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Par Barack Obama, président élu des Etats Unis. "Si jamais quelqu'un doute encore que l'Amérique est un endroit où tout est possible, qui se demande si le rêve de nos pères fondateurs est encore vivant, qui doute encore du pouvoir de notre démocratie, la réponse lui est donnée ce soir.
C'est la réponse dictée par les files d'attente devant les écoles et les églises, d'une ampleur que le pays n'a jamais connue, par les personnes qui ont attendu trois à quatre heures, la plupart pour la première fois de leur vie, parce qu'elles croyaient que ce moment devait être différent, et que leur voix pouvait être cette différence.
C'est la réponse que donnent jeunes et vieux, riches et pauvres, démocrates et républicains, Noirs, Blancs, Latinos, Asiatiques, Indiens, gays, hétéros, handicapés et non handicapés– des Américains qui ont signifié au monde que nous n'avons jamais été un assemblage d'Etats rouges et bleus, mais que nous serons toujours les Etats-Unis d'Amérique.
Cette réponse conduit ceux qui ont été décrits comme des personnes pétries de cynisme, qui craignaient et qui doutaient de ce que nous pouvions faire, à diriger le cours de l'histoire vers l'espoir de jours meilleurs. Il a fallu longtemps. Mais ce soir, grâce à ce que nous avons accompli aujourd'hui et pendant cette élection, en ce moment historique, le changement est arrivé en Amérique.
Je viens juste de recevoir un appel courtois du Sénateur McCain. Il a mené une dure et longue bataille, d'autant plus dure et longue qu'il adore ce pays. Il a enduré des sacrifices pour l'Amérique que la plupart d'entre nous ne peut même pas imaginer. Nos vies ont été améliorées grâce aux services rendus par ce dirigeant courageux et désintéressé . Je le félicite lui et le Gouverneur Palin pour ce qu'ils ont accompli, et je suis impatient de travailler avec eux pour renouveler ce pays dans les mois à venir.
Je voudrais remercier mon partenaire dans ce voyage, un homme qui a fait campagne avec son coeur et qui a parlé pour les hommes et les femmes avec qui il a grandi dans les rues de Scranton, et avec qui il a pris le train pour rentrer dans le Delaware, le Vice-président des Etats-Unis, Joe Biden.
Je ne serais jamais là ce soir sans le soutien indéfectible de celle qui est ma meilleure amie depuis les seize dernières années, le pilier de notre famille et l'amour de ma vie, la prochaine Première dame de notre nation : Michelle Obama. Sasha et Malia, je vous aime et vous avez gagné un nouveau chiot qui viendra avec nous à la Maison Blanche. Et même si elle n'est plus avec nous, je sais que ma grand-mère est présente, tout comme la famille qui a fait de moi ce que je suis. Ils me manquent ce soir et je sais que ma dette envers eux est incommensurable.
A mon directeur de campagne David Plouffe, à mon conseiller en stratégie David Axelrod, et à la meilleure équipe jamais réunie dans l'histoire de la politique – vous avez fait en sorte que cela arrive et je vous suis redevable pour toujours des sacrifices que vous avez concédés pour y arriver.
Mais avant tout, je n'oublierai jamais que cette victoire vous appartient. Je n'étais pas le candidat le plus évident pour ce poste. Nous n'avons pas commencé avec beaucoup d'argent ni avec beaucoup d'appuis. Notre campagne n'a pas éclos dans les halls de Washington – elle a commencé dans les arrière-cours de DesMoines, dans les salons de Concorde et sur les porches de Charleston.
Cette campagne a été menée par des travailleurs et des travailleuses qui ont pioché dans le peu d'économies qu'ils avaient pour donner cinq, dix, vingt dollars pour cette cause. Elle a gagné en force grâce aux jeunes qui ont rejeté le mythe de l'apathie de leur génération, qui ont quitté leurs maisons et leurs familles pour des emplois qui leur offraient peu d'argent et peu de sommeil, grâce aux personnes pas si jeunes qui ont défié le froid et la chaleur pour frapper aux portes de parfaits inconnus, grâce aux millions d'Américains volontaires qui se sont organisés et qui ont prouvé que plus de deux siècles plus tard , le gouvernement pour le peuple et par le peuple n'a pas péri. C'est votre victoire.
Je sais que vous ne l'avez pas fait juste pour gagner une élection.
Vous l'avez fait car vous comprenez l'immensité de la tâche qui nous attend. Parce qu'à l'heure où nous célébrons la victoire ce soir, nous savons que les défis de demain sont les plus importants de notre existence - deux guerres, une planète en péril, la plus grave crise financière depuis un siècle. En ce moment même, nous savons qu'il y a de courageux Américains qui se réveillent dans les déserts d' Irak et dans les montagnes d'Afghanistan pour risquer leurs vies pour nous. Il y a des pères et des mères qui passent des nuits blanches après avoir couché leurs enfants et qui se demandent comment ils pourront payer leur emprunt, les honoraires du médecin, ou comment ils pourront économiser assez pour les études. Il y a une nouvelle énergie à exploiter et de nouveaux emplois à créer, de nouvelles écoles à construire, de nouvelles menaces auxquelles il faudra faire face et des alliances à reconstruire.
La route sera longue. Le chemin sera escarpé. Nous n'atteindrons peut-être pas notre but en un an ou même en un mandat, mais il n'y a jamais eu autant d'espoir que ce soir, et le peuple américain y arrivera. Il y aura des revers et des faux départs. Nombreux sont ceux qui ne seront pas d'accord avec chaque décision que je prendrai en tant que président et nous savons que le gouvernement ne peut résoudre tous les problèmes. Mais je serai toujours honnête avec vous quant aux défis auxquels nous sommes confrontés. Je vous écouterai, particulièrement lorsque nous serons en désaccord. Et par-dessus tout, je vous demanderai de me rejoindre pour reconstruire cette nation de la seule manière possible en Amérique depuis 221 ans : bloc par bloc, brique par brique, avec nos mains calleuses.
Ce qui a commencé il y a 21 mois dans les profondeurs de l'hiver ne doit pas s'achever durant cette nuit d'automne. Cette seule victoire n'est pas ce que nous cherchons – c'est notre seule opportunité pour créer ce changement. Et cela ne peut pas arriver si nous retournons en arrière. Cela ne pourra pas arriver sans vous.
Alors faisons appel à un nouvel esprit de patriotisme, de service et de responsabilité où chacun d'entre nous s'attèlera à travailler dur et à s'occuper non seulement de sa personne, mais aussi des autres. Rappelons nous que si cette crise financière nous a bien appris une chose, c'est que Wall Street ne peux pas s'enrichir pendant que d'autres souffrent – dans ce pays, nous nous élevons et nous tombons comme une seule nation, comme un seul peuple.
Résistons à la tentation de retomber dans le même esprit partisan, mesquin et immature qui a empoisonné notre vie politique pendant si longtemps. Rappelons-nous qu'il y avait un homme de cet Etat qui a d'abord porté les couleurs du Parti républicain à la Maison Blanche - un parti fondé sur les valeurs d'indépendance, de liberté individuelle, et d'unité nationale. Ce sont des valeurs que nous partageons et tandis que le Parti démocrate a remporté une grande victoire ce soir, nous y sommes parvenus grâce à une bonne dose d'humilité et de détermination pour mettre fin aux divisions qui ont retardé notre progrès. Comme Lincoln le disait à une nation bien plus divisée que la nôtre : "Nous ne sommes pas ennemis, mais amis… La colère a affaibli nos liens d'affection, mais elle ne doit pas les rompre". A tous ces Américains dont je n'ai pas encore le soutien, je n'ai peut-être pas remporté votre vote, mais je vous entends, j'ai besoin de votre aide, et je serai également votre président.
Et à tous ceux qui nous regardent par delà nos côtes, depuis des parlements et des palaces, à ceux qui sont rassemblés autour de radios dans les coins perdus de notre monde – nos histoires sont particulières, mais notre destin est partagé et l'aube d'une nouvelle direction américaine est à portée de main. A ceux qui veulent démolir ce monde : nous vous vaincrons. Et à ceux qui se demandent si le phare de l'Amérique brille toujours, ce soir nous vous prouvons une fois encore que la force de notre nation ne vient pas de la puissance de nos armes ou de l'étendue de notre richesse, mais du pouvoirs de nos idées: la démocratie, la liberté, l'opportunité et l' espoir inflexible. C'est là qu'est le vraie génie de l'Amérique et c'est pour cela que le pays peut changer. Notre Union peut être parfaite. Et ce que nous avons déjà accompli nous donne l'espoir nécessaire pour ce que nous avons à accomplir demain.
Cette élection est faite de plusieurs histoires qui seront racontées durant des générations. Ce soir, je pense à cette femme qui a voté à Atlanta. Elle ressemble beaucoup aux millions d'autres qui ont fait la queue pour faire entendre leur voix dans cette élection à un point près - Ann Nixon Cooper a 106 ans. Elle est d'une génération née juste après l'esclavage. A une époque où quelqu'un comme elle ne pouvait pas voter pour deux raisons : parce que c'était une femme et à cause de la couleur de sa peau. Et ce soir je pense à tout ce qu'elle a vu à travers le siècle aux Etats-Unis – la douleur et l'espoir, la lutte et le progrès, les moments où on nous disait que nous n'y pouvions rien, et les personnes qui ont persévéré avec ce crédo : Oui nous le pouvons.
Un homme a touché la lune, un mur est tombé à Berlin, il y a eu un lien entre la science et l'imagination. Et cette année, lors de cette élection, elle a touché du doigt un écran et a voté, parce qu'après 106 ans en Amérique, après les meilleurs moments et les heures les plus noires, elle sait que l'Amérique peut changer. Oui nous pouvons.
Amérique, nous sommes allés si loin. Nous avons vu tant de choses. Mais il y a encore tant à faire. Alors ce soir demandons-nous – si nos enfants devaient vivre le siècle prochain, si mes filles étaient assez chanceuses pour vivre aussi longtemps qu'Ann Nixon Cooper, quels changements verraient-elles ? Quels progrès aurons nous accompli ?
Nous avons l'opportunité de répondre à cette question. C'est notre moment. Le temps est venu de remettre les personnes au travail et d'ouvrir les portes de l'opportunité pour nos enfants, de rétablir la prospérité et d'encourager la paix, de se réapproprier le rêve américain et de réaffirmer la vérité fondamentale : nous ne sommes qu'un, tandis que nous respirons, nous espérons et quand nous ferons face au cynisme, au doute et à ceux qui nous disent que nous ne pouvons pas, nous répondrons avec ce crédo intemporel qui résume l'esprit du peuple : Oui nous pouvons.
Merci, Dieu vous bénisse, Dieu bénisse les Etats-Unis d'Amérique."
Dunia SENDWEemail : dunia@sendwe.beblog : cdfafrique.afrikblog.com
Merci à tous pour votre soutien durant cette très longue campagne
I just want to say thank you. You did it. The American people spoke and decided that they wanted change. No matter what the cinicals said. Barack Obama has been elected 44th President of this great nation.
You have sent a strong message to the World. That the greatest nation on hearth is moving forward and is ready to lead the world again.
The world will change, the world needs to change. And it had to come from the USA the greatest nation.
I am proud to habe been part of this movement and to have believe from the begining that change was coming. Living it live last night with everyone else at Grant Park was just unbelievable.
Barack Obama will be a great President
Thank you America, Thank you Mr President.
Audrey Koumba
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I wrote this email just now and sent it to my friends and acquantances. I am hoping to use my words to get those I know to reach out to those who might hesitate to vote for Barack Obama because they have never voted for a Democrat or a bi-racial person to consider the reasons to do so now, as presented by life-long, conservative Christian Republican Frank Schaeffer, and to get those among them who might be hesitating themselves to reflect, one last time.
And to ask them for one last donation to the Obama campaign, now while Missouri shifts back to rose from a fragile blue, Indiana turns pink from white, and the McCain campaign howls their anger and frustration, screaming more lies to the people, so that it can drown out the negative and quiet the fear.
This is my American prayer on this last Sunday before all of us who haven't already, head to the polls.
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Dear friend,Some of you I know personally, a couple of you I know through a family member or friend. I know how most of you will be voting because I know you so well, but in the case of others, I don't know, and I hesitate to presume to ask. It's pretty much a matter of conscience for each and every one of us how he or she will vote. As usual, it embarrasses me a little to write to you. Please feel free to hit "delete" without reading further. On occasion, throughout this election year, I have written to send an article or to ask for a donation for the Obama campaign. I am writing one last time with both. A friend sent me this article yesterday. I had read it when it was published in The Huffington Post October 8, but I am sending it out today to all of you, in case any of you knows someone Mr. Schaeffer's point of view and own experience might help to take what for them might be the difficult one of voting for a progressive, Democratic candidate for president, who also happens to have a black father. While this might make some our souls sing, coupled with his dignity, integrity, intelligence and forthright willingness to talk about Hope and the needs of the people who make up our country, it makes some nervous. For someone who has never voted for a Democratic candidate for president, but is dismayed with what the Republicans have made of theirs in a head-long rush to the bottom of the food-chain, courting the least representative and universal of their base, who distort the idea upon which the United States of America was based -- the principle of tolerance --, it might still feel unacceptable to vote for a Democrat.
It's normal, party affiliations form our identities for many. They are the direct reflection of our values systems and most closely-held beliefs. But for many, the neoconservative Republican party has been squeezing out so many values as unacceptable, while assaulting our Constitution, our intelligence and our decency, that they no longer feel pride in voting for the Republican candidate in 2008. We can help them, as Mr. Schaeffer has sought to do in his piece, by reminding them what "Country First" means. Barack Obama has borrowed from the beginning LBJ's words in his speech on the occasion of his signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, reminding us that there is but one America for all of us. Barack Obama has taken us seriously. We deplored an increasingly divisive and self-interested politics in America that left the voter out in the cold, while playing him for a knave in the endless campaigns of smears and denigration. If our public discourse, particularly our election season discourse, were to be taken for a measure of our country's intelligence and civility, we knew we were in deep trouble. We said, "Enough!", and Barack Obama let us know he heard us not only by bringing a fleash and bones message, but by relentlessly behaving in accordance with that message, even when the attacks were relentless. During the debates, a panel of psychiatrists determined that neither candidate seemed to want the job very much because they didn't fight for it; Obama didn't provide the "knock-out" punch. Well, T. Byram Karasu, Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Montefiore Medical Center, seems to have misunderstood Obama entirely.
He can win it without a "knock-out". To borrow from Christianity, he turns the other cheek, but without letting the slight go. He's smart. He knows that to dwell on the slight only swells its significance. Answer the pertinent attacks on policy, and let your supporters get the word out when a lie is told, and we do. Philip Berg's case was thrown out of court a little over a week ago. Obama never mentioned it. The state of Hawaii pronounced his birth certificate legitimate the other day. Obama never mentioned it. We make the calls, we knock on the doors, and we forward the emails. We let Barack stay on topic.So, I send you this article. It might be the thing that could help someone you know, or yourself, truly vote "country first." One day, it might be a Republican appleaing to me when my party has fallen, but somehow I think not, because as George Lakoff argues in his book, The Political Mind, the Democratic Party is the progressive party, and our country was based on progressive ideas and ideals. This aligns the Democratic party more closely with the core of American values. It is harder for us to stray, although individual Democratic politicans can fall, victim to their human vices. If you know someone who might feel better about voting for Barack Obama because of the arguments Mr. Shaeffer makes, please share it with them. We need all of us to bring the sort of fairness and decency in government that can bring peace of mind and security to all Americans. Help those of us who support Barack Obama restore morality and responsibility to our federal government, for the sake of its and the world's citizens. They are counting on you. At least the French. I know it because they tell me all the time. The campaign is asking for a last push of financial help to counter a rise in McCain attacks in critical swing-states, and to keep the ground effort going until the polls are closed. If you can spare anything more, please consider making a donation to the campaign through my fundraising page. Please show your support for mine, and everyone like me. You receive credit for your donation. The tiniest of contributions is significant when added to so many millions of other offerings from others like you, who want to see the sort of America that Barack has been describing. Please feel free to pass this message on to anyone you choose, or to borrow from it to make your own. My words are public property.My best to you,Jackie-- "But that spirit can't just be restricted to moments of great catastrophe. Because as I stand here today and look out at the thousands of folks who have gathered here today, I know that there's some folks that are going through their own quiet storms." -- Senator Barack Obama, on the campaign trail in Milwaukee, September 1, 2008http://thesisyphusjournals.comFollow me on Twitter -- http://twitter.com/Fleur_de_Paris Spare Change for Change -- http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/jdeflorisI am 63.5% there! Can you donate the smallest something to help me help us reach our goal for progressive government in Washington that puts our nation's citizens and their needs first? Thank you.
Soirée GRATUITE de soutien à Barack OBAMAProjection en Direct sur Écran Géant Animations diverses gratuites
Mardi 4 novembre 2008De 22h00 à l'aube
ESPACE MATONGÉ78, chaussée de Wavre à 1050 BruxellesMétro : Porte de NamurBus : 71 - 54
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Programme : Nous attendrons les résultats de l'Élection Présidentielle Américaine en Direct sur Écran Géant. La Soirée est entièrement GRATUITE ! Apportez vos Boissons et Nourriture
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Organisatrices : Sylvie MAYENGA et Dunia SENDWE
The other day, I met my friends Fiachna and David at one of our favorite little cafes in "Little Africa," or the Paris neighborhood called Chateau Rouge. We sat together outside, drinking coffees and pastis, and watched the bustling world go by. At one point, a woman was walking towards us on the sidewalk, and I noticed that not only was she wearing a t-shirt with a big Obama logo, but she also wore a black beret with an Obama logo tilted jauntily to the side. I caught her eye. She looked at me a bit sideways, not fully confident, as she continued past us on the sidewalk. I raised my hand in a thumbs up, and she smiled.I'm in Paris, mind you. Four years ago, I'm not sure that you would ever have seen French people walking down the street wearing the campaign garb of an American presidential candidate. Based on the incredible success of Obama's appearances in Europe a few months ago, I think you can see that the rest of the world is poised in anticipation of the results of this election. It has world focus, and people from Baghdad to Paris are as emotionally attached to its outcome as we are. Early in the primaries, when my baker noticed my bad French accent and asked me if I was German, I answered that I was American. His eyes lit up and then he did a frowning thumbs down gesture and said, "Juhorjuh Boosh." But he smiled broadly when with a thumbs up he cried, "Eelahree Cleentone!" I didn't have the heart to tell him that she was not my favorite choice for a candidate. It would have been complicated for me to find the French I needed. But I suppose I could have simply said, "Je préfère une femme, mais non cette femme."America has been a world force in a negative way in the last eight years, especially when it plays its self-ordained role of imperial policeman, warlord and jailer. Yet it has also played a hugely positive role, because there are many Europeans I have encountered who still dream of seeing America. They want to stand on a beach in California, look up at the forbidding sky scrapers of New York, stare at the uninterrupted expanse of Texas, ride a horse through ghost towns in Arizona, and gaze at the gaudy 24-hour glitter and listen to the ka-ching of Las Vegas. What an opportunity we have during this election and afterwards, to live up to that dream. I traveled to Paris with my 80-year-old Dad and my brother soon after 9/11, and no matter where we went, be it to ask a question at the Metro or in restaurants or tourist attractions, when the French found out we were Americans, there were grand gestures of concern and, well, fraternité. They felt for us, and told us so, in language and kind gestures. How terrible that we stepped on this graciousness with the jack boot of a typical maligning right wing horse shit tactic like "Freedom Fries," just because those damn socialist Frenchies had de gaulle to say no to mighty BushCo's fake and illegal war with Iraq. I have always been deeply embarrassed to be associated with such ignorance. It is the same brand of ignorance that McCain and Palin are feeding and stoking in hopes they can move the ignorant to vote for them. I don't care how much Bush and Cheney and Rove snicker at their supreme court supported, voter suppressed and electronic voting machine manipulated robbery of the 2004 election, how slimy it must feel to know, deep down inside, that the only way you won was by breaking laws and telling lies to stupid people.If Obama wins, it will be because he won the hearts and minds of the people, without chicanery. I believe that makes him the better man.Three days ago it took me a few hours to research and complete my absentee ballot for the election. I had to vote against the despicable ploys of fanatically religious people who want to declare that marriage is only between a man and a woman. I had to vote against xenophobic anti-Hispanic measures too. I liked it when I read later in one guy's blog that he was a bit disappointed with the ballot, because "Fuck No" wasn't one of the vote choices. I can relate.My next step was to go to the post office and get the ballot mailed. As with most experiences for an expat in a foreign country, I had to figure out how the post office worked. There's always a line in my post office, but that day, there were two lines. I stood in the line I usually stand in, while I watched the other line to see what was up. There was a gal behind a small counter and she seemed to be dealing with quick mailing purchases, so I switched to her line. She was helping a woman fill out a form. I watched them for a while too, still worried that I might have chosen the wrong line, as I worry in the grocery store, when I try and decide which line will move faster, make my decision, and still watch the other lines so I can chastise myself if I made the wrong decision.It was then that I realized I was standing in front of a very cool self-service machine, where you can place your envelope on a scale at the top, and then press buttons to determine the necessary postage, pay and then get a sticker at the end to place on your envelope. It was easy as pie, and within moments I had a sticker for 1.70 Euro. But, where was the mailing slot? I was sure there would be at least three, one for Paris, one for other parts of France, and the third for étrangers, or foreign countries. I walked to the front of the post office, to the back, and then outside. Nothing. So, I returned to my line and the woman behind the desk noticed me and I held up my precious envelope and asked her where I could put it. She took it from me, looked down at it, and then back up to me. She said in French, "This is your vote." and then glanced to the other woman she had been waiting on. They both looked at me, expectantly. I said, "Oui....Pour Obama!" They both relaxed, and smiled.I bowed to the envelope, my hands in prayer form, and said, "C'est très important!" and they nodded solemnly. I have a feeling my envelope received more focused attention than most envelopes that day. Vive la Fraternité.
(Cross posted at Politics After 50.)
Just a word to say that I know Mc Cain.
He's a famous deep-frozen food's merchant in France, making delicious oven-baked potatoes, and he have to stay...
So please vote for Obama and let us keep our French fries, thanks !
It is always interesting how conversations turn in topic, taking you places where you didn't expect to go.
Last night I was sitting in my kitchen with my wife, and as I was opening a bottle of wine, she asked me to explain the bailout to her. She said that she has been hearing so much from so many people, almost all of it in panic, and wanted my explanation of what the hell is happening.
"And keep it short, I don't want one of your two-hour explanations!" she said, smiling.
Two hours later, we had finished a completely different conversation.
This race should not be close. What awful chord in American culture resonates with the distortions of the McCain ads and doesn’t bother getting the facts? Let’s each do what we can to get the result that will support sustainability now. You can forward this e-mail to friends. From my web page at http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/davidberry folks can sign on to the Obama site and read his detailed proposals themselves.
We're doing an Obama Bridge shoot tomorrow, Sunday, Sept. 14th in
Touloulse, France at the Pont Neuf.
Meet at 5.45pm on the riverside, Quais de Tounis (rive droite).
If you have friends in Toulouse or the surrounding area of southwestern France,
ALERT THEM! Everyone welcome!
Thanks!
Yes, we SPAN!
See our video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbBzEkXyu4o
Our Regional Field Director with Americans Abroad for Obama, Christine Houben is looking for volunteers to help out at the DAF Phone Bank.
Can you commit to helping us win this election?Reaching out to voters is the keystone to our success in November.Although much of our campaign efforts are directed at finding and registering new voters, this shouldn't distract us from the importance of securing 100% confirmation of registration all our members – those Americans who are most easily within our reach. A Phone Banking session will take place at the home of Lois Grjebine in Paris VIeme arrondissement this Thursday, September 11th from 7PM to 10PM. Please email Christine at houbenc@dnc.org to volunteer. - What is Phone Banking? It is reaching out to each and every DAF member to make sure they have registered to vote. - What are the goals of Phone Banking?· To secure 100% confirmed voter registration for all our members.· To confirm that they will be voting for Barack Obama.· To sign up new volunteers for the campaign from within our membership.· To confirm contact details for all our members.· To answer any other questions they may have about Democrats Abroad or about this election.Email Christine at houbenc@dnc.org for more information on our Phone Banking Campaign. -- Where in the world will you vote?http://votefromabroad.org/5Absentee Ballots for American Citizenshttp://votefromabroad.org/5--
Hi Everyone,
It's nice to be back on my Barack Obama blog. After nearly three months spent away from civilisation, without any internet access, i'm finally reunited with my computer. It's been very frustrating not being able to wrtie any messages.
I'm glad to be bck.
Audrey
The Obama Bridge videos are NOT being shown at the convention,although we hear that Obama himself has seen & enjoyed them.There are two versions. One is on YouTube here: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=EReWYQrtnkcThe other is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbBzEkXyu4oYou can download the second version here--and burn a copy to show at your convention watch party, if you wish:http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=599707597&email=50fd9343924f8f981b3b00ae52e69e85Obama's sister, Maya, met with the Democrats Abroad delegation in Denver and told them how much she loved the video and according to her Barack has viewed them and loved them tooThanks to all who took part in this project!
It's not over yet!The bridge project is catching on in the States too--with Hawaii, California and Minnesota doing their own Obama Bridge shoots.
Americans abroad continue to do NEW bridge photos too--and we'll keep posting them on our Flikr site:http://www.flickr.com/groups/bridgesforobama/pool/Please send the links to your friends and family in the States and encourage them to do a bridge photo in their home towns.We're preparing a book with all the photos too, as a gift for Barack & Michelle Obama.So long as photo credits don't trip us up, the book will be available for participants to buy too.Cheers,Meredith WheelerObama/Biden '08Yes We Can, Yes We Span!
Hi all!
Not all of us can vote, but we can clearly get things moving!
We are French and live in Chicago, and we know how important it is that America makes the right choice in November!
Let me be clear: this group is not about "being French" but about taking advantage of the French community in Chicago to throw a nice and fun fundraising party for Barack Obama and Joe Biden before the election.
EVERYBODY is invited to join and help us get together and raise money!
Join the Facebook group, and pass the word around
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23754452799&ref=mf
Merci!
Olivier
I know: the Campaign knows what to do, and when.
Who am I to suggest them anything?
But these last 3 weeks or so, in spite of the great trip of Obama abroad, he is loosing some ground when he should be gaining ground.
This is very well summarized in the blog of Rachel Weiner, (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/19/progressives-sound-alarms_n_119843.html
Not only the "progressives" but almost everyone is alarmed!
Some say the campaign maybe be in a bubble, the High Way. High moral grounds is great for sure, but it does not work what so ever to succeed against the like of Rove and McCain.
Some say it's is not in Obama DNA to fight (David Girden).
Those who believe that the Obama campaign should be reminded to counter more efficiently the twisted attacks of McCain, and also attack his so called strong point, are encourage to do so!
WRITE INCESSANTLY TO THE CAMPAIGN TO REMIND WE ARE IN A STATE OF ALARM; ACTION NEEDED.
You can also encourage the Campaign to ORGANIZE BETTER ITS SURROGATES so that the messages are repeated and their truth is finally accepted by the electorate (simple middle class) that is more difficult to convince because they are in prejudiced environment.
As a good example of what has to be said can be found recently in "Mc Cain is not putting the country first, he is putting the interest of oil companies first." (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/19/vilsack-mccain-puts-oil-f_n_119878.html).
This can be turned in a simple slogan that people will get in their mind. The Campaign should continuously work on it.
Also just recently was recalled a story from a veteran POW companion of McCain wo said he was no thing specail there and that being a POW did not qualify him for anything. I can remember the name of the guy, but it is a very good story that goes to the core of so called McCain strong points. In addition this guy said that McCain easily get out of control. Very dangerous.
Wesley Clark also said something similar : crashing 5 air planes is not a special qualification. A pity this was kind of played down by the campaign. They seemed afraid. McCain is not afraid to accuse Obama of near treason: he wants to loose. He prefers to loose a war than an election.
Family values: I care that Obama & Michelle are good parents. It's a good example for the nation. What he told about being a responsible father was great. Why not to speak more of McCain first wife story, abandoned when no more attractive? Why not to follow up on the story of the abandon sister of Cindy McCain. What a pattern!
There are many other stories and items like this. This defines the personality of McCain. Why not to put them clear out there?
To be more complete, some people think Obama should continue to keep his cool: http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post_edit/_new/Q9Cpm
Good reading too. His conclusion is a bit mixed.
