And I just can't help but SHOUT IT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NmmLvfzMuE
ENJOY! and have your music cranked UP!
Today I am rooting for Sarah Palin. I know, I know ironic. I am rooting for her in the way you root for your kid when they wait for the last minute to do an assignment. You know you don’t want them to fail but you kind of hope for a not so good grade so they can see the importance of proper prior planning. Maybe I am the only bad mommy but how can I be right if they get an A after waiting to the night before to even start the thing. I digress. I have seen and heard the reports of her going to the UN today to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other world leaders. One reporter referred to the meetings as foreign policy speed dating. As I lay in bed this morning getting my last prayers up I included one for her to not screw this up. I know I should be hoping she does so it will fly in the face of all those people who are talking about her being a ‘sharp’ woman, able and smart enough to run our country. But truth is I do not want her to screw this one up too badly. Our image as a nation has taken enough hits that we do not need anymore. You see most people would assume that a nation’s leaders represent the best and brightest it has to offer. If she walks into these talks and says or does something stupid what does that say about us? Remember these people have been talking with W over the past 8 years and have lost all respect for America. What will Sarah do today?
Obama and McCain have the respect of a lot of leaders around the world. It has been reported that the President of Georgia called Joe Biden before calling W when Russia invaded. So we know about them. Now here she is with a shiny new passport with 2 whole stamps on it and she wants a meeting with someone whose support is vital to our efforts in Afghanistan. We need his support if we are to have any chance of dealing with the Taliban. Forget the fact that she could make us look bad, screwing this up can cause loss of more lives. I have family and friends in Afghanistan and their safe return is a daily prayer of mine. I have attended enough funerals over the last 8 years. So today I am cheering, and praying for Sarah Palin. DO NOT SCREW THIS UP!
Link: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20080919/NEWS/809190329
People of good conscience need to stand up and correct lies being spread about presidential candidate Barack Obama, South Carolina Democratic Party Chairwoman Carol Fowler said Thursday night.
Speaking in front of a crowd of more than 200 people crammed into a small room at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Henry Street, Fowler specifically referred to a recent ad launched by Republican John McCain's campaign that accuses Obama of supporting "comprehensive sex education" for children in kindergarten.
In fact, the Illinois Senate bill that the ad refers to was one of "age and developmentally appropriate sex education" and gave parents the power to withdraw their children from the classroom if they felt it didn't fit their values. The accusation was debunked when Republican Alan Keyes used it to attack Obama during a 2004 state Senate race, and again recently when Republican Mitt Romney brought it up during primary season.
"It never happened," Fowler said. "People just make stuff up. And if you hear people telling lies and you don't say anything about it, you might as well be agreeing with them."
Fowler went on to say that people tend to believe "terrible things" about Obama, and that sometimes people innocently pass along lies without knowing they are doing so.
"You need to be the person they trust to straighten them out," she said.
Thursday's rally was an attempt to sign up volunteers to knock on doors, make phone calls, help with voter registration drives - Saturdays at the soccer complex near Old Caanan Road was specifically mentioned as a target area - and even get churches to "adopt" precincts. The faith outreach would be nonpartisan, said Ann Smith, an Obama staff member based in Spartanburg. It involves churches registering people to vote and, if necessary, helping them get to the polls on Election Day.
For a volunteer drive, it was quite energetic. Chairs filled up quickly and soon people were standing along the walls, sitting in the floor or standing in the hallway trying to listen in.
The night was sponsored by the Spartanburg County Democratic Party and Obama's Campaign for Change effort in South Carolina. It was much more diverse than the recent Victory '08 event sponsored by state and local Republican organizations - particularly in terms of age and race.
Democratic state House candidate Will Rothschild opened the night, saying "We have to realize there are some good Republicans and good independents in Spartanburg County and we're going to win them over this year."
Rothschild criticized what he called "the era of stagnant wages, the era of a stagnant economy and of a shrinking middle class."
"That era needs to end, and it needs to end now," he said. "That's what we need to get this country and community moving - and that's why we're going to win on Nov. 4."
Smith, who is working out of the county party's office, said that phone banking will take place on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights, along with Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Neighborhood canvassing would include asking people to sign a card saying they would vote for Obama, or that they are leaning toward voting that way.
Every now and then, a Democratic candidate would mention what would normally be thought of as a conservative idea when talking about their platform - sometimes to applause, sometimes not. A spokeswoman for state House candidate Eric Hayler said he couldn't attend Thursday night because he was out putting up purple campaign signs - furthering the red-to-blue message.
State Senate candidate Jimmy Tobias summed up the sentiment: "The Republican Party isn't Republican any more. It's the Libertarian Party. They've been hijacked, and they don't even know it. They've been hijacked by greed."
As she was leaving, Kathy Wheale of Greenville - a self-described Republican - stopped Fowler to thank her for speaking. Wheale said she was fully behind Obama.
"I'm sick of all the wars and the redundancy of politicians," she later said. "And I'm married to a very staunch Republican husband, and have a very staunch Republican father, and they're probably going to tar and feather me. But I don't care."
Joan Roosmann of Spartanburg said her son was afraid to wear his Obama T-shirt to Dorman High School because of the political atmosphere, and because "the kids go off on what their parents tell them."
Trav Robertson, Obama's South Carolina campaign manager, said that the Spartanburg crowd was indicative of what he was seeing across the state.
"There's a movement afoot, and it begins with the idea that individuals are empowered," he said.
The campaign needs to to focus solely on the dismal Bush record for the last eight years and constantly remind the voters how often John McCain has been aligned with the soon to be former president. Also it needs lazer beam focus on the major issues facing this country. The republicans can not discuss their way out of a paper bag on policy. The only issue they know is the surge, the surge, the surge! I think that the campaign also needs to let Joe Biden get rough with Sarah Palin. As a rabid Obama/Biden supporter, I feel very frustrated that she has not been handled like the other candidates. She is a GOP creation that repeats the same lines from her convention speech over and over with nothing on policy plans or what she would DO as vice president. Her interview with Charlie Gibson is a joke. We all know that Charlie is a John McCain supporter and a republican. Someone, and I believe it should be Biden, needs to take on this "Hockey talking Mom" and make her go on the defense instead of letting her dominate the offense. PLEASE take off the gloves for the campaigns sake and the sake of our kids futures!!
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_fact_check
By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer Wed Sep 3, 11:48 PM ET
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In some cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth.
Some examples:
PALIN: "I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending ... and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress 'thanks but no thanks' for that Bridge to Nowhere."
THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a "bridge to nowhere."
PALIN: "There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state senate."
THE FACTS: Compared to McCain and his two decades in the Senate, Obama does have a more meager record. But he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.
PALIN: "The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes, raise payroll taxes, raise investment income taxes, raise the death tax, raise business taxes, and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars."
THE FACTS: The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, concluded that Obama's plan would increase after-tax income for middle-income taxpayers by about 5 percent by 2012, or nearly $2,200 annually. McCain's plan, which cuts taxes across all income levels, would raise after tax-income for middle-income taxpayers by 3 percent, the center concluded.
Obama would provide $80 billion in tax breaks, mainly for poor workers and the elderly, including tripling the Earned Income Tax Credit for minimum-wage workers and higher credits for larger families.
He also would raise income taxes, capital gains and dividend taxes on the wealthiest. He would raise payroll taxes on taxpayers with incomes above $250,000, and he would raise corporate taxes. Small businesses that make more than $250,000 a year would see taxes rise.
MCCAIN: "She's been governor of our largest state, in charge of 20 percent of America's energy supply ... She's responsible for 20 percent of the nation's energy supply. I'm entertained by the comparison and I hope we can keep making that comparison that running a political campaign is somehow comparable to being the executive of the largest state in America," he said in an interview with ABC News' Charles Gibson.
THE FACTS: McCain's phrasing exaggerates both claims. Palin is governor of a state that ranks second nationally in crude oil production, but she's no more "responsible" for that resource than President Bush was when he was governor of Texas, another oil-producing state. In fact, her primary power is the ability to tax oil, which she did in concert with the Alaska Legislature. And where Alaska is the largest state in America, McCain could as easily have called it the 47th largest state — by population.
MCCAIN: "She's the commander of the Alaska National Guard. ... She has been in charge, and she has had national security as one of her primary responsibilities," he said on ABC.
THE FACTS: While governors are in charge of their state guard units, that authority ends whenever those units are called to actual military service. When guard units are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, for example, they assume those duties under "federal status," which means they report to the Defense Department, not their governors. Alaska's national guard units have a total of about 4,200 personnel, among the smallest of state guard organizations.
FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE: Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States."
THE FACTS: A whopper. Palin got 616 votes in the 1996 mayor's election, and got 909 in her 1999 re-election race, for a total of 1,525. Biden dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, but he still got 76,165 votes in 23 states and the District of Columbia where he was on the ballot during the 2008 presidential primaries.
FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOV. MITT ROMNEY: "We need change, all right — change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington! We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington — throw out the big-government liberals, and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin."
THE FACTS: A Back-to-the-Future moment. George W. Bush, a conservative Republican, has been president for nearly eight years. And until last year, Republicans controlled Congress. Only since January 2007 have Democrats have been in charge of the House and Senate.
Today I hosted a meeting to give feedback to this campaign on the DNC platform. What a unique and grassroots way to involve the people of the USA. Leave it up to someone like Barack to care enough about the entire process to involve the American people.
The meeting was very successful and our group did an outstanding job of writing our platform ideas.
This blog is a reminder for the Anderson Democratic Party's annual summer BBQ. Please bring all of your families and friends
You can see the details of this event by going to: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4bsh
BREAKING: We will be joined by The Honorable James E. Clyburn, House Majority Whip, as our headline speaker. Also addressing the BBQ, on behalf of Senator Obama, will be former South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Joe Erwin! 4:00 - 5:00 PM - Organizing meeting for the 3rd Congressional District and Jane Dyer's candidacy for Congress. 5:00 - 8:00 PM - BBQ, Music, and Speeches from Candidates and guests. Plenty of candidates, food, drink, and Democrats to meet! Bring your appetite and your friends to the 3rd annual Anderson County Democratic Party Barbecue which will begin at 5:00 p.m. at Anderson Farmers' Market. Ron Gilreath will provide his world famous barbecue plus fixins', as he has done the past two years. Barbecue plates will be $10. Plates for children under 12 will be $5 and desserts will be $1. Members are asked to bring desserts packaged in individual servings. Barack Obama memorabilia such as shirts and bumper stickers can be purchased. One Hundred Dollar Club buttons will be available for those who have contributed $100. There will be blue grass music by David Snyder's Last Road Band. We will hear from candidates and other distinguished guests. This is our major fund-raising event each year. All proceeds beyond expenses will be used to keep our headquarters open on Main Street and to help our candidates in the fall election.
Please, please, please consider donating to my fundraising page.
MY STUDENTS' LAST DAY IS FRIDAY--THIS FRIDAY!
I AM ONLY $250 AWAY FROM MY GOAL OF $700.
I teach 7th graders and this page is in honor of them and the POWER of a good public school education, which is what every child deserves.
It is also in honor of GOOD TEACHERS, which I consider myself to be, and I know that there are many, many wonderful teachers out there (and on this blog).
Please help if you are able.
Thank you very, very much. I hope I don't bother anyone by posting this until Thursday. I would LOVE to show my students that our goal has been met.
Much love to you all!CeCe
http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/bitterabouteducation
Well, since Obama is going to be the presumptive Democratic Party nominee, a lot of the Hillraisers have decided that they will do three things: (1) NOT vote for Obama, (2) campaign hard for McCain, and (3) NOT donate to the DNC.
The DNC is responsible for the ads that hit McCain on the economy and his foreign policy experience. We all know that Obama is hesitant (to the point of causing great frustration) of attacking anyone even when it is justified, so we need to support the DNC so that they can reveal these flaws in McCain. We all know that the media is not going to do it.
Also, I accept that we will not win WV or KY. I know that however much she wins, it does not change anything. But, could we encourage ALL OBAMA SUPPORTERS to please go out and vote on Tuesday? The Clinton campaign is telling WV that not voting is a vote for Obama. We should remind our supporters that by not voting, that's a vote for Clinton.
I know that this is a lot of wasted energy (on my part), but I do not want to see Obama trying to explain his loss on Wednesday and I don't want to see him trying to discuss how he has to court blue collar white voters. You know this will be the narrative on Wednesday, even though nothing much has changed.
Sorry for the rambling. Please support the DNC. I will become a monthly donor there too. Ten or twenty dollars a month is only $50 or $100, but it is more than I have ever given before.
Much love,
CeCe
I do not live in Pennsylvania so I do not fully understand the idea of a "political machine." I do understand that Hillary Clinton has the support of Governor Rendell and the mayors and most of the state politicians. Hillary Clinton, who has called almost every state "home," learned how to shoot in Scranton behind the home that her grandfather built. . .by hand. . .in the snow. . .while shooting a duck. How is Obama supposed to compare to that?
On the eve of the Pennsylvania primary, the pundits are discussing whether or not Obama has a real chance of winning this state. A couple of weeks ago, no one thought that he would even get close. Maybe he still won't get close, but there are two men who have stood beside him throughout this whole Pennsylvania campaign--Congressman Patrick Murphy and Senator Bob Casey.
Murphy is an Iraq war veteran with a thick accent that does not reflect a "fancy" upbringing. He has a wife and child and a book that I cannot wait to get my hands on. He speaks with conviction, honesty, and I pray that he will run for national office because I would really jump at the chance to help him get elected. Hmmm. . . maybe he is thinking about running for president in a few years.
Casey is a senator who is pro-life, conservative, and has a more polished appearance than Murphy. He has been Obama's right hand man while in Pennsylvania. Casey and Obama have different views on abortion and some other issues, but Casey has decided that it is more important to connect on the issues that matter most and the issues in which they agree. Casey and Obama have made a nice "odd couple" during this recent Pennsylvania campaign.
The beauty of Murphy and Casey is that it would have been easier (maybe smarter?) to go with the political machine: Rendell, Murtha, and even Nutter. Murphy and Casey are both new (like Obama), obviously idealistic (like Obama), and heartbreakingly honest (like Obama).
Murphy and Casey are great men. I pray that this is not a new realization. I pray that their willingness to embrace someone new with a unique view on politics will make them more endearing to their state and its voters. Murphy and Casey are also sincere in their beliefs that Barack Obama is going to create a whole other level of politics. Politics in which the people really do have a voice and a chance.
My prayer is that the people of Pennsylvania respect their decision to go against the grain and I also pray (and already believe) that Senator Obama will not forget the greatness of these two men. Two men who brought a black friend home--a black friend with a funny name who is still fighting smears about being a secret, elite Muslim-- took him around town, told everybody "he's with me," and convinced others to listen when this black friend spoke. Murphy's and Casey's actions took courage, class, greatness, and most of all sincerity.
How many of us are willing to do the same?
May we all apire to a level of greatness and sincerity that will allow us to confidently and securely go left when everyone else is going right. May we be strong enough to support our friends regardles of the outcome. And most importantly, may we have the common sense to realize that there are some people, some battles, and some issues worth risking it all for. May each of us find our inner Murphy and Casey, no matter where we are or what we do.
Love, peace, and most of all Blessings,
Well, I was feeling pretty good about our campaign and the way that we have handled things in Pennsylvania. I know that the pundits have gone to town with the "clinging to their guns and religion" comment, but I thought that Obama handled himself well and that we were moving on. I even believed this when I heard Chris Matthews inject Rev. Wright into his discussion of the Pope which was his way of announcing to his viewers and the political machine in Pennsylvania that he is not an Obama supporter and that he wants to have a political future. He repeated that sentiment on "The Colbert Report." But somehow, everything from the past few weeks started getting to me. I was watching "Meet the Press" like I do every week and I realized that the pundits really do not believe that Barack Obama can win this election. Sure, he will win the nomination, but the election--against John McCain? No! McCain is the maverick, he's the independent, people like him, he's experienced, yada, yada, yada.
I was getting really down about all of this when I started thinking about my son. My oldest son was a babbling, busy two year old when one day, he just stopped. Stopped babbling, stopped being busy, it was if he was suspended or trapped in some other world. I could not get him out! I went to many useless, though well intentioned, doctors who criticized everything from baby food and diaper creams to my age (which was twenty). It was heartbreaking! I finally found a doctor who discussed Asperger's Syndrome which is high functioning autism. Although I was glad to get a diagnosis, I was heartbroken at the prognosis of his condition: late to talk, slow learner, won't make any friends, probably not able to live or function independently. I just stared at the wall for hours and hours trying to figure out what sin I had committed for my child to end up like this. But through all of that, I felt the need to fight.
I began homeschooling my son and reading everything I could about his condition. We started play therapy and a couple of good friends with some very nice and well behaved children became a part of our treatment. Slowly, we started to see progress. More often it was one step forward and two (hundred) steps back, but we kept working and fighting.
To make a long story short, my son is now 13 and is a member of the Beta Club, vice president of his middle school student body, and is first chair in band (trumpet), and also plays the violin and the piano. He is very bright and funny. He still has some trouble making friends, but he has managed to have a cute little girlfriend (against his mother's wishes), though he has decided to hold off on that for the sake of his academic career. (No, I did not bribe him--I tried at first, but he came to this decision on his own).
Anyway, Obama's campaign and run for the White House is a lot like my son. The pundits do not think he truly has a chance and no one believes that WE (the Obama Nation) can really pull this off. Look at us--knocking on doors, registering voters, blogging, donating, drinking the kool-aid (I hate that phrase, "kool-aid drinkers"). And for what? What do we really plan to do with a neophyte senator who has not stood against the Republican/Clinton (funny how they are alike) machines? Well, we plan to work hard! And some days it will feel like one step forward and two or three steps back, but as long as we are working and believing, we will win. Just think: if I had given up on my son, where would he be? If we give up on Obama, where will our country be? No, no, no. We must dig our heels in and prepare to stay and fight for every vote and voter.
The pundits, though less well intentioned than the doctors, do not know everything.
If they were really adept at understanding what the country needs, wouldn't they be running for president? DUH!!
Until next time. Much Love,
When I was a senior in high school, I participated in an African American history program where I memorized and performed the poem, "And Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou. I will not repeat the whole poem here because you can look it up (smile), but there is a part that I would like to share:
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave
I am the hope and the dreams of the slaves. . .
For a few weeks, I have heard this poem referenced when discussing Barack Obama. That he is the hope-the first black candidate with a real chance at becoming the President. It is a fitting connection and it is meaningful and powerful. However, I think that we are overlooking and forgetting another part of this whole process: all Obama supporters are not African American.
That is another hope and dream of the slaves-- that people of all cultures would come together. Now, all cultures have come together on other issues--sports, finances, music, etc. But is is powerful to talk to other Obama supporters who are old enough to have been present during the Jim Crow south and who understand what a significant accomplishment it is for different cultures to come together over anything!
Every day, I am inspired by Barack Obama's candidacy because I see so many people of different hues and colors and backgrounds. It's a kalediscope of cultures who support Barack Obama. It is amazing to see how involved and how emotionally charged people are in this campaign.
But the TRUE beauty of this whole Obama movement is that many people are NOT supporting Obama because of his culture--most of the young people do not care about his culture! They like him and Michelle for who they are and not for what they look like!
Was this the true hope of the slaves? That a man of African descent could be respected and supported because of who he is and not because he is of African descent? In my heart, I believe that it is!
I am so proud to be a part of this and it has nothing to do with Barack Obama's cultural identity. Sure, it is historic and of course, it is something to be noted. But the love for Obama is due to his optimism, truthiness (to borrow from Colbert), and his ability to speak about the future in a way that is not to demean, but to encourage. Has Obama made some mistakes? Yes! Is he a neophyte? Yes, and that is also appealing.
Barack Obama is bringing a whole new group of politicans and a new way of running a campaign. I am so thankful that I am here and a part of it all.
My prayer, my desire, the cry of my heart is that we will all continue to rise. Rise above racism, skepticism, elitism, division, and everything else that wants to tear us (as human beings) apart.
Let us rise, let us rise, let us rise. . . That is the hope and the dreams of the slaves. I do not believe that slaves were ever just praying for their children or their children's children. I believe that they understood that it would take more than people who looked like them and that people of other cultures would be needed to push all of the divisions out the way so that all people could rise.
May we continue to rise, and rise, and rise. . .
Love, peace, and blessings for all,
BTW, I understand that Maya Angelou is a HRC supporter, but I still love her!
I became aware of politics around 1996. I had the right to vote in 1992, but I did not have the desire to do so. My husband was a die hard Clinton supporter and voted for him in 92 and 96. I voted for him in 96, but I cannot recall a single debate or anything about his positions. I voted for him because I have a tendency to vote Democrat, since that is the party that I most indentify with.
In 2000, I leaned toward Gore. I liked Gore as much as I liked Clinton which isn't really saying a whole lot since I didn't know anything about Clinton. Still, I voted for him and was disappointed when he didn't become President. I thought he showed great humility when he gave his concession speech. When Kerry ran in 2004, I was clueless and voted for him too. I remember thinking that election day was just a good day off from work and the chance to catch up on some sleep. No big deal.
Fast forward 2007--some skinny man with really big ears and a weird name, whom everyone says is a Muslim, is coming to South Carolina. Most of the Black leaders are supporting Clinton (Hillary). Some are supporting Edwards, but no one is supporting this stranger with the name Barack Obama. ("Who is that?" I asked my husband). My husband, who has always been more politically aware than I, left me to listen to Obama's 2004 convention speech. I go out the next day and buy Dreams from my Father and The Audacity of Hope. I am a true Obama supporter.
How did this transformation take place? Surely Kerry and Gore gave some great speeches and wrote some fantastic words. Heck, Gore won the popular vote so people had to support him too. But what is it with this man?
It's simple--I believe him. I love the fact that he wants to unify America and that he believes that everyone has something to offer. He is not just supporting Christian values (although I am a Christian) and he is not just towing the Democratic Party line. He is connecting with Independents and Republicans, Blacks and Whites, young, old, and everyone in between. This man is actually being more patriotic than the people who are waving the flags at every rally. Barack Obama is the living embodiment of the American dream. He is possibility personified and he is hope--now, I don't mean that on a religious level, but on a societal level. He is what Black and White people have been hoping for and waiting for--someone who really wants to represent the people--everybody--even the ones who will never vote for him.
Every month, I donate to Barack Obama. Every day, I post and blog support and encouragement to Obama supporters, and in the last primary (Mississippi), I made phonecalls to encourage people to vote for Obama. I'm tired and frustrated, but I have never known the joy of supporting a wonderful candidate like the joy I know in supporting Barack Obama.
Spread the love, the peace, and most of all, the joy!
Blessings,
What a great day to live in SC - 55% of the vote. What an amazingly powerful victory speech!! I know I'm going to be phone banking from my house and going to GA or TN to volunteer for Feb. 5th. This campaign has been so inspiring and I am proud to be an Obama supporter!
I also would like to extend a special thanks to all the volunteers and their many hours of hard work!
