I have been volunteering with the campaign, something I have never done before. I was lucky, one of my neighbors who had been volunteering first, put me in touch with some of the people here in Chicago. Over the last few weeks I've been calling donors with foreign addresses to verify citizenship, calling campaign supporters who have raised their hands to go to battleground states to get the ball rolling for them, and doing computer work to vet major donors, trying to identify lobbyists, money launderers, criminals, other felons, so we can return their funds. I am pleased to say that of all the people I checked, no felons, and only one lobbyist. The rest appeared to be people just like me, who care about who wins this election, because they don't agree with the way the country is being run and our government's priorities. Everyone I've met along the way have been terrific, smart, engaged, enthusiastic, optimistic people. It's been terrific.
This weekend, I'm planning on doing two trips to Indiana, with different sets of friends. I'm not sure what the campaign will have us doing, but I expect to be talking to voters, maybe helping them make their decision, identify where their polling place is, making calls to energize people who might otherwise not make the effort to vote, etc. I am looking forward to it.
And I've been sharing my Obama materials. I have 2 car magnets on my car, a sign in my front window, buttons on all my button-able jackets, and I'm sharing the extra stuff I got with my friends. Oddly, my friend who got me connect to volunteer at the offices couldn't get her hands on a sign, so I was pleased to give her the second one that arrived. I also seem to have acquired a different campaign related shirt for every day of the week. Now that it is cold, I am sorry I didn't buy a fleece jacket or sweatshirt!
And I've given more money to this campaign than I have to any previous candidate - with the possible exception of a cousin who made a gubernatorial run, as a Republican. Heck, it's family, and he's moderate, and smart. But I digress.
I'll keep plugging away through Election Day to do what I can to ensure that we get a chance to actually experience the positive change that we've been envisioning. Frankly, I am not sure what I'll do if we don't win this. I may need to seek out anti-depressants.
Studies Show that Economic Support for Women and Families Reduces Abortion Economic assistance to low income families is correlated with a 20% lower abortion rate. Across the entire United States, this translates into 200,000 fewer abortions. In the 1990s, states with more generous grants to women, infants and children under the age of five as provided by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program had a 37% lower abortion rate. Higher male employment in the 1990s was associated with a 29% lower abortion rate.The abortion rate has declined most rapidly from 1990-1996 when there was an economic boom under President Clinton. While rates have continued to decrease, they have declined less rapidly in recent years when poverty rates have been climbing.
What this says to me, is that help is better than hate. When women face an unplanned pregnancy, do we say: "Wow - too bad for you. Don't ask me for a hand out - but you'd better not be a baby killer," or can we say: "Wow - this is a huge moment in your life, here are some programs to help you be the kind of mother you would like to be."
In conclusion, YES, I can be an Obama supporter and be Pro-Life! I haven't even gone into the topic of supporting life in other ways, such as less war, and less pollution. I believe this is a very important point to make this election year! Please don't be a single issue voter, and spread the news that you can support LIFE and OBAMA!
The field office of the Nashua Democrats needs Obama signage. I find it hard to believe that the Obama campaign relies on volunteers to print and pay for their own signs! Certainly there is a pool of funds or resources somewhere that field offices can tap into to get the most basic of needed campaign resources?
Please point me to a place where I can obtain the electronic source files needed to generate professional quality signage. Somewhere these files must exist in some useful format (i.e., Illustrator, EPS, etc.) so that if we do have to generate and print our own signage we can do it right...
Per request, here is a ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "Greeks for Obama" sign I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in your house, give them to other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
Also, be sure to check out our growing collection of signs, wallpapers, etc. at obamamedia.wordpress.com.
Per request, here is a ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "Families for Obama" sign I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in your house, give them to your kids, other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
Here are some ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "Educators for Obama" and "Teachers for Obama" signs I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in your house, give them to other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
Per request, here is a ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "Nurses for Obama" sign I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in your house, give them to other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
Here are some ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "Women for Obama" signs I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in your house, give them to other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
Per request, here are some ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "Obama Mama" signs I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in your house, give them to your kids, or other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
I'm continually amazed by the great work being done by many artists out there to help the Obama campaign. Today I stumbled upon some really nice printable Obama posters by Deroy Peraza. There are several different color themes and size posters that you can download and print out. Go check them out!
I’ve also adapted several of them into wallpapers for your use. Grab them below.
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Thanks Deroy!
Here is a ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "Students for Obama" sign I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in your house or dorm, give them to other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
Here are two ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "North Carolina for Obama" signs I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in your house, give them to other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
Here are two ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "Indiana for Obama" signs I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in your house, give them to other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
Here are two ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "Pennsylvania for Obama" signs I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in your house, give them to other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
I wanted to point out some really amazing Obama signs posted by Chris Cox on his blog at Changethethought. He has many that you can download and print out. Go check them out - they are really nice!
I've adapted several of them into wallpapers for your use. Grab them below.
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Here are two ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "Jews for Obama" signs I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in our house, give them to other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
Here are two ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "LGBT for Obama" signs I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in our house, give them to other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
Here are two ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "Mississippi for Obama" signs I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in our house, give them to other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
Here are two ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "Wyoming for Obama" signs I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in our house, give them to other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
Here's a ready-to-print 8½ by 11 inch "Ohio for Obama" sign I put together. Print some out and tape them up in your car, in our house, give them to other supporters or use them as signs! Email your friends and family asking them to do the same!
