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Oakland for Obama

If you're a resident of Oakland, California, and a supporter of Barak Obama, and have the 'audacity' to hope for a more perfect union, then this is a good starting point to making hope, a reality! Please join me in welcoming the Honorable Barak Obama to the 2008 Presidential campaign!

Insults and Innuendo

By M.G. - Sep 5th, 2008 at 6:48 pm EDT

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I don't know about you, but I found it troubling that a prosepctive Statesperson, a Governor, and a candidate for the 2nd highest position in the Free World, could and would be so dismissive of the accomplishments of Senator Obama. It's one thing to be a polictical opponent and have differing views, yet another to disrespect the hard work that Obama has put into his life's work, and the millions of people that support him. This is the same old polictics of no ideas, so lets just attempt to tear down the 'other' guy, in hopes that America is so myopic, as to fall for it yet again.

The change in America that is happening now, is that just as many people are not only receptive, but embrace the idea of presidential candidate that happens to be black, as much as a vice-presidential candidate that happens to be a woman. Governor Palin shoed low-class in her attacks on Obama, especially since she and her family have no stones to throw, as we are still discovering. SHe did a disservice to herself, her family, the State of Alaska, and America but casting a pejorative shadow upon the Democratic nominee. Her intersts and the interests of America would best be served by propping up her ideas against that of my candidate, and then seeing whom America selects.

I disagree with the media; Palin speech was nothing but rhetoric and conjecture, with absolutely no substance. It was a Speech Class 200 level delivery, and clearly not written in her own words. Perhaps this is why she attended 5 colleges in 6 years before she attained her bacheor's degree. Perhaps this is the reason that a tiny town of 9,000 received 27 million in federal earmarks, and the 47th largest state by population, received the largest federal earmarks per capita, when she was Mayor and Governor, respectively, and she is the so-called reformer. She supported the Bridge to nowhere, before it was a political commodity to reject. ANd, I'm sorry Barack, but it's NOT okay to parade your 17 year-old daughter around, as teen pregnancy is not a natiowide problem. By the way, Governor Palin vetoed a line-item in her first budget a program for homeless teen mothers. Thats good that her daughter chose to keep the baby, if that's true, , and she will be married, if its willing, but in no way is that little girl ready to have a child, and its a problem.

I commend Barack Obama, not for the candidate that he has shown us he is, and not for the leadership he has demonstrated, but for the person that he is, and the character that he has, not to be drawn into the senseless salacious narrative that John McCain and the Republican party are trying to bring to the American people.

Just some thoughts, folks!

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DON'T INSULT WOMEN AND HILLARY WITH JUST ANY WOMAN

By M.G. - Sep 1st, 2008 at 8:03 pm EDT

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Gov. Palin's 17 year old daughter is pregnant. She just gave birth to a child that has special needs. She is under investigation for cooruption within her own administration, and may be indicted in October, and she is not in favor of the CHOICE to abort a pregnancy, even if the health ofthe mother is compromised, or that the pregnancy was the result of RAPE or INCEST. She jsut applied for a passport in 2007 (thats 4 years after I did), and she has been to as many countries as I have. This is John McCain's choice to become president, should he become ill-stricken, as this 72 year-old man already has undergone several procedures that are cancer-related. Aside from that, it's time for a new generation....It's Obama time!!!!!

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Video: Barack Obama Hosted By Sen. Barbara Boxer In San Francisco

By Zennie - Feb 21st, 2007 at 3:04 am EST

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You know you've reached star status when -- even though you're a US senator -- they just call you by your name and not your title. Such is true for US Senator and Candidate for President of The United States, Barack Obama.

They just call him Barack Obama.

Senator Barack Obama (D) Illinois, appeared as the star of a rousing February 19th fund-raiser hosted by Senator Barbara Boxer at The Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco's Union Square.

The event drew almost 2,000 people, if not a little more than that number. (And reports with the estimate at 1,000 are just plain wrong. I was there, and I can count.)

What was surprising to me was the number of true voters who turned out. The crowd was most older, white, and liberal, and for the trained eye consisted of some of the Bay Area's most active political citizens. But to be sure, there was a healthy percentage of younger voters as well -- between 20 and 45 years old. And remember all paid between $150 and $2,000, so this wasn't a free event. It sold out the week before it was set to commence.

Personally, I was blown away by Barack Obama. And I've worked for four politicians and donated to several campaigns. Part of Senator Obama's appeal is that he really has his pulse on the problem America faces and that's a belief crisis. Our leaders don't represent us anymore; they stand for their own desires. One doesn't get the impression that Senator Obama has an agenda separate from that of the American People. He knows we're suffering from seeing people killed overseas and going without help in a hurricane-wrecked New Orleans. He knows we're tired of seeing our leaders preside over a vastly imbalanced spread of resources going where they don't help Americans (the Mid East) while people in the South (Louisiana) are still suffering. He gets that we have a massive leadership crisis, yet doesn't step in like Superman, he just has the courage to point his hand in another direction and say "This is where we should go."

I know that's heavy, but it doesn't begin to describe how much people are energized by him and his run for president. It's one thing to hear about it, but you've got to be a part of it to understand.

He's the real deal and with the total knack for saying the right words. All of that is evident in this video.

As a note, you may wonder why I chose the theme song to the television show "Friends." I tried the music as an experiment in part of the video, and was struck by how perfect the message "I'll be thee for you" seemed to describe the relationship between Senator Obama and his supporters. The theme, like the Senator's book "The Audacity of Hope" is about hope, and thus is perfect for this video, if not his candidacy.

For more information go to his website at
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Introductory to Stand Up America!

By El Fauno - Feb 20th, 2007 at 7:15 pm EST

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Hello All,

I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and some ideas that I have about this election, our candidate and the American socioscape. I am a 26 year-old server in the San Francisco Bay Area. I work at Chez Panisse in Berkeley and Coi Restaurant in San Francisco. This relatively small metropolis serves as a microcosm for what invariably influences the country as a whole. I have witnessed the changes both positive and negative and hope that we can find a way to change the course of this country, so that our priorities reflect the values of peace, tolerance and respect for all. I believe that Sen. Barack Obama is that candidate that can help to transform the political process and lead us into a new era of communication and consensus. More Later......

Adan "El Fauno" Gutierrez-Gallegos

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