Now that we have come to understand that it was not just a moment rather a movement in order to bring change to and for the people of this nation, we must all work hard each and everyday in order to keep up the work and positive things that we are all doing in order to make change. As well as be ever mindful of 2012 and the road ahead that we must work toward in order that our voices our acts on order to help others is not in vain and that we each day work to get others to partake on the growth and empowerment of this movement. As I have been to many towns in this state during and after the election, I have come across people who are working hard to help others in any and all ways that they can, it moves me to see small groups who do not care about the lime light and understand the mission and task at hand and that is to help others in their area who are having hard times, as well as get people to come forward and help out in any way that they can rather it be money, time, effort and or just speaking with others, SUCH AS PEOPLE THEY KNOW THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR, FAMILY , FRIENDS, Co-Workers. Every encounter is a chance to give some one a voice, every phone call or knocking of the door is a chance to move people to do more than just talk, to take action to work toward chnage and help out in their local areas as well as where every they may be needed. Thanks to all who are working hard each and everyday as well as those who help on weekends or whenever their time can allow.... working together and with a positive and healthy mind set we can be the change that we seek......
David Joseph Flack
I have never seen so many people attend! It was an awesome site, to see people in the community wanting to come together and help others and try to fix things around here. I hope to try to fix things throughout the country. I do not know if some of the people that came were because of my event post or not...
If anyone finds out about the dinners and decides to come, please find me and say hello! I would love to meet any of you. Most of the time I am helping out with the clas, but if you ask someone should be able to point me out to you!
If we all come together we can get through the hard times we are facing and the harder times that will come before the relief starts.
I have had the opportunity to work for President-Elect-Obama in two States, Tennessee and Indiana. On November 4, although I voted in Tennessee, I have been working for the last year
and half in Indiana. The county and city and state of my youth went blue for the first time in
40 years! Thanks to everyone who helped in this effort.
HONOLULU -- On a whirlwind trip back to Hawaii, Senator Barack Obama spent more than an hour visiting his ailing grandmother late Thursday and is set to return to her bedside on Friday morning after arriving here on a nine-hour flight from the Midwestern battleground of the presidential campaign.
As soon as he arrived on the island of Oahu, Mr. Obama went to the Punahou Circle Apartments, where his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, lies gravely ill. She is to turn 86 on Sunday, but aides to Mr. Obama said doctors advised him not to delay his visit.
It was an unusual departure from the tug-of-war of the presidential campaign, with 11 days remaining in the race. But it was a trip that advisers said he told them was not negotiable. He missed his mother’s death here in 1995, a mistake he said he did not intend to repeat with his grandmother, who has been a stalwart in his life.
The moment Mr. Obama stepped off the plane here at 7:25 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time, his motorcade drove directly to the 12-story apartment building on South Beretania Street. It was a subdued arrival, with no waving to the cameras or welcoming party on the breezy airport tarmac.
Her 10th-floor apartment is located in a residential neighborhood about a mile from Waikiki Beach where Mr. Obama lived as a teenager. When the Democratic presidential nominee arrived, a group gathered outside, including several women who held a small, hand-made sign, “Best Wishes Obamas!”
On Wednesday, October 15th, I was sent this email:
Dear Retired Citizens for Obama,People for the American Way is seeking Obama supporters to interview for a TVcommercial that will be filmed THIS WEEKEND, October 17 - 19. The commercialswill be directed by Academy-award winning filmmaker Errol Morris. Our goal isto talk to people who have taken an in-depth and independent look at thecandidates, the country, and the issues most important to them, and to spreadthe word about why they decided that Barack Obama is the candidate they'llvote for.For a further description of the kinds of stories we're looking for, check outthe "Middle for Obama" Recruiting Overview below. If you think you have agreat story to tell, fill out the "Middle for Obama" Recruiting Form and sendit to MiddleForObama@gmail.com. We'll be choosing interviewees in the next fewdays, so we hope you'll get in touch as soon as you can!Thanks, and we're looking forward to hearing from you! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------THE MIDDLE FOR OBAMA Background It's clear that this year's election isn't going to be decided by the far leftor the far right. It's going to be decided by the "middle ground". EverydayAmericans who aren't 100% Republican or 100% Democrat, but who see the issueson both sides, and who believe that one way or another, change is needed. As the election draws nearer, there's an incredible phenomenon happening amongthese people "in the middle". They're realizing how important this election is, and how important their role is in its outcome. They're evaluating theissues and the candidates more closely than they have in previous elections. And in amazing numbers, they're coming to the conclusion that Barack Obama isthe candidate they're going to vote for. We're looking to capture thestories of these people on film so we can share them with others who haven'tyet fully decided who they're going to vote for. Ultimately, we see thisbeing a celebration of smart, independent-thinking, everyday Americans who aretaking this election into their own hands. Who we're looking for We are looking for formerly undecided male and female voters, of any age, whosit in the ideological "middle" of American politics, and have decided to votefor Obama. They may be Republicans, Democrats, or Independents - but theyare neither far Left, nor far Right. They represent the non-partisan,non-ideological, common-sense middle ground. They can be of any race, anyreligion, come from any state, and represent any socio-economic background. We're looking for a cross section of "people in the middle" - veterans, soccer moms, retirees, small business owners, factory workers, etc. People who arearticulate and credible and can tell the story of how they weighed all theissues and why in the end they've decided to vote for Obama.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is canceling nearly all his campaign events Thursday and Friday to visit his suddenly gravely ill 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii, a spokesman said.
Robert Gibbs told reporters aboard Obama's plane that Madelyn Payne Dunham, who helped raise Obama, was released from the hospital late last week. But he said her health had deteriorated "to the point where her situation is very serious."
Events originally planned for Madison, Wis., and Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday will be replaced by one in Indianapolis before he makes the long flight to Hawaii. On Friday, Obama's wife, Michelle, will sub for Obama at rallies in Akron and Columbus, in Ohio, said campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki. Obama was expected to resume campaigning on Saturday, at an undecided location in the West, she said.
"Sen. Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has always been one of the most important people in his life, along with his mother and his grandfather," Gibbs said. "Recently his grandmother has become ill and in the last few weeks her health has deteriorated to the point where her situation is very serious. It is for that reason that Sen. Obama has decided to change his schedule on Thursday and Friday so that he can see her and spend some time with her."
Citing the family's desire for privacy, Gibbs would not discuss the nature of Dunham's illness. It seemed likely that she was close to death, as Gibbs said that "everyone understands the decision that Sen. Obama is making." Dunham turns 86 on Sunday.
I truly believe that John McCain has lost his ever-loving mind. Now he is so desperate he is resorted to Name Calling and the fear tatics of years ago with Black Lists!
McCain: Obama a job-killing socialist Agence France-Presse First Posted 07:10:00 10/21/2008
BELTON -- John McCain warned voters Monday that his rival Barack Obama was a shifty, job-killing socialist who wasn't ready to take on the challenges facing the next US president.
Trailing in the polls with just two weeks left before the November 4 election, McCain kept up his attack on Obama's economic policies, while vowing to fight to take the country in a new direction.
The fate of small business owners was central to McCain's attack, as the Arizona senator capitalized on a recent encounter Obama had with an Ohio plumber, the now-famous Joe Wurzelbacher, who was worried he would not be able to realize his dream of owning his own business if Obama raised taxes.
"After months of campaign trail eloquence... we finally learned what Senator Obama's economic goal is. As he told Joe, he wants to 'spread the wealth around," McCain told a boisterous crowd gathered on a high school football field in Belton, Missouri.
"If I'm elected president, I won't raise taxes on anyone, especially small businesses. Senator Obama will and that will force them to cut jobs."
McCain surrounded himself with small business owners at a barbecue restaurant in Columbia, Missouri whom he called "the backbone of America's economy."
"They don't want their taxes increased," McCain told reporters. "They don't want checks given away to people that don't pay taxes because Senator Obama wants to take the money from somebody and give it to somebody else."
The tactic does not appear to be doing much to help rouse support for McCain, who was down 11 points in Gallup's national tracking poll Monday.
A poll by Suffolk University found that, while most voters in Ohio and Missouri have now heard of "Joe the Plumber," few said their vote was influenced by his story.
Only six percent of respondents in Ohio and eight percent of those in Missouri said they were more likely to vote for McCain out of concern that Obama would be increasing taxes on small businesses earning more than $250,000 a year.
Just made a small donation to Obama's campaign. Can't relax yet.
I've been counting yard signs & bumper stickers as I travel around central Indiana the past couple of weeks. Right now my count is Obama 116 to McCain 56. I know it is totally unscientific, but if still feels good to have Obama ahead of McCain 2 to 1.
Finally, my husband & I went down to the courthouse yesterday and voted. We were in & out in about 15 minutes. We went at lunchtime. It was easy. The election room is on the 2nd floor of the courthouse. I encourage everyone to vote early.
Chicago we need your help. Obama will win your state but we also want to win your neighbor Indiana. South Bend is key to winning the state of Indiana. I am sure if we carry South Bend we will win the state. We need more volunteers in South Bend to help Get Out The Vote. We need every volunteer we can get. Please help us; help change the direction of the country. Give us a day, a week, or even just one hour. We have 21 days to win Indiana. Here is how you can help:
1. Vote Early
2. Call Joy (574) 514-5643 and ask her how you can help in South Bend
If we win South Bend we win Indiana. If we win Indiana we will learn earlier that Barack Obama is our new President-Elect.
Don't put it off, help out today!
As a Female Disabled Veteran (US Army and US Navy), I am asking that each person take one moment to reflect on whether or not you could make it through military boot camp - let alone a war such as Vietnam, Iraq or Pakistan. Now, I don't happen to believe that McCain is a "hero". I do believe he was given differential treatment by his captors for the making of propaganda films. However, since this would be a perfect time for one of the video/films to surface; and none have ~ I have to also consider that my evaluation of him cooperating witht the enemy may be incorrect. But even if the films were not made, I do NOT consider him a Hero - he was just one of thousands of men who were captured. He is just lucky, because one of us is not wearing a POW/MIA bracelet on our wrist with his name on it.
But I know what I went through just in Training Camp. It ain't easy! I enlisted in the Navy during Vietnam. I know that the Navy Boot-camps are considered one of the easier ones....yet I spent the first two weeks crying every day and night, calling my parents and asking them to find a way to get me out of there, and knowing I had made the biggest mistake of my life. Lucky for me, my parents consoled me but ignored my pleas. I became tougher and learned to accept my decision. I trained with rifles, handguns, gas chambers, obstacle courses, and ran like Forest Gump. And I wouldn't trade one day of that camp or my years in the Navy for anything. The only thing I can blame them for is my OCD today where I still fold my socks, underwear, and bras according to Chief Kluckner's way. (lol) And the only reason I left was because I had married and quickly became pregnant. You have to remember that "back in the day" women were not allowed to the in the military and pregnant, so I received an honorable discharge and moved to Indiana with my husband.
After graduating from Ball State in 1982 and being part of the first ROTC program since Vietnam, I made the decision to rejoin the Military (minus one husband) and off I went to training as a Army Officer. This training was easy compared to enlisted boot camp; but still, every day I thought about all the other jobs I could have accepted instead of the path I chose. I will say that some of the training was brutal. Like POW training. We spent two days with fellow Army counterparts; but in this situation, they played the part of the enemy. I was tough back then, and when my platoon and I were captured, the enemy ordered my squad to begin jumping jacks, I told my group, "Stand down. We will take no orders from these people." BAD MISTAKE. At least my squad was not punished, but I was. And when I also refused to give out any information except for my name, rank and serial number, it got REAL BAD. Now remember, these were not REAL enemies, nor were they REALLY going to hurt me. But for the following two hours, you could not have gotten ME to believe it was not REAL. I don't ever remember being that frightened or more cornered in my entire life. For me, IT WAS HELL ON EARTH. And this was JUST training - no real guns, no real torture, no real enemy. But it gave me the idea and the thought and the knowledge, that I NEVER EVER wanted to be captured by the "real thing".
So, this entire soap-box preaching was just to ask you to stop for a moment and think if you could have been in my combat boots; let alone John McCain's in the real situation. And no, I know of no Military Man or Woman who could lose 5 planes, 5 jets, 5 helicopters, 5 tanks or even 5 miles without there being consequences. But we were at War; and errors are overlooked more in the time of War.
I hope no one takes offense by this letter; I have been and will continue to be Devoted to Change....but I think that criticism of McCain during his time in the military needs to be done lightly; and perhaps, only by those that have been there. I know I haven't been in the real war.
Thanks for reading this terribly long and perhaps worthless letter.
1 crazyobamafan,
Kari
The final presidential debate is this Wednesday, October 15th, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. It's the last chance for undecided voters to see Barack and John McCain side-by-side and determine who will bring the change this country needs. You can make the most of this opportunity by bringing your friends, family, and fellow supporters together to watch. Sign up to host a Debate Watch Party. We'll make sure you have everything you need to make the event a success. If you've hosted an event before, you know how powerful they can be to help grow our movement. If you haven't, it's a terrific way to show your support, and we'll be with you every step of the way to help. We're having a special conference call for Debate Watch Party hosts next week. We'll give you ideas for how to get your guests involved in the rest of the campaign. In these final weeks, each of us needs to do whatever we can to keep growing our movement and encourage undecided voters to cast their vote for change. Sign up to host a Debate Watch Party now: http://my.barackobama.com/debate-watch-party Thanks, Jon Jon Carson National Field Director Obama for America
NBC POLL:
OBAMA 49% MCCAIN 43%
CNN POLL:
OBAMA 53% MCCAIN 45%
GALLUP POLL:
OBAMA 51% MCAIN 42%
WASHINGTON POST:
OBAMA 51% MCCAIN 45% (OF OHIO VOTERS!!!!!!!)
THOSE WHO WERE POLLED IN REGARDS TO THE ECONOMY:
OBAMA 61% MCCAIN 34%
http://news.yahoo.com/election/2008/dashboard?name=Polls|content=111100022012201011102000101100000020100012111200101
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer Sat Oct 4, 7:26 PM ET
WASHINGTON - One month before Election Day, Barack Obama sits atop battleground polls in a shrinking playing field, the economic crisis is breaking his way and he has made progress toward winning the White House.
McCain's advisers say the Arizona senator will ramp up his attacks in the coming days with a tougher, more focused message describing "who Obama is," including questioning his character, "liberal" record and "too risky" proposals in advertising and appearances.
Obama's advisers, in turn, say he will argue that McCain is unable to articulate an economic vision that's different from President Bush's. In a new push, the Illinois senator is calling McCain's health care plan "radical."
Now that the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin is over, the contest returns to being entirely about Obama and McCain and likely will stay that way until Nov. 4. The rivals meet Tuesday in their second of three debates.
Interviews with party insiders across the country Friday showed this: Democrats are optimistic of victory if nervous over whether Obama can hold his advantage while Republicans are worried that the race may be moving out of reach though hopeful that McCain will beat the odds as he did in the GOP primary.
Both sides note that plenty can change in one month — and they're right.
"Very confident, yet not overly so," said Ohio Democratic Party chief Chris Redfern, who said the financial turmoil is dreadful for the country but "politically it's advantageous" for Obama.
South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson said that given McCain's standing, "I'd be concerned at this time, but I would never count this guy out. He's got the political hide of an alligator."
The Electoral College battle playing out over roughly a dozen states puts McCain's challenge to reach the necessary 270 votes in stark terms.
McCain can't prevail without holding onto most of the states that Bush won, and he's now virtually tied or trailing in public polls in at least 10 of them — Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia — as he tries to fend off Obama's well-funded advertising onslaught and grass-roots efforts.
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http://centralbluespot.blogspot.com/
Ah, women, the consistently, tragically underestimated constituency. What the Democrats learned during the primaries and the Republicans might now be finding out the hard way, I learned at my very academic, well-regarded all-girls high school: that is never to discount the ability of women to open a robust, committed, well-thought-out vat of hatred for another girl.
Women are weapons-grade haters. Hillary Clinton knows it. Palin knows it too. When women get their hate on, they don't just dislike, or find disfavor with, or sort of not really appreciate. They loathe — deeply, richly, sustainingly. I do not say this to disparage my gender; women also love in more or less the same way.
When men disagree, the steps to resolution are reasonably clear and unsophisticated. Acts of physical violence are visited upon one another's person or property, and the whole thing blows over. Women? Nu-unh. We savor the discord. We draw it out. We share our contempt with our friends, like a useful stock tip, or really good salsa. And then we all go hate together: a mutually encouraging group activity for when the book group gets quiet.
The hatred women have for Sarah Palin, and others had for Hillary before her, is not necessarily about politics. Anybody can run the numbers on how many people Palin's pro-life, pro-gun, socially conservative policies will seduce and how many they will alienate. Rather, the test that the McCain campaign failed to put her through was the Abbotsleigh Ladies College test. (Named after my high school. Go, green and gold!). It's a simple three-point pass-fail exam: Will the other girls like her?
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writers Thu Oct 2, 7:24 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain conceded battleground Michigan to the Democrats on Thursday, GOP officials said, a major retreat as he struggles to regain his footing in a campaign increasingly dominated by economic issues.
These officials said McCain was pulling staff and advertising out of the economically distressed Midwestern state. He also canceled a visit slated for next week. Michigan, with 17 electoral votes, voted for Democrat John Kerry in 2004, but Republicans had poured money into an effort to try to place it in their column this year.
The decision marked the first time either McCain or his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, has tacitly conceded a traditional battleground state in a race for the White House with little more than a month remaining.
In a campaign now unfolding across more than a dozen states, the decision allows McCain's resources to be sent to Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida and other more competitive states. But it also means Obama can shift money to other states like Virginia, Colorado and North Carolina where he is trying to eat into traditional Republican territory.
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama has surged to a seven-point lead over John McCain one month before the presidential election, lifted by voters who think the Democrat is better suited to lead the nation through its sudden financial crisis, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that underscores the mounting concerns of some McCain backers.
Likely voters now back Obama 48-41 percent over McCain, a dramatic shift from an AP-GfK survey that gave the Republican a slight edge nearly three weeks ago, before Wall Street collapsed and sent ripples across worldwide markets. On top of that, unrelated surveys show Obama beating McCain in several battlegrounds, including Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and Iowa — four states critical in the state-by-state fight for the presidency.
Several GOP strategists close to McCain's campaign privately fret that his chances for victory are starting to slip away.
This time there were about 50 women present Hillary and Obama supporters. It feels to me
now that we are all supporters of the nominee of our Party. We have a network of womennow in Muncie.Delaware County. Some of the women are in overlapping groups such as moveon.org
Local women's groups.
