There's a loss in our soceity. Its impact is evident in our homes, schools, churches, businesses, and government. The loss of Thanks.
Expressing appreciation for the actions or just mere presence of others may be so edifying for ourselves and others.
Imagine the impact of just saying the word 'thanks' to your family: spouse, parents, children, siblings, et al.
Imagine the impact of just saying the word 'thanks' to your school: teachers, administrators, office workers, and volunteers.
Imagine the impact of just saying the word 'thanks' to clergy and laity.
Imagine the impact of just saying the word 'thanks' to employees and supervisors.
Imagine the impact of just saying the word 'thanks' to friends and opponents because opponents challenge us to think and act beyond ourselves.
Imagine the impact of just saying the word 'thanks' to leaders and civil servants.
Imagine the impact of just saying the word 'thanks' to God.
Just Imagine.
We take for granted the simple pleasures that peoples in other countries view as luxuries.
O' the countless times we've forgotten to express our thanks for the effforts the individuals who work 'behind the scenes' daily to make our lives just a little more comfortable. So I would like to express a simple thought to everyone: Thanks
Personal thoughts on the following received in email ---> "Well done"
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/14/719870/-LIVE:-President-Obamas-Economic-Speech-in-Georgetown
From Obama's economic policy speech today at Georgetown University:
There is a parable at the end of the Sermon on the Mount that tells the story of two men. The first built his house on a pile of sand, and it was destroyed as soon as the storm hit. But the second is known as the wise man, for when "...the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house...it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock."
We cannot rebuild this economy on the same pile of sand. We must build our house upon a rock. We must lay a new foundation for growth and prosperity â€" a foundation that will move us from an era of borrow and spend to one where we save and invest; where we consume less at home and send more exports abroad.
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My (Author's) analysis:
The new foundations will be rooted in care for "the least of these" in our culture - for the poor, the vulnerable, the oppressed, the young, and the jobless. We won't give them a handout - they don't want one! We'll give them a hand up with smart programs that reward hard work with living wages.
The Mobilization to End Poverty is coming up in just over a week. We need to get this message out across the country - in our churches and schools, in our neighborhoods, and in rural areas where people don't have access to broadband internet or high-speed wireless web.
President Obama isn't opposed to wealth - he knows that prosperity can benefit everyone if we have the ethics and laws in place to reward innovation and perseverence. But we need to start measuring success by the quality of life for those at the lowest end of the economic totem pole - not by the wealthiest 1% or the multinational corporations that ship American jobs overseas.
God is at work!
http://www.matthew25.org
http://www.sojo.net
This weekend is significant for many Americans of many faiths.
Let's remember this simple prayer:
Give me a sense of humor, Lord,Give me the grace to see a joke,To get some humor out of life,And pass it on to other folk! Amen.
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So let us enjoy: "Some Christian Humor ..."========
There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. "Is there anything breakable in here?" asked the postal clerk. "Only the Ten Commandments." Answered the lady.======== Somebody has said there are only two kinds of people in the world. There are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good morning, Lord," and there are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good Lord, it's morning."======== A minister parked his car in a no-parking zone in a large city because he was short of time and couldn't find a space with a meter. Then he put a note under the windshield wiper that read: "I have circled the block 10 times. If I don't park here, I'll miss my appointment. Forgive us our trespasses." When he returned, he found a citation from a police officer along with this note "I've circled this block for 10 years. If I don't give you a ticket I'll lose my job. "Lead us not into temptation."======== There is the story of a pastor who got up one Sunday and announced to his congregation: "I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is, it's still out there in your pockets."======== While driving in Pennsylvania, a family caught up to an Amish carriage. The owner of the carriage obviously had a sense of humor, because attached to the back of the carriage was a hand printed sign... "Energy efficient vehicle: Runs on oats and grass. Caution: Do not step in exhaust."======== A Sunday School teacher began her lesson with a question, "Boys and girls, what do we know about God?" A hand shot up in the air. "He is an artist!" said the kindergarten boy. "Really? How do you know?" the teacher asked. "You know - Our Father, who does art in Heaven... "======== A minister waited in line to have his car filled with gas just before a long holiday weekend. The attendant worked quickly, but there were many cars ahead of him. Finally, the attendant motioned him toward a vacant pump. "Reverend," said the young man, "I'm so sorry about the delay. It seems as if everyone waits until the last minute to get ready for a long trip." The minister chuckled, "I know what you mean. It's the same in my business."======== A father was approached by his small son who told him proudly, "I know what the Bible means!" His father smiled and replied, "What do you mean, you 'know' what the Bible means?" The son replied, "I do know!" "Okay," said his father. "What does the Bible mean?" "That's easy, Daddy." The young boy replied excitedly, "It stands for 'Basic Information Before Leaving Earth.'"======== Sunday after church, a Mom asked her very young daughter what the lesson was about. The daughter answered, "Don't be scared, you'll get your quilt." Needless to say, the Mom was perplexed. Later in the day, the Pastor stopped by for tea and the Mom asked him what that morning's Sunday school lesson was about. He said "Be not afraid, thy comforter is coming."
Disclaimer: This blog entry is respectfully submitted not for the purpose of debate, but to offer 'something to think about' in order that we may become more tolerant of others' beliefs and philosophies.
"God Exists!" A man went to a barber shop to have his hair and his beard cut as always. He began to have a good conversation with the barber who attended him. They talked about so many things and various subjects.
Suddenly, they touched on the subject of God. The barber said: "Look man, I don't believe that God exists." "Why do you say that?" asked the customer. Well, it's so easy, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God does not exist. Oh, tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God exists, there would be no suffering nor pain. I can't think of loving a God who permits all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but he didn't respond because he did not want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barber shop, he saw a man in the street with long hair and a beard that was very long as well, one could tell that it had been a long time since he had his hair cut. He also looked dirty and unkempt.
The customer entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist." "How can you say they don't exist?" asked the surprised barber." I am here and I am a barber. Why I just worked on you!""No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist, because if they did there would be no people with long hair and beard like that man who is outside." "Ah, barbers do exist, what happens is that people sometimes do not come to them." "Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God does exist. What happens is people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there is so much suffering and hardship in this world today."
President Barack Obama bows his head in prayer during Inauguration. Help us grow the team by inviting your family and friends to join.
President Barack Obama now steps up to lead our nation into a historic new era. The challenges and demands he will face are daunting at the least and overwhelming at most. Yet, in his Inaugural Address, he invoked the good will of the American people and our willingness to roll up our sleeves and work hard. "Every so often," the President said, "the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because we, the people, have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebears and true to our founding documents. So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans."
This is a time to pray! The new administration will grapple with the challenges of a struggling economy, active wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and energy and environmental concerns--all unprecedented in this generation. With I Timothy 2:1-2 as our biblical mandate, The Presidential Prayer Team is dedicated to praying for our new president's wisdom, protection and success as he faces these issues, and many more, over the next four years.
I'm asking you today to help build the team of intercessors for our new President. Let us join together and uphold him as the Israelites of old did for their leader Moses. Please, invite your friends to pray for President Obama and the new administration. All you need to do is to forward this to them and tell them to click on the link below. Or, your friends who enjoy text messaging can get information about PPT via a text message by texting "PPT" in a text message to the number 411-247 for information.
Thank you for your help in growing the team that prays for President Obama and his new administration.
Your efforts will work powerfully in our nation.
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"Death and Life are in the power of the tongue"
Many of us already know this because we have been made aware of the damaging effects of verbal abuse. We may also have been informed about the importance of what we say to others and even more importantly what we say to ourselves. Yet, when asked the simple question, "How are you today?" We may respond, "Fine, under the circumstances". Now, this response may seem inconsequential, but may be unconsciously affecting an individual's ability to effectively deal with adverse situations.
It's more than 'just words'. Consider, why would anyone want to state that a situation has him/her defeated? Yet by adding 'under the circumstances' a person is not talking from a position of strength and capability to handle the situation. Remember, re-frame how you see yourself in relationship to your circumstances.
C'mon, let's Shake it off and Stomp it down!
Shake and StompOnce there was a farmer who wanted to get rid of his goat by burying him alive. After he dug the hole really deep so that the goat wouldn't be able to climb or jump out of it, he started the task of tossing dirt into the hole. What the farmer didn't know, as the dirt landed on the goat, the goat would SHAKE IT OFF and STOMP IT DOWN. Over and over again the farmer continued to toss more and more dirt into the deep hole. Over and over again the goat would SHAKE IT OFF and STOMP IT DOWN. Finally, after much time had passed, the packed dirt was rising and it became closer to ground level. In the last few feet from ground level, the goat was able to jump out of the hole quickly, run away, and escaped. Remember, 'There is no temptation which is common to man, that God hath not prepared a way of escape'. Lesson: Sometimes what is designed to bury us has the potential to become the means to help us, if we would just SHAKE IT OFF and STOMP IT DOWN.
Shake and Stomp
Once there was a farmer who wanted to get rid of his goat by burying him alive. After he dug the hole really deep so that the goat wouldn't be able to climb or jump out of it, he started the task of tossing dirt into the hole.
What the farmer didn't know, as the dirt landed on the goat, the goat would SHAKE IT OFF and STOMP IT DOWN. Over and over again the farmer continued to toss more and more dirt into the deep hole. Over and over again the goat would SHAKE IT OFF and STOMP IT DOWN. Finally, after much time had passed, the packed dirt was rising and it became closer to ground level. In the last few feet from ground level, the goat was able to jump out of the hole quickly, run away, and escaped.
Remember, 'There is no temptation which is common to man, that God hath not prepared a way of escape'.
Lesson: Sometimes what is designed to bury us has the potential to become the means to help us, if we would just SHAKE IT OFF and STOMP IT DOWN.
For about two years I have tried not to overly focus on the emotional aspects of this moment in history. However, today as I listened to Aretha Franklin sing "My Country Tis of Thee" the tears welled up in my eyes and slowly streamed down my face. There was a rush of emotions.
Reflecting on The Invocation by Rick Warren and The Benediction by Joseph Lowery, I couldn't help but realize the common theme of their prayers:
"If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and heal their land" ---II Chronicles 7:14
Tom Brokaw has said recently, "The nerve endings of the country are exposed." ....a gut-wrenching examination of the 'Soul of the Nation'. http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/invisibilityblanket/gGB4Q9 is taking place right now.
There's Hope in the land and Healing on the horizon.
Amen and Alleluia!
The following is being offered to hopefully encourage everyone to have
"Walking Faith"
It has been more than ten years. The love for their daughter, with her blue eyes and straight blond hair, was evident in their daily interactions. The expression of love was mingled with the concern of all parents: "Is my child developing normally?" The reason for this concern was the fact that their toddler daughter, Lindsay was not walking on her own. Lindsay would stand alone for a moment, then fall down especially after attention is given to her standing alone. Lindsay would walk while holding onto furniture and other objects as support but Lindsay was not walking on her own.
Lindsay's parents often discussed the possibility of taking her to the doctor to assure themselves nothing was wrong developmentally. Then it happen. One day the mother was busy in the kitchen when Lindsay started to cry angrily for the the attention of the mother. Lindsay was not consoled by the attempts of friends. When her mother didn't respond immediately to her cries, Lindsay stood up, placed one foot in front of the other and walked!
While continually crying with a stedfast and angry expression, Lindsay walked across the dining room towards the kitchen. Frantically and silently friends gestured to the mother to come and see Lindsay. The mother came to the dining room entrance. Upon seeing Lindsay walking, the mother was so happy and so overcome by emotion she almost cried. The mother walked towards Lindsay, knelt down, picked her up, and embraced her. Lindsay was consoled.
From that day on Lindsay enjoyed walking. Lindsay gained a new perspective. She stood more and was poised to walk at anytime. She could see the beyond the obstacles that stood in her way of reaching her object of desire. Fewer objects were beyond her reach now. When there was an obstacle that blocked her way to her object of desire, she did less fretting and crying.
Instead Lindsay may:
Cast the obstacle aside.
Climb over the obstacle
Kick the obstacle aside.
Step over the obstacle or simply,
Walk around it!
Going Beyond... Apathy and Complacency
Moving Towards Excellence... "Walking Faith" Experiences
"For we walk by faith." --The Bible, KJV
As the end of the year approaches, I offer a familiar song as a reminder to and prayer for all Americans: Best wishes in the New Year.
GOD BLESS AMERICA"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free, Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. " God Bless America, Land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam God bless America, My home sweet home.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free, Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. " God Bless America, Land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam God bless America, My home sweet home.
Listen here http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/godblessamerica.html
Words and music by Irving Berlin© Copyright 1938, 1939 by Irving Berlin© Copyright Renewed 1965, 1966 by Irving Berlin© Copyright Assigned to the Trustees of the God Bless America FundInternational Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.Used by Permission
Today, we celebrate. Tomorrow, we begin the journey of hard work that will bring about the change we need.
Yes We Did!
Sarah Palin... well....she did not know she was being pranked, and she exhibited, again, her lack of foreign policy knowledge. Here's the link of the Canadians pranking her. It's pitiful:
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6162962
A Psalm for America
Composed by the members of Community Covenant Church, Manlius, NY,
October 27, 2008.
O Lord, great and awesome God, forgiving and merciful, righteous and faithful, we call upon you to hear our prayer. We who are in covenant with you—we pray for our nation.You have given us freedom—as no other nation—and we have abused it, departing from you and your Word, getting farther away on the wrong roads.Lord, as we have broken our relationship with you, our own relationships are breaking down. We cannot hear you and we cannot hear one another. So the weak suffer—children, women, the elderly, the poor, the disabled, the unborn, and so many men who have lost their way. Self-centeredness results in more and more people not being loved. Come back, Lord Jesus!Have mercy on us! Give us ears to hear and eyes to see. Break through our stubbornness and convict us with the drawing power of the Holy Spirit. Help us to hear and see you—then we will be able to hear and see one another. Please give us grace to love you, O Lord, and to love our neighbor. We have lost the understanding of you as our Heavenly Father. Restore the Spirit of Adoption where we could call you, “Abba, Father.” Save our society from its illegitimacy. Bring the American dream into line with your dream for us!Dear Father, you sent the Lord Jesus, the Lamb of God into the world to bear the sins and sorrows that we have mentioned to you in this prayer. So we plead and we trust in your cross to still save the world. O Lord, we trust you to hear us. In Jesus Name, Amen.
O Lord, great and awesome God, forgiving and merciful, righteous and faithful, we call upon you to hear our prayer. We who are in covenant with you—we pray for our nation.You have given us freedom—as no other nation—and we have abused it, departing from you and your Word, getting farther away on the wrong roads.
Lord, as we have broken our relationship with you, our own relationships are breaking down. We cannot hear you and we cannot hear one another. So the weak suffer—children, women, the elderly, the poor, the disabled, the unborn, and so many men who have lost their way. Self-centeredness results in more and more people not being loved.
Come back, Lord Jesus!Have mercy on us! Give us ears to hear and eyes to see. Break through our stubbornness and convict us with the drawing power of the Holy Spirit. Help us to hear and see you—then we will be able to hear and see one another. Please give us grace to love you, O Lord, and to love our neighbor. We have lost the understanding of you as our Heavenly Father. Restore the Spirit of Adoption where we could call you, “Abba, Father.” Save our society from its illegitimacy. Bring the American dream into line with your dream for us!
Dear Father, you sent the Lord Jesus, the Lamb of God into the world to bear the sins and sorrows that we have mentioned to you in this prayer. So we plead and we trust in your cross to still save the world. O Lord, we trust you to hear us. In Jesus Name, Amen.
Who are they kidding? Will America buy the trickle down theory a 3rd time? In Ohio, Palin actually said that Alaska had more oil than Saudi Arabia. Unbelievable. And, of course, she thinks "Joe" is a licensed plumber trying to buy a business. And now, here is McCain, spewing untruths and fear in Florida, while the crowd is trying to chant negatives, stopping only at the prodding of those standing behind McCain on the stage, in the same key of deceit that he's been condusting for some time. The McCain/Palin campaign in one of negative fear and relentless smear.Tomorrow, let us take from them every smurk of deception, and give them nothing to celebrate their divisive electioneering.
Obama/Biden 08
BARACK THE VOTE!
While John McCain is staggering around and making untrue statements on CNN.com, I've decided to forward this email message because it speaks common sense.
Friends,
Tomorrow.
All of us.
You, me, and everyone we know.
Eight years is enough. Eight weeks was enough.
We have a chance to redeem this country, to prove we're better than this, that which Bush has made of us.
McCain is right about one thing: Barack Obama is the most liberal senator in the United States Senate. More liberal than Ted Kennedy. When was the last time you had a chance to send the MOST liberal senator to the White House? Trust me, it won't happen again in our lifetime.
Every vote is critical -- even in hard red states like Texas and Alabama; and true blue ones like New York, California and Michigan. Tomorrow, we need to create a massive popular vote that will give Obama a stunning mandate to return this country to we, the people. Let's write one for the history books and rocket Obama into the White House.
Expect trouble tomorrow. Stand your ground. Don't let some clerk turn you away. Make noise. Call the media if they won't let you vote. Let the Obama camp know. Check out his Voter Protection Center. Know where your polling place is. Be careful inside the voting booth. The ballot still reads like a Sudoku puzzle. Be prepared for long lines. That's ok, you know how to bring the party with you! Make new friends. Plot your local revolution. The 28-year rule of Republicans (and Democrats who act like Republicans) is over. The Reagan Era dies tomorrow night. My God, I truly thought it would never end.
There are over a million of you on my list. Each of you know 5 or 10 people who may not vote. Offer to drive them to the polls. If they live across the country, call them and tell them how much it means to you that they go vote for Obama. Take your co-workers to lunch -- and to vote. Be creative. Come up with ways to convince the undecided to get their decided on and go vote. Make it fun. Lead the horse to water.
60 seats in the Senate!
30-seat increase in the House!
President Obama!
It's in your hands. The Promised Land.
Yours,Michael MooreMichaelMoore.comMMFlint@aol.com
I'll just let you read it and hope the media report on it.
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The 2008 campaign enters its final weekend with an advantage for Barack Obama in tone as well as substance: Likely voters are twice as apt to say John McCain has gone too far in criticizing Obama as to say Obama's crossed the line in taking on McCain.
It might be worth it for McCain if his criticisms were gaining traction -- but the latest ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll suggests otherwise.
Slightly more likely voters see a bigger risk that McCain would create too few government regulations than that Obama would create too many -- one of McCain's lines of argument. And 54 percent see Obama as a "safe" choice for president, deflecting another McCain thrust.
Click here for PDF with charts and questionnaire.
On issues, Obama continues to lead in trust to handle the economy and taxes -- the latter especially unusual for a Democrat -- and they run about evenly, 49-46 percent, in trust to handle a crisis, another area in which McCain has struggled to gain greater leverage.
Economic concerns are boosting Obama in some usually more-Republican groups; in vote preference he runs evenly with McCain, for example, among white men who cite the economy as the single most important issue in their choice.
As a result Obama trails among white men overall by 9 points -- a group John Kerry lost by 25.
Even with these advantages for Obama the two are running closely in some customary swing voter groups: among independents, 50-46 percent Obama-McCain; among white Catholics, 48-49 percent; among married women, 48-49 percent.
And movable voters, the small group -- now just 8 percent -- who haven't made up their minds for sure, split 31-34 percent, with the rest fully undecided.
Obama gains his overall advantage, 53-44 percent among likely voters, with help from the fact that more Democrats than Republicans are likely voters. Democrats account for 37 percent of likely voters in this ABC/Post poll, about their usual level in exit polls. Republicans account for 28 percent, well under their norm.
That differential is greater than in previous presidential elections since 1984, in which voters have been anywhere from evenly divided between the two parties to +4 points Democratic.
And political party identification was just +2 points Democratic in the latest midterm election in 2006.
WASHINGTON (AP) — That smiling guy walking down the street? Odds are he's a Barack Obama backer. The grouchy looking one? Don't ask, and don't necessarily count on him to vote on Tuesday, either.
More John McCain supporters feel glum about the presidential campaign while more of Obama's are charged up over it, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll released Saturday.
The survey shows McCain backers have become increasingly upset in recent weeks, a period that has seen Obama take a firm lead in many polls. One expert says the contrasting moods could affect how likely the two candidates' supporters are to vote on Election Day, possibly dampening McCain's turnout while boosting Obama's.
While 43 percent of the Democrat Obama's backers said they are excited over the campaign, just 13 percent of McCain's said so, according to the survey of adults, conducted by Knowledge Networks. Six in 10 Obama supporters said the race interests them, compared to four in 10 backing McCain, the Republican senator from Arizona.
On the flip side, 52 percent of McCain supporters said the campaign has left them frustrated, compared to 30 percent of Obama's. A quarter of McCain backers say they feel helpless, double the rate of those preferring Obama, the Illinois senator.
More McCain supporters also feel angry and bored, while Obama's are likelier to say they are proud and hopeful.
All of this is a bad sign for McCain, according to George E. Marcus, a political scientist from Williams College who has studied the role emotion plays in politics. Negative feelings about a campaign can discourage voters by making them less likely to go through what can be a painful process: Voting for someone who will lose.
"If I'm getting my head handed to me by a tennis player, my brain is saying, 'Do I want a second match? No,'" Marcus said. "Why do something that's going to lead to failure?"
Marcus said such emotions can be overcome by outside events, such as a campaign or neighbor urging a person to vote. There's also the danger exuberant Obama backers might decide not to vote because of overconfidence. The Obama and McCain organizations have combined to spend hundreds of millions of dollars for those very reasons.
Obama leads McCain among likely voters in the AP-Yahoo News poll, 51 percent to 43 percent.
Supporters of McCain cite a dislike for Obama, dissatisfaction with the campaign's tone and frustration with how news organizations have treated their candidate.
"Flat disgusted, how's that," said Billie Hart, 80, a Houston Republican backing McCain. "Because that's the way I feel about it. I don't like the individual."
Many Democrats say they're energized by a candidate they perceive as different from most politicians and who can make a real difference.
"Elections have always been so ho-hum,"said Kathleen Rockwell, 61, an Obama supporter from Redmond, Wash. This time, "I feel connected. And that feels good."
The AP-Yahoo! News poll, which has followed the same group of 2,000 people since last November, underscores how individuals have reacted to the campaign's currents. For many McCain supporters, it's not been a happy period.
Three in 10 McCain backers who report being frustrated now said in September they weren't. That is quadruple the number who became less frustrated.
At the same time, one in five McCain supporters are not interested in the campaign now who said they were in September. Half that number gained interest. By similar margins, McCain backers report becoming more angry, bored, overwhelmed and helpless and have become less excited, proud and hopeful.
"I'm real interested in having it over," said Michele Roos, 64, a McCain supporter from Newport News, Va.
Enthusiasm by Obama backers has largely stayed steady since September, though slightly more of them — 31 percent — now say the campaign makes them feel proud.
"I didn't like the candidates before," said Angelique Sims, 38, an Obama supporter from Shawnee, Okla. "I like his character. I like the things he represents. He represents my views."
A closer look at the numbers show how that emotions are playing out to Obama's advantage in several pivotal groups of voters.
Forty-eight percent of those under age 30 who support Obama say they are excited over the race, compared to just 21 percent of those young voters who back McCain. That age group has been a reservoir of strong support for the Democrat.
Just 44 percent of whites supporting the Republican say the campaign interests them, compared to 58 percent of whites and 72 percent of blacks supporting Obama.
At the same time, half of McCain supporters age 65 and up say they're frustrated, compared to three in 10 of Obama's older voters. Also saying they're frustrated are 53 percent of whites backing McCain — compared to 40 percent of whites and 12 percent of blacks behind Obama.
The AP-Yahoo! News poll of 1,753 adults was conducted Oct. 17-27 and had an overall margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points. Included were interviews with 803 Obama supporters and 703 McCain supporters, with error margins of plus or minus 3.5 and 3.7 points respectively.
The poll was conducted over the Internet by Knowledge Networks, which initially contacted people using traditional telephone polling methods and followed with online interviews. People chosen for the study who had no Internet access were given it for free.
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AP News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius and AP writer Christine Simmons contributed to this report.
It is sad that the elders who are in their 60's exhibit such a lack of wisdom. I really understand why the youth are slow to give them respect when they are at the Palin rallies starting chants of racial slurs about Barack that are false in their inference. The old, not the young, are harbors of America's rotten history, inwhich they carry it like an heirloom of honor. Read this from the NY times:
November 1, 2008, 10:31 am
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – “John McCain! Not Hussein!”
So goes the latest popular chant on the campaign trail with Gov. Sarah Palin, demonstrated at a morning rally in central Florida.
Ms. Palin was midway through her stump speech when a group of supporters began shouting it in unison, drowned out a few seconds later as Ms. Palin talked over them.
A similar chant, “Vote McCain, not Hussein,” was heard at a campaign event for Ms. Palin in Williamsport, Pa., earlier this week.
Senator Barack Obama’s middle name is Hussein, a fact that some of his opponents say proves that he is a Muslim. Mr. Obama is, in fact, a Christian.
After the rally in Florida ended, two of the people leading the chant explained why they did so.
“Because it rhymes,” said Shirley Mitten, 64, a volunteer at a pregnancy center and a resident of Brooksville, Fla.
She said she does not know if Mr. Obama is a Muslim. “He says he’s not, but we have no way of knowing,” Ms. Mitten said.
Her husband, John A. Mitten, 64, took credit for starting the chant. “I was trying to get it going!” he said. “I just do not want Obama to be elected.”
Mr. Mitten said he could not trust Mr. Obama because of his past association with William Ayers, the 1960’s radical, and because of his relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. He also pointed out that Mr. Obama’s father was a Muslim.
The middle name Hussein, he said, added to the suspicion. “I guess Obama was named after Saddam Hussein,” he said.
