Meet and Greet with Jeremy Bird, Deputy Director of Organizing For America on Saturday, April 25, 2009 from 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Have you wondered what will become of the nationwide grassroots machine assembled over the course of the Obama campaign? Come learn! Organizing for America (formerly Obama for America) is the grassroots legacy of the campaign that changed the course of history. Find out about plans for OFA in South Carolina and across the country. Our featured guest, Jeremy Bird, served as state field director of the Obama campaign during the historic South Carolina primary. (Jeremy was the architect of the "house meetings" program that was used with great success across the country in the general election.) He also served as General Election Director for the Obama campaign in the battleground state of Ohio. Currently Jeremy works as Deputy National Director of Organizing for America.
Here are the details for the event:
April 25th, 4:30-6:30 PM Liberty Taproom and Grill
(803) 461-4677
828 Gervais St, Columbia, SC 29201
Cross Streets: Between Gadsden St and Lincoln St
im asking everyone who reads this to help service the elderly who will be standing in the long lines
on election day. you can do this by caring some extra water, cookies, snacks etc.. this will help them be able to deal with the wait better...
thank you.. Ben
The New Yorker described Barry Blitt's work as lampooning of "scare tactics and misinformation in the Presidential election to derail Barack Obama's campaign.""The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Senator Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create," Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said."But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree," Burton added.
I think the idea that the Obamas are branded as unpatriotic [let alone as terrorists] in certain sectors is preposterous. It seemed to me that depicting the concept would show it as the fear-mongering ridiculousness that it is.
I've invited Obama supporters to write one "blog" post per week about Obama for the next 10 weeks. This will take us through the convention in Denver. Our guidelines are simply that the posts are positive and honest. The movement is building: already 25+ bloggers signed up, so that's at least 250 posts over the next 10 weeks, and more folks sign on everyday!
If you're new to blogging, it is just as easy as emailing--so if you can send an email--you can be a blogger! I can get you set up with you own blog in less than 5 minutes! So why not? Join Operation HOPE!
Especially if you are already an active blogger, it doesn't take any extra effort. and your blog will probably get more traffic, since I'll be linking all the bloggers and promoting the event.
Please check out the event details and sign up if you're interested in blogging for Obama: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44hfj I am coordinating the bloggers (with links to all the active bloggers doing 10 posts in 10 weeks) on my "Crush on Obama" blog at: http://rubycrushonobama.blogspot.com I look forward to joining with you to spread Obama's positive message of change in action! -Ruby
Hello My Obama Family:
Any assistance that you can provide is greatly appreciated. I have a mail-out that I have prepared for county delegates that will vote on May 3rd. If there is anyone that you think I need to contact, please let me know. You may reach me at 803.464.1224.
Thanks for your support!!!
Hello South Carolina!
Starting this Saturday April 12, the Obama Campaign is launching a week long phone calling campaign — with phone bank locations in a city near you !
For Saturday April 19, there are phone banks locations scheduled in Columbia, Charleston, Hilton Head Island and more to come. If you are able to host a phone bank, please contact me at mwijewardena@obamafd.com and I can provide the resources you need - we need your help !
On this weekend of April 12 and the rest of the week, you can make phone calls to voters in North Carolina by using the online tools lsited below. We hope people in North Carolina to be encouraged into voting for Senator Obama and who better to do that than their neighbors in South Carolina - we need your hep !
Online tool for calling North Carolina is: http://my.barackobama.com/callncearly
We look forward to your help and if anything at all, please email me at mwijewardena@obamafd.com. Thank you very much for all your wonderful support.
Best regards
Madura Wijewardena
Obama for America
Click here: Dipdive
Here in South Carolina we are most grateful for the voter turn-out this past weekend. As a team, we were successful in our support for Obama. Thanks to everyone for everything that contributed to our success.
On a personal note, I believe in the power of prayer and I would like to ask you to keep Obama and his family in prayer. The next few weeks and months are going to be quite challenging. I firmly believe that this is not just an election…but a Movement for Change. A gentleman from Africa was quoted in saying that “the only person that can stop Obama is Obama.” This statement spoke to my soul and I truly believe that our Savior is walking closely with him.
We all know that Barack Obama is a Christian but I found the hebrew translation for his first name: BARACH (Bar Rach) - To kneel, to bless, to adore with bended knee. When used by man in reference to God, it means to endure with power for success, prosperity and long life. In Psalm 34:2, barach is translated as BLESS and in Psalm 103:1-2, barach is translated to mean WORSHIP.
Isn't this awesome...spread the word and remember to Pray for Obama!!!
Julia A. Nelson
My beliefs in Integrity and Honesty for our "United" States of America have made me believe in the Obama power of Hope and Change for our broken country. Never did I ever believe just "how" broken the "United" part of our nation actually is until now.
My naivete and true love for my country made me actually think that our government represented us, the American people, for the purposes of following the Constitution and protecting our "inalienable rights" as well as telling the Truth, "so help me God."
The actions and words of some political candidates obviously have a different purpose in mind, perhaps for the specific purposes of winning the Presidency at any cost - even dishonesty and corruption and certainly, for control.
The following blog writings are from J. Grant Dys: http://jgdys.blogspot.com/2006/10/constitution-not-subject-to-evolution.html
Sunday, October 29, 2006 "Constitution not Subject to Evolution"
In the fall of 2006 "Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States addressed the annual membership conference of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In a conversation that included Justice Scalia and Nadine Strossen, the topic of whether the U.S. Constitution was a living (or evolving) document arose. Countering Strossen’s point that the Constitution was, in fact, evolving, Justice Scalia said the following:Once you say it evolves and it doesn’t depend on what the people thought they were doing when they adopted it, somebody’s going to have to decide how it evolves. Why in the world would you want nine people from a very uncharacteristic class of society – to wit, lawyers – to decide how the Constitution evolves? Commentators much smarter than I have bandied about these arguments with greater eloquence than my fingers can type. In general terms, usually those of a liberal persuasion view the Constitution as a living, breathing document that evolves with our society and culture. In contradistinction, often those of a more conservative persuasion argue that the Constitution has a specific meaning, one that cannot be changed by society’s evolution. What if "the Constitution is a living and breathing document, capable of changing meaning as our culture evolves. Which liberties are protected? If the Constitution changes its meanings as society becomes more enlightened, do we ever actually retain any of our 'inalienable rights'?If you hold to Justice Scalia’s point of view, you might be accused of being an originalist or, worse, an absolutist. If the Constitution does not evolve to meet the needs of our developing culture, then did the Founding Fathers contemplate including a bazooka in our Second Amendment right to bear arms? The debate between the two jurisprudential philosophies reflects, much the more, the debate about truth: is it relative or is it absolute? Taking our cue from Pontius Pilate’s rhetorical question to Jesus, we must also ask, “What is truth?”
Does truth change depending upon the circumstances? Upon a culture’s evolution? Whether it is relativism or originalism I dare say we cannot allow our answer to simply be,“It depends.” If we were to do so, the rights we once thought were inalienable could become rather . . . well . . . alienable. Our legislature keeps our laws in lock-step with our so-called, 'cultural evolution.'
But, it is necessary that we maintain a document that is of immovable stock, defining with a modicum of finality that which we as a nation consent to be governed.
Left to redefinition by a committee of nine (and lawyers at that!), I suspect our Constitution would go much the way that Justice Scalia predicts:
“It would mean whatever they think it ought to mean.”
http://jgdys.blogspot.com/2006/10/constitution-not-subject-to-evolution.html
BARACK OBAMA:That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door. That we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe or hiring somebody's son. That we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted -- or at least, most of the time.BARACK OBAMA:The true test of the American ideal is whether we’re able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the challenges of our time. Whether we allow ourselves to be shaped by events and history, or whether we act to shape them. Whether chance of birth or circumstance decides life’s big winners and losers, or whether we build a community where, at the very least, everyone has a chance to work hard, get ahead, and reach their dreams.
BARACK OBAMA:What Washington needs is adult supervision.
BARACK OBAMA:If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.
Stand for Change Rally with Barack Obama Friday, January 25, 2008 Doors open at 8:45 PM Program starts at 10:45pm Koger Center for the Arts University of South Carolina 1051 Greene St Columbia, SC 29201 (Map It!) RSVP: http://my.barackobama.com/columbia
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If Hillary's experience is so great then why are all the records from her time as first lady sealed in the Clinton library?
Why won't Bill release them? (He has sent a letter asking thast they not be released)
Why won't Hillary make him?
What are they hiding?
Why can't they be a little transparent?
Do we really want our leaders hiding their records from the public.
NO MORE WASHINGTON POLITICS AS USUAL!!
Barack Obama will change this. He will be transparent. The American people will finally be involved with the way America runs again.
The Clinton Years:
1993 - Hillary's Failed Healthcare
1993 - Travelgate
1999 - Pardongate
2000 - Hillary's Hotel for Campaign Bucks
Lets have the records!!!
As Super Duper Tuesday approaches, let's consider one of the three basic rules of politics: that conventional wisdom is always wrong. (The other two are: nobody knows anything and they all want to be president of the United States.)
Since she began campaigning for the presidency, Hillary Clinton has tried to argue the case that she is the logical and inevitable choice as her party's nominee, in part because she is the most electable Democrat. It's become conventional wisdom.
And it's wrong.
Clinton does have a strong base among Democrats and particularly among Democratic women. If Barack Obama cannot peel women away from her, as he did in the Iowa caucuses, he cannot capture the Democratic nomination. Women are just too big a component of the Democratic primary electorate.
But among independents and Republicans, Clinton is not well loved. Lots of voters in the middle and the right can't stand her. For whatever reason, and perhaps unfairly, they see her as Bill Clinton Shrill.
Clinton's positive-to-negative rating in the NBC-Wall Street Journal poll, for example, was last measured as two points negative - 42-44%. Against John McCain in a general election, according to the Zogby Poll, she loses by seven percentage points. ABC-Washington Post has her trailing fellow New Yorker Rudy Giuliani by two points.
On the other hand, Obama's positive-to-negative in the NBC-WSJ poll was 20 points positive - 46-26. Zogby has him four points ahead of McCain and ABC-WashPost has him nine points up on Giuliani.
He is seen as less divisive and less antagonistic than Clinton by a wide swath of voters. And those voters - fewer and fewer as the pure racists die off -- who would not vote for him because he is black, wouldn't vote for any Democrat for president.
But those who are against Clinton just might vote for another Democrat - especially Obama, with his Tiger-Woods-like profile as an accomplished black man competing in a white man's world on the strength of his talents.
For those white voters who are afraid of blacks, he enters the picture from a place that is less threatening to whites. They intuitively understand that Obama has had an intimate, loving, trusting relationship with at least one white person - his mother.
Moreover, he has managed to craft a message that, while it calls for lifting up the most oppressed among us, is not a battle cry against the oppressor. Instead, it's a call to arms against common enemies, like poverty, bigotry, sickness and war.
As radio commentator Rachel Maddow said the other day: "That's an America I want to live in."
There may be another factor at work here. It's not a choice we ought to have to make, but it's a choice handed to us by history and circumstance.
Given the chance to right one great wrong at a time, it may be that American voters will place a higher value on addressing the most painful wound in our collective history - slavery and racism - than they will place on electing a woman to the White House.
They may conclude that in terms of restoring America's image in the world and projecting a democratic face to our allies and adversaries, having a black man in the White House - especially one who is a genuine African-American - is a marvelous symbol.
It may also be that after eight years of listening to a president who mangles syntax and meaning like a drunk too arrogant to know he's soused, Americans may be ready for a shot of inspiration and intelligence.
Clinton is surely smart. And to many women, she is certainly an inspiration. But Obama's appeal has a greater sweep. It taps into our collective desire to shine a bright beacon of light, freedom, opportunity and hope across the nation and the world.
For all that, if he can just win the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama is the most electable Democrat in the field.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-trounstine/im-just-sayin-obama-is_b_81621.html
After three primary State races, Senator has NEVER lost any National Delegates competition. He won in Iowa and Nevada. He tied in New Hampshire. This week comes South Carolina where he can win again. Let's show full strength before super Tuesday February 5th by doing any of the following:
a. “Women Right to Choose Is Important to Me – I Choose OBAMA” b. “Gambling to Get McCain: More of the War – No, I Am Voting OBAMA” c. “Rolling the Dice to Get McCain: No Women Right to Choose – No, I Am Voting OBAMA” d. “Gambling to Get McCain: More of the War – No, I Am Voting OBAMA” e. “Give Me a Break from Divisive Politics - I Vote for OBAMA” f. “Loosing for the Third Time: Not a Fairy Tale – I Choose to Win with OBAMA” g. “I Like the UNITED States of America – I Vote for OBAMA” h. “The Unity of the Country to Address Its Challenges Is Important to Me – I Vote for OBAMA” i. “The DREAM Can Be Voted into Reality – I Choose OBAMA” j. “HOPE Will Keep the DREAM Alive – I Vote for OBAMA” k. “Immigration Reform Is Important for my Community – I Choose OBAMA” l. “Unity at Home and Respect in the World Are Critical to Security – I Choose OBAMA” m. “Congress Voted for the Iraq War Was a Mistake that Made Me Less Safe – I Choose OBAMA”
Please keep HOPE alive! America Our Moment Is Now! Yes We Can! Si Se Puede! Oui Nous Pouvons! Go OBAMA'08 A Change We Can Believe In
You don't need me to tell you that Barack Obama brings people together... just look at us on this stage -- you've got the governor of a Northern, "blue" state like Massachusetts supporting the same candidate as two former Governor's of two of the "reddest" states in the country."
I want leadership that's going to help us see the stake we all have in each other again... I'm tired and you're tired of being told that the interests of the north are different from the interests of the south, that the interests of whites are different from the interests of blacks, that the poor and the rich have vastly different perspectives on what's in our national interest... The great moments [we've had] moving forward in this country have come when our leaders were able to invite us to come together, to articulate a vision and motivate us all to move forward.
