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Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss is a few points from Democrat Jim Martin for U.S. Senate in current polling in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff race. Senate Runoff in 35 Language Translations. Runoff election to be held Tuesday, 2 DEC 2008.
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Puh-leeze! If Barack Obama or Joe Biden had winked at the camera once, let alone three times, it would've ended their campaign as surely as the Dean Scream ended Howard's. It would've been all we heard pundits talk about ALL NIGHT and ALL DAY until the Dems tucked tail and went home.
Winking at the camera is so completely inappropriate to the context of a vice-presidential campaign debate. Imagine - the nation's economic structure crumbling, a failing health care system, two wars sucking our juices dry, and she's winking at us?? I'm calling her on that. Not charming, Mrs. Mooselini. We need real solutions to real problems, not coquettish flirtation with the camera and a phoney 'FARGO' accent that doesn't manifest in earlier interviews. VPILF to the penalty box.
The Dean Scream was a media-manufactured gaffe created by extracting the sound of the crowd from Dean yelling along. The Palin Winks were real, really out of place, and really 'not-ready for prime time'.
Ms Cantwell said she has "faith and confidence that Barack Obama's priorities are the right priorities for North Dakota," and was surprised and excited to see the field effort that has already been established in the state on behalf of Barack,
"Today's effort is just another commitment by Senator Obama to say how much he cares about North Dakota, because if you care about North Dakota now, you're certainly going to care about North Dakota when you're in the White House. And so I really appreciate that he's putting the time and energy into understanding the issues here and to make the commitment to work hard with the people of this state."
"When I look at this transition we have to make, I want a new leader with new ideas, with a vision for the future, particularly on energy, who's going to get us off our dependence on Middle East oil"
On Monday, Senator Cantwell will hold a roundtable with women small business owners in Fargo. The discussion will focus on Senator Obama's plan to support North Dakota's working women.
Visit one of the new office locations today!
Fargo 745 45th St. S Suite B Jamestown Buffalo City Mall Highway 281 S & 25th St SW Dickinson 41 E. Villard St. Suite B Devils Lake 303 5th Ave Williston 205 Main St.
Visit ND.BarackObama.com/NDOffices for more information on these and other office locations in North Dakota.
Ok i am so new at this so bear with me. :) I am a fourteen year old boy and is just in love with politics. I first got excited about this campaign during the Iowa caucuses and i really noticed something differnt about Barack Obama. So i did some research and just messed around not really getting in to it untill i heard he was coming to fargo. Now i live close to Fargo...but i am not going to say were cause there are some perverts on the world wide web. :) Not to say that you are its just a prcaution.
So anyways i really wanted to voullenteer at this event and really get involved. So i went to the headqurters at downtown fargo and said "I would like to voullnteer for the event in Fargo." And they were so thrilled to sign me up and even my dad to. Now a lot of people think i am older hten i appear and so the staff thought i was a jr. in high school but in reality i was only a freshmen.
Ok so now you may be wondering why would a freshmen want to voulnteer he cant vote. Well I really love to watch how politics get played and i do plan too go into politics in the future. But enough about that i will now finish my story. So the staff thought i was older and i did not tell them other whys because i wanted to acctually have a fun job not like cleanning the garbage or something. So me and my dad were said to usher the people in to there seats. I really liked the job and i was excited to see the senator speak. When it came time when he finnaly came and spoke it was so incrdible io was so stunned. The things he was saying was so right. You found your self acctually nodding your head to him and i found myself saying this is the guy i want to run my country.
Well i hope to write more when the days come...i plan to write about the VP when he picks one and i hope you guys who have actually read this found it fun and enjoyable if not screw you! JK lol :)
Thanks,
Matt
Obama'08
Retired Veteran Bill Anderson who served in Vietnam, announced the Senator. He got the event started off on a lighter note
Any man who carries his own jackknife is worth a dollar more. Well, Secret Service has my jackknife, I guess they're due for a raise.
He talked about how, in Vietnam, we fought in a conflict that need not have been fought and likened that to the current war in Iraq. He spoke of Barack being a champion for Veterans. He said Obama will treat them fair and back the GI Bill of Rights helping to propel the VA into the 21st century.
Barack spoke of the sacrifice of servicemen and women,
Their sacrifice has made possible the freedom that we enjoy. And keeping faith with those who serve must always be a core American value and a cornerstone of American patriotism. Because America's commitment to its servicemen and women begins at enlistment, and it must never end...These sons and daughters of America are the best and the bravest among us. When our troops go into battle, they serve no faction or party; they represent no race or region. They are simply Americans. They serve and fight and bleed together out of loyalty not just to a place on a map or a certain kind of people, but to a set of ideals that we have been striving for since the first shots rang out at Lexington and Concord - the idea that America could be governed not by men, but by laws; that we could be equal in the eyes of those laws; that we could be free to say what we want and write what we want and worship as we please; that we could have the right to pursue our individual dreams, but the obligation to help our fellow citizens pursue theirs.
He also spoke of his commitment to those who so bravely served and those who are currently serving as outlined in his pledge to build a 21st century VA as President.
You can read his full remarks here.
What makes an event successful are the people who attend it. The supporters and the curious alike. Although our stories, our beliefs, our struggles and our concerns may differ, they also bring us together, as they did today.
Among those in attendance was Randy, an Air Force Veteran, having served 23 years. Randy was initially a John Edwards supporter, but started leaning towards Senator Obama after learning more about him and where he stands on the issues. When asked what brought him here today, Randy said,
I want to hear him speak today to solidify in my mind that I made the right choice.
With Randy was Dorothy, what really impressed her was walking into the campaign office and seeing all the youth, of all different backgrounds and all different ethnicities. Dorothy said, “The youth have to be involved for things to change.”
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Why I Support Senator Barack Obama for President!!
My name is Lawrence P. Adams. I am a 58 year old white male, residing in conservative Republican city and state; Fargo, North Dakota. I have been a Republican since 1972.
To understand my answer to the question one needs to know a bit more about me.
I was born to an unwed mother in 1950 who had no means of supporting a child. She placed me for adoption though that never came to be. I was placed in foster care the day of my birth and would remain until I aged out at 18;spending the last 7 years in an orphanage. I experienced 16 moves in those years, verbal, physical and sexual abuse and also was so depressed and uninspired with life that at age 10 I attempted suicide.
In 1960 I heard of a candidate for President who was young, energetic and would provide hope to a nation. John F. Kennedy. I was thrilled with his election. Less than four years later he was dead at the hands of an assasin.
The wind of hope seemed to go out of the nation. We became trapped in the quagmire of Viet Nam. We experienced the shock of yet another assasination with the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King.
The nation experienced a tinge of hope when Robert F. Kennedy decided to run for President. He reminded us of the days of his brother...America just might be able to be inspired and have hope once again. In late May of 1968 RFK visited nebraska for its primary. He masde a side trip to the orphanage I was at (Boys Town, NE). He met with a group of us senior for over a half hour though we could not vote. What an inspiration he was. In two wweks I would graduate from Boys Town and his visit made me hope for the future even though I would have to spend the summer on the streets since I did not have a home to go to. An assasin's bullet brought that hope to come crashing down just two weeks later as he was on the verge of winning his party's nomination. Once again the nation was in despair.
Due to my childhood and what we as a country also expereinced in those years it would take much for me to once again have belief in myself yet alone for better days ahead for America. I became a very strong cynic and believed I would could never be inspired or have hope again.
I joined the Republican party in 1972. It was not because I agreed with them on all issues. I just didn't care about politics and felt really none of them could make any real difference. I admit that I did not vote in every election that followed. When I did it was to be agaist someone and not for someone.
In 2004 I heard a candidate running for the Seneate from the state of Illinois. My first impression was one of WOW! This man could maybe one day consider a run for president. Neither candidate for Presidnet that year impressed me and I once again sat out the election.
In the fall of 2006 I heard the person who I was impressed with two earliers earlier was considering running for President. I had read his two books by then and continued to be impressed by him.
I was so impressed that that I travelled from North Dakota so I could spend a cold Saturday morning in Springfield, Illinois amongst the 17,000 of his closest friends to hear him make his announcement.
I still was not convinced he was for real or if I could support him. I decided to research each of the candidates for president. I also had a specific issue I wanted each candidate to address.
I work for an international non profit dealing with orphans as well as those in foster care in the U.S. as Regional Manager for North America (World Initiative for Orphans based in The Hague, Nehterlands). I decided to write each candidate of both parties to see if they wuld address the need for reform of the foster care system.
I received only one response. It was not your typical form letter reply thanking me for writing about an issue. It was obvious a letter than had been very carefully considered as it addrsssed not only the issue but rsponded to the things I had experienced as a youth in foster care. One could tell this candidate had read my letter personally and responded to it in the same manner.
This candidate was Senator Barack Obama. He showed he cared about me as an individual, as an American as well as the issue. He was not the typical politician just looking for votes.
I became an immediate supporter of Senator Barack Obama for President.
The inspiration, hope, excitement for the future of America and myself that had died 40 years earlier again came to life.
In Senator Obama I see a man who, working with US Americans, can change things in Washington an bring forth the best in all of us. It is not about him but about US. He does not want change from the top down but rather the bottum up. He wants all of us to be a part of the change. He made me and millions of other Americans as well as people around the world believe in ourselves again.
He will inspire and unite our nation as no other candidate has done in so many years. He will work with us to take back our country and resolve the numerous problems that face us. That is why we say; "Yes WE Can!" He does not say I but rather WE!
I have never participated in a campaign before. Since February 2007 I have travelled to two states to campaign for Senator Obama, have sent had Letters to the Editor published, canvassed and phonebanked in my own Republican home state (which we won with 61% of the caucus vote)and donated funds.
The very simple answer to the questions is: He has made me believe once again in myself and in America and has inspired hope for the future.
The torch has passed to a new generation; now is our time, now is our moment, now is the time for Senator Barack Obama to be our 44th President.
Sincerely,Lawrence P. AdamsFargo, North Dakota
This is my letter to the Editor published in the Fargo Forum on January 25, 2008:
Lawrence Adams, Fargo, Letter: At last, a candidate who really inspires
Published Friday, January 25, 2008
I could list numerous reasons why I support Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., with every fiber of my being but will only list the top couple.
I am a 58-year-old Republican. I remember John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Robert F. Kennedy and the hope they inspired in America. I remember voting many times against someone rather for someone in the years that have followed.
Remember no one exciting you, no one inspiring you, no one giving you reason to hope for the future.
Obama has changed all that for me.
I am now an avid, diehard, euphoric Obama supporter.
The top reason, however, is that in all of his speeches, he does not say “I will do,” he says “we will do.” Everyone else says I, I, I.
Without the American people, very little can be changed. A president cannot do it alone. But together as we, all things are possible.
The other thing is he is positive. He does not play the politics of destruction. He knows this is not how you get support for what you want to do.
Obama is bringing Democrats, Republicans and independents together to form a new majority to work together for the betterment of all Americans.
For the first time in 40 years, I again have hope, I am excited, I am inspired. I never thought I would see this day again.
Obama is the best choice for president in 2008.
The North Dakota caucus is Feb. 5.
http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=178404§ion=Opinion&freebie_check&CFID=86219007&CFTOKEN=11402639&jsessionid=883067b5ece11034d303
Watched a thrilling closing speech on CSPAN last night. I don't know whether they'll re-play it, but he gave the final address of the night to the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Iowa.
My favorite element of the speech was the message he would deliver to people around the world -- that we care about them, and will address issues of global terror, poverty, and disease.
His appearance on Meet the Press went well, according to my source who has cable. I'll be listening to the radio re-broadcasts of the interview this evening. In the Fargo-moorhead area, it will be carried at 5PM 1250-KBRF and at 5:30 on 790-KFGO.
I really want to congratulate Barack on an excellent speech and thank the Obama supporters in Iowa for turning out in great numbers and spirit in Des Moines last night. Kudos! With you in spirit last night, and my exuberance for Barack as the future president of the USA bubbled through my chest -- my heart pumping mightily.
I hope we will see familiar and fresh faces at Atomic on thursday.
I also hope I can find a dog-sitter for saturday. Really, my dog could survive fine for the duration of a day indoors, I would just have pee to clean up from the bathroom floor (which is not bad at all compared to cleaning it from a carpet.)
I heard some coverage of the Debate on NPR this morning. I know some people would like Barack to remain positive and avoid attacking Hillary. I thought he was particularly good to raise the familiar theme of each's stance on Iraq. I'll look forward to reading some of the transcript of the debate, unless they are re-playing it sometime.
I started writing this blog entry from the Coffee Works in Sioux City, IA. (Or from Pierce St. Coffee -- the name as it appears on the receipt)
Good coffee; but not the best egg sandwich I've ever had ('cause kraft single type cheese is not my favorite.) But enough about the food. Well, with one exception, my travel companion Allan and I went down to the Farmer's Market. We each bought honey and I bought some radishes and two hand-made gifts for my sister's birthday next month.
Leaving Fargo (almost wrote Boston) at 6:30, Allan and I shared a state of fatigue that almost prompted each of us to suggest postponing the trip in favor of canvassing in across-the-river Moorhead, MN. Yet, we persevered and drove the four point five hour trip to Sioux City (with a brief gas and meal stop in Sioux Falls.)
Our arrival in Sioux City was laced with some trepidation about finding a place to stay the night. I had lost the phone number for our Sioux City campaign contact, Thomas. I'd failed to saved the number in my phone because I was on the phone with Thomas at the time. I had saved numbers successfully before, but this time I failed. The Obama campaign is lucky to have Thomas, from Texas, who in his diligence, stopped by the Sioux City Obama or America office at 11PM on a Friday night when he hadn't heard from us. (I had left a message at the office, saying I'd lost the number.)He called back just as Allan and I were about to head out to a hotel a few miles out of town. Tom was very welcoming and helped to get Allan and me into the apartment Andy had temporarily donated for the purpose. Dependable Thomas.Allan and I had a late departure from Fargo. Each of us were expecting to be able to leave work about wo hours earlier. Despite no small measure of sleep deprivation for each of us, we awoke with time to visit the farmer's market before returning to the campaign headquarters for a pre-canvass briefing.
Our knocks on the majority houses were left unanswered (until our last block.) Fortunately, our luck swung when we hit that last block, on which we receive answers at our last four houses. Three of these people were up for long conversations and Allan and I agree that those made the whole trip worth our driving and walking efforts.
I'll plan on returning down there in the weeks preceding the caucus. Until then, I've got a local campaign i'm going to work on and will see about helping out at the Moorhead campaign office.
Three of our delegation of Eastern ND supporters recently gathered at my new apartment, with two other interested citizens to enjoy dinner (chicken, falafel, and steak were the three main courses), an earnest discussion of Barack and other political matters, and some mandolin-playing.
I'd say the event was a good start. I will endeavour to invite more guests personally next time. I will also hope to recruit additional musical acts. I had advertised the event in the High Plains Reader. I plan to attempt another get-together before the next trip going down to Iowa to canvass (October 13).
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