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I participated in the Naturalized Voter Registration at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
The Los Angeles Democrtic Party runs Naturalized voter registration every month, and they still need volunteers to register voters...
The entire Republican party is representative of the fool I work for - not internet savvy.
They underestimated it and insisted on using telephones and connecting the old school way, through rich folks like them who would continue to make the "others" think their voices and their votes don't count.
They never heard of myspace, facebook, online networking, don't like text messaging, refuse to even use voice mail. Oh, but they don't know how much they miss when they don't pay attention to online community and the power of digital freedom, thank you Al Gore!!!
Also, they rely solely on being 'known' - having lots of money and old guard connections; and took for granted that some unknown who happened to be black wasn't going to find enough people interested to even worry about him.
By the time they started to worry, it was too late and they were caught with their Depends down. They underestimated the people that Obama never once took for granted.
This new school blue-turned-white-collar electronically-savvy young black lawyer from out of the god-only-knows-where whipped their old tired stuffed-shirt lunatic elitist fuddy-duddy can't-click-on-an-email-without-written-instructions part-fascist butts!!!
Go Obama 08!!!
Why Obama will win this election:
America is thirsting and starving for integrity and truth and justice and to restore theoretical American values.
Every time the Republicans do something dumb his numbers go through the roof because people are getting sick of the BS. As an attorney working in the United States of America, Barack Obama knows that if someone accuses him of something, the burden of proof is on them to prove it out. He doesn't have to do anything or say a word. So, he sat back and watched those Republican piranha eat themselves alive. It's classic textbook legal courtroom know-how and savvy, true American-style.
I wish I had enough money to pay him to represent me in my own court case. I'd pay him a million-dollar retainer just from having watched him work in real life. Classic. Helluva lawyer.
He's even got trained volunteers all over the country (including Florida) positioned to watch the polls on Tuesday, along with the sheriff's, cops and lawyers in each polling precinct that were already assigned there. He was Ready on Day One. If that's not a man who would have been prepared to go into Afghanistan and kick bin Laden's asz and get the hell out without very much loss of life, I don't know who is.
Preparedness always matters -- and so does an exit plan.
He had this campaign mapped out when he threw his hat in the ring. I can tell it by the way he's run it and kept people inspired through two whole LONG years of one hellacious battle after another. He already knew what was coming, he prepared himself, his family, and his supporters, and argued his case before the people like a true American lawyer, betting on the fact that there are more people out here with a little money than the few who have a ton of money. He was right. Even that Andy Martin nutcase backwoods lawyer who challenged him on his Hawaiian birth certificate has GOT to know my now that Obama would knock him cold out in a courtroom, if he ever had the privilege. I mean McCain wasn't even born on US soil and not once has Obama asked for his LONG FORM birth certificate with a raised seal on it.
They've thrown everything at Obama's character and integrity BUT the kitchen sink and he's not even feeling it, at least not in public. He doesn't even have smoke billowing from the coals they tried to burn him with. Looks like America has finally gotten the message that racism doesn't work for ANY OF US, but our thanks go out to McCain, Palin, and especially to Hillary Clinton, for trying it out this election year, and to Obama for addressing it before it went too far with the only people who count. Those who are voting for him.
While the Rethuglicans were busy acting the asz over petty personal crap just because they could find no fault with him politically, he stayed fresh, low-key, focused and on-target...and he didn't let anyone or anything slip out of his razor-sharp aim while he was at it.
He's got the same staff he started off with--nearly zero fallouts, if any. He told people to vote early and vote absentee (basically, because they can choose where they want to vote AND because sheriff's, lawyers, law students, and policeman watch the count on the absentee ballots and "vote counters" are sequestered like jurors on an OJ Simpson trial during the entire process -- LOL!!! Theoretically, I could guess any number of reasons Obama told us to vote early and vote absentee, but that's another book for another time.)
In the meantime, McCain has had to start over with a new staff every 2-3 months. Nobody trusts him and his own people don't like him -OR- Sarah Palin. The people on McCain's OWN campaign call him a nutcase and called her a moose-killing "diva."
The man Obama did not go to law school for nothing and he's been as cool as a cucumber in spite of all the attacks. Whoever paid for his law degree, it was obviously worth every dime.
He just smiles and keeps rolling because he knows he's above reproach and has nothing to hide. What he is "hiding" someone made up just like those people who threw tainted evidence in OJ's trial in California and ended up killing their own case just for trying to be sneaky about it.
If Obama was hiding something, like Sarah Palin did with those governmental Yahoo emails, no one would be able to find it so easily. Yet, his record is right out there for anyone who has internet access and a newspaper or even an old dialer radio to see. That's why he doesn't respond to the attacks unless he has no choice: His whole attitude is 'check the record for your damn self, I've got a campaign to run'.
Funny how people use christianity to manipulate people, then don't act like christians after they get what they want form the idiots who are being played. That's proof positive that America wasn't a christian nation from Day One. However, getting back to my point here:
Not once did Mr. Obama ask to see John-boy's birth certificate, though McCain wasn't even born on American soil, period. Obama has worked in America all of his adult life, and has always paid his taxes here as a citizen, as well. He had to have his birth certificate and social security card to get a driver's license and do anything and everything else he has done as a US citizen, but that wasn't enough for them. He passed their OWN system of checks and balances; then just because he did, they had the audacity to challenge the crap THEY invented. His integrity in attacking McCain on issues ONLY speaks volumes.
The fact that he never once attacked McCain's personal character or his integrity as a man and a citizen of the USA has sent a long and wide viable and visible message to the people who support him, as well as those who weren't supporting him before who have now bailed on McCain.
It says a lot about a man's character when he can stay focused and on point and on message, with a few minor adjustments here or there--because Obama is 'finally' starting to sound like a broken record--which means he is at the closing stages of his argument that not only can America get back on track and fix this Republican-made mess; but yes, we can get past our racial and ethnic and religious differences and be the One America that we should always have been from the start. It's a good thing he sounds like a broken record these days: It means he never lost sight and never lost track of his original goals and intentions. In two years, he never once allowed himself to be side-tracked by the BS. True textbook application of legal theory. Argue your case directly to the jury and to hell with the judges--in the end, the people, the jury of peers, are the ones who get to decide. If OJ WAS guilty, Obama is the man who could have put him behind bars for life.
McCain on the other hand, changes his message depending on who he is talking to and what mood they are in at the moment. Obama stays on message and on point no matter who's yelling "terrorist" and McCain shifts his message depending ON who's yelling "terrorist."
Now, let's see McCain and Palin keep themselves above reproach like that at least until Tuesday: (my guess is, they can't. They started a hailstorm of racist activity by not addressing it from Day One and they have to stay with it or risk some more troublesome news in the next two days).
From what I, Ye Olde American Citizen, have seen so far and for the past two years, the only way they were GOING to take Obama down was if they had managed to rattle enough skeleton bones, dunk enough Klan-type boogey men, slam enough Netherworld coffin lids, and roll out enough short-sheeted ghosts to scare the hell out of everybody. Apparently, they didn't have enough money to buy all of their costumes, props and equipment for the season because they were too busy spending it on Sarah Palin's clothes.
Halloween's over.It's been real.
Time to move on and get down to the REAL business of electing a president.
Obama 08
The pre-paid credit cards are traceable.
hey have a card number on them just like any other debit or credit card which was applied for through a bank or loan company or savings institution. They have to be registered when purchased at the counter in order to be activated.
If Master Card and Visa and AMEX makes these for gift card purchases, then they have a paper trail of every purchase made and at every store they were made--even if they don't have the purchaser's name. The purchaser has a receipt for their purchase and can be brought forward. Anything that doesn't show up with a receipt gets rejected.
In other words, if they are accusing Obama donations of possibly being from "bad sources" the burden of proof is on them to prove they are--and they can't prove it. They're just preparing for a legal showdown Tuesday if Obama wins by stirring up a can of lies ahead of time to provide a backdrop for issues they themselves created and caused.
If they're so "up" on fraud and bad donations that can't be traced, it means they've done it themselves. Many times. As my granny said, "If a man accuses you of cheating and you KNOW you're not--you might want to take a deeper look into what he's doing." He might be telling on himself.
There are about 50 different ways those debit cards can be tracked down--they come through legal American banks. This isn't a government that spies on its own citizens and doesn't know how to track down the sources of credit card purchases, even if they ARE unregistered gift cards.
Besides, Obama can give it all back today if he wants. His campaign is, literally, IN THE BLACK. He's already slated to win on Tuesday without having to spend another dime. McCain and Palin have been doing all of his campaign spending for him, anywhere from inciting race riots and violence against a presidential candidate to heaven only knows what else out of plain pure jealousy.
Had they ran their own race on the issues instead of attacking Obama as a man, he might have had a bigger and more contentious fight on his hands; but they shot themselves in the feet and the mouth, thrashing around on a race card that likely cost them this election as it cost Hillary the primaries.
I had a dream: We are writing the year 2016, America has left behind the economy crisis of 2008 and developed to a green, social and prosperous society. The unemployment rate is down at 2.3 %, the number of poor people dropped from 37 to 9 million, the national deficit is only a fourth of that in 2008. Every American has affordable health care now, and Obama`s tax cuts have put more money into the pockets of the middle-class American, which led to higher consumption, re-fueled the economy, and created millions of new jobs. Above all 5 million new created green collar jobs and a better, more effective environmental policy with solar, wind and other renewable energies dropped America`s energy bill, air pollution and CO 2 balance by 25%, making the country cleaner and almost independent of foreign oil. America´s is about to become the world leader in green technology, especially due to the broad-scale introduction of US built hybrid cars. In foreign politics America has restored faith and regained respect in the world community of nations as a wise and peaceful mediator in all conflicts. This and other measures also led to an improvement of the national security. The dark Bush years are history and America has made the real CHANGE to a better future - YES WE COULD - And due to the great achievements of Barack Obama`s successful 8 years in national and international politics a committee was founded, proposing the extension of his presidency for 4 more years, as applied during the Roosevelt administration.
Was all of this just a dream ? - No, you can make it happen by voting for OBAMA next Tuesday - It is now up to you, America !
SHOP AMERICA SUPPORTS OBAMA
Yesterday, as I sat in my miniCooper at a traffic light in Ridgewood (Obama bumper sticker prominently displayed), a minivan pulled up alongside, honked, and the woman driving gave me a big smile and a thumbs up. Now, I'm not usually a 'Susie-sunshine' kind of person but I have to say it really brightened my otherwise humdrum day. And it reminded me how thankful I am to have met some truly good people I might never have met had it not been for my involvement with the presidential campaign of Barack Obama.
So, whoever you are, if you're out there reading this, let me just say "Thank you!"
Last Saturday, I voted for Senator Obama, the next president of the United States of America. As I existed the polling station (a church) in Houston, TX, I cried. Not an ulgy cry but a soft cry of joy. I could not prevent the tears that formed in my eyes. Although my tears were for pure joy I decided that a more appropriate action would be to call someone to celebrate my unthinkable joy.
I called my sister Linda in Lakeland, Florida. I shared my story with her and she recounted her voter story with me. She voted for Obama the day before on Friday. We thanked God for the opportunity to vote for such a wonderful man and asked for his continued grace and mercy for Obama.
We know that the road thus far has been difficult. It will not get any easier in the next 6 days remaining to election day. We know that we as a nation are a strong God fearing people. Therefore we will trust God and know that he already knows the outcome of this election and all the slim and misdeeds that will confront Senator Obama.
Vera Richardson
Author of "A Case of Racial Discrimination and Retaliation Real or Imagined."
I am one of those "faceless" credit card users and I have every right to donate money online with my credit card if I so choose.Who do these people think they are? They sound very jealous to me. Or is that there are more people out here with $5 or $10 than there are millionaires with a million dollars to donate to McCain (not that Obama doesn't have his share of "rich" contributors).
Millions of people use their cards online every day to pay bills and conduct other kinds of business and transactions, including making donations to charities and other things.I'll tell you why Obama raises so much money. Because every time the Republican campaign 'smears' him or tells another lie about his campaign, we get emails from friends and family saying to donate anywhere from a dollar to $10, or more if we can, for every lie they tell that ends up being untrue: If the Republicans would stop lying, Obama wouldn't collect so much online. They need to stop the racism and the lies.He gets $5-$10 just from me alone every time they call him a terrorist, an Arab, a Muslim, say he's not an American citizen, or just plain outright says something racist -- and I don't mind sending it. I work part-time and I don't mind sending it, I'd send more if I could.Obama collects this money because the Republicans won't shut their nasty unscrupulous faces and stop calling him racist names. owadays, not too many people write hard paper checks any more. So what?No one should have to show up at an Obama headquarters in person wit cash just to donate money to his campaign. There is a jealousy factor in there "scrutinizing" his online donations and calling people like "faceless," as well as in that "birth certificate" mess.If Obama has to show up with a birth certificate with a raised seal after having worked in America and paid taxes here as a citizen all of his adult career life, then we want the birth certificates of every politician in this nation...raised seals and all.If someone dares to try to take away my right to donate online in whatever amount I please up to the campaign contribution limits, they will hear from me and hear well. As well as thousands of other "faceless" people like me.
They've tried everything in their power to stop the steam shuttle, but he just keeps rolling along. If they'd stop messing with Obama, people would probably slow down on the giving.Just because he's internet savvy and they are not, they are not going to make him an exception. He's worth more than John McCain. That ought to explain everything.
Honest truth is, Obama should not have to spend another dime on campaigning in the month of November: McCain and Palin have done all of his talking for him and spent THEIR money doing it. LOL!!!
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Meet John McCain's Actual Slave Ancestors
* Mc's brother Joe visits black McCains every 2 years
* John refuses to acknowledge his black ancestors
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BRING IN THE VOTE "CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN" SIGN PAINTING PARTY
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SUN, OCT 19th 1pm - 3:30pm, King City Town Hall, Art Room15245 SW 116th Ave, and Royalty Parkway. Off 99W by the Arco Gas Station across from SafewayTHE BEST OBAMA SLOGAN & DESIGN CONTEST Grand Prize Slogan & Design Wins A Really Cool Prize!Submit your entry for The Best Obama for President Campaign Slogan & Design CONTESTThe Top SLOGAN & DESIGN WINS an Obama, "Change We Can Believe In" Commemorative T-Shirt from EntermusBlues artist Nanette Y. Harris.Calling ALL Graphic Artists and Volunteer Painters this is your BIG CHANCE, perhaps the greatest opportunity of a lifetime to make a difference in this historic Presidential Campaign. Bring your artistic skills and talent to create bright, bold and colorful SIGNS which enthusiastic OBAMA supporters will display in targeted high profile Washington County locations till November 4th Election Day. It's a zany but effective way to capture driver's attention and encourage people to VOTE FOR OBAMA on their way home from work.
CLICK HERE: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gprfpbThe Grand Prize Winner will be selected by one of the following entry submissions on Sunday, October 19th:A. Custom painted sign created at this Sunday's Sign Painting Party, orB. Submitting Slogans for Rally signs by email to classicisland@yahoo.com by noon this Sunday the 19th; i.e. example, "Honk 4 Obama," "Obama4 Prez U Betcha," or "Obama-Biden 4 Change & Hope", orC. Sending a picture entry of your own origninal ART, design, or campaign slogan. Please email a pdf or word file attachement of your slogan/design artwork to BikerBamaMike at classicisland@yahoo.com. Please NOTE: Selected rally sign entries will be donated to the TigardObamanators Obama For President Campaign and displayed proudly as part of the BRING IN THE VOTE FIRED UP FOR CHANGE RALLIES to inspire a 100% Democrat Voter Turnout and insure a Landslide Victory here in Oregon right up till election day!The express purpose of this event is to support CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN and elect OBAMA for President of the United States of America! Judges decisions are final and solely based upon originality, creativity and visual appeal. Thank you for all you do to support Obama for President.Materials We Have:Four 2'x3' plasticore white panels40' of 24" white vinyl banner material that we can cut to whatever size we wantA quart each of red, white and blue paintOne 2.5" paint brush (firm)Materials we need:Blank White Poster board in various sizes - Qty 20 (3'x4', '2x3', 3'x6')White Vinal or Canvas banners - Qty 5 (3'x5', 4'x6' or other size canvas banners)Red, blue paint (oil based or water-based), plus other bright colorsPaint brushes, disposable foam paint brushes, all sizes - Qty 8Commercial/Industrial stapler and staplesWooden sign handles (2"x1"x4') - Qty 20Dowels -Qty 10 (2" x 5') FIRED UP FOR CHANGE RALLIES http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gprfgz CLICK HERE
Hold Signs and wave to passing traffic with "fired up for CHANGE" Team Obama supporters! Come with your brightest ObamaWear - T-shirts, hats, buttons, lots of energy, enthusiasm and SMILES. It's fun plus people will cheer you on, wave and honk their horns in support of our man Obama and you fire them up, inspire and remind them to VOTE and turn in their ballots!! That's our goal!Scheduled Fired Up For Change Rally Dates: Monday, Oct 20th 4-6PM Tigard/King CityHwy 99 by Shari's Restaurant across from Safeway's.Shari's Restaurant 15550 SW 116th Ave, & Royalty ParkwayThursday, Oct 23rd 4-6PM Tigard/King CitySafeway Store at 99W & Royalty ParkwayMonday, Oct 27th 4-6PM Tigard/King CityHwy 99 by Shari's Restaurant across from Safeway's.Shari's Restaurant 15550 SW 116th Ave, & Royalty ParkwayThursday, Oct 30th 4-6PM Tigard/King CitySafeway Store at 99W & Royalty ParkwayMonday, Nov 3rd 4-6PM Tigard/King CityHwy 99 by Shari's Restaurant across from Safeway's.Shari's Restaurant 15550 SW 116th Ave, & Royalty Parkway
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RALLY SIGN WAVERS RSVP by emailing your name and contact phone indicating the dates you would like to come out for our Drive For Change Rally! ATTENTION TIGARD/TUALATIN High School and any Student Volunteers and friends are welcomed to wave signs with us. Invite your Obama classmates, Student Democrat club organization, and school friends to cheer Obama to Victory. Email TigardObamanators Community Organizer Michael BikerBamaMike at, classicisland@yahoo.com or call,503-522-1259 I'm BikerBamaMike and I approve this message!Precinct Captain District 26 Area #397 & Proud Community OrganizerWe Are the Winds of Change and the Movement that Drives this Campaign!A TigardObamanators Community Event in cooperation with the King City Democrats
That's the Best 2 out of 3 and McCain and Palin's numbers are slipping as we come around the corner to Election Day 2008. Yet, it's still not time to relax.
Palin has been been made out to be exactly what she is -- an inexperienced candidate who is not ready to lead this nation. She doesn't even have any business being Governor of any state, let alone Vice President of the nation. She will never ever be taken seriously.
McCain's "SP Trump Card" failed.
Bottom line in last night's debate: McCain told people in an off-handed way NOT to vote for him. His words were "We can't afford to turn this nation over to a beginner," or "someone with no experience," or words to that effect... more toward the end of the debate. He wasn't talking about Obama, he was taking a side-swipe at Palin, who has criticized him for conceding defeat in Michigan. McCain knows he has lost and it is only a matter of time. Bush and everyone who thinks like him has to leave office or we're all done. Everyone except them and their rich Arab oil-shipping magnates, that is. Taxes are going to be raised anyway--Obama's point is who's supposed to foot the bils when they come in? The people who are getting the greatest benefit from this nation, the rich and the abundantly prosperous business owners. For them, "trickle down" has meant 'p-- on all of you sandal-clad minions'. Yet, they are the ones who have been triple-dipping in our pockets (low wages, mediocre healthcare, big tax shelters and writeoffs that we pay for) and playing with the lives of our loved ones and keeping us fooled and divided for the wrong reasons for more than 100 years.
But the Bible teaches us that the wealth of the wicked is stored up for the righteous; so God is causing the winds of change in America -- change that is going to benefit all of us. I don't even think Obama or Biden are aware of exactly what the Lord is doing in their lives at this moment. It is all good.
Win or lose, God has used Barack and Michelle Obama for a purpose: To tell us to stop being afraid and stand for something and stand and watch His glory in all things. That that we don't believe will ever change can be moved overnight, as God sees fit.
I believe Obama/Biden will win in November because of this alone. Truth told, though -- even if they do not win this election, God has still used Obama in a might way in America, to take us to the place where Dr. King would have wanted and expected us to be by now.
In whatever manner that Barack and Michelle Obama have come into our lives at this time, be it personally and up front and close or just through the websites and airwaves, in whatever manner it was: Their being here this season and not being afraid has made a difference in and changed all of our lives for the better. Even those of us who don't know it yet soon will.
If I were to ever meet them in person, I would thank them for their obedience to God. Just for being who they are and for taking a stand in perilous, hard, and a wild and crazy era...and in a nation where everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong.
But still we rise to the occasion...
I wonder if McCain is going to prove out to be a man of honor in this case and admit that Obama is the better candidate?
I know that he can't just drop out, because too much time and money has been spent; but I think he's coming to the conclusion that he's too old, too tired, not focused, is losing, doesn't have a viable running mate, is losing money, losing attention, zest, appeal, and one of the reasons he didn't go after that old tired character debate regarding William Ayers or Jeremiah Wright is because he knows (a) it's unfounded; and (b) people are tired of hearing about it because we've been there over and over again ad nauseum. It's meant to frighten and distract a nation of people who are still filled with ignorance and hatred for all the wrong reasons--people who will not take the time out to investigate, but will believe anything anyone tells them.
If McCain would have brought up Wright again last night, he'd have been dragged through the mud in this morning's news. Obama is no longer even a member of that church and Wright's no longer a pastor AT that church. Wright has since retired and really didn't say anything wrong in the first place. It's all past tense regardless of what anyone says--and the last thing McCain himself wanted to hear about again is The Keating Five and his own dank and radical and questionable past.
McCain was definitely more directly involved in the Keating Five scandal. In Obama's case, he was simply a member of a church where stood a very angry black man who was angry with good reason: This nation has not been very good to its black citizens, who have worked hard, and for many many years worked without pay -- and that's the truth.
Bringing up Ayers or even Tony Rezko would have brought out things about McCain that I think he no longer wants to think or talk about. People are looking for 'soap opera' or 'reality show' or even Jerry Springer drama toward the end of this election. When they don't get it, they call them "snores," because they are too politically correct and don't draw enough blood.
Yes, we are a bloodthirsty nation; but character attacks -- we've already done it and it's tired, old, and boring in itself.
The best thing he [McCain] can do right now is concede that if the USA wants Obama, it should have Obama. He needs to do the right thing for this country for once and step aside and finally not just be an officer, but also a gentleman.
On the other hand, Obama, I believe, is ready to get in there and turn this nation around for the good of all concerned and finally wake people up and make this government fair for EVERYBODY who is at least willing to try. Not just a privileged few with high incomes, people who make up a relatively small percentage of this population overall; but for the nation at-large. And that's not change we can Xerox, that's the change we need. It is the hope of the world.
There is a lot that can be said about Obama and his candidacy and what it will mean to America at this point, but now is not the time or the place for another of my "tomes" or "diatribes."
I'll save that one for my best-selling book.
In the meantime... Vote early. Vote sensibly. Vote strong.
AND PUT SOME DEMOCRATS IN YOUR STATE OFFICES FOR GOVERNOR, HOUSE, SENATE, MAYOR, WHATEVER ELSE YOU'RE VOTING ON OR FOR IN YOUR STATE'S GENERAL ELECTION SO THAT OBAMA AND BIDEN DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT HEAVEN AND EARTH FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE.
The more Democrats we put in office, the easier things are going to be for ALL of us; and maybe some of the goodness of God that is in the people who TRULY believe in freedom and justice for ALL (and don't just mouth the words, but also act accordingly) will "trickle down" to the Republicans and those who have made their riches at our expense (i.e., middle class and working class poor) all these years.
This morning my husband, a truck driver in 48 states, lost a load due to a business owner who was angry that my husband was wearing an "Obama '08" t-shirt. My husband's paycheck will be much smaller due to this incident.
My husband was in the process of being loaded at _________ Machinery in South El Monte, CA, when the owner of the business came out of the office screaming and cursing at my husband for wearing his "Obama '08" t-shirt. The owner made his employees remove the load from my husband's truck and told him to get the h#ll off his property. My husband called his trucking company and they said he has the right to wear the "Obama 08" shirt but that the business owner also has the right to refuse to load for any reason. They told my husband it is probably just as well because they guy sounded irrational and irratic.
Just one more reason we're voting for Obama.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Senator Obama could be in for a landslide win. Apparently, the political organization that we have built is being underestimated by the media, especially in swing states like Colorado. I have a hunch that Obama will do well in the Electoral College. He needs to achieve a 270 and things are looking promising just now.
Lets keep pushing. Lets play our role well. We will achieve the change we need. Obama will win the election.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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On August 25th, 2008, Representative James Leach, a life-long Republican, addressed the Democratic National Convention. His words are among the most profound ever spoken by a political figure: at once damning of the flaws of self-centered wanton ignorance and myopic partisanship that have divided the United States and today have so polarized the people of this land that the once unthinkable prospect of an end to the free exchange of ideas now threatens to become reality, and acknowledging the many challenges, including flaws within our own society, that we, as Americans, united under mutual cause, have overcome as one people, one nation, standing together.
Like him, I have long stood firm in my belief that only through mutual respect and cooperation can the United States continue to be the great nation we know that it can be. We are a nation that believes in freedom for all, not just for the dominant, whether they be only a few or a majority, to dictate to the rest. We believe in the freedom to love, in the freedom to live, the freedom to share our ideas, and the freedom to seek our own happiness within this great experiment called democracy.
For each of us, freedom is something precious, even though it is all too often taken for granted. Freedom is also something fragile, a delicate balance between the guarantees of fairness for all and the liberty of each individual. In this place, we are free to live as we wish, but we are not free to cause harm to our fellow citizens, or infringe on their rights.
Once, we understood these things. Once, these principles were at the very core of what it meant to be American. Once, the debate between and within the parties consisted entirely of how best to fulfill that promise of our Republic to our people.
That is the promise of change offered by this year’s Democratic nominee, so eloquently stated by a true Republican: a return to the promise of America. Once more, we can be One Nation, one people, living in the greatest country on Earth – one with Liberty and Justice for All.
Many of us are critical of one or both candidates, vowing to withhold our votes, because of certain isolated mistakes those mortal men have made; of them I ask: Who is the perfect candidate that we should vote for? Many of us would choose to vote, but to vote out of anger, casting a ballot for a candidate we do not believe in as an act of revenge against our own parties for some symbolic – and irrelevant – slight; of them I ask: What is truly important to you? Many of us would vote based on circumstance alone, be it for reasons of race, or wealth, or the struggles of days long past; of them I ask: Is it more important who a person is, or where he has been, than how he leads? Many of us would vote, not for a candidate, but against the other, because we are so cynical, so bitter, that we would actually choose to turn down that which seems too good to be true, whether or not it is; of them I ask: Is your faith in your own worth so worn that you cannot trust in your own ability – not any politicians, but your own – to make something better than what exists today, for yourself and for us all?
Of you all, I ask: Is there any single issue that is so important, any single decision either candidate promises to make, that is so vital that it outweighs the inspiration to work together, to live in peace with one another, and to, as one people, proud but respectful, opinionated but rational, help forge America into the nation it has always been destined to become?
To me, no policy, no campaign promise, and no party-line stance is so important as reestablishing that above all, beyond locality and party loyalty, we are all Americans first. We are a family, brothers and sisters, sharing a home that spans a continent and beyond. As one great leader once said, a house divided cannot stand. Once more, our house is divided. This November, let us all consider our family, those so dear to us that we would gladly lay down our lives to protect, even though we may have never met. This November, we are given the choice to elect another great leader, or to go on as we have for far too long.
That is what Barack Obama represents: the promise of true leadership. Not establishing universal healthcare, or a withdraw from Iraq, or enacting comprehensive energy reform, or any of the other articles of change he works toward – those are all issues of great importance, but none are so vital to the future of our land and the destiny of our children who will dwell here. If we fail to stand up, fail to reclaim control of our own lives, fail to remember that we don’t need to wait on Washington to give us solutions, but can take action on our own, then we run the risk of never returning to the America of Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt ever again. By failing to reclaim the promise of America, we risk losing it for all time.
It is not who Barack Obama is or what he hopes to do as President that makes him so important, but what he represents. He cannot give us back what we have squandered, but his leadership can inspire us to return to our most important duty: to forge a more perfect union, by the people, for the people, and of the people. We can achieve our dreams, if only we believe in our own ability to do so.
This is what Rep. Leach had to say:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/987824/james_leach_r_at_dnc_denver.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/audio/4434/rep_james_leach_r_at_dnc_denver_august.html
