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Mariemont High School Students For Obama

Students from Mariemont High School that support Barack Obama

By Adam - Mar 28th, 2008 at 5:57 pm EDT

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Let's face it. If we're going to win this thing anytime soon, we need to start getting a lot of Hillary supporters to convert. We're not going to do that with negativity, badgering, name calling, or rubbing in their many, many pathetic defeats.

We have to do it with kindness. Obama's biggest asset is us. We're great people. We have to show them that we're great people to be around, that we have a positive outlook, and that our campaign is like a joy ride.

So, I made a video to help. Here it is;

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9aT3scqk2V8

Pass it along for me, get it in front of people.

Be nice to the Hillary supporters. We need them.

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Obama fights back on questions about his patriotism

By ! 1 Robert Braggs III - Feb 24th, 2008 at 11:14 pm EST

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Obama responds to question about attempts to paint him as unpatriotic

Obama cited for not wearing American flag lapel pin, among other things

Obama: "There's always some nonsense going on in general elections"

Clinton has said she has shown she can withstand conservative attacks

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Weekly Talking Points July 9

By ! 1 Robert Braggs III - Feb 24th, 2008 at 11:04 pm EST

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Weekly Talking Points: July 9 - July 15, 2007

Barack Obama Schedule: Barack Obama and his family spent Independence Day in an RV, stopping at events throughout eastern and central Iowa. Last Thursday, he discussed his commitment to teachers in a speech to the annual meeting of the National Education Association before traveling to New Orleans to speak at the Essence Music Festival on the need to make Katrina recovery a priority. On Tuesday, Senator Obama makes his 14th visit to Iowa, and later that night, he joins four supporters from across the country for an intimate dinner in Washington, D.C. Thursday, Obama participates in the Presidential Candidates Forum at the NAACP’s 98th Annual Convention.

Michelle Obama Schedule: Early last week, Michelle Obama visited South Carolina’s Upstate, where she spoke at the Bethlehem Baptist Church’s “Salute to Courageous Women” in Simpsonville before visiting summer programs at the Phillis Wheatley Community Center in Greenville. She then joined her husband, bringing their daughters Malia and Sasha along on an RV tour of eastern Iowa, attending an Iowa Cubs game and celebrating Malia’s ninth birthday on the Fourth of July.

Fundraising: In a record-breaking outpouring of grassroots support, more than 258,000 donors – 154,000 in the second quarter alone – have joined Barack Obama’s movement for change. The campaign raised $31 million in primary funds for a total of $32.5 million in the second quarter – all of it without accepting any money from PACs or Washington lobbyists. $10.3 million was raised online, with 90% of all online donations in amounts of $100 or less and 50% of all online donations in amounts of $25 or less.

Recent Developments: On Tuesday, July 3, the Obama campaign announced the launch of its My Policy health care blog. In keeping with the inclusive grassroots nature of the campaign, Americans across the country are invited to engage in a discussion of their health care ideas and personal stories. The goal is to allow participants to collaborate with others across the nation to define and refine the best ideas for the future of health care policy. Senator Obama also recorded a video in support of the Live Earth concerts.

Television Ads in Iowa: The campaign has been running two new biographical ads for the past two weeks. The ads focus on Barack Obama’s commitment to the power of grassroots movements and his success in bringing people together to solve important challenges. By demonstrating how Senator Obama has successfully dedicated his life to these values, these ads will help Iowa voters better understand his vision for bringing the country together to solve important problems.

Iraq: Barack Obama has a plan to end the Iraq war by commencing a phased redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq with the goal of redeploying all combat brigades from Iraq by March 31, 2008. Letting the Iraqis know that U.S. forces will not be there forever is our last, best hope to pressure the Sunnis and Shi’a to come to the table and find peace.

Web: Senator Obama is running a different kind of campaign, empowering people with the tools to take organizing into their own hands. The result: more people are more deeply involved than ever before. Since the website was launched in February, more than 5,000 grassroots groups have been created, and more than 70,000 people have created profiles on my.barackobama.com.

Biography: Senator Obama moved to Illinois over two decades ago with little money and no family connections, getting a job for $12,000 a year as a community organizer in some of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods. Later, Obama graduated from Harvard Law School, became a civil rights lawyer, and taught constitutional law before winning a seat in the Illinois State Senate.

As a State Senator, he joined both Democrats and Republicans to help working families get ahead by creating programs like the state Earned Income Tax Credit, which in three years provided over $100 million in tax cuts to families across the state. He also pushed through an expansion of early childhood education and the strongest ethics reform in Illinois in 25 years. After a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Obama worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.

In the U.S. Senate, Obama has worked with the Republican leader of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Richard Lugar, to pass a law that would secure and destroy some of the world’s deadliest weapons. He has also helped lead the fight for the most sweeping ethics reform since Watergate, and found common ground on issues including energy policy, helping push through a provision that will offer tax credits to gas stations for installing refueling pumps with E85 – a blend of 85 percent clean-burning, domestically grown ethanol and 15 percent petroleum gasoline.

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Weekly Talking Points, July 16th

By ! 1 Robert Braggs III - Feb 24th, 2008 at 11:03 pm EST

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July 16 - July 22, 2007

Barack Obama Schedule: Last Monday July 9, Senator Obama attended the successful Birmingham, Alabama kickoff with special guest Charles Barkley. On Tuesday July 10, at a town hall event in Iowa, he laid out the costs of the Iraq War, suggesting how the money we’re spending in Iraq might be spent here at home. That night, he joined four small-dollar supporters for a “Dinner with Barack.” So far, two of his dinner guests, Michael Griffith and Haile Rivera, have been featured on BarackObama.com. This Wednesday, Senator Obama will participate in the Planned Parenthood Action Fund Candidates event in Washington, D.C. Saturday, he travels to Iowa for the AFSCME Forum, then heads to Miami for the National Council of La Raza’s Annual Conference. On Monday the 23rd, Obama will participate in the CNN/YouTube Democratic presidential debate at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina.

Michelle Obama Schedule: On Wednesday, Michelle Obama heads down to southern Florida to meet with local activists and supporters. Friday, she’ll be back home in Chicago to cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Obama for America volunteer headquarters. Afterward, she’ll swing by the campaign headquarters to host a pizza party for the staff.

NAACP Forum: The star of Thursday’s NAACP Democratic Candidates Forum, Barack Obama outperformed the other candidates onstage. To multiple standing ovations, he spoke on issues from health care to gun violence, invigorating the crowd of more than one thousand with the call that “we still have more work to do.”

Recent Developments: This week, Senator Obama will push legislation toughening accountability for military contractors by strengthening congressional oversight. He’ll also fight to make sure our returning service members can get the quality mental health care they need. Senator Obama will introduce The Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act, which addresses the high incidence of African-American and Latina teen pregnancy rates by funding community education programs. And he’ll introduce his “Hospital Report Cards” initiative, making key measurements of hospital quality available to the public.

Fundraising: In a record-breaking outpouring of grassroots support, more than 258,000 donors – 154,000 in the second quarter alone – have joined Barack Obama’s movement for change. The campaign raised $31.6 million in primary funds for a total of $32.9 million in the second quarter – all of it without accepting any money from PACs or Washington lobbyists. $10.3 million was raised online, with 90% of all online donations in amounts of $100 or less and 50% of all online donations in amounts of $25 or less.

Iraq: Barack Obama has a plan to end the Iraq war by commencing a phased redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq with the goal of redeploying all combat brigades from Iraq by March 31, 2008. Letting the Iraqis know that U.S. forces will not be there forever is our last, best hope to pressure the Sunnis and Shi’a to come to the table and find peace.

Web: Senator Obama is running a different kind of campaign, empowering people with the tools to take organizing into their own hands. The result: more people are more deeply involved than ever before. Since the website was launched in February, more than 5,000 grassroots groups have been created, and more than 70,000 people have created profiles on my.barackobama.com.

Biography: Senator Obama moved to Illinois over two decades ago with little money and no family connections, getting a job for $12,000 a year as a community organizer in some of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods. Later, Obama graduated from Harvard Law School, became a civil rights lawyer, and taught constitutional law before winning a seat in the Illinois State Senate.

As a State Senator, he joined both Democrats and Republicans to help working families get ahead by creating programs like the state Earned Income Tax Credit, which in three years provided over $100 million in tax cuts to families across the state. He also pushed through an expansion of early childhood education and the strongest ethics reform in Illinois in 25 years. After a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Obama worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.

In the U.S. Senate, Obama has worked with the Republican leader of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Richard Lugar, to pass a law that would secure and destroy some of the world’s deadliest weapons. He has also helped lead the fight for the most sweeping ethics reform since Watergate, and found common ground on issues including energy policy, helping push through a provision that will offer tax credits to gas stations for installing refueling pumps with E85 – a blend of 85 percent clean-burning, domestically grown ethanol and 15 percent petroleum gasoline.

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Barack has the momentum to win in November!

By Ed - Feb 13th, 2008 at 11:38 am EST

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I've been struck recently by some facts that are worth noting. First of all the number of people voting in the Democratic Primaries is some 50% higher than those voting in the Republican Primaries as of today. Barack has really mobilized his effort well and brought out more new voters, Blacks, Republicans, moderates like myself and changed the election.

The media and around the world seem to be hoping that Obama is elected. He is inspirational and the kind of news we have been looking for since the days of JFK.

We as a country need to mend fences with the world's political leaders, continue reforming what lobbyists are allowed to do and give the people the voice that we have now.

We need to help empower people to do great things. Whether it's helping someone go to college, helping our war veterens get the medical attention they need, helping families living in poverty by offering work programs and health insurance for those who need it.

I believe that there are many people like myself that may not benefit finacially from future reform if Barack is elected. But I also believe that will not stop people from voting for him! We want a better world for our children.

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