song that we could hear all day!!!
http://www.obamarocks08.com/
It is a free download, so by all means have at it!!! :-D
