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Barack just sent out this email...
Friend --
We just won a decisive victory in North Carolina thanks to people like you.
Indiana remains too close to call. But what is clear is that we did much better than all the pundits predicted, despite Republicans changing parties to support Senator Clinton, believing she would be easier for Senator McCain to defeat.
Here's where we stand.
As of Tuesday morning, we needed just 273 delegates to clinch the nomination. When the votes are fully counted Wednesday morning, we will have gained more than a third of them in a single day.
We have a clear path to victory. But now is the time for each one of us to step up and do what we can to close out this primary.
Please make a donation of $25 right now:
https://donate.barackobama.com/results
Thank you for everything you're doing,
Barack
We are above the fray.
We are determined hopemongers.
We are in it to win it.
We are people of all shapes, sizes, colors, persuasions.
We are believers.
We are dreamers.
We are parents.
We are brothers and sisters.
We are Americans.
We are humans.
In my best Austin Powers: YA BABY!
So, HRC kept drawing line after line in the sand like a Bugs Bunny cartoon: OK, Texas, no wait Ohio, how about PA, would you believe North Carolina...
Well, all I can say is, two words: BODY SLAM!
She may still carry on like the Black Knight in Monty Python & The Holy Grail, but who's listening? Hillary may say "tis a scratch, come back here, I'll bite your kneecap off". I'd say "What are you gonna do, bleed on me?"
-(sounds rude, but these are movie quotes)-
I mean, it looks like Barack will take NC by 14 to 16 points, and lose Indiana say 49 to 51. And he COULD win. That would be HEAVEN!
It's just sad that Hillary made her campaign and ours unnecessarily spend tens of millions of dollars from Texas till now, that COULD have gone to the general.
But bottom line, we're stylin!
Pleasant Dreams family! We done did good!
75% in Lake Co. in early results!!!!!
LAKE COUNTY, HOOSIER DADDY?
Cmon Gary, Indiana. Home of the Jackson 5!
Don;t forget my video that I made to reconcile with the HRC supporters!
Link
pass it on!
Check the latest Obama news and articles at
TheObamaNews.Com
TOP news - Link , LATEST news - Link
Niger Delta oil rebels
considering Obama truce appeal
Rebels who have stepped up attacks on Nigeria's oil industry in the last month said on Sunday they were considering a ceasefire appeal by U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has launched five attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta since it resumed a campaign of violence in April, forcing Royal Dutch Shell to shut more than 164,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd). "The MEND command is seriously considering a temporary ceasefire appeal by Senator Barack Obama. Obama is someone we respect and hold in high esteem," the militant group said in an e-mailed statement.
MEND did not say when or where Obama, the leading candidate for the Democratic ticket for November's U.S. presidential election, made the appeal. It said it hoped the government would use any ceasefire to improve conditions for its detained leader, Henry Okah. The militant group also claimed responsibility for an attack on Shell facilities in southern Bayelsa state on Saturday, which caused a spill and prompted the company to shut some production. The attack came a day after a federal court ruled that Okah should be tried for treason and gun-running in secret. Angered by the ruling, MEND had threatened prompt reprisals against the oil industry. Peace talks between the government and militants to resolve the unrest in the Delta stalled after Okah was arrested in Angola in September. He was extradited to Nigeria in February to face trial. The volatile Niger Delta is the heart of Nigeria's oil industry, which exports around two million barrels per day (bpd), but energy multinationals have been struggling to cope with a wave of violence in the vast area. As part of a campaign for greater local control over oil revenues, MEND launched violent attacks in early 2006 which shut a fifth of Nigerian output and drove up world oil prices. The latest wave of attacks and an eight-day strike by senior oil workers at U.S. energy giant Exxon Mobil which ended on Thursday, had slashed Nigeria's output by 50 percent, helping to push oil prices to new records.
I guess folks think this is a better option than lifting the "road tax", prices dropped a few dollars a barrel days ago. Saving lives and avoiding environmental damage through spills.
If Hillary had taken the high road, she would not have triggered such a bad reaction among the other half of the Party.
Barack Obama did NOT attack her. He did not attack anyone but John McCain.
If Hillary Clinton is to remain relevant, she has to stop bleeding her own party for her own ambition. People see through this, and that is why you hear such comments about Senator Clinton.
Fighting dirty is a bad legacy to create.
Sweatpea.
CAN YOU FEEL IT
can you?
Yes We Can
Yes We Can...
In the words of Meg Ryan..YES,YES, YEEEESSSSS!!!!
(From "When Harry Met Sally")
May madness!!!
Gary Indiana, Gary Indiana, Gary IndiaNA!
The chairman and vice-chairman of the Maryland Democratic Party are throwing their support behind Sen. Barack Obama on the eve of Tuesday's primaries in Indiana and North Carolina, giving the Illinois senator at least two additional superdelegates.
The endorsement brings the total number of superdelegates to endorse Barack Obama to 258. Senator Obama is 273 delegates away from securing the Democratic nomination.
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TOTAL remain Delegates
may 13 West Virginia 28
may 20 Kentucky 51
Oregon 52
jun 1 Puerto Rico 55
jun 3 Montana 16
South Dakota 15
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TOTAL 217 pledged delegates remain to be chosen
John Edwards 19
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TOTAL 236
TOTAL Super Delegates - 796
Obama - 258 Clinton - 275 = 533
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TOTAL - 263 Super Delegates remain
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TOTAL 499 pledged plus Super delegates remain ....
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Senator Obama is now 273 delegates away from winning the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.
TOTAL remain Delegates
may 13 West Virginia 28
may 20 Kentucky 51
Oregon 52
jun 1 Puerto Rico 55
jun 3 Montana 16
South Dakota 15
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TOTAL 217 pledged delegates remain to be chosen
John Edwards 19
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TOTAL 236
TOTAL Super Delegates - 796
Obama - 259 - Clinton - 275 = 534
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TOTAL - 262 - Super Delegates remain
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TOTAL - 498 - pledged plus Super delegates remain ....
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Senator Obama is now 172 delegates away from winning the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.
I think she should be paying us back what we were forced to spend needlessly!
She can pay her own bills!!!!!!
I think she should be paying us back what we were forced to spend needlessly!
I am disabled (with a progressive condition that has gotten much worse over the past 5 years). But thank God, I still have the use of my hands and arms - and my voice - so I can, and do, make telephone calls for Barack (i.e., phonebanking), which calls I pay for myself. I receive a small amout of disability income from the Federal government. And that's it.
Over the course of the campaign, I have donated a total of $750 to Barack. After taking into account the approximate cost of the telephone calls (and if you squeeze the donations and phone bills into one month - to get a proper perspective on my income versus expenses), I am left with only $58 to pay for everything else I need - food, shelter (which includes gas, electric, sewer), medications, medical supplies and health care (including transportation), etc.
Billary made $109 Million over the past 6 years. Let Hillary pay for her own campaign bills!
'Nuf said.
I think it was the "VOTE FOR DADDY" in IN
that did it. Who could resist Malia and Sasha??
Now. If this campaign gives one penny of what
I and we have all scraped up to give to Sen. Obama and his message to Sen. Clinton, I want
my money back. Tell her to pay her own darn bills
with her $109 million. Grownups handle their money, don't spend more than they have, and pay their bills-all of them. She and Bill have 2 Yale
Law School degrees between them. Go get a real job and pay your own bills. How demeaning and how low can they stoop?
Don't do it.
(repost - last time tonight!)
How The Obama Campaign Changed My Life
Last month I drove the seven hours to Pennsylvania to volunteer for Obama. I was one of the 35,000 people cheering for Obama at the rally Philadelphia, and I canvassed in Harrisburg, Scranton and Reading. I returned home because I was painfully aware that I was spending my rent money on gas, and I just couldn't afford another fill up. (I was laid off and money is really tight. Another interview tomorrow!)
On the Obama blog, the night of the April 22 primary, I posted my regrets that I couldn't donate because I found myself $300. short on my rent. The next morning, an email shocked me. A fellow Obama supporter saw my post and offered to buy one of my Obama necklaces for $300. I was totally overwhelmed, since job hunt isn't going well at all.
As we emailed back and forth, her story really moved me. Born in Iran, she'd lived in England for many years before winning a visa lottery to come to America. She's the only Iranian I've ever known. She embodies Obama's message of unity, and the kindness she showed me, a total stranger, is something this whole campaign should be proud of. One of the major reasons she supports Barack is her staunch opposition to attacking Iran. I'll be devastated if Hillary gets a chance to "obliterate Iran" or McCain gets to sing his twisted song "bomb bomb bomb Iran" in the Oval Office.
So, I want to do more to get Obama elected.
In addition to the logo necklace Afsaneh wanted, I made two custom necklaces using a photograph I took of Barack in Philadelphia. One, I sent to the beautiful Afsaneh, and one, I've put up on ebay Link for Obama. 100% of the sale price of this one-of-a-kind necklace will go directly to Obama for America.
Link ·:*¨¨*:· If you want to keep this wonderful "pay it forward" story going, BID! ·:*¨¨*:· Link
Oh, and yes, I paid my rent on time. It felt amazing.
Barack has asked us appeal to our good senses.
He has inspired us do what can to change the course of this nation.
Thank you for your hard work.
Thank you all for your hard work - the hours, the expense, the passion, the letter writing, the talking to your neighbors, the calls to strangers, the education, the energy, the values we are teaching our children, the discussions, the research, the blogging, the every bit of sacrifice you put in.
You amaze me and I thank you. In you and in Barack's speech, I see the vision of America that I was presented as a child and the vision of America I had almost lost hope for.
Thank you - to all volunteers and voters, with hope and hard work, this movement is changing the evidence and creating history!
Congratulations on a truly magnificent night.
Although I have been off the blog for a while & will continue to be so (please trust that I am doing what is right for me at this time), I wanted to stop by & say how proud I am of all of us & our dazzling candidate.
Please know that though I am not here with you on the blog these days, I am forever with you in spirit & action, making LOTS of calls, I PROMISE you & working on the ground here in CA to keep the Obama vision strong, focused & positive.
You have shown me unwavering kindness, support, love, humanity & patience, all of which I carry in my heart - today & forever.
Take care of the blog & one another for me.
Hugs, kisses & sweet dreams of President Obama & his exquisite bride to you all.
Lulu in CA