Today I took the kids and we did four pages of door to door canvassing. Only one McCain supporter in the whole group! Noah (3yrs) had a great time - he kept asking me why John McCain doesn't want Barack to win! Lots of people we came upon had already voted. One guy was so nice, (registered republican no less), he gave us a bag full of starfruit from his tree! It was so delicious, I think it really helped us to finish the neighborhood!
One house stands out in my mind - a young black man came to the door, and said he was supporting Obama, then he was followed by 4 children all under 10, and they all said "we are too, we're all voting for Obama." What a grand election to have a houseful of young kids with ownership in this campaign. It is theirs isn't it?
Early Voting for the entire state of Florida has just been extended.
Every Early Vote location in Florida will now be every day from 7am-7pm up through November 2.
Please pass along this great news to everyone you know who will be voting in Florida. Click here to find your nearest early vote location.
Here's the release:
GOVERNOR CRIST EXTENDS EARLY VOTING HOURS ~~ ~Ensures maximum number of Floridians can exercise right to vote~ ~~October 28, 2008Contact:GOVERNOR'S PRESS OFFICE(850) 488-5394TALLAHASSEE - Governor Charlie Crist today signed Executive Order 08-217, extending the hours for early voting during the current General Election. Effective immediately, early voting sites will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., through Friday, October 31, 2008, and for a total of 12 hours between 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2008. "I have spoken with the Secretary of State and members of the Florida Legislature and have concluded that it is always the right thing to do to give voters every opportunity to cast a ballot," Governor Crist said. "I have a responsibility to the voters of our state to ensure that the maximum number of citizens can participate in the electoral process, and that every person can exercise the right to vote." Prior to the 2008 General Election, Florida has seen historic numbers of Floridians registering to vote for the first time. In addition, record numbers of voters have chosen to cast a ballot during early voting. Early voting began on October 20 and runs through November 2. Current Florida law allows for early voting to be conducted eight hours per day on each weekday, and for a total of eight hours during both weekends during the early voting period. Floridians can contact their county's Supervisor of Elections for dates, times and locations of early voting. Florida voters can also request absentee ballots to be mailed to them until October 29. Please see the attached Executive Order 08-217. STATE OF FLORIDA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 08-217 WHEREAS, early voting is scheduled to end November 2, 2008; and WHEREAS, early voting turnout has already reached record levels and is forecast to continue with record turnout. There are only 267 early voting sites throughout the state and long lines have formed at many of the early voting sites; and WHEREAS, a historic number of Floridians have registered to vote for the first time in this election; and WHEREAS, new voting equipment is being used in 15 Florida counties; WHEREAS, as a result of this unique combination of circumstances resulting from the historic voter turnout in this election, there is a possibility that election officials will be unable to conduct an orderly election, and thus residents in our state could be deprived of a meaningful opportunity to vote; andWHEREAS, because of the existing and continuing possibility of an emergency occurring before or during the regularly scheduled election, and in order to ensure maximum citizen participation in the electoral process, and provide a safe and orderly procedure for persons seeking to exercise their right to vote;NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHARLIE CRIST, as Governor of Florida, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Article IV, Section 1(a) of the Florida Constitution, by the Florida Elections Emergency Act, and by all other applicable laws, issue the following Executive Order, to take immediate effect:I hereby declare that, based on the above-described conditions, a state of emergency exists. It is hereby found and declared to be necessary to extend the voting hours during early voting. Accordingly, I order the Supervisors of Elections to open early voting sites from 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. through October 31, 2008 and open early voting sites for a total of twelve (12) hours between 7 a.m. November 1, 2008 and 7 p.m. November 2, 2008.IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed, at Tallahassee, the Capitol, this 28th day of October, 2008. GOVERNORATTEST:SECRETARY OF STATE
GOVERNOR CRIST EXTENDS EARLY VOTING HOURS
~~ ~Ensures maximum number of Floridians can exercise right to vote~ ~~
October 28, 2008
Contact:
GOVERNOR'S PRESS OFFICE(850) 488-5394
TALLAHASSEE - Governor Charlie Crist today signed Executive Order 08-217, extending the hours for early voting during the current General Election. Effective immediately, early voting sites will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., through Friday, October 31, 2008, and for a total of 12 hours between 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2008.
"I have spoken with the Secretary of State and members of the Florida Legislature and have concluded that it is always the right thing to do to give voters every opportunity to cast a ballot," Governor Crist said. "I have a responsibility to the voters of our state to ensure that the maximum number of citizens can participate in the electoral process, and that every person can exercise the right to vote."
Prior to the 2008 General Election, Florida has seen historic numbers of Floridians registering to vote for the first time. In addition, record numbers of voters have chosen to cast a ballot during early voting.
Early voting began on October 20 and runs through November 2. Current Florida law allows for early voting to be conducted eight hours per day on each weekday, and for a total of eight hours during both weekends during the early voting period. Floridians can contact their county's Supervisor of Elections for dates, times and locations of early voting.
Florida voters can also request absentee ballots to be mailed to them until October 29.
Please see the attached Executive Order 08-217.
STATE OF FLORIDA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 08-217
WHEREAS, early voting is scheduled to end November 2, 2008; and
WHEREAS, early voting turnout has already reached record levels and is forecast to continue with record turnout. There are only 267 early voting sites throughout the state and long lines have formed at many of the early voting sites; and
WHEREAS, a historic number of Floridians have registered to vote for the first time in this election; and
WHEREAS, new voting equipment is being used in 15 Florida counties;
WHEREAS, as a result of this unique combination of circumstances resulting from the historic voter turnout in this election, there is a possibility that election officials will be unable to conduct an orderly election, and thus residents in our state could be deprived of a meaningful opportunity to vote; and
WHEREAS, because of the existing and continuing possibility of an emergency occurring before or during the regularly scheduled election, and in order to ensure maximum citizen participation in the electoral process, and provide a safe and orderly procedure for persons seeking to exercise their right to vote;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHARLIE CRIST, as Governor of Florida, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Article IV, Section 1(a) of the Florida Constitution, by the Florida Elections Emergency Act, and by all other applicable laws, issue the following Executive Order, to take immediate effect:
I hereby declare that, based on the above-described conditions, a state of emergency exists. It is hereby found and declared to be necessary to extend the voting hours during early voting. Accordingly, I order the Supervisors of Elections to open early voting sites from 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. through October 31, 2008 and open early voting sites for a total of twelve (12) hours between 7 a.m. November 1, 2008 and 7 p.m. November 2, 2008.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed, at Tallahassee, the Capitol, this 28th day of October, 2008.
GOVERNOR
ATTEST:
SECRETARY OF STATE
Parents,
We've put together both a Web site and easy-to-download one-page flyer that shares tips & tactics for supporting the campaign in the final two weeks. Please read, print, post, share with others. Juggle young kids and campaign? YES WE CAN!
p.s. If you find these tips useful, please let us know.
Saturday September 13th the News and Observer will be distributing a DVD to their 160,000 subscribers entitled "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West" If anyone hasn't heard about this movie you can view the trailer here.
I don't know about you but I do not remember any other time where a news paper has ever sent out a DVD let alone one that his very biased and portrays Islam as an extremist religion!!!!!!!
I find it quite appaling that this type of garbage would be sent out to further instill fear into the public. It again puts innocent Muslims on the defensive and makes them worry about backlash.
http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/trailer.php
This blog has many interesting, heartfelt, and emotional posts regarding Gov. Palin. Worth reading and contributing to.
http://womenagainstsarahpalin.blogspot.com/
Spread the word!
Today I read a great short essay about how damaging it can and will be to Barack Obama for us to focus all our time and energy on Sarah Palin. I am posting it here just to memorialize it:
I’ve been active in political and issue campaigns for the last 20 years, but everything changed for me two years ago, when I became a father of Rosie.
We didn’t enter into the possibility of parenthood lightly. Rosie would be born, after all, into a world wracked by multiple wars and severe climate changes, in a country drowning in debt, disasters and despair. To consciously attempt to bring a child into such a world requires one to believe that a better, restored, more peaceful and humane world is possible. Such hope, someone once said, is a job requirement of parenthood. So is action.
The feeling of love that opens wide when a child is born surely is a force more powerful than any other. I know this is true for mothers and fathers everywhere. We all share a deep desire, fueled by that love, for our children to be safe, healthy and able to fulfill their potential. So when I see or read an account of a child killed or maimed by a bomb in Iraq, or dying tragically of a preventable disease in Africa, I can comprehend the enormity of their parents’ sorrow.
Shortly after Rosie was born, I started to hear talk of Barack Obama running for President. The more I listened, the more I heard words that spoke to my concerns, and hopes, as a father -- words like these, delivered in a foreign policy address in Chicago in October, 2007:
I'm running for the presidency of the United States of America so that together we can do the hard work to seek a new dawn of peace and prosperity for our children, and for the children of the world.
If our country provides education or health care to a child, we will likely earn the gratitude of their parents for life. If, on the other hand, we kill a child (the Iraq War has killed tens of thousands of children), we create sorrow, anger and increase the odds that our children and we will be the target of revenge. To prove this, imagine that the roles of American and Iraqis were reversed, that your child has been helped or harmed by the benevolence or violence of a more powerful country. Compassion and generosity would do more to "win" the "war on Terrorism" than bombing and killing ever will. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, "you can kill the hater, but you can't kill the hate."
The solution? Here is a suggestion from Sen. Obama, given as part of his “A More Perfect Union” speech in Philadelphia:
In the end, what is called for is nothing more, and nothing less, than what all the world's great religions demand - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. Let us be our brother's keeper, Scripture tells us. Let us be our sister's keeper. Let us find that common stake we all have in one another, and let our politics reflect that spirit as well.
It turns out that the answer, the Golden Rule, is the same as it ever was. It’s just that now the stakes are higher than ever.
So here’s a call to all you mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts and uncles to join together in doing unto ALL children, as we would have their parents do unto our children. Let us raise our children to see all children as part of their global family; as friends to meet, not enemies to fear or kill. Let us demand that our governments pursue peace, and use money saved from war to take care of all children and our planet. Let us demand that the United States join with virtually every other country of the world, including Iraq and Iran, in providing paid maternal leave for new mothers!
In the most recent issue of Time magazine, Barack Obama wrote an essay titled “Changing Hearts and Minds, in which he said:
We can’t just talk about “family values.” We actually have to stand up for policies that value families.
Amen. It’s time to redefine family values indeed. Let’s start by electing Barack Obama, a father whose policies would actually value families for a change.
John Friedrich, A Father for Obama
p.s. I’m hosting a “Families for Obama” Rally (and play date for Obama-kids) at the Children’s Museum of Denver on Tuesday, August 26th . For more information, or to RSVP, please visit:
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/18/2008) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on presidential candidate John McCain to repudiate remarks seemingly made on his behalf by a GOP spokesman during a campaign call in Florida.
On a conference call with journalists arranged by the Republican Party of Florida, Bud Day reportedly said: “The Muslims have said either we kneel or they're going to kill us... I don't intend to kneel and I don't advocate to anybody that we kneel, and John doesn't advocate to anybody that we kneel.”
SEE: McCain Surrogate Makes Controversial Muslim Comment (CNN)
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/18/mccain-surrogate-makes-controversial-muslim-comment/
SEE: McCain POW Bud: Muslims 'Going to Kill Us' (Miami Herald)
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2008/07/mccain-pow-bud.html
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/06/stick-a-pin-in-it.html
Posted 6/18/2008 4:11:00 PM
Source: Dallas Morning News
Author: Christy Hoppe
While a number of speakers -- such as Railroad Commission chairman Michael Williams and Mike Huckabee -- have praised the advance of Barack Obama and what it means towards a colorblind society, at least one vendor hasn't gotten the message.
At the Republican state convention, a booth hosted by Republicanmarket was selling a pin Saturday that says: If Obama is President will we still call it the White House.
There were other pins that weren't necessarily conveying the positive, inclusive, united front that has been portrayed during the convention. One said, "Press 1 for English. Press 2 for Deportation" and another, "I will hold my nose when I vote for McCain"
By: Ben Smith
June 18, 2008 03:07 PM EST
Two Muslim women at Barack Obama’s rally in Detroit on Monday were barred from sitting behind the podium by campaign volunteers seeking to prevent the women’s headscarves from appearing in photographs or on television with the candidate.
The campaign has apologized to the women, both Obama supporters who said they felt betrayed by their treatment at the rally.
“This is of course not the policy of the campaign. It is offensive and counter to Obama’s commitment to bring Americans together and simply not the kind of campaign we run,” said Obama spokesman Bill Burton. “We sincerely apologize for the behavior of these volunteers.”
Building a human backdrop to a political candidate, a set of faces to appear on television and in photographs, is always a delicate exercise in demographics and political correctness. Advance staffers typically pick supporters out of a crowd to reflect the candidate’s message.
Hello friends,
From the heart of Europe one weblog is supporting Barack Obama since February 2007. In that month Barack started his campaign in Springfield.
Now this weblog is growing very fast. It is fighting for a top 10 position in the political blogs of Belgium.
Help us to kick this weblog into the top 10!
Please visit http://barackobama.skynetblogs.be
Yes we can!!!
Tom
Belgium for Obama
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Thanks to all who came down to our video shoot on Saturday April 12th. We really enjoyed getting to know you all. We were impressed by the talented kids who came down. They were amazing!
If I Could Vote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhezuj5I17I
Change Lies & War:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR3sCahJvww
ObamaKidz Declare Their Vote!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7h-pBhTSVM
A Future Voter Meets Barack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pkMUNHroK0
Change:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He8JJ1IIjYM
ENJOY!
Apparently Hillary's support is not as strong as once thought.
What do you say?
Why I don't like Hillary.
Here's mine:
Why I won’t vote for hillary:
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Three times may make a trend: for the third primary/caucus night in a row, Hillary Clinton has taken the stage at a post-election rally and failed to mention her losses, or congratulate her winning opponent, Barack Obama.
She spent Tuesday night at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, looking ahead to the primary there on March 4. She made no mention of Wisconsin.
Last Tuesday in El Paso, Texas, hours after getting swept in the Potomac primaries that night, she didn’t acknowledge her rival’s big day. The Saturday before that in Richmond, Virginia, she spoke at the state’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner and ignored Obama’s string of four primary and caucus wins that day.
It’s one thing to be a sore loser, it’s quite another not to thank those who have worked so hard for you.
Did you hear about this event?
Check out the details. It's not too late to participate:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/45zc
Also, don't forget to take a minute to join my network of friends united to elect Barack Obama as our next President. YES WE CAN!
