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One America Celebration: Mobilizing National Service

By Preston - Jun 24th, 2009 at 11:19 am EDT

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On Friday, August 14th and Saturday, August 15th, Empowerment Partners is sponsoring the "One America Celebration: Mobilizing National Service" weekend. The weekend program includes a Welcome Reception at Fernbank Museum, National Panel Discussion on Healthcare Reform at Emory University; Community Service projects/Food Drive; Celebrity Golf Tournament at Cherokee Run Golf Club and conclude with "One America Red Carpet and Awards Gala" where we are saluting community leaders such as: Juanita Baranco, COO of Mercedes of Buckhead; Elizabeth Omilami, CEO of Hosea Feed the Hungry and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Medical Correspondent. The goal of "One America Celebration" is to educate, empower and increase understanding of public policy issues that impact our communities.

Empowerment Partners is a non-partisan organization that encourages all Americans to step forward and to take the lead in bridging our divides, strengthening our communities and building a more vibrant democracy. Today, there is a strong initiative all across our nation that transcends age, nationality or social status. Americans are renewed with pride to help rebuild our great country by donating time and talents to schools, churches, hospitals and local nonprofit organizations in an effort to improve communities and to serve a purpose greater than themselves.

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Unity Celebration: Emerging Leadership in the Era of Obama Gala Weekend

By Preston - May 11th, 2009 at 10:41 pm EDT

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Democratic Family,

You are Cordially invited

to Attend the

First Annual

Washington,DC, Atlanta Georgia and New York City

Unity Celebration:Emerging Leadership in the Era of Obama

Golf and Gala Stellar Weekend

Atlantic Station Luxgerious - Twelve Hotel

Friday, July 24th and Saturday, July 25th 2009

Senator Ronald Ramsey, Host

and

Preston L. Harden, Master of Ceremony

Featuring

An Historic Weekend of Events

Twelve Hotel - July 24th & July 25th - 12:00pm to 12Midnight

Sponsored and Hosted by

Obama Youth Delegates & Field Organizers

Celebrity Golf Tournament at The Celebrity Golf Club International

Saturday, July 25, 2009 9:00pm to 12am

Sponsored and Hosted by

The Celebrity Golf International: Dr. J (Julius Erving, NBA) and Harold Lewis (NFL)

Coordinators: Harold Lewis & Shelby Daffin

National Panel Discussion on Health and Education

"Emerging Leaders in the Era of Obama"

Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:00pm to 4:30pm

Special invited speakers
Moderator: Senator Ronald Ramsey

VIP Reception and Press Conference@Twelve Banquet Lounge Saturday, July 25, 2009 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Hosted by

WCalvin Andeson and Chuck Curry (Fox TV) and Media Associates

Food Provided by (Borage & Gourment Soul)

The Chic Unity Gala Event @ Twelve Banquet Hall
Saturday, July 25, 2009 8:00pm to Midnight
Hosted by

Senator Ronald Ramsey, Dove LLC and Georgia Young Professionals for Change
Master of Ceremony: Preston L. Harden (Obama Delegate)

Music By (Donnie Long Jazz Ensemble, BB Entertainment, DJ Passion and Colin Forde)
Special Guests: Washington, DC New York and Georgia Legislative Leaders, Friends & Celebrities
Mayor Shirley Franklin, Hon. John Lewis, Jane Kidd, Chair of Democratic Party of Georgia
Food Provided by (Potz & Panz)

Benefiting Charities: Morris Brown College, Pan Hellenic Council Charities, 100 Black Men and 100 Black Women, Sloan Kettering Breast Cancer Research, Dalfur Relief Fund and Help the People, Inc. of Atlanta

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Hotel Reservations for 2 Nights at Twelve Hotel (June 15th Deadline) contact:
Daffin Enterprises (770) 678-0212; promotion code: "UNIT"

Sponsorship and Journal Ad Packages: Daffin Enterprises (770) 678-0212
or email at shelby.daffin@daffinenterprises.com
Investment for ads are:
Full Page: $300.00
Half Page: $150.00

***For ticket and Registration Information: Kirkland @ 678.665.4304 or tickets may be purchased at: http://www.dovellc.net/UpcomingEvents.html
by June 15th.***

Thank you for your support,

Preston L. Harden,
Georgia's 7th Congressional
District Delegate
GO OBAMA!!!!! 2008
(404) 376-6833

Visit me at:
www.prestonlharden.com

Obama for America

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The First 100 Days of the Obama Presidency

By Preston - Apr 30th, 2009 at 4:56 pm EDT

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Obama Family,

I hope all is well with you. Please check out our day-by-day slide show of The First 100 Days of the Obama Presidency, complete with 100-day summaries of U.S. presidencies going back to FDR! http://tinyurl.com/dencds

Thank you for your support,

Preston L. Harden,
Georgia's 7th Congressional
District Delegate
GO OBAMA!!!!! 2008
(404) 376-6833
You're invited to visit and join our movement
www.prestonlharden.com

You're invited to join our group Georgia Young Professionals for Change on My.BarackObama.com:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/YoungProfessionalsforChange

Obama for America

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Barack Morning Buzz-10-29-08

By Barack Daily Buzz - Victory2008.net - Oct 29th, 2008 at 8:42 am EDT

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Barack Morning Buzz-10-29-08
On to Victory on November 4th

(1) Obama Ahead in 6 Swing States and Even in 2
Associated Press
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gsJFrfCUdsIcmKeoJi6FsxFSxlkAD9443C000

(2) Florida and Ohio Looking Good for Obama
Don Frederick-Los Angeles Times-Top of the Ticket
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/10/barack-obama-ah.html

(3) Obama Infomercial-A Closing Argument to the Everyman
Jim Rutenberg-New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/us/politics/29obama.html

(4) Obama's Final TV Blitz to Focus on Economy
Caren Bohan-Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSN2843548020081029

(5) The Obama-mercial
Jake Tapper-ABC News-Political Punch
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/the-obama-merci.html

(6) Obama Set for Prime Time Appeal to Voters
Agence France Presse-AFP
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgg6ZhT8-UeaixZ3UWztDVwiRSAQ

(7) Obama's Message Hits Prime Time
Kate Barrett-ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6130330&page=1

(8) Obama-The Last Great TV Candidate?
David Zurawik-Baltimore Sun-Z on TV
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/2008/10/b.html

(9) Hey-It's 30 Minutes of Nonstop Obama Tonight
Jimmy Orr-Christian Science Monitor-the vote blog
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/10/29/hey-its-30-minutes-non-stop-of-barack-obama-tonight/

(10) Obama Ventures into Virginia's Really Red Area
Don Gonyea-National Public Radio-NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96249277

(11) Obama's Army Determined to Get Out the Vote
Guardian-On the Road to the White House Blog-UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/uselectionroadtrip/2008/oct/29/obama-campaign-volunteers

(12) Obama Camp Pours It On
Olivia Ward-Toronto Star-Road to the White House-Canada
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/526500

(13) Obama Makes Times Again for "The Daily Show"
Ben Feller-Associated Press
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h9_GcRuwpbtaVtNPEL7fLTETiMpgD943L8QO0

(14) Obama Back on Charm Offensive
Lynn Sweet-Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/1247412,CST-NWS-sweet29.article

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McCain's rage make him unfit to be Prsident...Watch!

By LuAnn in Indiana - Oct 10th, 2008 at 9:44 am EDT

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Watch this and think if this man could talk to foreign leaders or make rational cool headed decisions. This is so scary. He could blow up and not work with anyone he did not like. OMG he even shoved a woman in the hallway and has called his wife the c word in public!

You have watched how hateful and condescending he has been towards Barack and even the media now. He is out and out lying and will do anything to win.We need this out there viral and let people see the REAL McCain.......not the kind of PRESIDENT we need in this time of crisis!

Watch the video and send it to friends: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAyK-enrF1g

LuAnn

Tell everyone including the media!

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Tens of thousands of eligible voters in 6 swing states removed from rolls

By Preston - Oct 9th, 2008 at 12:25 pm EDT

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Obama Family,

I must stress the importance of voting early. A few days ago, I provided you with link for voting early in Georgia. I would like to Thank those who have already cast their vote and will need your help is spreading the word of (GET OUT THE EARLY VOTE) campaign. Today in the New York Times, I read where "Tens of Thousands of Eligible Voters in 6 swing states were removed from the roll". Yes, Georgia is also on the list where eligible voters have been removed. We have worked too hard to be told - "Sorry you can not vote". By voting early, we will have time to address and correct any issues. Please read the article below, then please GO VOTE EARLY.

If we miss this opportunity, then we will have no one to blame - GO VOTE EARLY..... If you have any questions or concerns, then please call me (404) 376-6833 ASAP. We only have a few more days.

Please find your EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS below:
http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/11_04_earlyvoting.pdf
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October 8, 2008

States' Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal
Tens of thousands of eligible voters in 6 swing states removed from rolls

By IAN URBINA
The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09voting.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and Social Security data by The New York Times.

The actions do not seem to be coordinated by one party or the other, nor do they appear to be the result of election officials intentionally breaking rules, but are apparently the result of mistakes in the handling of the registrations and voter files as the states tried to comply with a 2002 federal law, intended to overhaul the way elections are run.

Still, because Democrats have been more aggressive at registering new voters this year, according to state election officials, any heightened screening of new applications may affect their party's supporters disproportionately. The screening or trimming of voter registration lists in the six states — Colorado, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Nevada and North Carolina — could also result in problems at the polls on Election Day: people who have been removed from the rolls are likely to show up only to be challenged by political party officials or election workers, resulting in confusion, long lines and heated tempers.

Some states allow such voters to cast provisional ballots. But they are often not counted because they require added verification.

Although much attention this year has been focused on the millions of new voters being added to the rolls by the candidacy of Senator Barack Obama, there has been far less notice given to the number of voters being dropped from those same rolls.

States have been trying to follow the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and remove the names of voters who should no longer be listed; but for every voter added to the rolls in the past two months in some states, election officials have removed two, a review of the records shows.

The six swing states seem to be in violation of federal law in two ways. Michigan and Colorado are removing voters from the rolls within 90 days of a federal election, which is not allowed except when voters die, notify the authorities that they have moved out of state, or have been declared unfit to vote.

Indiana, Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio seem to be improperly using Social Security data to verify registration applications for new voters.

In addition to the six swing states, three more states appear to be violating federal law. Alabama and Georgia seem to be improperly using Social Security information to screen registration applications from new voters. And Louisiana appears to have removed thousands of voters after the federal deadline for taking such action.

Under federal law, election officials are supposed to use the Social Security database to check a registration application only as a last resort, if no record of the applicant is found on state databases, like those for driver’s licenses or identification cards.

The requirement exists because using the federal database is less reliable than the state lists, and is more likely to incorrectly flag applications as invalid. Many state officials seem to be using the Social Security lists first.

In the year ending Sept. 30, election officials in Nevada, for example, used the Social Security database more than 740,000 times to check voter files or registration applications and found more than 715,000 nonmatches, federal records show. Election officials in Georgia ran more than 1.9 million checks on voter files or voter registration applications and found more than 260,000 nonmatches.

Officials of the Social Security Administration, presented with those numbers, said they were far too high to be cases where names were not in state databases. They said the data seem to represent a violation of federal law and the contract the states signed with the agency to use the database.

Last week, after the inquiry by The Times, Michael J. Astrue, the commissioner of the Social Security Administration, alerted the Justice Department to the problem and sent letters to election officials in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio. The letters ask the officials to ensure that they are complying with federal law.

"It is absolutely essential that people entitled to register to vote are allowed to do so," Mr. Astrue said in a press release.

In three states — Colorado, Louisiana and Michigan — the number of people purged from the election rolls since Aug. 1 far exceeds the number who may have died or relocated during that period.

States may be improperly removing voters who have moved within the state, election experts said, or who are considered inactive because they have failed to vote in two consecutive federal elections. For example, major voter registration drives have been held this year in Colorado, which has also had a significant population increase since the last presidential election, but the state has recorded a net loss of nearly 100,000 voters from its rolls since 2004.

Asked about the appearance of voter law violations, Rosemary E. Rodriguez, the chairwoman of the federal Election Assistance Commission, which oversees elections, said they could present "extremely serious problems."

"The law is pretty clear about how states can use Social Security information to screen registrations and when states can purge their rolls," Ms. Rodriguez said.

Nevada officials said the large number of Social Security checks had resulted from county clerks entering Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers in the wrong fields before records were sent to the state. They could not estimate how many records might have been affected by the problem, but they said it was corrected several weeks ago.

Other states described similar problems in entering data.

Under the Help America Vote Act, all states were required to build statewide electronic voter registration lists to standardize and centralize voter records that had been kept on the local level. To prevent ineligible voters from casting a ballot, states were also required to clear the electronic lists of duplicates, people who had died or moved out of state, or who had become ineligible for other reasons.

Voting rights groups and federal election officials have raised concerns that the methods used to add or remove names vary by state and are conducted with little oversight or transparency. Many states are purging their lists for the first time and appear to be unfamiliar with the 2002 federal law.

"Just as voting machines were the major issue that came out of the 2000 presidential election and provisional ballots were the big issue from 2004, voter registration and these statewide lists will be the top concern this year," said Daniel P. Tokaji, a law professor at Ohio State University.

Voting rights groups have urged voters to check their registrations with local officials.

In Michigan, some 33,000 voters were removed from the rolls in August, a figure that is far higher than the number of deaths in the state during the same period — about 7,100 — or the number of people who moved out of the state — about 4,400, according to data from the Postal Service.

In Colorado, some 37,000 people were removed from the rolls in the three weeks after July 21. During that time, about 5,100 people moved out of the state and about 2,400 died, according to postal data and death records.

In Louisiana, at least 18,000 people were dropped from the rolls in the five weeks after July 23. Over the same period, at least 1,600 people moved out of state and at least 3,300 died.

The secretaries of state in Michigan and Colorado did not respond to requests for comment. A spokesman for the Louisiana secretary of state said that about half of the numbers of the voters removed from the rolls were people who moved within the state or who died. The remaining 11,000 or so people seem to have been removed by local officials for other reasons that were not clear, the spokesman said.

The purge estimates were calculated using data from state election officials, who produce a snapshot every month or so of the voter rolls with details about each registered voter on record, making it possible to determine how many have been removed.

The Times's methodology for calculating the purge estimates was reviewed by two voting experts, Kimball Brace, the director of Election Data Services, a Washington consulting firm that tracks voting trends, and R. Michael Alvarez, a political science professor at the California Institute of Technology.

By using the Social Security database so extensively, states are flagging extra registrations and creating extra work for local officials who are already struggling to process all the registration applications by Election Day.

"I simply don’t have the staff to keep up," said Ann McFall, the supervisor of elections in Volusia County, Fla.

It takes 10 minutes to process a normal registration and up to a week to deal with a flagged one, said Ms. McFall, a Republican, adding that she was receiving 100 or so flagged registrations a week.

Usually, when state election officials check a registration and find that it does not match a database entry, they alert local election officials to contact the voter and request further proof of identification. If that is not possible, most states flag the voter file and require identification from the voter at the polling place.

In Florida, Iowa, Louisiana and South Dakota, the problem is more serious because voters are not added to the rolls until the states remove the flags.

Ms. McFall said she was angry to learn from the state recently that it was her responsibility to contact each flagged voter to clear up the discrepancies before Election Day. "This situation with voter registrations is going to land us in court," she said.

In fact, it already has.

In Michigan and Florida, rights groups are suing state officials, accusing them of being too aggressive in purging voter rolls and of preventing people from registering.

In Georgia, the Justice Department is considering legal action against the state because officials in Cobb and Cherokee Counties sent letters to hundreds of voters stating that their voter registrations had been flagged and telling them they cannot vote until they clear up the discrepancy.

On Monday, the Ohio Republican Party filed a motion in federal court against the secretary of state to get the list of all names that have been flagged by the Social Security database since Jan. 1. The motion seeks to require that any voter who does not clear up a discrepancy be required to vote using a provisional ballot.

Republicans said in the motion that it is central to American democracy that nonqualified voters be forbidden from voting.

The Ohio secretary of state, Jennifer Brunner, a Democrat, said in court papers that she believes the Republicans are seeking grounds to challenge voters and get them removed from the rolls.

Considering that in the past year the state received nearly 290,000 nonmatches, such a plan could have significant impact at the polls.

Challenge to Voter Registration
See graphic image
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/10/09/us/20081009_VOTING_GRAPHIC.html

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Vanishing Voters: Why Registered Voters Fall Off the Rolls (pdf, U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, September 2008)
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/PIRG_Vanishing_Voters_update.pdf

Motion by Republican Party of Ohio (pdf)
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/Ohio_GOP_Motion.pdf

Ohio Response to GOP Motion (pdf)
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/20081009vote.pdf

Voter Purges (pdf, Brennan Center for Justice, 2008)
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/Brennan_Center_Report_Voter_Purges.pdf

States' Use of Social Security Database (pdf)
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/09voting_states.pdf

Please use the information below to locate your early voting poll location. As we move forward, early voting is critical and will increase our success. We have completed Voter's Registration Drive and now we must evangelize the importance of VOTING EARLY. Here are a few reasons why:

Reduce the odds of GOP operatives 'challenging' you at the polls or forcing you to stand in artificially long lines on election day.
Reduce the possibility of election fraud by the GOP.
Address any issues at the polls and still have time correct (i.e. photo ID), come back and cast your vote.
Saves you time and money (No standing in long lines).
Not sure if you will be in town, then here's your opportunity to cast your VOTE now.
Opportunity to take our elderly, friend, family member, etc early and cast their vote.
Make your voice heard (VOTE EARLY).

If you have already cast your vote, then please share this information with others (Family, Friends, Co-workers, etc). This is our election and we owe it to ourselves, our future and our America to win this election. Therefore, please VOTE early and spread the word. As well, this is an opportunity to help get other people to the polls early (i.e., elderly, etc). I encourage you to please VOTE early, spread the word of the importance and to also help take people early to the polls. Remember, we will need every vote to win Georgia.

Please read below and click on the links to locate your early VOTING location. If you have any questions or still can not locate your VOTING location, then please let me know ASAP. We have time to address any questions or issues now - let's not wait until November 4th - Cast your VOTE NOW!!!!!

Please find your EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS below:
http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/11_04_earlyvoting.pdf

Early Voting in Georgia

Is your schedule hectic? Not sure if you’ll be in town on Election Day? Want to avoid Election Day crowds? Then take advantage of one of the numerous voting options offered here in Georgia.

EARLY VOTING starts Monday, September 22. It’s easy and convenient and allows you to vote on a day and time that’s convenient for you! Simply visit your county’s early voting site (click here for a list of locations and hours of operation), fill out the application, and present one of the permitted forms of photo ID. And you’re ready to vote!

VOTE BY MAIL – no excuses needed. Just fill out the application. Then, mail it or drop it off to your county registrar’s office. We urge you to request your mail-in ballot and get it back to your county registrar’s office as soon as possible. Mail-in ballots must be received by your county registrar no later than close of the polls on Election Day. And, remember, Georgia prohibits anyone other than the voter him/herself from personal delivery of a voted mail-in ballot.

ADVANCE VOTE WEEK will be held from MONDAY, October 27, thru FRIDAY, October 31. Most counties will have multiple voting centers and even extended hours. Click here to check locations and times of operation for your county’s advance vote sites. A photo ID is required to vote in person.

ELECTION DAY is Tuesday, November 4, 2008, and the polls open at 7:00 a.m. On Election Day, you must vote at your assigned precinct and present a photo ID. To double check your precinct location, click here.

Your county's Early Voting and Advance Voting locations may be different from your regular Election Day precinct location. Please see the link below or contact your county registrar for early and advance voting locations and times where you live:

Georgia County Registrars and Boards of Elections

Early voting locations for the November 4, 2008 General Election

Thank you for your support,

Preston L. Harden,
Georgia's 7th Congressional
District Delegate
GO OBAMA!!!!! 2008
(404) 376-6833

You're invited to join our group Georgia Young Professionals for Change on My.BarackObama.com:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/YoungProfessionalsforChange

Obama for America

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Enough of the hate and smears! Palin has her own skeletons!

By LuAnn in Indiana - Oct 8th, 2008 at 3:12 pm EDT

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McCain, Palin and the GOP want to talk about Bill Ayers and terrorists.......well it looks like they a Major problem. Please get this out there.

If Palin gets VP talk about anti American! She is stirring up hate wherever she goes. We have to say Enough!

This is not acceptable!

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/07/palins_unamerican/index.html

We don't not need hate and partisanship stirred up. Palin is stirring it and McCain is letting her run free with whatever she wants to say. This country needs to work together to get us out of this mess we are in. Barack is the only one who has the intelligence, knowledge, temperament and vision for that great future.Let's all help Barack and make sure all the slurs and hate stops!

Enough!

LuAnn

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BARACK OBAMA OFFICIAL "YES WE DID".... CELEBRATION FINALE WATCH PARTY... 11.04.08

By Preston - Oct 6th, 2008 at 12:49 pm EDT

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THE BARACK OBAMA OFFICIAL "YES WE DID".... CELEBRATION FINALE WATCH PARTY will be held at: FOX SPORTS GRILL @ ATLANTIC STATION 261 19th Street, Atlanta, Georgia, 30363 (404) 207-1369 Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 @ 6:30pm - until we say YES WE DID!!!! Sign-up/RSVP below. We are expecting News coverage so please show your support and wear your OBAMA clothing/hats, bring your OBAMA signs/balloons and let's celebrate an OBAMA VICTORY.... **Food and Drinks will be available at Fox Restaurants. ***Parking available Atlantic Station or take MARTA to Art Station Station (Free Shuttle Provided from Arts Center MARTA Station) "In November Georgia turns - Obama Blue" Shuttles depart every 5-10 minutes. Free Ride Hours of Operation Mon-Fri || 5:00 am to 1:00am Sat-Sun || 5:00 am to 1:00am Call 404-249-9138 for more shuttle information. Let's make history together... See you there.... PS: Kids are allowed, please feel free to bring your family for this historic event.

RSVP by clicking below at:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gs79r7

Thank you for your support,

Preston L. Harden,
Georgia's 7th Congressional
District Delegate
GO OBAMA!!!!! 2008
(404) 376-6833

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Registering out of state students in Georgia “YES YOU CAN”

By Dexter "Emory U MBA" Porter Feb 5th Political Director, GA Obama for America - Oct 4th, 2008 at 6:34 pm EDT

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This has truly been a wonders experience helping to turn this state blue but I would be remiss if I didn’t point out something that something has gotten under my skin since April 2007. That being the complete misinformation given to Georgia students centered on voter registration status and permanent residency status.

I have witnessed firsthand that school administrators, teachers and even financial aid councilors from Georgia HBCU’s practically don’t seem to grasp there is legally a difference between voter status and permanent residency status when related to Pell grants and out of state scholarship requirements.

Surprise, there is a difference and Surprise, many of these school administrators, teachers and even financial aid councilors while they have good intentions have been some of the key persons that have hampered our voter drive operations by encouraging their out of state students not to register to vote in Georgia for fear of losing out of state Pell Grants, Loans and Scholarships.

Despite even the efforts of the Georgia Republican Secretary of State, putting out information to the contrary these persons continue to fill the heads of American future brain trust with nonsense, for example out of state students honor at Atlanta’s Clark Atlanta University being told if they registered to vote in Georgia they would lose their presidential scholarships because they had to be registered in New York State.

Or my favorite one, a school financial aid councilor informed a group of Delaware students registering to vote in Georgia and not the state they are from is a felony. Now these are the men and women we Americans have entrusted with the future brain trust and they can’t even get this simple fact straight how are they going to prepare them for the workforce?

Tomfoolery at its best.

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Georgia Team Obama stop with the misinformation on Voting

By Dexter "Emory U MBA" Porter Feb 5th Political Director, GA Obama for America - Sep 29th, 2008 at 6:15 pm EDT

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Georgia state law says that "No person shall solicit votes in any manner or by any means or method, nor shall any person distribute any campaign literature, newspaper, booklet, pamphlet, card, sign, or any other written or printed matter of any kind, nor shall any person conduct any exit poll or public opinion poll with voters on any primary or election day: (1) Within 150 feet of the outer edge of any building within which a polling place is established; (2)Within any polling place; or (3) Within 25 feet of any voter standing in line to vote at any polling place." [Source: Official Code of Georgia Annotated 21-2-414(a)]

More specifically, the Georgia Secretary of State's office advises voters that "No person may campaign; distribute literature of written or printed matter of any kind; wear campaign buttons, signs, pins, stickers, T-shirts, etc.; circulate petitions; or perform similar activities within 150 feet of the building in which a polling place is located."

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The First Presidential Debate: My View

By Peggy Ledbetter - Sep 27th, 2008 at 1:23 pm EDT

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I have 3 observations on the first presidential debate. 1. Most telling was when Jim Lehrer asked John McCain what lessons he had learned from Iraq, and McCain did not come up with a constructive answer. If McCain has not learned from our mistakes in Iraq, then he is destined to repeat those same mistakes elsewhere. 2. McCain's TACTICS of not looking Obama in the eye and continually trying to belittle him was arrogant and condescending---a BAD STRATEGY for McCain. 3. As to on the job training, since when has John McCain been President of the USA? In that position, both candidates have zero experience. Which brings me back to my first observation.

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Thoughts of Zora Neale Hurston

By Destiny - Sep 12th, 2008 at 2:51 pm EDT

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"I have been amazed by the Anglo-Saxon's lack of curiosity about the internal lives and emotions of the Negroes, and for that matter, any non-Anglo-Saxon peoples within our borders, above the class of unskilled labor.

This lack of interest is much more important than it seems at first glance. It is even more important at this time than it was in the past. The internal affairs of the nation have bearings on the international stress and strain, and this gap in the national literature now has tremendous weight in world affairs. National coherence and solidarity is implicit in a thorough understanding of the various groups within a nation, and this lack of knowledge about the internal emotions and behavior of the minorities cannot fail to bar our understanding. Man, like all the other animals fear and is repelled by that which he does not understand, and mere difference is apt to connote something malign.

The fact that there is no demand for incisive and full-dress stories around Negroes above the servant class is indicative of something of vast importance to this nation. This blank is NOT filled by the fiction built around upper-class Negroes exploiting the race problem. Rather, it tends to point it up. A college-bred Negro still is not a person like other folks, but an interesting problem, more or less...

But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem. That they are very human and internally, according to natural endowment, are just like everybody else. So long as this is not conceived, there must remain that feeling of unsurmountable difference, and difference to the average man means something bad. If people were made right, they would be just like him.

The trouble with the purely problem arguments is that they leave too much unknown. Argue all you will or may about injustice, but as long as the majority cannot conceive of a Negro or a Jew feeling and reacting inside just as they do, the majority will keep right on believing that people who do not feel like them cannot possibly feel as they do, and conform to the established pattern...

The realistic story around a Negro insurance official, dentist, general practioner, undertaker and the like would be most revealing...For various reasons, the average, struggling, non-morbid negro is the best-kept secret in America. His revelation to the public is the thing needed to do away with that feeling of difference which inspires fear and which ever expresses itself in dislike.

It is inevitable that this knowledge will destroy many illusions and romantic traditions which America probably likes to have around. But then, we have no record of anybody sinking into a lingering death on finding out that there was no Santa Claus.

With only the fractional "exceptional" and the "quaint" portrayed, a true picture of Negro life in America cannot be. A great principle of national art has been violated...Let there be light!"

"I Love Myself When I Am Laughing...And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive"
A Zora Neal Hurston Reader

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Barack was great on Letterman! Please watch ,read and share to help BARACK!

By LuAnn in Indiana - Sep 11th, 2008 at 1:53 pm EDT

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I am not sure if you got to see Barack on the Letterman show last night but he was fantastic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hf6qd8b65s

I just posted this video on the DIGG site and really would appreciate you going there and digging it.

I took a swipe at McCain and how his VP pick was strictly a political move and how Barack vetted Joe and made "HIS OWN DECISION".

If we can get enough Diggs on it it will possibly be in the top 10 of the day and everyone will see it.

It would be super exposure for Barack as he commented on the stupid "lipstick on a pig" controversy and made some other great comments on several things. He showed both Humor and also made some great POLITICAL points!

Please take a minute, watch the video and PLEASE go to DIGG.com and digg it. The Republicans have been burrying some of our good stories on the DIGG site so PLEASE help!

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A Call to Action

By Jeff Joslin - Sep 9th, 2008 at 10:39 am EDT

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A Call to Action

Yesterday the airwaves and papers were filled with McCain-Palin lies. He said, “Obama will raise your taxes.” She said, "I told Congress, thanks but no thanks on that bridge to nowhere," and on and on… They are now turning the phrase, “Community Organizer” into a derogatory term. Read More »

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This VIDEO needs shared! The Rebublicans ar out for blood!

By LuAnn in Indiana - Sep 7th, 2008 at 11:03 am EDT

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=955Y3NJTRIE

The Republicans are going to try and destroy Barack the next 60 days! WE can not let them do it!

PLEASE everyone HELP SHARE THIS AND PROMOTE BARACK!

Join STOP THR SMEARS on this BARACK site on the HOME page. It gives US things to COUNTER the attacks that are coming!

It gives us the TRUTH!

Please go there today and join!

LuAnn

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Baracks Acheivements......Please share!

By LuAnn in Indiana - Sep 4th, 2008 at 6:02 pm EDT

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Legislative Experience: Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)

my.barackobama.com —

You can get this information by logging on to the Library of Congress website http://thomas.loc.gov/ and conducting a search under Barack Obama.

This posting organizes and categorizes the Bills sponsored and co-sponsored by Senator Obama, and highlights those that have been passed into US Law. IL State Legislature accomplishments are summarized.

Also please go to Digg and digg this to bring it to DAYLIGHT!

LuAnn

BARACK OUR ONLY TRUE HOPE FOR REAL CHANGE!

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CRITICAL email and video..Please watch, read and share to help BARACK

By LuAnn in Indiana - Sep 4th, 2008 at 12:12 pm EDT

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Hello to all my Obama/Biden friends,This is so important. Please read it, go to Digg and digg it and share it with everyone!McCain is using Palin to try and steal women votes. Hillary and her have NO basic beliefs in common.Surely there are enough of us who know the difference between a woman who wants to help ALL women and Palin who wants to help her far RIGHT side!I still think most women do not want the government telling us what to do with our bodies, want equal pay (which McCain has voted against 12 times), want health insurance (which the Republicans don't talk about) and do NOT want social security PRIVATIZED! Privatizing Soc. Security and Insurance in the end means leaving it only to the wealthy the ones who can afford it!I, personally have Federal health care and each year I can chose which plan I want. The Congress and Senate have it also.If it works for them why not us all? It is a Federal Government (social program)...I don't see any of them turning it down, do you?LuAnn Barack is our ONLY way for REAL CHANGE!

http://mybarackobama.com/page/communityblog/luanninindiana

From: rauldominguez@msn.com
Reply-to: SouthDakotansforObama@groups.barackobama.com
To: SouthDakotansforObama@groups.barackobama.com
Sent: 9/4/2008 8:13:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: [SouthDakotansforObama] Re: ACTION: Joe Klein: "We will tell the truth about Palin, despite bullying by McCain."
Thanks for sending this! I think the messages are getting through!!!His comments are now being shown on Real Clear Politics as well.Raul
----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Owen To: South Dakotans for Obama Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 11:43 PMSubject: [SouthDakotansforObama] ACTION: Joe Klein: "We will tell the truth about Palin, despite bullying by McCain."
Please I am begging you to digg this! Joe Klein says that McCain camp has been “bullying the press” all year and don’t give in to him! Please read it too.JOE KLEIN: TIME MAGAZINE:“There is a tendency in the media to kick ourselves, cringe and withdraw, when we are criticized. But I hope my colleagues stand strong in this case: it is important for the public to know that Palin raised taxes as governor, supported the Bridge to Nowhere before she opposed it, pursued pork-barrel projects as mayor, tried to ban books at the local library and thinks the war in Iraq is "a task from God." The attempts by the McCain campaign to bully us into not reporting such things are not only stupidly aggressive, but unprofessional in the extreme.”http://digg.com/political_opinion/Angry_Amateurs_Swampland_TIME Spread the truth. TIME MAGAZINE:Angry AmateursPosted by Joe Klein | Comments (383) | Permalink | Trackbacks (0) | Email This The story of the day out here in Minneapolis is the McCain campaign's war against the press. This has been building for some time. Those of us who have criticized the candidate--and especially those of us who enjoyed good relations with McCain in the past--have been subject to off-the-record browbeating and attempted bullying all year. But things have gotten much worse in recent days: there was McCain's rude, bizarre interview with Time Magazine last week. Yesterday, McCain refused to an interview with Larry King, for God's sake, because Campbell Brown had been caught in the commission of journalism on CNN the night before, asking McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds what decisions Sarah Palin had made as commander-in-chief of the Alaska national guard. (There was an answer that the unprepared Bounds didn't have: she had deployed them to fight fires.)So what's going on here? Two things. McCain is just plain angry at us. By the evidence presented in the utterly revealing Time interview, he's ballistic. This is a politician who needs to see himself as the man on the white horse, boldly traversing a muddy field...any intimations that he's gotten muddied in the process, or has decided to throw mud, are intolerable. The second thing is more insidious: Steve Schmidt has decided, for tactical reasons, to slime the press. He wants the public to believe that there is an unfair--sexist (you gotta love it)--personal assault going on against Palin and her family. This is a smokescreen, intended to divert attention from the very real and responsible vetting that is taking place in the media--about the substance of Palin's record as mayor and governor. Sure, there are a few outliers--and the tabloid press--who have fixed on baby stories. That was inevitable....the flip side of the personal stories that the McCain team thought would work to their advantage--Palin's moose-hunting and wolf-shooting, and her admirable decision to have a Down Syndrome baby. And yes, when we all fix on the same story, whether it's a hurricane or a little-known politician, a zoo ensues. But the media coverage of the Palin story has been well within the bounds of responsibility. Schmidt is trying to make it seem otherwise, a desperate tactic. There is a tendency in the media to kick ourselves, cringe and withdraw, when we are criticized. But I hope my colleagues stand strong in this case: it is important for the public to know that Palin raised taxes as governor, supported the Bridge to Nowhere before she opposed it, pursued pork-barrel projects as mayor, tried to ban books at the local library and thinks the war in Iraq is "a task from God." The attempts by the McCain campaign to bully us into not reporting such things are not only stupidly aggressive, but unprofessional in the extreme. http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/angry_amateurs.html

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It is up to EACH of US to see that EVERY AMERICAN remembers all of this!

By LuAnn in Indiana - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 6:42 pm EDT

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Dear MoveOn member,

Republicans are hoping that when Americans watch this week's Republican convention, we'll forget about the last eight years.

So we've put together this list of the Bush administration's "accomplishments."

It's actually shocking, even when you've lived through it. Take a moment to read it and pass it along:

Misleading about Iraq's WMD
Implying a connection between Saddam and 9/11
Launching a war that's killed 4,150 Americans and wounded more than 30,000
Challenging Iraqi insurgents to attack U.S. troops: "Bring 'em on"
Granting no-bid contracts to Halliburton in Iraq
Failing to respond to Hurricane Katrina
Hiring unqualified crony to run FEMA
Praising crony's performance: "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job"
Neglecting reconstruction of New Orleans' homes and levees

We can't survive another four years of this. Can you chip in $25 to defeat John McCain?

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/bushfailures.html?id=13678-9501139-knLKhpx&t=1

More highlights of the Bush record:

Promising American troops would be greeted as liberators
Declaring "Mission Accomplished" and later blaming the banner on troops
Cherry-picking facts about WMDs in Iraq, then blaming the CIA
Promising the Iraq war would lower gas prices
Claiming the Iraqi insurgency was in its "last throes" in 2005
Allowing Osama Bin Laden to escape
Launching a war that's killed countless Iraqi civilians
Using Terri Schiavo for political gain
Attempting to alter Constitution to allow discrimination against gay people
Wiretapping our phones without court order

John McCain supported this president from the start. We have a plan to beat McCain by registering half a million young voters in swing states. We're ready to jump into action—we just need to pay for it. Can you contribute to help elect Barack Obama?

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/bushfailures.html?id=13678-9501139-knLKhpx&t=2

Here are more of the Bush administration's failures:

Fighting to privatize Social Security
Stealing the 2000 election (remember Katherine Harris, voter purges, and the Supreme Court?)
Concealing the pre-9/11 Presidential Daily Briefing entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S."
Ignoring security at nuclear plants after 9/11
Battling the wall between church and state
Enforcing abstinence-only programs in public schools
Doing too little to halt genocide in Darfur
Trying to slash funding for PBS and NPR

A lot of folks think McCain will be better than Bush. But don't count on it. His foreign policy advisers are to the right of Bush. And 90% of the time, McCain has stood with Bush. Please help beat McCain. Just click here to contribute:

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/bushfailures.html?id=13678-9501139-knLKhpx&t=3

The list goes on:

Rejecting the Kyoto Treaty to stop climate change
Giving tax cuts to the rich in a time of war
Failing seniors with the costly Medicare prescription drug benefit
Suppressing the vote in the 2004 elections (remember Diebold and long lines in Ohio?)
Swiftboating John Kerry
Outing CIA agent Valerie Plame to retaliate for truth about Iraq's WMDs
Telling the 45 million uninsured Americans to just go to the emergency room

John McCain would be four more years of the same. Can you donate $25 to elect Obama instead?

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/bushfailures.html?id=13678-9501139-knLKhpx&t=4

Still more:

Spending $341 million a day in Iraq
Neglecting wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Center
Allowing Afghanistan to fall into chaos, with the Taliban and al Qaeda regaining control
Pressuring PBS to carry pro-government propaganda
Paying columnists like Armstrong Williams to promote government policies
Creating fake news reels to promote the controversial Medicare law
Holding prisoners without trial at Guantanamo Bay

Can you pitch in?

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/bushfailures.html?id=13678-9501139-knLKhpx&t=5

Bush failures, continued:

Covering up torture at Abu Ghraib
Breaking the Geneva Conventions
Appointing extreme right-wing Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito
Forcing the Patriot Act into law
Firing federal prosecutors who failed to accuse Democrats of voting fraud
Turning a budget surplus into massive budget deficit
Letting more than a million homes go into foreclosure—the highest rate ever recorded
Watching as bank failures surge
Setting the record for most days on vacation by any president in U.S. history
Losing 2.7 million manufacturing jobs
Presiding over Enron scandal—the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history
Increasing nuclear threat by withdrawing from Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia
Appointing John Bolton as U.N. ambassador despite his promise to dismantle the U.N.
Holding secret meetings with Exxon Mobil, Conoco, Shell, and BP to set energy policy
Letting gas prices double while resisting fuel efficiency and clean energy
Pushing to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and off our coasts

Had enough? Donate $25 to elect Obama.

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/bushfailures.html?id=13678-9501139-knLKhpx&t=6

Then forward this email to your friends. We don't have to live through four more years of this. We have a choice.

Thanks for all you do.

–Noah, Adam G., Nita, Eli and the rest of the team

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This VIDEO needs to go to EVERY AMERICAN and please go to DIGG also!

By LuAnn in Indiana - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 12:59 pm EDT

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Please take the time to watch this video and then one more minute to go to Digg and digg it. I had it posted on DIGG this morning.We need to get the Dems to rally NOW.GREAT news.....I just heard Barack is at 50% in the GALLUP poll for the first time.MSNBC just said it....actually Chuck Todd did!Obama is our only HOPE!Please share this with every one and ask them to please go to DIGG. We can make it rise to the top today!

http://mybarackobama.com/page/communityblog/luanninindiana

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no not just a few
and you can take it back
right now

Vote responsibly, not traditionally.
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NEW on McCAIN in Arizona...Share with everyone now!

By LuAnn in Indiana - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 10:33 am EDT

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Community Blogs Welcome, LuAnn.
Manage | Logout | Search Blogs Preview Blog Post Below you will see your post as it will appear in your blog. If this post is correct, click the 'Save Post' button. Otherwise, click 'Edit Post'. Preview of Post This was just written about McCain in Arizona SHARE NOW!By LuAnn in Indiana - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 am EDT

McCain Keating Five

WE need to make sure Democrats unite and help Barack. so far all the Republican's have done is insult him and Michelle and brag about WAR and POWs.

What about health care, women's rights, housing, minimum wage ane the cost of everything sky rising?

LuAnn for BARACK...our ONLY HOPE!

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